tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8406096460159061332024-03-19T11:00:26.403+02:00Roly's blogGeneral and Important stuff that I come across ..... could be anything and everything you need!!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-66845975533140060752016-05-01T22:01:00.001+03:002016-05-23T20:34:15.415+03:00The Story of Rossetta and Philae <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So you are thinking who are these people and why should
we be interested in their story. Well firstly, they are not people. Maybe
that’s what makes this an interesting story.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Humans have always been fascinated by space. We have wondered about our own solar system, Galaxy, the Universe and are constantly
looking to explore. With our curiosity and the technology that we now posses, we
send missions to nearby objects. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Rossetta and Philae were sent on one such mission to the
Comet 67P a.k.a Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Rosetta being the spacecraft that would make
the journey to the comet and orbit around it; and Philae being the probe that
would land on this comet. The plan was for Rosetta to carry Philae near the comet,
and drop it such that it lands at the desired site on 67P. Then Philae could do
some science on the surface of this comet and communicate with Rosetta, which
in turn would communicate back to earth. This is the first mission to ever land
a probe on a comet.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Smaller objects like comets and asteroids are interesting
bodies, as they give us insight to the origins of our solar system; and
possibly, even answer key questions to origins of life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This mission started in 1996 and the launch spacecraft was on
March 2004, and Philae was able to land on Comet 67P on November 2014. That’s
right, this trip took a decade. It wasn’t a linear trip from Earth to 67P. On
its way, Rosetta had to perform few gravity assist flyby’s; one with Mars and
rest with couple of asteroids. Their journey itself is epic, and highlights the
amount of effort it takes for space travel.<o:p></o:p><br />
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So on reaching closer to Comet 67P, Rosetta (carrying Philae
with it) started orbiting the comet for few days to align it to make the drop.
Keep in mind that, Comet 67P travels at 135,000 Km / hr. Eventually, Rosetta
had to let go of Philae so it could land. However things do go wrong, and
Philae was not able to secure itself to the original site as planned on the comet.
In fact, due to 67P’s speed and the drop velocity of the probe, Philae bounced
4 times on the surface and landed on the side that was facing away from the
Sun. Damaged by the landing impact and unable to charge its solar powered batteries,
Philae did send back signals and data it could collect from 67P until its
primary batteries lasted, and then went into silent-hibernation, unable to
communicate with Rosetta. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Although they were just a spacecraft and a probe, but they had been together for a decade, making a journey into the unknown, and in the very next
moment there was total silence, no contact whatsoever. Can imagine how that
would feel if they were real people.<br />
How would the scientists who worked on
this mission have felt? <o:p></o:p></div>
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So there it was, Rosetta kept orbiting Comet 67P, searching
for signs of Philae. Those working on this mission had concluded that Philae
would never contact back, mainly due to its impact upon landing. However, few
months later, in June 2015, Philae did make contact with Rosetta, as it faced
the sun and charged its batteries. There were only 8 intermittent contacts
though from June to July, before Philae finally stopped communicating. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And during its time of activity, Philae was able to do some
science and found 16 organic compounds, few of them being <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">acetamide, acetone, methyl isocyanate and proionaldehyde. </i>Out of
which the last one is a compound found in our DNA. There were also traces of
molecular oxygen (which is very rare to find in space) and heavy water (has
isotope of Hydrogen i.e Deuterium). <o:p></o:p></div>
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After sending all these interesting information Philae went
silent and hasn’t spoken since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rosetta
is still orbiting Comet 67P from a distance of 170 to 200 km from its surface. This is how the Comet 67 looks when viewed by Rosetta; or click <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/NavCam_Comet_67P_animation_20140806_%28cropped%29.gif" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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Well the mission funding will be over soon, and the question
is what should be done with Rosetta. The plan for now is, it will continue to
orbit 67P and gather information. And soon, for its end of life, would be made
to land on the comet; which wasn’t the original part of the plan. Things are
being worked out as to how to make a soft landing and not crash it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So the final resting place for Rosetta would be where Philae
is, on the surface of Comet 67P. Who knows, how the re-union would be.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is why I love Astronomy. There are stories, there is
wonder and there are possibilities. It’s one kind of poetry.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Finally had clear skies after the on and off grey monsoon clouds. Got my telescope pointing towards the sky and well, even though there were no clouds, could hardly see any distant objects. Guess its the city pollution. After tens of minutes of rigorous sky searching, was able to see this. (check the image below)<br />
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Yup, just a tiny spec ! Rather a tiny dot. And oh yeah, thought I need to mention this here, that its not a star :D<br />
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Its the galaxy M-13, also known as NGC 6205. Read that again. It is not a star, but a Galaxy ! Compared to our own Milky Way galaxy, it is very small. M-13 has only 300,000 stars (thats 300 thousand.......and yes i said only) within it. Milky way has more than 100 Billion stars, so yeah hardly a comparison. But the wonder and excitement for me was to see what appears a tiny dot in the night sky, is actually a galaxy with about 300,000 stars inside it :). M-13 is 145 light years wide. So light takes about 145 years to travel from its one side to the other. And it is just 25,000 light years away from our Earth :D. So that image I just clicked of M-13 is of the light it emitted 25,000 years ago, which means how it looked that many years ago. And how it is right now, shall know after 25,000 years. ...... too complicated?? or interesting?? :) Universe is vast, can make one truly wonder !<br />
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So when we look at the sky everything that shines need not be a star or a planet. Who knows how far that object is, and how many magnificent worlds it has within it.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-14975533608067875202014-04-12T14:56:00.000+03:002014-04-12T19:00:23.175+03:00Press that button.....show your finger!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Elections have started and for once there is a topic that is
more popular within the country other than cricket. The entire country seems to
be interested and everyone appears to be an expert advisor. News channels are
all at it with sophisticated opinion polls, spicy attention grabbing debates,
sting operations and what not. Well, that’s their job, and let them do it. </div>
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But we, the people have an even bigger job. To Vote! No No……….let
me take that back. I think the bigger job is to decide; whom to Vote! We have
so many parties (political parties) and so many candidates. India is a diverse
country and this reflects in the fact that we have so many political parties,
each with their own agenda catering to the diverse people. However, not to forget, the fate of India for
next few years will be decided during this election; and its best if we all
together come out and caste our vote, to only those political parties, that are
capable of governing India(I choose my
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Although we have plenty of choices as to whom to vote, we
have very little choice of right and able candidates; or even political parties
for that matter. Only 2 parties come close to whom we can say have the
resources and are able to be forming the government. – BJP and Congress. Well, I’ll
include AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) as well, since they are the latest buzz. Let’s
make it 3 able parties then – BJP, Congress and AAP.</div>
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Now if we consider India, a nation with 28 states (count may
even increase by the time I finish this sentence) and 7 union territories, and
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AAP did start off with a noble and honest intention (it
still has), but has proved to be a disaster, nothing more than a finger
pointing system. I have full respect to Mr. Arvind Kejriwal for having the guts
to take on political heavy weights in style, but it’s just childish propaganda that
AAP has achieved. No serious work executed responsibly. It’s so clear that AAP
cannot govern, they are incapable of governing. A national capital is in
Presidents rule because of them. They had a chance to govern and do good work
in Delhi. Instead, they quit; and now they want India. AAP is a party that has
fooled people and made full use of people’s sentiments and emotions of bad governance
by past governments. I still feel they have the right intentions, but would
want to see them do well at state level and then contest for country. As
everyone gives school exams, clears it and then attempts a college exam. No one
simply goes to college or a degree without schooling. So capability wise, AAP
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about this party on my blog. We all know the truth. There are thousands of
other blogs that criticize or praise Congress. They definitely have the people
and resources to govern India. But Congress is more interested in ruling; not
governing. And I still do not understand why Rahul Gandhi is given so much
importance. The school going kids from my society can challenge him for an open
debate and defeat him left right and center. He is just another incapable person who is
there in limelight just because of Luck by Chance; that surname – Gandhi!</div>
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Now time for some BJP bashing. Always labeled as a communal
party, and why not, many of its leaders do give rubbish statements in media.
