and all places are alike to me…

The semester is ending and I am getting lots of emails from my students on how to get the most out of the summer break. So here’s a little list, in no particular order, (which I might keep on expanding later on) outlining some of the things that might make your summer productive. Make a study group: Find some fellow thetas, pick up a tough, interesting book (Knuth anyone?), distribute chapters/topics and teach each other....

There’s a traffic signal in front of Jinnah hospital at the crossing of Maulana Shuakat Ali Road and Usmani road. It’s either a very “happening” place or I’ve conditioned my self to observe interesting things whenever I stop there. The other day, I noticed an interesting looking thaila which bore a sign saying “Biryani on wheels”. I loved the idea and wanting to share it with the rest of the world (or whoever reads this blog), took my camera (or rather my wife’s camera) out to take a quick snap....

It seems as if every hour is a rush hour in Lahore these days. At around noon today, I got stuck in traffic near Barkat market with a friend. We were waiting for the signal to go green when I noticed this eloquent display of a emotions at the back of a car. I was discussing the possibility that the driver may be the desi version of Schwarzenegger, threatening the evil drivers of Lahore, promising a return in case they refuse to follow the course set by him....

A bridge is a link whose removal disconnects a graph.

and I insist that 2.3 miles is not that long a distance….