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Monday, September 15, 2008
Are we celebrating our Birthday or Other's?
When I was in school it became a very culture to celebrate birthdays on the day of Gregorian calendar calendar we are born. People visted Temples on that day to offer prayers and to get blessings. Most of us believe that it is the day to celebrate our birthday. The fact is that we are celebrating a nonsense day. It is not at all our birthday. You may go the extent of betting on this and try to win the debate over me.
Consider the following
What is a day - A day and night means, the time taken for Earth to rotate around itself
How much time does Earth take to rotate around itself - 23 hours, 56 minutes
What is a year - The time earth takes to revolve around the Sun once
How much time does Earth take to revolve around the sun - 365. 26 days
Then why do they say 365 days - They round it to 365 days and for every four years they round an extra day as 366 days which is called a leap year...
What is a Birthday - It is not the number on Gregorian calendar(because numbers are manipulated, rounded, adjusted). It is the position of Earth with respect to the Sun and with respect to its own axis of rotation.
Is there any other Calendar to know what is my correct birthday? Yes, The Indian Panchang( or the Hindu Calendar , Indian National Calendar which originated from the Vedic ages) which exactly calculates the time and position of stars for each hour in a day for any year.
It is very logical that Earth does not take exactly 24 hours time to rotate nor does it take exactly 365 days to revolve around the Sun. These are man made adjustments. However we need to note that Earth passes through the same path of its travel each year. If we are born at 11:00 AM on 19 April 1976, Earth may be on a (x,y,z) position in a 3-D space. It passes through the same point the next year, not on 19th April 1976 11:00 AM, but some hours before or after. So it is logical to pray to the Gods on the exact position of Earth when we were born than on the numbers that are manipulated which God never created for us.
Follow the Indian calendar and celebrate your birthdays on the right day and not on the wrong day.... You can look examples of Krishnastami, Vinayak Chaturthi, Deepavali, Vijayadasami, Ugadi all these Indian festivals are celebrated on different days each year on a Julian calendar, because they follow the right position of planets, Sun and Stars and not the manipulated numbers.
Celebrate the Right Day... You will be blessed.
Consider the following
What is a day - A day and night means, the time taken for Earth to rotate around itself
How much time does Earth take to rotate around itself - 23 hours, 56 minutes
What is a year - The time earth takes to revolve around the Sun once
How much time does Earth take to revolve around the sun - 365. 26 days
Then why do they say 365 days - They round it to 365 days and for every four years they round an extra day as 366 days which is called a leap year...
What is a Birthday - It is not the number on Gregorian calendar(because numbers are manipulated, rounded, adjusted). It is the position of Earth with respect to the Sun and with respect to its own axis of rotation.
Is there any other Calendar to know what is my correct birthday? Yes, The Indian Panchang( or the Hindu Calendar , Indian National Calendar which originated from the Vedic ages) which exactly calculates the time and position of stars for each hour in a day for any year.
It is very logical that Earth does not take exactly 24 hours time to rotate nor does it take exactly 365 days to revolve around the Sun. These are man made adjustments. However we need to note that Earth passes through the same path of its travel each year. If we are born at 11:00 AM on 19 April 1976, Earth may be on a (x,y,z) position in a 3-D space. It passes through the same point the next year, not on 19th April 1976 11:00 AM, but some hours before or after. So it is logical to pray to the Gods on the exact position of Earth when we were born than on the numbers that are manipulated which God never created for us.
Follow the Indian calendar and celebrate your birthdays on the right day and not on the wrong day.... You can look examples of Krishnastami, Vinayak Chaturthi, Deepavali, Vijayadasami, Ugadi all these Indian festivals are celebrated on different days each year on a Julian calendar, because they follow the right position of planets, Sun and Stars and not the manipulated numbers.
Celebrate the Right Day... You will be blessed.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Proud to be Indian-Hyderabad Auto story!
I always wonder "what makes me a proud Indian? Am I really proud to be an Indian or just the fear of crazy mobs make me say that!". I fear there are only 10% of people in India who live their lives honestly without harming others and without expecting anything from others. I am not sure if I am one among them, but I am certain that I am not in the other 90%. Take for example my journey from Kakinada to Hyderabad on 18 Oct. One of my cousin wanted reservation in the compartment, the ticket collector took an additional 50Rs to confirm his ticket despite the berth being vacant and the TC is paid to do this job by the government. No voice raised and everyone including me tacitly shifted our vision from him, thinking that, there can be nothing better than this deal! Huh!
