Web Site of Rajiv Pant

Rajiv Pant “Betul”
a Good Guy Grasping to Get God, Glory & Gold and a Girlfriend✓

Personal Information

Name:	Rajiv (Rajiv=Lotus in Sanskrit and Hindi; Also from Raj, Regis, Rex)
Family Name:	Pant
Nickname:	Betul (My Grandmother gave me my nickname.The Hindi word baeta means son; The Sanskrit liyuch lakaar means someone beloved.Thus Betul would mean a loved son.)
Happy Birthday:	October 16
Sun Sign:	Libra

Family & Home

Places I’ve lived in:	Manhattan, New York City Atlanta, Georgia, USA Silicon Valley, California, USA Philadelphia area, Pennsylvania, USA Uttarakhand, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Campus, New Delhi, India A small town called Bhowali near Nainital, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttaranchal), India
Some Family Members:	Muktesh (father), Sheela (mother), Vik “Gungun” (younger brother), Pushpesh (uncle), Indrajit “Pappu” (elder brother), Prakash (cousin), Mohan Chandra Pant (grand uncle), Mrs. Shipra Pant (late grand aunt), Dr. Krishna Chandra Pant (late grandpa), Jayanti Devi Pant (late grandma)

Some of my friends

Music I like:

Hard to name just a few types. I like it if it is rhythmic and melodious.

Philosophy, Personality, Principles & Peculiarities

I have a dream:	To seek the ultimate truth about the universe, and to know God.
Religion:	God is not limited to religion. Hinduism is my culture.
I say:	People should love each others as world citizens rather than differentiate on the basis of countries.
What others dislike:	I ask too many questions. Some people love this at first, but may eventually get tired of answering or thinking.
What questions?	All sorts of questions. Depends on the person and my mood.
Why do I ask:	Desire to know, to seek; Interest in the universe and in them (that they don’t realize.)
Unusual Quality:	At times I can feel no emotions, good or bad.

Social Work, Charities I Support

More About Rajiv

Research Interests:	Infinity, Intelligence (human and computer)
Obsession:	Computers. I Must have spent at least 3 hours each day average working on computers since 1986. I wouldn’t want to compute the total hours or the times even before that on Sinclair ZX Spectrums and BBC Micros.
What I am presently doing with Computers:	Networking them so that they work in harmony. Making them safe and secure. And, still trying to make them work for me.
One Day I Want:	To win a Nobel Prize
What I’m proud of:	Trust in Goodness and God. Honesty, Genuine Love and Care for others. At times unbelievably strong willed, Organized. Sometimes I fight for other people at my expense. Often, I help others at my expense. Very frank and open in my talk I am not racist at all and am proud to say it. Yes, I do tell and laugh at racist jokes about people of any race or group including those I belong to, but that does not imply any racist feelings towards anyone.
Where I’d like to improve:	(reserved for relevant and/or close ones to know :-)
My Mensa IQ Score:	156 (Don’t ask me any puzzles. I still trying to solve this one called life.)
Residence:	(Moved. See contact page.)
Phone:	(Moved. See contact page.)

I loved to play Chess when I was a child. I was once playing a tournament that would have decided my chess future. I had a winning position, and my opponent, in despair, was saying to himself, vinaashkaalae vipreetbuddhi (a verse in the Sanskrit language meaning when my end comes, my mind fails.) I was too excited as I was going to win a place to go for the national finals. There were very few pieces on the board and it was the usual endgame I remembered having won countless times. Just then in my excitement, I placed my rook where a novice wouldn’t have. In my next move, I resigned without hesitation. He shook hands and said to me, (in Hindi) “You play very well.” I came home, and said to myself over and over: vinaashkaalae vipreetbuddhi.

Yes, and I too like many others learned Shotokan Karate for a couple of years followed by Tae-Kwon-Do for another few. Here are some pictures of me doing martial arts. I love combat, but I’m a peaceful person.

Here are the items currently in my shopping wish list at Amazon.com. Since I shop at many other places besides Amazon.com, and I don’t track many of my wish list items here, this list at any given time does not tell you much about my tastes. It is just there as a note to myself (and my close ones) of what I’m thinking about buying.