They too have resources and people to govern India, but more than anything
else, they have an able performer – Narendra Modi. Credit should go to the BJP
that a low level person selling tea can now be contesting for the Prime
Minister’s office. All this because of his work and proven record, atleast at
state level. Not like the Congress dynasty where the ticket to be the party
chief or PM is to be born in the Gandhi family. Is Modi a clean man? I don’t
think so. No one is a clean man! Not even Kejriwal (the self proclaimed…… I am
right others are wrong type)! But Modi is certainly most able of the lot. In the past BJP
has had their fare share at forming a government and many agree they did do
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Rakhi Sawant, Manish Manjrekar, Kamal Khan, Gurudas Kamath, Mayank Gandhi, and
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Once in the restaurant you look at the menu (<i>candidates in your constituency</i>). Then based on <b>your need</b>, you select an item to order (<i>voting a candidate</i>). Often people look at what others have ordered and copy that. May happen you or your friend does not order anything (<i>increases chance of bogus voting</i>). So to just give company to your group, you order a light snack, or a juice (<i>Nota - None of the Above</i>). Everyone orders something. Same way, during these elections, ensure you and your friends press a button and mark your finger.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-53426551089616328892014-01-01T18:22:00.001+02:002014-01-01T20:31:09.237+02:00Identity Crisis !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It all starts with Male and Female. That’s the first level
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every other religion apart from ours was considered wrong and evil. There’s a
gradual shift in most of our ( <i>when I say
‘our’, it represents we as a whole, the entire human race) </i>mindset where in
we are now tolerant to other faiths. Some are still not. And until those ‘some’
feel theirs is the <b>only</b> right
religion or path in life; hate will remain, shootings will take place, bombs will explode, and
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And bombs will explode also due to another identity of ours
that we dearly hold on to. Our patriotism; which makes us ( <i>when I say ‘us’, it represents we as a
whole, the entire human race) </i>so arrogant that every person feels their nation is always right with respect to
other. Do we need this? Do we want to be associated with a small piece of land,
or do we rather prefer being associated with this magnificent planet called
Earth. Are we not Earth citizens rather than country citizens? All of us, including
you and me, are part of this ever expanding, seemingly infinite Universe. So to
think about it at such a grand scale, the Earth itself is an insignificant
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-90132661826954571192013-10-03T13:12:00.001+03:002013-10-03T13:14:10.192+03:00That Funny Feeling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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for dinner to be served. Some of them talking about good old times. I however; prefer
sitting out in the dark and hitting my laptop keyboard hard and fast (to type this
down). The place is my hometown Mangalore, the time is 10pm, its few hours
before my train leaves for Mumbai, and its <b>That
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I have always enjoyed traveling to Mangalore. This was one
short [totally unplanned] vacation trip and like all trips, it’s almost
over……….well not yet though, but almost over. This Funny Feeling will be over
too, I guess once I reach Mumbai, so thought might as well capture it here,
before it vanishes after seeing the crowds and busy streets of Mumbai.</div>
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It’s “That Funny Feeling” which always comes up as any
vacation nears its end. However short and unplanned this vacation maybe, I am
going to miss this place, the people I met, the food I relished and all those
small moments that were enjoyable and relaxing enough to unwind me from my
daily work routine. Cheers to all!</div>
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increasing, guess they are attracted to my laptop screen in the dark. Its time
to go indoors and continue, since I haven’t captured “That Funny Feeling” yet.</div>
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Drifting slightly from the main topic (the insects diverted
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The only complain I had from this trip is meeting so many
relatives in such less time. Well, simply meeting them was not actually a
complain; in fact was good to catch up with so many of them. The real annoying
aspects of meeting relatives were the two questions that were constantly bombarded
at me at each house. 1) What’s your age, and 2) when are you getting married? Puffff
!!! I am immune to it now. During my 4 days here, I think it was asked exactly
137 times each. One more question came close third and was asked about a
moderate 43 times. 3) So you came to Mangalore to see proposals is it?</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-79162972571508825892013-08-11T14:14:00.001+03:002013-08-11T14:14:25.937+03:00Chickened ......... Out !!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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tourist in us to get out of the city and explore nature. Few weeks back went
out of for a short road trip. Awesome scenery, serene landscapes, pleasant
winds were all part of it as usual, but this post has nothing to do with the trip;
more about it maybe some other time.</div>
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Well after that candid introduction; let me jump in straight
to the topic. We left Mumbai at early morning to avoid the weekend rush, but
got stuck for awhile at the Mumbai – Pune express way. Not a packed traffic
jam, but good enough for an expressway. Ten minutes later, realized that a
chicken truck (the one that carries chickens <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>
), had stopped in the middle of the road and few Express way cops were
investigating it. The cops and few local
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Meanwhile, the driver walked towards back of that truck and opened the cage;
and whhhooooossssssshhhhhh. Like a pack of cards, all the chickens fell out.
Yes, you read it right, its ‘fell out’ and not ‘flew out’; since they were all
dead…….khalaaasss. The truck driver, owner or whoever; too was surprised to see
all of them dead. There were maybe 200 – 300 approx. How did they die? Maybe
because of the heavy rains, being cramped in cages, some flue, infection or who
knows what. He started panicking and explaining the cops that they were alive
when he last checked. He then handed over few dead chickens to the cops and
villagers [chicken bribe ;)] and asked them to help load back the truck.</div>
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The villagers were happy to get free chickens. You could
tell from their excitement. They were holding them by their legs and waving in
the air like a prized achievement. But I wonder what would happen of the remaining
dead bodies…………I mean the dead chickens. Probably they would still end up at their
destination – some slaughter house or a hotel. And still be served to the end consumer;
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The sight of the dead chickens lying on the road and then
being loaded in the truck was pretty awful. I am a veggie and it does not
bother me much. But I had others with me who love eating chicken and were
disgusted by the sight of it. It was a short moment of realization for all of
us that we enjoy eating chicken when cooked and fried; but for it to get on to
our plate, we don’t even bother or care to know how much suffering That life
has to undergo to entice our taste buds.</div>
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Like the famous magicians Penn and Teller (total respect for
their magic) would say……..it’s only a god dam chicken!!! (no respect for this statement
of theirs). Some may also counter argue saying:</div>
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</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Even plants have life, so what about their suffering
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</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">There are so many chicken in this world, why not
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Case 1: Let’s take a situation where no one is going to
serve us food for one day. We have to get and cook our food all by ourselves.