My wife consumed some eatable in the station and threw the wrappers on to the track. I just observed and after some time I have shown her a board which read "Keep the station clean". I asked her to whom it is applicable! She said that it is for those who litter everywhere, and spit everywhere. I have shown her the wrappers on the track and asked her, if it is applicable to us also. She realized corrected herself the next time. Is each one of us realizing these small mistakes in our lives which we feel are not responsible.
I, my wife and baby got down at the Secunderabad Railway station, which is acclaimed to be the "Dream destination", to which the most respected Metro rail project is to happen. The twin cities which are more than 400 years old in their glory. The city which has got Metropolitan status in the recent past. The city of High-technology; in four words, "The most happening place".
To everybody's dismay, the railway station's auto stand has no autos for passengers to take the trip to their homes. We waited for half an hour and nothing turned up... Some passengers furiously discussed with the Traffic Police officer, but in vain... I ran around to catch an auto outside the check post , but they were demanding double rates to my place. None is ready to take us by metered cost. One was wearing a goddess Durga's "tika", the other was with a big Jesus cross in his neck; another was with a traditional white cap and a small beard. They were not men of words nor are they men in the 10% I talked above... They are those 90% who are shaping this society to void. How shamelessly we acclaim "Mera Bharat Mahan". Would their gods ever tell them, to live a honest life? what best do they pray in their temples, churches and masjids?
I finally had to yield to their demands and take one to get my job done. No go for me! neither could I take a HMTC bus with my family as I had some luggage too which I felt would make others feel inconvenient. Unfortunately, the approach road which leads to my house was dug mercilessly by the municipality and this was yet another reason for the Autowala to demand more money to take an alternate route! Damn!
Brothers and Sisters... This is not the India Gandhi dreamt about.
Teach our children Morals more than Science and Maths. If we don't do that, we will certainly head towards an age of barbarians and not technocrats!
My wife consumed some eatable in the station and threw the wrappers on to the track. I just observed and after some time I have shown her a board which read "Keep the station clean". I asked her to whom it is applicable! She said that it is for those who litter everywhere, and spit everywhere. I have shown her the wrappers on the track and asked her, if it is applicable to us also. She realized corrected herself the next time. Is each one of us realizing these small mistakes in our lives which we feel are not responsible.
I, my wife and baby got down at the Secunderabad Railway station, which is acclaimed to be the "Dream destination", to which the most respected Metro rail project is to happen. The twin cities which are more than 400 years old in their glory. The city which has got Metropolitan status in the recent past. The city of High-technology; in four words, "The most happening place".
To everybody's dismay, the railway station's auto stand has no autos for passengers to take the trip to their homes. We waited for half an hour and nothing turned up... Some passengers furiously discussed with the Traffic Police officer, but in vain... I ran around to catch an auto outside the check post , but they were demanding double rates to my place. None is ready to take us by metered cost. One was wearing a goddess Durga's "tika", the other was with a big Jesus cross in his neck; another was with a traditional white cap and a small beard. They were not men of words nor are they men in the 10% I talked above... They are those 90% who are shaping this society to void. How shamelessly we acclaim "Mera Bharat Mahan". Would their gods ever tell them, to live a honest life? what best do they pray in their temples, churches and masjids?
I finally had to yield to their demands and take one to get my job done. No go for me! neither could I take a HMTC bus with my family as I had some luggage too which I felt would make others feel inconvenient. Unfortunately, the approach road which leads to my house was dug mercilessly by the municipality and this was yet another reason for the Autowala to demand more money to take an alternate route! Damn!
Brothers and Sisters... This is not the India Gandhi dreamt about.
Teach our children Morals more than Science and Maths. If we don't do that, we will certainly head towards an age of barbarians and not technocrats!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Souring Prices, Solution of the day
Situation of today
What a pathetic Situation India is facing today! No matter what party the government is, the prices are to sour, and the common man is on the roads!When you ask the Prime minister he would say, the world is facing a crisis, not India alone!When the Stock markets failed, India sustained, they said it is because of them. Can we not sustain the crisis of the world today! Obviously we cannot! What are the reasons for this sudden change?A study conducted between 1991 and 2001 showed that India had on an average 70 % of the land area for cultivation in each of the states to feed the population in the 30% of the area.
The Reasons!
With the onset of SEZ and accelerated Industrialization, massive residential zones, we have grabbed upto 15-20% of the fertile agricultural land . What is the impact? Raise in the prices of essential commodities by many fold.
