Grumps and rants

Past year and a half, rare were the instances where I have had enough time to think out LOUD at a stretch. An array of discontinued thoughts remain continuously untailored deep inside. Myriad thoughts come in, linger, lead to outburst of another different thoughts, awakening new hopes and there goes a chain reaction. This is fantabulous to have hundreds of thoughts, yet nothing speaks out once you are out of that contemplation zone, the undisclosed one. Often, I marvel at this amazing process that goes in. I won't go into brain signaling, signal transduction sciences, of which I hold no expertise, however, it intrigues me. By the time I can knit them into something substantial I run out of time, or get tired of free time, of which I have not been used to. In such free times, I have to engage into other homely activities of cleaning the unkempt and disordered apartment, kitchen, manage groceries; a little time to pack all the stuff in my mind, surroundings, replete my paraphe

What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you think Vegas ? Oh, come on, you can't be a slave of your carnal desires? Casinos they are.  Go and watch any Vegas based movie, read magazine(s) and articles on Vegas; you would come to know Casinos are the pulse of the town. Casinos have enticed throngs of tourists in this city and will continue to do so. For those who aren't aware, Vegas is situated in Nevada state.  Like many people mainly youth , I too had the excitement to visit one of the most lively city of  States - Vegas; rather I'd say, I do have. Joy of striding on those brightly lit streets, drop your jaw to the ostentatious hotels, fabulous bill boards, luminous casinos. Get a snap around hotel Bellagio, the world famous fountains, check different wonders of world - all in one line, the spinning roulette with tiny ball jumping, poker chips, slot machines and what not. Vegas has everything, what you need to resuscitate to get back to your life.

Amid much talked reaction of Tennis ace player Maria Sharapova over acquaintance with the God of Cricket , this post is dedicated to shun off the shrill criticism she is receiving. All of a sudden, thanks to media and online social communities; web pages and news were flooded with trolls and memes of #whoismariasharapova . What is wrong? Why there is such an outrage for this oblivion to Sachin Tendulkar? Without any shadow of doubt, cricket is more than a religion in India. It has a huge fan following, however the rampant rage is not accepted. How many Indian star players must be knowing about the legendary US players of Ice Hockey? or Baseball? The answers would be handful, if you are fortunate. Passion for Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar in India is immeasurable. Sachin has stopped the heartbeats as many times as he had flicked his most mesmerizing cover drive shot or hook. Irrespective of  fervor, love; nothing adds up for such a lambasting that has spread wide out. How many sport sta

After a sabbatical, I returned to my maneuver of losing myself into novel(s). This time, I picked the much talked and rated as one of the best sellers of year 2013, Inferno by Dan Brown. The novel is 5 th by author. I missed The Lost Symbol , shall get it soon though. Without losing your attention, I will take you through my experience of it. If you have read other works of Brown, then you would be familiar of his art of gluing you with small intricacies of art and designs. He never refrains from going into the minutest detail of culture,  history, and of course architecture. If you had enjoyed his previous books, this is definitely a go-go for you then. Wait, read the next paragraphs. Book again revolves and begins with Robert Langdon. This time he wakes up in Florence, Italy, with a wound on the back of his head. Suffering from amnesia, story kick starts. One sign leading to other and the chain-reaction continues. I was thrilled by the way it is tailored, simply absorbing.

Paris , the international capital of style, land where every lover would like to take his/her heart.  Pss! it was easy to trick you. Paris is also the destination for one of the heavily charged games of the year. Mightiest game, Rolland Garros, commonly known as The French Open. It has been the most exhilarating events on Tennis calendar. Not because of its red colored soil, but due to its intense collision between charismatic players, thick air of tension, endless energy, unlimited enthusiasm and the eternal greed to win. French Open is considered to be most physically grueling of all the tennis games. I am writing this post too late after French Open finale between Djoker and Nadal. Rafa defeated 2013's Wimbledon champ in semi finals, winning all the sets; announcing his opponents not to enter his realm. On the finals, weather was excruciating, making both players endure rough conditions. Only the toughest could strive relentlessly. The game started in favor of

Lets go and meet other friend(s). Seat back on scooty and hold firmly. Just don't tilt toward right when I am speeding . Trrrrrringgg!  This music is nice.   Where is this sound coming from?   Sound  emanates, incessantly, until you figure out the source, its your wise and deadly alarm. Never it misses to barge in your  dear  sleep. You got to wake up. Cursing why you had set up alarm in half awakened state, with that vanishes away your dream. You rarely see these days, don't you ? Hands desperate to press any button that can mute it, snap, you pull back blanket and start thinking about the dream again. Ensconced as if you will never have to wake up, but never does that happen, back again, this time the evil alarm drags you back from your delightful sleep. Heck , how many alarms did I set up?     10 minutes, that little duration is the one we relish, we set out alarm 10 mins before, we owe ourselves that sleep. After all the dreams we see when wide awake, we require  t

Let me give a try on this post and share few points how it is to be an Expat. Ah yes, I am a graduate student on an alien land. After draining over an exhaustively exhaustive semester, sustaining the stress of presentation(s), assignment(s), applying for intern position(s), am energy deprived but to say, all that glitters is Not gold . You reach a new land, air, and environment with a time shift of 8-11 hours. Beating away the terrible Jet lag, you disrupt your complete schedule: sleeping, working, eating, cleaning, washing, earning, spending money, behavior, thought process, reaction pattern, having cash as little as nothing in wallet and the critical one Cooking , which definitely one learns once settled down. First few days, mind does not allow you to adjust, you float back to the longest flight journey you have ever had, the layover(s), hastiness to get a boarding ticket, searching the terminal of your flight, worry of luggage, waving off your relatives at the gate of a

TOPCONS is one of the many tools available used for transmembrane prediction in GPCRs. It uses prediction by several other prediction methods (scampi-msa, scampi-seq, prodiv, octopus, and pro) and based on which it, spits out the consensus topology. Length of each predicted transmembrane helix is 21. I have had a tough time installing TOPCONS. It had a huge number of dependencies. I thought sharing and contributing might help someone. Instructions: $ svn ls   https://svn.sbc.su.se/repos/cbr/modhmm-projects/trunk/install_topcons.sh Run the above command to see install_topcons.sh on command prompt. If you do not see, then can be an issue with the SVN version you are using. To download the package mentioned at https://svn.sbc.su.se/repos/cbr/modhmm-projects/trunk/cmdline/ Use: svn co https: Prerequisites for installation: - SVN, bash, Linux environment - NCBI old blast . Old blast has binaries for blastall and formatdb.  Add this into your PATH or

Alright Dear reader(s), after a long time I have found time to write; shan't give any excuse(s) though. It has been 5+ months I moved to the States for my higher education. Time passes away like a flash of light; memories flood in of friends and family leaving at airport, the packing madness, the shopping spree and endless list of things, the spices and you name it. After a gap of 2 years, oh No; rather I would say 6 years (no studies in college as well); the excitement, the thrill, the enthusiasm to plunge into studies was and is still inside me. Well.This post is dedicated to the recent snow fall in Atlanta, yes, Atlanta too faced the harsh cold. The school was closed for 2 DAYS, you read me correct 2 Days.  Snow capped ground! The morning initiated with no sunlight and the usual sub-zero temperature heavily equipped with chilly winds. Day kick started with no less crankiness for assignments, group project(s) and an attempt to reach on time for early-morning class.