There is a living chicken in front of us and potato plant (or any other veggie
plant). Would you kill the chicken, cut its throat, pluck its feather, chop it
into pieces and cook it OR pluck the vegetable, cut it into pieces and cook it?</div>
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harm or kill a life myself, I prefer not eating it as well. Your choice may
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threat. What threat do chickens have for humans? In fact it’s we humans who are
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Case 3: True, so many chickens. Most of them we have
forcefully grown. But if that’s the argument, then why stop at chicken? There
are so many crows around. Why not consume the crows as well and make use of
them? <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> </div>
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I haven’t posted any pictures in this post; did not want you
all to feel disgusted by it. But next time you eat food, would be wise to spend
a moment to ponder on what has it <b>taken </b>to prepare that meal for you.</div>
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This post is not to debate about veg or non-veg food. What
we put into our mouth is entirely our choice<span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>…………food
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-33843316427305719802013-07-23T21:42:00.000+03:002013-07-23T22:17:05.229+03:00If Only Advertisements Could Be Like This...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Advertisements or TV commercials are a bunch of false
promises…..or simply put, plain lies. Specially the cosmetic advertisements. Everyone
is trying to sell something that they themselves do not use. </div>
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Superstars, Good looking models, cute Kids, even dogs promote products they never use :)</div>
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Sample punch lines could be -</div>
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‘Apply cream X and become whiter by 10X’ – ‘Drink this and
get wings or increase your height’ – ‘Spray this and girls will come hunting for you’ – ‘Eat this and
the more you eat, the more weight you loose’………….and what not !!!</div>
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TV commercials these days are popular for their entertainment
factor rather than genuineness of the actual product. It’s good to see that
most consumers are intelligent and do not fall for these false promises. We buy
what we need………….or …..Do we?</div>
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For the first time I have come across a commercial /
advertisement, in which this brand doesn't focus on selling the product,
neither does it mention the name of the product even once……….rather, it chooses
to focus on the issue that their product promises to improve. (In this case…….it
is beauty)</div>
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Hats off to Dove for creating this sort of a commercial! …………..If
only more advertisements could be like this :)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-17888484114646044732013-07-21T18:24:00.001+03:002014-09-21T20:42:11.807+03:00Ship of Theseus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Had never heard about this movie until couple of days back,
and was unsure if I would be watching ‘<i><b>Ship of Theseus”</b></i> on a big screen. I
checked its trailer and teasers on YouTube, and then was absolutely sure that I’ll
not be missing this one :)</div>
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The intention of this movie is revealed by three stories
that appear disconnected until the last 2 min’s or so. Three different stories have
three different characters that mesmerize the audience with their almost real
to life performances. First story is about a young intuitive photographer who
gets back her eye sight but has to deal with its aftermath. The second is about
a monk who lives life by his principles but later faces a choice that
challenge the very ideology he believes in. The third is about a young stock
broker who offers to help a poor stranger; but later realizes how intricate
morality and ethics could be. Each story gets connected in the end, like a poetic thriller; and you only realize that the movie is finished when the audience starts clapping :)</div>
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I couldn't pick a favorite story or character. All were
superb! This movie follows the life events of these characters but at the same
time, paints a bigger picture about morality, beauty, purpose of existence, and
our beliefs. At some point, it appears
as if the makers are trying to convey that everything in this existence is
interconnected; no matter however diverse and different it seems. Maybe that’s why
the poster of the movie is depicted as:<br />
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This is definitely not main stream Bollywood cinema, where
there is loud entertainment, boy loves girl, item numbers, cars flying all over
the place. This is high quality world cinema. The cinematography, background
score, dialogues, acting by entire cast is refreshingly different for an Indian
film. Also it’s even surprising to know that the entire film was shot with a
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<i>Naham Janami </i>is
one song that plays in the background during the monk story with beautiful
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Oh and by the way, just because the name suggests Ship of
Theseus does not mean there are any Ships in the movie. At the most you may see
a plane and few cars :)…….. Jokes apart! Ship of Theseus refers to the Theseus
Paradox. That if a Ship (or any object for that matter), has all its parts
replaced, is it fundamentally the same Ship (or object)!................. Thinking already?</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-2423183199128239202013-04-06T23:18:00.001+03:002013-04-06T23:25:09.456+03:00Saathi Salaam...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So I was travelling back from work with Pranav driving my car; and me sitting in the navigator seat, enjoying the varied range of music being played from his mobile. While scrolling through his playlist, I randomly clicked a song titled "<i>Saathi Salaam</i>", not knowing if it would be a good one with all this traffic around.<br />
I heard it........and it happened to be much more than a song; it was an experience........and the experience was elevating. It just takes you to a higher state of consciousness.<br />
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Often people ask "hey who is your fav artist?.........or.........what kind of music do you listen to?". Its tough to give a reply. I love music but don't have a favorite artist. And as far as kind of music is concerned, i like any music that makes one feel good. <i>Saathi Salaam </i> is surely such kind of powerful music that will make you feel different after you listen to it.<br />
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On returning back home, I youtube'd <i>Saathi Salaam</i> and saw the recorded video performance, and kept on seeing and hearing it. Found out and saw all possible videos I could about this piece of music creation. Researched a little to see how the artists collaborated such wonderful music. The lyrics are a little tough to catch, but it doesn't matter. Once you get hold of the lyrics, you'll love it even more :). Love it when the lyrics of a song give out a spiritual insight.<br />
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To reveal a little bit more, the song is a fusion of old folk poetry and modern music. And in this poetry, the poet asks a man where is he going. The man replies I am going to God's house. To which the poet replies.......Oh, He is my friend, give this letter to Him. That's why, the poetry / song is .........<i>Saathi Salaam.</i><br />
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An interesting comment on youtube about this song says....... "<i>not one word, not one word did i understand...but i danced, i cried, i laughed, i died...i lived" </i>And that's exactly how you too will feel.<br />
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Hope you all too love it :)<br />
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PS: the real star of this song is Sawan Khan.<br />
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PPSS: notice i haven't given any links or embedded the video here :). its for you to search the internet and find out on your own. God bless. Have fun listening.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-40036319979701125862013-03-09T21:45:00.000+02:002014-09-21T20:42:52.577+03:00Heaven and Hell<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well, <i>“Who all want to go to heaven after death?”</i>
ask this question to a group of people and I bet almost all will raise their hands
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a little and ask “<i>Who all want to go to
hell?”</i>, be assured not one hand will come up.</div>
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<b>Heaven and Hell!</b>
Interesting this concept is………..ever realized that?</div>
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Religions have always portrayed Heaven to be filled with
happiness, peace, joy, bliss. Where every wish will be fulfilled, all the
angels and fairies will take care of you, everything will be available in
abundance, and you will be with Gods and Goddesses.</div>
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And in contrast, Religion says Hell is where the Devil
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a place filled with fire, where you will be fried and punished, and dragged and
beaten and left to rot. It’s the place where all sinners are sent to.</div>
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Christians, Judaism call it ………<i>Heaven</i> and <i>Hell</i></div>
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Muslims ……….. <i>Jannat</i>
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Hindus ………. <i>Swarg</i>
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Every child is taught about someplace distant up in the
skies, where all the good guys go. And someplace underground where all the bad
guys go. (ahem ahem....thinking which one you are? ;) )</div>
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People from different religions even fight and argue with
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I’ve met people from different walks of life and many times they