We, a nuclear family, used to spend for provisions a sum of 1500Rs. and now it goes to 2100Rs. For vegetables, it used to be Rs.100 a week, now it goes 200Rs. I once visited to buy a small piece of land near to Shamshabad, though it did not materialize as I wanted it for residential purpose and not for investments.The Panchayat president had 24 acres of fertile agricultural land sold to the builders and promoters to lay out the residential plots. How pity it is! The farmers just see the shining gold that fills their bags and the builders are just after making money at the shortest span of time. The NRIs are earning relentlessly just to invest in the Land in India, though they don't really need to. I know many people who own more than three residential plots, even more than five plots. These sick affluent people are least bothered what would happen to their fellow beings. They just want their families to just enjoy the life by grabbing the land with the power of money, which unfortunately is not regulated today. But with this trend, the D-Day is very near when the common man, unable to make his ends meet, will come on to roads and go the way of a burglar which is not only a negative indication of a spoilt society and take my word, these affluent people of today will come on to roads or have to keep Z- category security which will squeeze out their bank balances in no time. Where do we run then?
The Solution
I propose a five point solution to problem after lot of analysis. People have to become a little selfless in terms of buying land (You don't need to donate anything at all!)
What a pathetic Situation India is facing today! No matter what party the government is, the prices are to sour, and the common man is on the roads!When you ask the Prime minister he would say, the world is facing a crisis, not India alone!When the Stock markets failed, India sustained, they said it is because of them. Can we not sustain the crisis of the world today! Obviously we cannot! What are the reasons for this sudden change?A study conducted between 1991 and 2001 showed that India had on an average 70 % of the land area for cultivation in each of the states to feed the population in the 30% of the area.
The Reasons!
With the onset of SEZ and accelerated Industrialization, massive residential zones, we have grabbed upto 15-20% of the fertile agricultural land . What is the impact? Raise in the prices of essential commodities by many fold.
We, a nuclear family, used to spend for provisions a sum of 1500Rs. and now it goes to 2100Rs. For vegetables, it used to be Rs.100 a week, now it goes 200Rs. I once visited to buy a small piece of land near to Shamshabad, though it did not materialize as I wanted it for residential purpose and not for investments.The Panchayat president had 24 acres of fertile agricultural land sold to the builders and promoters to lay out the residential plots. How pity it is! The farmers just see the shining gold that fills their bags and the builders are just after making money at the shortest span of time. The NRIs are earning relentlessly just to invest in the Land in India, though they don't really need to. I know many people who own more than three residential plots, even more than five plots. These sick affluent people are least bothered what would happen to their fellow beings. They just want their families to just enjoy the life by grabbing the land with the power of money, which unfortunately is not regulated today. But with this trend, the D-Day is very near when the common man, unable to make his ends meet, will come on to roads and go the way of a burglar which is not only a negative indication of a spoilt society and take my word, these affluent people of today will come on to roads or have to keep Z- category security which will squeeze out their bank balances in no time. Where do we run then?
The Solution
I propose a five point solution to problem after lot of analysis. People have to become a little selfless in terms of buying land (You don't need to donate anything at all!)
- NRIs and affordable people should limit their purchase of land(2 plots should be a limit)
- Builders and promoters should find alternate businesses
- Agricultural land should not be regularized in the coming five years
- Government should consider action plan to increase the cultivation land and promote agriculture
- SEZ and other Industrial areas are to be given barren lands for their development.
As Gandhiji said, we need to balance the Industry and Agriculture in our small country when compared with our population.
Friends, make Inda a better place to live....
Monday, October 29, 2007
Elections in the new era
I was thinking the other day why we have been passing through the "developing nation" tag for many decades despite many of us being great minds. Its the rotten bureaucracy? Corrupt politicians? Careless public? or probably a mix of all the three. When we look at politicians, we always blame them for no mistake of theirs! Yes! you heard me right... No mistake of theirs.
Its you, I, and many others like us who are very well educated but are careless about the nation and we never think of voting. "Aah! one my vote! How does it matter?" kind of attitude. When we have never voted, what is the rational behind blaming the ones that are elected? We have lot of escapes for not voting. Most of us do not work in your home towns! We enjoy the holiday on elections than stretch ourselves to the polling booth.
Then who elects the one in power? Mostly the illiterate, the destitute. They vote to any one who will give them a bottle or a yellow note! I don't rule out honest voters. But they are minimal. They regret their vote after the election results are declared. This has been the case for many decades and the corrupt rule us. "Yadha Raja, Tatha Praja". However I have analyzed a solution which would fit the purpose and benefit the educated lazy voters equally well as the illiterate ones.
Elections should happen in two phases. One for the physical voters, the Second one being for online voters. Any person who is graduate and above should be permitted for online voting. This happens not just like a email id , but in a secure finger print registry mode. A person registered online may vote physically if he wishes to.
