Day 1 of Ramadan went on very well. Peace, calmness and serenity seem to be slowly increasing by the second. The entire idea of keeping away from bad thots really works fine. Its Friday, but the TGIF feeling has not set, maybe because we are working tomorrow, yes since we were given a holiday on Monday...sad but not bad.

Today at precisely 1300 Eastern Time, I was supposed to be in Czech Republic for a seminar. My junior at IISc and me wrote a paper on the publishing trends in India for a seminar on Electronic Publications. We wrote the abstract and sent it sometime in March/April 02 and lo! Our paper was shortlisted. We were beaming and sat to do our homework to make the paper a good one. We did put in our hardwork, but the catch was, either one of the authors has to be present at the seminar. Tragedy is that neither of us could make it. Cost of the conference is quite high and we could not find a sponsor as well. Bad that we lost a chance of representing our country. For a while, the thot has been lingering in my mind, saying wish I could go there. But at the end of the day, it’s an ok feeling. After all whatever happens, happens for the good of it.

Last year one of my papers was selected at an International Conference, but for a poster session, but the conference happened in Bangalore, so it was not much problem to be attending the same. This was my first full paper for an International conference, and it went like a flop show. The organizers have refused to include it in the seminar proceedings. The thot of it makes me sad.........