ask me if I believe in Heaven and Hell? And my blunt answer is ……. NO !!! <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>. I see this concept from
a different perspective. I feel all
Religions teach this concept of Heaven and Hell just to induce fear in minds of
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Heaven is not some place above; neither Hell is some place
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Whenever we are calm and peaceful, happy, making others
around us happy, sharing and doing some good, spreading smiles………..then Heaven
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Forget dreaming about going to Heaven or Hell after you die. Who cares anyways where you go! We have a choice, and capability to live either in Heaven or in Hell……………..right NOW! <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-80281811664782972072012-12-31T15:19:00.000+02:002012-12-31T15:19:29.043+02:00Just a Thought<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Before they came, I was free.<br />
From stone age to bronze age to the Vedic period, Peace and Knowledge prevailed on all.<br />
There were saints, sages, scholars...........and Human Values.<br />
Those who lived had all the wealth - health and happiness. More importantly, I was safe ..... I was free.<br />
I was in my prime and it was my golden time.<br />
And then they came, one by one, disguised as friends.....but only to loot.<br />
Persians were the first, sometime in 550 BC. Then it was the Greeks who followed.<br />
And a race began.....<br />
Romans......Mughals......Portuguese......Dutch......British......French, they all arrived in their own style.<br />
I was captured, abused, raped, cut into pieces, looted, cheated, vandalized by everyone.....one by one.<br />
And soon the wealth was gone, the saints and scholars diminished, my safety at risk, and my freedom no more.<br />
When they took all they could, their greed satisfied, they left me and I became happy for a while. They said I was free.<br />
But that was not to be!<br />
They are gone, but now its my very own, my dear ones who loot, cheat, kill, abuse, misuse power, become corrupt, rape me.....over and over......again and again!<br />
I am your Mother, your Daughter, your Sister, your Guardian......your Country!<br />
"<i>Can we have better Human Values this year?</i>" ....... is what I ask myself every year!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-63576845875247898362012-12-19T19:29:00.001+02:002012-12-19T19:30:22.966+02:00Poem for my country<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Poem by Farhan Akhtar, after the horrific gang rape in Delhi! Really makes me wonder..............What is this country that I live in ?</span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">What is this country that I live in?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">With no equality</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">And the quality of life</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Differs from husband to wife</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Boy to girl, brother to sister</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Hey Mister, are you the same?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Contributing to the national shame</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Replacing your mothers</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">With the bent ideology of another's</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">perception that women have a particular role in society</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Fills my heart with anxiety</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Where is all of this going?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">What will emerge from these seeds that we're sowing?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">It makes my head spin</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">But I'm not giving in</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Will keep asking the question </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">What is this country that I live in?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">What is this country that I live in?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">That takes away her right to love</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Brutalises her with an iron glove</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Rapes her without fear</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">of there being justice for her tear</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">We've demeaned our goddesses</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Gone back on all our promises</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Become a gender distorted nation</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Given our conscience a permanent vacation</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">what do I tell my daughter?</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">That she's growing up to be lamb for the slaughter</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">we've got to make a change</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Reboot, reformat, rearrange,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">and never give in</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">no matter how much our head may spin</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Just keep asking the question</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">What is this country that I live in? </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;">Here to help. Love. Farhan. </span></i></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-49578080844708801772012-11-15T20:47:00.000+02:002012-11-15T20:53:20.496+02:00Know Your Traffic!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The term “Traffic Update” is usually associated with FM Radio
where jazzy RJ’s keep yapping about daily traffic jams in the city. It’s a good
thing they do, but the major drawback is –</div>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">You need to wait and keep listening to the radio
for traffic updates</span></li>
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In a city like Mumbai, we always wish there would be a real
time traffic update system that lets one know which roads are congested and
which are free to travel. Well, the wait is over, as Google has nailed it!</div>
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Google Maps shows real time traffic updates in major cities like Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Chennai and it’s awesomely accurate. I have tested it on various routes while
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On your phone (ofcourse you need a phone with Google Maps
installed on it), launch Google Maps. There is a “Layers” option, mostly in the
application Menu. Select “Traffic” there, like in the screen bellow –</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Launch Google Maps - Select "Layers" from Menu</i></td></tr>
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And Eureka! You have the city traffic update in your hand. </div>
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<u><i>Know the color codes – </i><o:p></o:p></u></div>
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<i>Green </i>– Free flow. Few vehicles. Zooooom with ease</div>
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<i>Yellow </i>– Moving traffic. A little more vehicles</div>
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<i>Red </i>– Lots of traffic. Slow moving</div>
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<i>Dark Red</i> – Bumper to Bumper stop and slow moving traffic</div>
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<i>No Color</i> – No traffic update…..yet</div>
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Check out few screens below. </div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUSLNpZNUB6k9z1wc9JW6-vO811eVxga29rnvPvLMJ46mzimeu6NDGE9ot_Hkl-CPSMtH8WLGxzrQyi8lQBMKtrXED7CrSmjd5wLWaOvaYq6TkYE9ZQSOvhetKemzHz9bMncwpFx_exuQ/s1600/map2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUSLNpZNUB6k9z1wc9JW6-vO811eVxga29rnvPvLMJ46mzimeu6NDGE9ot_Hkl-CPSMtH8WLGxzrQyi8lQBMKtrXED7CrSmjd5wLWaOvaYq6TkYE9ZQSOvhetKemzHz9bMncwpFx_exuQ/s400/map2.png" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Traffic on Western Express Highway</b></i><br />
<i><b>near my home - Today, 10PM</b></i></td></tr>
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<o:p>Now check out the traffic at Marine Drive, Queens Neckless today at 11PM in the screen below. All roads in this screen show no traffic but Marine Drive shows <i>Red, </i>indicates traffic jam or slow moving vehicles. Can you guess why? Common...Guess Guess! (Answer below the screen)</o:p></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6jdfkiIhbwRHUlxn2HVzF17ttEB9S41Q3saUG91sZt2EsWQR9qjpAn0j_-MKCvfG0dXvLotdHZT1nq3mjQ25DEiuJBUWXujQxjAT_I-O6Kaa5TuWBAP21PPWBFye0G-VBIZ0HNfxMuw/s1600/map1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6jdfkiIhbwRHUlxn2HVzF17ttEB9S41Q3saUG91sZt2EsWQR9qjpAn0j_-MKCvfG0dXvLotdHZT1nq3mjQ25DEiuJBUWXujQxjAT_I-O6Kaa5TuWBAP21PPWBFye0G-VBIZ0HNfxMuw/s400/map1.png" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Marine Drive Traffic today at 11PM</i></b></td></tr>
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<o:p>Its Diwali season, so people at this time bursting firecrackers at Marine Drive. So many cars stop by to see firecrackers, hence the slow moving traffic jam </o:p><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></div>
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Isn’t it amazing we have the entire map, with live traffic
feeds in our hands! Well this piece of
technology is not something recent or new. It’s been used in USA, Europe, and
many other countries. But this is one thing that Mumbai really needed........isn’t
it? <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></div>
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So now you can plan / estimate your travel times with ease. But as we use this service or technology, its a wonder to know how Google manages to get these updates? What method do they use to calculate traffic at real times? Let me know what you think. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-81083262075565265482012-11-13T15:47:00.000+02:002016-05-01T23:32:39.950+03:00Oye......Gaadi Rok!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We have so many traffic rules…….. we hardly follow few……..