This is not the end of the story. A Progress bar is maintained for the elected members by all the Graduate Voters Registered Online (GraVoReOn) from the respective constituencies. The progress bar, for which the MLA/MP is accountable for, will be reviewed every month by the Assembly.
This not only empowers Gravoreons but improves accountability of the politicians and also motivates genuinely service oriented people to get into politics. This cleanses up the system as a whole, to see a Safer and Prosper India.
Its you, I, and many others like us who are very well educated but are careless about the nation and we never think of voting. "Aah! one my vote! How does it matter?" kind of attitude. When we have never voted, what is the rational behind blaming the ones that are elected? We have lot of escapes for not voting. Most of us do not work in your home towns! We enjoy the holiday on elections than stretch ourselves to the polling booth.
Then who elects the one in power? Mostly the illiterate, the destitute. They vote to any one who will give them a bottle or a yellow note! I don't rule out honest voters. But they are minimal. They regret their vote after the election results are declared. This has been the case for many decades and the corrupt rule us. "Yadha Raja, Tatha Praja". However I have analyzed a solution which would fit the purpose and benefit the educated lazy voters equally well as the illiterate ones.
Elections should happen in two phases. One for the physical voters, the Second one being for online voters. Any person who is graduate and above should be permitted for online voting. This happens not just like a email id , but in a secure finger print registry mode. A person registered online may vote physically if he wishes to.
This is not the end of the story. A Progress bar is maintained for the elected members by all the Graduate Voters Registered Online (GraVoReOn) from the respective constituencies. The progress bar, for which the MLA/MP is accountable for, will be reviewed every month by the Assembly.
This not only empowers Gravoreons but improves accountability of the politicians and also motivates genuinely service oriented people to get into politics. This cleanses up the system as a whole, to see a Safer and Prosper India.
Friday, September 28, 2007
The Hysteric Indian
Cricket India lost the World Cup in 2007,
The cricketers statuettes are burnt, Mobs attacked cricketers houses, Shouted slogans, Conducted rallies and media was raising its voice to its maximum to blame the cricketers, the board and the politicians! Did people realize that one team has to lose, when the other wins?
Cricket India won the World Cup in 2007 T20,
The cricket team was announced 100M rupees of prize money. Cricketers are in ad campaining in every news paper. Government declared lakhs of rupees worth gifts. The Mumbai roads were crammed for 40 Kilometers with people to see the Indian team, that arrived after the win. For them Cricketers are Gods! The Hockey team, the players of Indian National game were not even greeted by Government when they brought India the "Asia Cup"! huh!
Amitabh failed as an Entrepreneur :
The most revered film personality started a company called ABCL, which flopped losing millions. People are not even bothered to give him his meagre expenses!
Amitabh returns to Film Industry:
The then Prime minister IK Gujral, had a french beard. Nobody was bothered to even look at him. Amitabh, to make his both ends meet made a come back to film industry with a french beard... The next day I could see lot of Amitabh impostors in my office too! India today Cover page has Amitabh, and it closed with a photograph of Amitabh, for nothing except drama that he has done in his entire life but before a camera!
Nagarjuna grows hair:
I once visited Hyderabad 2 years back and saw lot of ruffians around. I enquired my friend. He said that to grow hair to shoulders is the new fashion, set by Nagarjuna, for his film "Super"! Damn!
Chiranjeevis Son makes Debut in films:
The other day I was watching "Maa" TV. The TV had a full coverage of Chiruta movie premier, interviewing all film personalities. It makes sense for 10 mins... 20 mins... Is it worth hours of airtime?
Why are we so crazy about the film personalities, cricketers and not about scientists, philosophers? This is the reason why our country faces brain drain. We don't give one damn value to brainy people. We are only after drama! Our day starts with a film song and ends with one. Our nights burn the oil to see Cricket matches. Did we ever think of improving India by putting our this so called "entertainment time" to a "constructive work".
If the crowd that Mumbai has gathered on the Cricketers return, has gone to any Government hospital for 10 minutes, it would have cleansed the corruption there. If it went to any government office there, the projects would have seen a light. If they went took one brick each, they would have built a 10 KM China wall. If they had given 10 rupees of their money to a red cross society, that would have made 100 families get a square meal for their life.
When will we learn all this? Are we a developed Country or still a developing country. Ignorance and the lack of right education in India are the causes for not setting the right goal to youth!
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Professional Chat Etiquette
Instant messaging has become a vital part and a role player in the IT sector. The days are long gone when we used to open Yahoo messenger or a MSN Messenger to talk to our friends in a net cafe. We have found the ease of "pinging" our friend who is next to us than to turn to him and say "Hi dude!". It is not pathetic, but its the nature of the work that has made us adopt "typing of data an easy method than to dictate it!". With this kind of workplaces becoming Professional Chat rooms, there is every need to define the standards of chatting in a professional environment. Because people in corporate world are no college going and have earned respect over the years and expect a decent and complete words than chat jargon and short cuts. Lets see some sample Cases
Case 1 : New employee right from college joins a company, sees his boss online and wishes him!
