To Ends, and new Beginnings

To Vikrant, Mansi, Sudeep, Shashwat, Abha, Nidhi, Tanaya, Sritulasi, Sowmya, Parul, Sumedh, Shashank, Karan, Tanvi, Sourabh, Smiti, Raghu, Mohan, Rohit, Jitin, Madhuri, Vybava, Divya, Priya, Hema, Madhuree, Viraj, Ameya, Rahul, Gauresh, Nikhilesh, Palash, Prerna, Niranjan, Pushkar, Niyati, Aviral, Tarun, Madhavi, Vanishree, Joshi, Simran, Pralav, Modi, Sharan, Henish, Hitesh, Shilpi, Inchara, Fabio, Zafeiria and last but definitely not the least, Ritika.

To Mario, Eddie, Songwu, Lixia, Paul, Adam, Mani, Deborah, Yuval, Miodrag and Eliezer.

To many others I may have missed to mention.

To UCLA.

Go Bruins!

Peace.

The Meaning of Lite

Yes! You read it correctly. The title reads 'Lite' and not 'Life'. Well, the the latter would have made a very good philosophical discussion, some of which is dealt with here, but today is the time for the former. Chatting with a friend just today, I was being told how her non-bitsian friends were having trouble understanding the numerous contexts in which she used the word 'lite' and what it meant. We decided to mutually publish a blogpost which clarified the use of "lite" for all the unenlightened folks out there.

Let's explore the use of 'lite' in various scenarios.

After a test, I met a friend outside the classroom. He asked me how my test was. I replied, "Liiiiite." Note how the 'i' was long and exaggerated. This basically means that the test was very simple and straight-forward. "It was very lite," would also mean the same thing.

The next day we had another test. (This was a particularly annoying week) Again, I met the same friend and asked how he did. He replied, "Lite only." In this context, he meant that it was pretty difficult and he could do nothing but take lite.

Which brings us to the third use of the word, as I used it in the previous sentence. "Take lite," means to not give something too much importance. So in the above context, since the test was hard, all my friend could do was to take lite, which would be to not give it too much thought.

Another similar use is when you ask someone to not fret about something, or to let go. For example, suppose you get into a fight and are about to punch the daylight out of somebody. One of your friends might come up to you and say. "Take lite, man. It's not worth it."

So here's four usages, and this is how the word is used a majority of the time. If other bitsians would like to add more to the list, please leave a comment, and I'll add to the post.