and never bother to know them all <span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>.
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I was driving on the highway once on the leftmost lane. Saw
a signal turn red and halted like a responsible citizen<span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span>. There was a left turn at the
signal, but I didn’t want to take it as I had to go straight. The signal light turned
green, and I accelerated, only to find a traffic cop blocking my way and
ordering me to park at the side.</div>
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As I turned the wheel left to park I started to think if I had
jumped the signal, and maybe that’s why he asked me to stop. But soon realized
that I did see the signal turn green. Nearing my side of the window he asked in
the usual Mumbai Police istyle <i>“chala
license kaada”. </i>I handed him my license and asked what fault I did. </div>
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Just then I got a phone call (I didn’t notice it as my phone
is always on silent when I drive). The cop saw it and smiled quirkily “You
broke 2 rules – <b>One</b> is you were on
the left lane when you wanted to go straight and <b>Two</b> is that you are using your phone and getting calls while
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Well rule one did make sense and I agreed he can book me for
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<i>Cop 1</i>: Book him for lane cutting and talking on phone</div>
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<i>Me</i> : (with a naughty smile) Sirji, you know that I was not
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<i>Cop1</i>: He was talking on the phone!</div>
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<i>Me</i>: No you tell me!</div>
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<i>Cop2</i>: Ok. Your normal fine is Rs200. Pay me less here and
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<i>Me</i>: Sirji, I don’t feel its right so you can take my license
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He then started to write a receipt. But a similar incident
happened when I was in South Africa with my uncle. So taking some tips from
there I bluntly requested the cop, “Can you let me go please? I haven’t committed
a grave offence. I usually follow all rules and I am sorry I was on the wrong
lane. Can you let me go please? “</div>
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There was no reply. He simply handed over the license to me
nodded me to leave. Wow! That was a relief………and an instant learning as well. - <b>If you don’t ask………..you don’t get !!! </b><b><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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And when I was all set to leave, the cop who caught me said “You
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I wished him luck and left. It was so true what he shared.
Traffic policemen are never respected by citizens. All we think is that they take
bribes. But that’s not true. Imagine what would happen if Traffic cops went on
strike for a day…………would be total Chaos in the city right! They do work, and
it is indeed a tough, tiring and thankless job. Hope the government provides
good facilities to those who make sure our travel is easy. But till then, would
be nice to just wish a traffic cop next time you meet one. A “Namaste”, “Good
Morning”, or festive wishes, or just one statement of praise like “you’re doing
a really good job”. He too will feel good for that one moment you greet him <span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.com2Mumbai, Maharashtra, India19.0759837 72.877655918.835877699999998 72.5617989 19.3160897 73.193512899999988tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-10007340623618331842011-08-18T19:55:00.026+03:002014-09-21T20:41:32.008+03:00'Q' bole to....Quilling! ....part 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
If you missed my previous post ....... do read <a href="http://roly-with-words.blogspot.com/2011/07/q-bole-toquilling.html">the earlier blog on Quilling</a><br />
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And its Quilling with double 'l's and not Quilting. If one searches Quilling on google, it asks back "Are you searching for Quilting" .</div>
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Well my friend keeps surprising me, and many others with her new Quilling creations :). Yeah Yeah.......it just gets bigger......better! The new designs have evolved from an envelope to photo frames to birthday cards ....... and who knows what next :) . Well, we can only wait and watch.</div>
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So as I had mentioned earlier, the wonder still continues :). And its so nice to see so many people ordering the Quilled artwork from her. Well, in this post i won't write much, but will leave you with many more pictures for you to enjoy and comment upon. If you have any creative idea, or would like to have any of the Quilling creations, do let me know. Enjoy the pictures of the Photo Frames , Envelopes (Ganesha and Rakshabandhan special), B'day Cards.</div>
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My personal fav here would be the Peacock design on the photo frame, but the Butterfly Park frame is also a close contender :)</div>
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Also one of the pic is of the Quilling art from my car, that's called a snowflake......as it has the shape of a tiny particle of Snow. (i guess writing a blog and posting pictures is much easier than Quilling :P .....pun intended! )</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-27404557703333327072011-07-24T12:58:00.008+03:002014-09-21T20:43:31.364+03:00Jumping from a Plane!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Had written this article a long time back. Thought of sharing it on this blog....</div>
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Summer of 2008, Oulu, Finland</div>
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Heights have never been my strengths. Friends who really know me well can vouch for it. It’s not that I am afraid of heights, but kind of a phobia where in I get a tingling sensation in my legs when I look down from few feet above ground. And if I am standing on a rooftop and looking downwards, then I need something to hold on to, else, I’ll never go near the edge <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div>
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So here I was in Oulu during the winters and while exploring this new place, found out a skydiving school nearby. Upon enquiry, they told me there are two types of jumps:</div>
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That’s it. I just enquired and thought, let it be. Not something I should get involved in <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div>
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One fine summer day, few others who were working with me started planning for skydive and asked me if I would like to join in. They were just pulling my leg…….they knew my height disorders ;)</div>
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However, I agreed to their request. It later on so happened that the others where a little chickened out and I had to really convince them to go for it <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>. So out of so many of my friends, only 4 agreed to go for it.</div>
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Now the next question, Self jump or Tandem? I opted for a Tandem, simply because it was from a greater height. Well, it’s not that I was all brave to challenge myself. But the Tandem jump had a greater free fall time. Free fall as the term implies, is that part of a skydiving jump, where you just fall before opening the parachute. For Tandem jump it was 50 sec’s and for a Self jump it was 3 sec’s.</div>
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I made the bookings and visited the facility. The instructor was Petteri Korhonen, a Finnish local, who by profession is a Software Engineer, and does this as a hobby. He had done about 5000 jumps then. Wow! Could you believe that……..so many jumps and he has still survived. Guess that made me feel more safe and put aside all the nonsense thoughts I had in my mind.</div>
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Cool, so training was over and we headed for the jump site. I had a personal camera man too who would jump with me and record it. We got into the small Cessna plane, ready to take off. My final instruction given by the instructor was simple…..”Roland….don’t do anything silly. Just Jump!” <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div>
