The Origin.......

The idea of writing blogs was frightening for me at the very beginning. It was like publishing my personal diary in the public :). But then I started reading the blogs written by some of the people I know and I found it real interesting. I did not have to disclose my personal life in these blogs. It was just a way of pouring out your thoughts, some which you wanted the rest of the world to know, some things which you could not speak or if you spoke it would be very comfortable or convenient.

So I thought, why not… Let me give it a shot. Don’t know how long this craze would last but lets see.

The first and foremost task was to find a suitable name for my blog site. I started with “Astitva” and found it quite promising. But was stuck up with the tag line. Finally, when my sister came up with one, we found to our dismay that the name was not available by the blogger.com site.

So there began our quest for yet another nomenclature procedure, this time pausing at “Tatva”. Hmmmm…. Not bad……..But lo and behold… Sorry Not Available.

Ok lets settle down for something very normal and common. Hmmm … How about
"Nirvana” ?? Too hi-fi eh??

We were just browsing and I was drawn towards the name “Karma”. More than the name, I was drawn towards the meaning of the name . If you are still not bored, you can carry on or you can stop here without losing the essence of the rest of the contents…….

Google search revealed the following definitions for Karma :

Cause and Effect. From an absolute standpoint, karma is the circumstance of the moment. Relatively, it is the endless chain of cause and effect that defines the future events of an individual’s life.

Karma or Kamma (Pali) 'action, effect, fate'. It is the sum of a person's actions, regarded as determining that person's future states of existence. The law of Karma originated in the Vedic system of religion, otherwise known as Hinduism or Sanatan Dharma (perennial faith). As a term, it can at the latest be traced back to the early Upanishads, around 1500 BC.

These held good but the finality in choosing the name “Karma” for my blog site was this:

Karma is a programmers toolkit for scientific computing with communications support, event management, data structure manipulation, graphics display and user interface support. Karma was developed by R. Gooch. AIPS++ is using Karma for a StorageManager and for graphics. Information on Karma may be found at http://www.atnf.csiro.au/karma.

Now Howzzzat??