Is software engineering a meaningful profession?

I met a friend of mine today who has graduated as a doctor.

The Doctor said : I serve the sick, I cure their illness,kill their sufferings. I save lives.

I said : I sit and write sorting programs or write DB queries ??!!

What the hell?? Then,I had lots of questions squirming in my brain.                  Programming,is it a meaningful career to choose,does it mean anything at all,does it serve the poor,the sick,the needy. Why have my friends around me in college chosen software engineering as their career, Is it just they happen to do this because they have got bills to pay, just for those attractive pay cheques offered by multi-national companies. Do they really love what they do?

Moonlight walk

(Special thanks to electricty board for their endemic power cut to provide me such an opportunity)

Peaceful night,moon lit fields,my friend Moni beside me,blissful cool breeze,fresh air from betta cooling the day's heat of the city, I lay down with the joy of not having tests the next day. Jim Morrison and Jimmy Page to entertain us with their maddening words and music,left us stoned . Faint noise of the screeching insects,probably they too were admiring the night. Hallucinations across our eyes when gazing at the clear open sky,feeling like flying high up among the stars above,beside those silver clouds as though swimming our way to the moon .We just held our hands up into the sky embracing mother nature,feeling her warmth. Lights of vehicles very occasionally piercing our eyes,surrendering ourselves to the peace and calmness,we walked on down the road which had a mild glow seemed like a calm river under the moonlight which came filtering through the silent tamarind trees. Shooting star to add to our delight,blazing ball of fire almost hitting the earth before it burnt down with a greenish flame. What more could I wish for except for such graceful moments in life!!

Deathly lost

Months are just rolling on .Years are passing by like dust to dawn. Sometimes I feel that I'm trapped, stuck being who I am.Things are not what they used to be. I fight to change myself, trying to change what I do and the way I do them but ultimately it has very little effect.Emptiness is filling me. Day after day I'm going nowhere wondering if anything could change the way things are going. Every night when I sleep I have the same thoughts up in my mind just hoping for a new beginning. It is not painful but the monotony of life is killing me.

But I ain't gonna give up. I still hope for brighter days...

Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn!
Look to this Day!
For it is Life, the very Life of Life.
In its brief course lie all the
Verities and Realities of your Existence.
The Bliss of Growth,
The Glory of Action,
The Splendor of Beauty;
For Yesterday is but a Dream,
And Tomorrow is only a Vision;
But Today well lived makes
Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness,
And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope.
Look well therefore to this Day!
Such is the Salutation of the Dawn!
-Kalidasa