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As the plane gained altitude, I started to have a strange sensation in my tummy. The pilot and my instructor kept asking me how I felt. I just smiled like an idiot and said I am fine, enjoying the view. In reality……..I was not fine. I was nervous and scared. I just pretended like I was calm. Thought of asking them, “Well, can we take a U-turn and go back please, I don’t think I can do this”. But I didn’t. And thank God I didn’t</div>
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I slowly moved to the open door, one baby step at a time. The wind was gushing at my face. It felt refreshing but the fear I had earlier, returned. The more I moved closer to the door, the more my mind started looking for reasons to not jump. My cameraman was already out holding on to one of the plane wing ready to shoot my jump. I managed to get to edge of the door with my one leg outside by now, hanging in air. I had to gently getup and standup with my instructor behind me and move outwards near the plane wing. That’s when I looked down upon the earth. Well it did look all gorgeous and beautiful, but it didn’t interest me then. My feet were shaking, my tummy was tingling. Slowly, taking support of the plane wall, I managed to reach the wing.</div>
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I was facing my Ultimate Fear! Then I heard a count “1……2……3……jump”</div>
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We somersaulted and I could see the plane fly past away from us. And I was falling at speed of 220 km’s/hr.</div>
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And that was it. Fear had been kicked out. Then there was total ecstasy during the fall. It felt like ultimate freedom. Everything seized to exist in those moments of free fall. I couldn’t feel my body though I was breathing, my mind was clear, and the intellect wasn’t doing anything, felt like there was no memory of anything before the fall. All I could feel was that Moment.</div>
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Everything felt like it just vanished. No thoughts, just being with the fall. It was bliss!</div>
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And Whooosssshhhh……the parachute opened and pulled us upwards due to the air pocket it creates. That’s when I realized the beauty of the skydive………”You fall first, and later enjoy the view <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>”</div>
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Everything around was serene and pure beauty. We guided our parachute to the nearby clouds, then moved swiftly over the nearby sea. I was still attached to my instructor with those four hooks <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span>. We then made way to the landing area, and bump, we were on the ground. I looked up and thanked for this experience.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-61075866805657861842011-07-04T21:20:00.011+03:002014-09-21T20:43:59.536+03:00'Q' bole to....Quilling!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Every once in a while, we come across people who put you in wonder! As in, they just make you go Wow! I have a good friend who often amazes me.</div>
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If I ask you a question....Have you heard about Quilling? Your immediate answer would be, ….hmmm.......errrrr……..ummm…...Quill...what??</div>
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Quilling is a form of paper art, where strips of paper are rolled, shaped and glued together to create decorative designs.</div>
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Yeah I know it sound silly when I define it :) ..... but when one sees it...... it’s just wonder ! ....that Wow I mentioned earlier :)</div>
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And this friend of mine does it so beautifully.</div>
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I remember the first time she had showed me few of her Quilling art work. She had made few designs on an envelope.</div>
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My first thought was......wow......we generally use plain lame envelops to gift something. So why not use the Quilling envelopes for gifting.</div>
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It makes the gift look so much more attractive and royal :P</div>
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And it’s just not Quilling envelopes that she does…….there’s a whole range of endless ideas she can play around with.</div>
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Enough talks...... just look at some of her designs. The Ganesha one is my personal favorite :)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-81901229474446075292011-06-07T21:03:00.012+03:002014-09-21T20:53:46.078+03:00Horn............Ok.........Please?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For last few days, i have been travelling a lot by road. Mostly using the Western Express highway from Borivali to Andheri and back. Its actually after a long long time that I started riding my bike daily...........on the road ofcourse :P<br />
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So i started playing a game :). And that was to simply ignore the excessive honking. And boy that did wonders. Like if there a car behind me honking desperately, i just ignore it. Infact i also reduce my speed for few seconds. Now its not that by doing so the car driver stopped honking. In some cases they honked even more. But simply by ignoring it, made me more peaceful. It made me enjoy my ride much better, even in the traffic, even in the pollution :). </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-27147084585716772592011-05-01T11:27:00.004+03:002014-09-21T20:44:13.187+03:00Space !!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So to take a look at the night sky, I bought myself a "Konus - Skyview 60" telescope last week. :-)</div>
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Assembling it was easy but i took my own time understanding it. Then excitedly went up my building rooftop hoping to see some space stuff :P.</div>
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And then, the big question.........where do i start looking? Which direction do i point my telescope to see Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and all the other planets. Thats when my Galaxy-S android phone came to help. The Google Sky Map application was a beauty in helping me locate what i wanted to see in this infinite neverending sky above me (or rather i would say all around me).</div>
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<li><i>Yeah police waale bhi time pe kalti maarte hain. (</i>Cops are never present when required<i>)</i></li>
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So here came thought to me, what if every Indian or rather, if every person on this planet would take some simple responsibilities around them? We often complain about things NOT being correct or right. But if we act responsibly , i think we all can have a better place to live in :-)</div>
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But seeing those 5 people controlling the traffic made one thing clear to me.............that there are still Good Citizens around :-)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-19457160997203904702010-04-02T12:19:00.003+03:002010-04-02T12:27:22.170+03:00Judge Not !!!Hey guys........... its been almost a year and now im back. This blog is not an original one. Got this poem through a mail.......and just thought of posting it here. So enjoy !!! :-)<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:medium;"><h1 class="ha" style=" margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: inherit; border-right: inherit; font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><span id=":2g2" class="hP" style="padding-right: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Heart Of Repentance</span></span></span></h1><div><span id=":2g2" class="hP" style="padding-right: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></div><div><span id=":2g2" class="hP" style="padding-right: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>I was shocked, confused, bewildered<br />As I entered Heaven's door,<br />Not by the beauty of it all,<br />Nor the lights or its decor.<br /><br />But it was the folks in Heaven<br />Who made me sputter and gasp--<br />The thieves, the liars, the sinners,<br />The alcoholics and the trash.<br /><br />There stood the kid from seventh grade<br />Who swiped my lunch money twice.<br />Next to him was my old neighbor<br />Who never said anything nice.<br /><br />Herb, who I always thought<br />Was rotting away in hell,<br />Was sitting pretty on cloud nine,<br />Looking incredibly well.<br /><br />I nudged Jesus, 'What's the deal?<br />I would love to hear Your take.<br />How'd all these sinners get up here?<br />God must've made a mistake.