Wimax

We had our Wimax set up today. As in the hardware has all been fixed and set up and the telephone is working but the internet is still down. There is a problem from the Zain side. Some kind of maintenance work going on……. So we are still back to using the USB thingy…….

Actually this service is new and there are bound to be some teething problems, but since beggars can’t be choosers, we had no other option but to go for it. Batelco threw up their hands and told me that it might take a few months before they can provide a landline to me here at the new place because the infrastructure was not in place, so Wimax was the only alternative left.

I have been with Batelco for the past seven years and at times have not been happy with the service they provide, but still a devil you know is better than one you don’t.

Update:   The internet is working now and I have the home wireless network working nicely as well.   If someone wants to know how to set it up, here is the trick:   If your router and the wireless have different IP addresses the better.   Most of the time you will be able to change the management IP of the wireless through web based management.  Set up your wireless security, turn off DHCP in your wireless, give static ips to your computers and laptops.   Now make sure that you are able to connect to the wireless network.   Remember that the default gateway is the router, not the wireless.   Now just plug in the cable from your router into the wireless’s LAN port and you are ready to go!

Who am I?

When someone asks me what religion I follow, I am usually at a loss to answer. Most of the time, I say I am a Hindu. But am I really Hindu? How do you define a Hindu?

In a judgement, the Indian Supreme Court ruled that “no precise meaning can be ascribed to the terms ‘Hindu’, ‘Hindutva’ and ‘Hinduism’; and no meaning in the abstract can confine it to the narrow limits of religion alone, excluding the content of Indian culture and heritage.” The Supreme Court also ruled that “Ordinarily, Hindutva is understood as a way of life or a state of mind and is not to be equated with or understood as religious Hindu fundamentalism. A Hindu may embrace a non-Hindu religion without ceasing to be a Hindu and since the Hindu is disposed to think synthetically and to regard other forms of worship, strange gods and divergent doctrines as inadequate rather than wrong or objectionable, he tends to believe that the highest divine powers complement each other for the well-being of the world and mankind.”

“When we think of the Hindu religion, we find it difficult, if not impossible, to define Hindu religion or even adequately describe it. Unlike other religions in the world, the Hindu religion does not claim any one prophet; it does not worship any one God; it does not subscribe to any one dogma; it does not believe in any one philosophic concept; it does not follow any one set of religious rites or performances; in fact, it does not appear to satisfy the narrow traditional features of any religion or creed. It may broadly be described as a way of life and nothing more.” That is the Supreme Court of India trying to define it.

Which leaves me even more confused than ever. Do I even have to believe in the existence of God to be a Hindu? I don’t think so. In my case, I use the term Hindu as a tag to define my identity, so that people know where I come from.