Employee : Hey Boss! Howdy!
Boss : $#@#$%^&*&^(
Moral : Be polite and use correct language with the superiors
Case 2 : Employee suddenly chats with manager in his usual tone to his colleagues
Employee : Hi Andy! Did ya get my sent N pic, You must have lkd it?
Manager: What the hell you are talking!
(Obviously Customer didn't receive what Employee sent, but interpreted it "Hi Andy! Did you get my sent Nude Picture, You must have licked it!" where the employee actually meant "Hi Andy, did you get my sent Niagara picture, you must have liked it!") The variance is too huge
Moral : Don't use abbreviations in a professional chat, it could lead to even firing from job
Case 3: Employee gets a new opportunity to talk to the customer regarding some more details required for a work request the customer sent
Employee :
Hi Mike,
I realize that the request you sent is not complete. Send me other details immediately. Otherwise, I can't complete the work in time!
Thanks
John
Customer : in his copy to Manager
Hi Rob,
I see one of your resources John is not very impressed with the work we got, Can we get a replacement for him in the next one week?
Sincerely
Mike
Moral : Employee is fired! Use courteous language with your superiors or customers.
After looking at the above three cases, we remember many others when we were embarrassed with such chats, if you really are sensitive to people's way of talking. Let me list for you a few things which one must adhere to while doing a Professional Chat.
Case 1 : New employee right from college joins a company, sees his boss online and wishes him!
Employee : Hey Boss! Howdy!
Boss : $#@#$%^&*&^(
Moral : Be polite and use correct language with the superiors
Case 2 : Employee suddenly chats with manager in his usual tone to his colleagues
Employee : Hi Andy! Did ya get my sent N pic, You must have lkd it?
Manager: What the hell you are talking!
(Obviously Customer didn't receive what Employee sent, but interpreted it "Hi Andy! Did you get my sent Nude Picture, You must have licked it!" where the employee actually meant "Hi Andy, did you get my sent Niagara picture, you must have liked it!") The variance is too huge
Moral : Don't use abbreviations in a professional chat, it could lead to even firing from job
Case 3: Employee gets a new opportunity to talk to the customer regarding some more details required for a work request the customer sent
Employee :
Hi Mike,
I realize that the request you sent is not complete. Send me other details immediately. Otherwise, I can't complete the work in time!
Thanks
John
Customer : in his copy to Manager
Hi Rob,
I see one of your resources John is not very impressed with the work we got, Can we get a replacement for him in the next one week?
Sincerely
Mike
Moral : Employee is fired! Use courteous language with your superiors or customers.
After looking at the above three cases, we remember many others when we were embarrassed with such chats, if you really are sensitive to people's way of talking. Let me list for you a few things which one must adhere to while doing a Professional Chat.
- Use proper language with all the employees, unless the other person is too intimate to you, or you have known him for long time.
- Don't use abbreviations or Chat jargon (ASAP, BRB, LOL, C U will be alright to some extent but not entirely). Use complete words or till they convey the right meaning. For example, to say "appointment", you can say "apptmt" and not "aptmt" which is "apartment". Never use abbreviations with superiors. They least expect it from you.
- Show courtesy in every request you make and every "No" you say. If some body requests you something, and you are unable to do it, never say "No, I can't do it", rather say "I am sorry, I feel I may not be able to". The former shows your incapability and your headstrong attitude, while the latter shows your amicability and respectful attitude.
- When trying to message others for more than a minute, ask them , if they have time for you. Other person has not added already your calendar entry for you for 30 minutes when you start talking to him/her
- When you need help from others, be polite and humble. Do not demand help.
- Be enthusiastic when the other person chats with you. That creates an impression of your liveliness.
- Treat your new subordinates as your new friends and be polite to them. They might not be aware of your rules and regulations. Make them aware of first, before commenting their ways of talking.
- Don't be rude any time. You can put your thoughts humorously than in a rude fashion.
- While pasting web links. Brief the other person what it is before hand. He is not free to just click on whatever you send. He might be in a happy mood about his new born baby; You send him the link of "100 people dead in a plane crash".. Does it make sense to him?
- Use Thanks/Sorry when you are at fault. Don't let your ego rule the situation. When ego rules, You may have to search another place to work.
Well the list goes on! But these principles would definitely work out best for you in your corporate ladder. All the best!
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