<br /><br />'And why is everyone so quiet,<br />So somber - give me a clue.'<br />'Hush, child,' He said, 'they're all in shock.<br />No one thought they'd be seeing you.'<br /><br />JUDGE NOT!! </b></span></span></span></span></div></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-90392234182963723652009-04-28T09:59:00.001+03:002009-04-28T10:01:22.842+03:00Is India really a Poor Country??<div align="justify">I got this mail from a friend. Liked it very much.........so thought of sharing with you all.<br /><br />We all knew this existed, but the sheer magnitude surprised me. Do your bit to create the awareness and pressure.<br /><br /><strong>IS INDIA A POOR COUNTRY?<br /></strong>by M R Venkatesh<br /><br />Revelation of Swiss bank accounts<br /><br />This is so shocking.... ...If black money deposits was an Olympics event.... India would have won a gold medal hands down. The second best Russia has 4 times lesser deposit. U.S. is not even there in the counting in top five! India has more money in Swiss banks than all the other countries combined!<br /><br />Recently, due to international pressure, the Swiss government agreed to disclose the names of the account holders only if the respective governments formally asked for it... Indian government is not asking for the details..... ..no marks for guessing why?<br /><br />So go and VOTE......and VOTE for CHANGE!!! The same party brought to power again and again means encouraging unabated corruption<br /><br />Is India poor, who says? Ask the Swiss banks. With personal account deposit bank of $1,500 billion in foreign reserve which have been misappropriated, an amount 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt, one needs to rethink if India is a poor country?<br /><br />DISHONEST INDUSTRIALISTS, scandalous politicians and corrupt IAS, IRS, IPS officers have deposited in foreign banks in their illegal personal accounts a sum of about $1500 billion, which have been misappropriated by them. This amount is about 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt. With this amount 45 crore poor people can get Rs 1,00,000 each. This huge amount has been appropriated from the people of India by exploiting and betraying them. Once this huge amount of black money and property comes back to India , the entire foreign debt can be repaid in 24 hours. After paying the entire foreign debt, we will have surplus amount, almost 12 times larger than the foreign debt. If this surplus amount is invested in earning interest, the amount of interest will be more than the annual budget of the Central government. So even if all the taxes are abolished, then also the Central government will be able to maintain the country very comfortably.<br /><br />Some 80,000 people travel to Switzerland every year, of whom 25,000 travel very frequently.. 'Obviously, these people won't be tourists. They must be travelling there for some other reason,' believes an official involved in tracking illegal money. And, clearly, he isn't referring to the commerce ministry bureaucrats who've been flitting in and out of Geneva ever since the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations went into a tailspin! </div><div align="justify"><br />Just read the following details and note how these dishonest industrialists, scandalous politicians, corrupt officers, cricketers, film actors, illegal sex trade and protected wildlife operators, to name just a few, sucked this country's wealth and prosperity. This may be the picture of deposits in Swiss banks only. What about other international banks?<br />Black money in Swiss banks -- Swiss Banking Association report, 2006 details bank deposits in the territory of Switzerland by nationals of following countries:<br /><br /><br /><strong>TOP FIVE<br />INDIA : $1,456 BILLION<br />RUSSIA : $470 BILLION<br />U.K. : $390 BILLION<br />UKRAINE : $100 BILLION<br />CHINA : $96 BILLION</strong><br /><br />Here's the interesting part.......<br />Now do the math's - India with $1,456 billion or $1.4 trillion has more money in Swiss banks than rest of the world combined. Public loot since 1947:<br /><br />Can we bring back our money? It is one of the biggest loots witnessed by mankind -- the loot of the Aam Aadmi (common man) since 1947, by his brethren occupying public office. It has been orchestrated by politicians, bureaucrats and some businessmen.<br /><br />The list is almost all-encompassing. No wonder, everyone in India loots with impunity and without any fear. What is even more depressing in that this ill-gotten wealth of ours has been stashed away abroad into secret bank accounts located in some of the world's best known tax havens. And to that extent the Indian economy has been stripped of its wealth. Ordinary Indians may not be exactly aware of how such secret accounts operate and what are the rules and regulations that go on to govern such tax havens. However, one may well be aware of 'Swiss bank accounts,' the shorthand for murky dealings, secrecy and of course pilferage from developing countries into rich developed ones.<br /><br />In fact, some finance experts and economists believe tax havens to be a conspiracy of the western world against the poor countries. By allowing the proliferation of tax havens in the twentieth century, the western world explicitly encourages the movement of scarce capital from the developing countries to the rich. In March 2005, the Tax Justice Network (TJN) published a research finding demonstrating that $11.5 trillion of personal wealth was held offshore by rich individuals across the globe.<br /><br />The findings estimated that a large proportion of this wealth was managed from some 70 tax havens. Further, augmenting these studies of TJN, Raymond Baker -- in his widely celebrated book titled 'Capitalism' s Achilles Heel: Dirty Money and How to Renew the Free Market System' -- estimates that at least $5 trillion have been shifted out of poorer countries to the West since the mid-1970. </div><div align="justify"><br />It is further estimated by experts that one per cent of the world's population holds more than 57 per cent of total global wealth, routing it invariably through these tax havens.. How much of this is from India is anybody's guess.<br /><br />What is to be noted here is that most of the wealth of Indians parked in these tax havens is illegitimate money acquired through corrupt means. Naturally, the secrecy associated with the bank accounts in such places is central to the issue, not their low tax rates as the term 'tax havens' suggests. Remember Bofors and how India could not trace the ultimate beneficiary of those transactions because of the secrecy associated with these bank accounts?<br /><br />The news channels a couple of days back said that Sonia Gandhi has assets worth of only Rs. 1.37 crores. :))) Do you really believe that ??<br /><br />I repeat what i said earlier -<strong>Go and VOTE......and VOTE for CHANGE!!!</strong> The same party brought to power again and again means encouraging unabated corruption.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-16755009956818760112009-04-28T09:47:00.003+03:002009-04-28T09:50:46.383+03:00Are you sure the Media covers up the Entire Nation !!!<div align="justify">Lets look at some more facts about the current government ..........ready for few more surprises!! :))<br /><br />How many states do we have in India? ............ are you sure u know the answer? or do you have to google it ?? :))<br />Well...... there are few states that do not get any attention from the media......... no matter how worse a condition exists there.<br /><br />--> <strong>Situation in Assam</strong><br />Our current Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has been elected to Rajya Sabha for the past eighteen years from Assam… either as an MP or as the PM. And amazingly he has never spoken a word about the illegal infiltration of Bangladeshis which challenges the population structure in seven districts of that State. Maybe they are the guys that vote him in?!<br /><br />There was a case in Guwahati High Court. A Pakistani infiltrated into Assam via Bangladesh and got included in the voters list after obtaining a ration card by paying bribe to the local officials. After that, he contested in and won the Assembly election on 1996!! In its judgment, the Guwahati High Court expressed deep anguish and said that only in Assam foreigners could come to power and even make the native people minorities. :))<br /><br />The Pakistani flag is now being hoisted in five districts of states like Assam where the Muslim population has gone up significantly. 92000 Hindusand 6000 Christians are now languishing in refugee camps. The government has turned a blind eye to this. In the name of security, innocent people have been put in jails, whereas people like Yaasin Malik who has 23 murder charges on him, are moving Scot free and gathering their own strength. Is it acceptable to any patriotic Indian?