Music Piracy

This is one of those topics that I don't know where I stand. I had a discussion with one of my colleagues on this topic and I found it really hard to take a stand.

It definitely seems unethical and incorrect to download mp3's online and share them with the whole world. But since it's such a ubiquitous thing that it doesn't feel you're doing wrong. Mp3's are a very close part of our generation. Everyone wants to have the latest songs downloaded from the internet. And the talk of paying for a download. Who does that?

I feel that music piracy is like corruption in India. Everyone knows that it is wrong but continue to be a part of it. Why? Because everyone does it.

Viva Las Vegas...

I really don't know how I would describe Vegas. I have to say that I had a good time in the trip. And the pleasant weather in the Christmas weekend just added to the experience.

The trip was pretty much a last minute decision. It was more the drag of Minneapolis that made me go than the lure of the tingling coins in the slot machines.



It's hard to not get amazed by the different hotels, casinos and the glitter of the town. But at the same time I can't believe that woman is a commodity in this town. Half the money is made by selling women. A country that ridicules other lesser countries due to lack of women's rights and sexual discrimination, has to look at its own self.

The drive to the Grand Canyon was quite nice. The Grand Canyon is definitely an experience. But we had too little time here. We could not even hike far enough down. So we just ended up clicking some nice pictures and checking out the best views before we hit the road again. Having stayed in the rockies for a year, I've come to appreciate mountains very much. The canyons were not very different from the mountains. Just that they go below the ground. Its just this huge whole in the ground in the middle of nowhere.



On the whole, Vegas+Canyon is definitely an experience that you want to go through, although not my favorite places on Earth.

Mama, I'm coming home....

After two years in the "land of the free", I'm going to go back home for a good long time. I hope to spend a good half year with family and friends before I get into the rigor of the MBA. I'm so looking forward to this.

My inner-self tells me that this is an opportunity of a life-time. There may never be a chance again when I can genuinely take a break from the routines that this life brings. And do the things that I have always wanted to do. Cater to the me who rarely gets to do what he wants to.

I want to read this post at the end of the six months and look back with satisfaction that I made full use of the time that I had. Insha Allah.