<br /><br />--> <strong>Situation in Andra Pradesh<br /></strong>Thanks to the Congress led Government, out of 36000 temples in Andhra Pradesh, 28000 have closed down in the last five years. Do you want the same trend to continue in other parts of the country?<br /><br />--> <strong>Situation in Nagaland<br /></strong>Why have the minorities in Nagaland, Mizoram & Kashmir not got the similar privileges like the minorities in other states? Why is the Govt following different rules for different religions?<br /><br />--> <strong>Situation in Arunachal Pradesh</strong><br />Do you know that China is gradually trying to extend its boundries and accquire Arunachal Pradesh? Infact it has already made claims that Arunachal Pradesh belongs to China. Has the govenrment or the Media spoken or responded to China about this? Just imagine how China will react if India claims to accquire any land that belongs to China.<br /><br />Read more about it here - <a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1063888">http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1063888</a><br /><br />--> <strong>Situation in Jammu and Kashmir</strong><br />Well........most of us are atleast aware of the situation in J&K. But do you know that on 14th August Pakistani flags are hoisted in this region....... and more over......... on 15th August, the India flag is BURNT in most of the parts. Which country would allow such acts to take place??. I guess i shamefully have to admit that ..."It happens only in India!!"<br /><br />Such is the plight of most of the states in Eastern India and other parts of the nation. And nothing has been done apart from generating vote banks by dividing the nation into Majority and Minority. Can't Hindu's , Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsi's etc. and all religions keep aside thier religion and think for a moment that we are all Indians :))<br /><br />Well....... you can act. Go and Vote.........and Vote for Change !!!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-35107692084660787242009-04-17T14:02:00.003+03:002009-04-28T09:52:51.317+03:00Game of Education and Money by our Current Government<div align="justify"><br />Some more facts related to the education system handled by over current government :))<br /><br />--> <strong>Exceptional Rise in educational fees</strong>:<br />Back in 1991, at IIT , the semester fees were Rs 20! Yup, you heard it right… Then the government started withdrawing financial aid to the IITs and today the semester fees in IIT is to the tune of Rs 20,000!! Forget about IIT, the absolutely pathetic state of the educational infrastructure of all government run institutions hits you right in the face! That’s one of the reasons they have reservation maybe, to cover up their absolute inability to impart any semblance of basic education to the children of our country.<br /><br />--> <strong>Donating Money to Harvard and Cambridge</strong><br />Now while our own education systems are in a pretty bad shape, our government gives out money to Harvard and Cambridge universities!! And says stuff like we were not sure that they would accept the money, we are so grateful that they did!! How much money? To the tune of Rs 50 crores!! Just because Mr. Nehru studied from there. Instead had that money been utilized for Indian Rural University /College development we would had best infrastructure for lakhs of Indian Students. In last one year there has been increase by 25% or more in fees in all Govt. Indian colleges and universities, and Govt is generously donating that money to Foreign Universities. (You can read more about this here - <a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1150356 ">http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1150356 </a>)<br /><br />--> <strong>CBSE status for Madrassas</strong><br />While Pakistan and some other islamic nations are closing down their madressas, there is talk of granting CBSE status to Islamic madressas in India, which means that people graduating with an almost jihadi "education" now could apply for government jobs! Which will mean that we won’t just have criminals in the bureaucracy and ruling us, we will have terrorists! They can be anyone, a Police officer, a Bus driver, a muncipal employee. Easy access to terrorism to enter into our system-- Jai ho! (Read more about this here - <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/madrasa-certificates-will-now-be-cbse-equivalent/404478/">http://www.indianexpress.com/news/madrasa-certificates-will-now-be-cbse-equivalent/404478/</a><br />and here - <a href="http://www.sanghparivar.org/join-madrasa-why-sit-for-tough-cbse-board-exam">http://www.sanghparivar.org/join-madrasa-why-sit-for-tough-cbse-board-exam</a>)<br><br />We say India is a secular nation, then why cant we promote Muslim students to study in the mainstream schools with the rest? Why seperate the muslim students and encourage them to study in Madrassas? When Pakistan Govt. itself has realized that terrorism is breeding in some Madarasa and is keeping close watch on activities or closing many Madarasa in Pakistan, Our Indian Govt. is doing the opposite. In many Madarasa , only concept of Jihad is been taught and wrong education is been given .To secure Vote Bank , Congress has made the law for granting CBSE certificate and Job in Public Sector / Government to students passing from Madarasa<br /><br />--> <strong>Scholarships for Minorities</strong><br />In the passing they handed out scholarships to more than 25 lakh students in India… ALL minorities! When we say we Indians are ONE, they why the funda of minority or majority? What about those who are not a minority? Is this the right way to give scholarships, on the basis of minority or majority status?<br />All these issues are not been highlighted by the Media. Its just a one liner news and then its over. So we can easily tell who has pocketed the media:)). <br><br />So you see......... we cannot really trust the Media. This time go and vote......and Vote for CHANGE !!! :)<br><br />PS: These points are just the tip of the iceberg :)) . </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840609646015906133.post-74945779953500715092009-04-13T11:56:00.003+03:002009-04-28T09:57:58.365+03:00Our Money used in Pak & Afgan !!! - Media is quiet ...sshhh!!!<div align="justify">Here are some facts about our money - the money all of us cough up as tax and are threatened with dire consequences if we don’t pay on time, etc, etc… The money that the government is supposed to be using for the welfare of the people… Well, here is what they have done with it…<br /><br />--> Remember the Mumbai train blasts? Well, around that time India gave financial aid to Pakistan for earthquake relief… Rs 150 crores of it! . Oh, you guys came and blew up our trains… Thanks a lot, we needed new ones anyways! Here is some money for your efforts! We have soooo much money, we really don’t know what to do with it! Using it for education or slum rehab, really didn’t cross our minds at all… :))<br /><br />--> Rs 3000 crores to Afghanistan! for infrastructure development… and i quote from the website: "In this case, India is providing three million dollars worth of gear. This includes 150 bullet-proof watch towers, 2,500 protective vests, and a lot of mine clearing equipment. So far, India has donated $700 million worth of good and services to Afghanistan, mostly for economic reconstruction." (Here is the link -<a href="http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htproc/articles/20061223.aspx">http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htproc/articles/20061223.aspx</a>). Bullet proof watch towers and protective vests are economic reconstruction?!<br /><br />--> After the 26th Nov mumbai attacks, government promised new weapons for the police department. Well, if you go to any police station and ask them, here is what they will tell you. "Yes, we have got new weapons. Previously we used weapons / Pistols / Rifles that fired only 2 rounds of bullets. But the current ones are 'supposed to' fire 24 rounds of bullets. Yeah, they are just 'supposed to' fire because these new weapons given to the police department are guns that are discarded by the Indian Army. So they look new, but who knows if they fire or not !!! "<br /><br />This is how our current government is using the citizens money - utilizing it on countries like Pakistan and Afganistan that are already a threat to India.<br />And the best part is........ the Media does not highlight such issues. Thats the reason i said earlier.......the media just shows one side of the story ;))<br /><strong>Think about it. Vote for a Change !!!<br /></strong><br />PS: These are just some of the points that i have highlighted.......there are many such issues where our money has been utilized and not accounted for. </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11435463421527896959noreply@blogger.com1