'via Blog this'
Marvelous pictures
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Interesting Maths Equation
(sqrt(cos(x))*cos(200 x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(9-x^2), -sqrt(9-x^2) from -4.5 to 4.5
To know the result of the equation ..please google the equation...:-)
Thanks to Ashish Munnajoshi for the above
To know the result of the equation ..please google the equation...:-)
Thanks to Ashish Munnajoshi for the above
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
A wonderful prayer
Most Richly Blessed
by an Unknown Civil War Veteran
Displayed in the Lobby of the Shreveport, LA Veterans Hospital
I asked God for strength, that I might achieve.
I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.
I asked for health, that I might do great things.
I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.
I asked for riches, that I might be happy.
I was given poverty, that I might become wise.
I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men.
I was given weakness, that I might feel the need for God.
I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life.
I was given Life, that I might enjoy all things.
I got nothing that I asked for, but everything I had hoped for.
Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers and true needs were fulfilled.
I am, among all men, most richly blessed.
by an Unknown Civil War Veteran
Displayed in the Lobby of the Shreveport, LA Veterans Hospital
I asked God for strength, that I might achieve.
I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.
I asked for health, that I might do great things.
I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.
I asked for riches, that I might be happy.
I was given poverty, that I might become wise.
I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men.
I was given weakness, that I might feel the need for God.
I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life.
I was given Life, that I might enjoy all things.
I got nothing that I asked for, but everything I had hoped for.
Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers and true needs were fulfilled.
I am, among all men, most richly blessed.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Connecting two intellectuals
It is always a privilege to connect with intellectuals but a greater privilege when you connect one with another, here I have connected Prof V. Raghunathan and Prof Subhash Bhatnagar.
Prof Raghunathan's blog post is below,
Prof Subhash Bhatnagar's post is here http://www.subhashbhatnagar.org/2011/05/vip-syndrome-peculiarity-of-developing.html
Thursday, June 2, 2011
“Daanah pe Daanah lyrics and review
Amazing Amazing song, I have heard it probably a thousand times, a favourite of both my wife, my brother my darling 17 month niece
Coke Studio brings Balochi folk legend Akhtar Chanal Zahri and contemporary pop singer Komal Rizvi together in this captivating collaboration, “Daanah pe Daanah”. Originally written and composed by Zahri himself, the song fondly sings the praises of the province he hails from. Presenting an unconventional alliance, this Coke Studio rendition of the popular folk song fuses with Sindhi Sufic classic ‘Lal Meri Path’, taking both well-loved anthems to a new level.
Reborn against the backdrop of a modern funk groove, the song becomes a colorful musical demonstration of diversity with Zahri and Rizvi, two strong yet vastly different personalities, combining their voices in a symbolic celebration of individuality.
Title: Daanah Pah Daanah – دانہ پہ دانہ- Multitude of Grains
Language: Brahui, Balochi, Punjabi, Persian, Urdu
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
My Puppy died
The black puppy has died, he was resting under a car and owner started the car without realizing that the puppy was under it.
He was great fun in many ways , he was a bit of a pile on and would follow me everywhere, once me and sumika were going to the market and I thought I had shaken him off , but even after 200 metres he was right behind us. However he had entered the territory of a gang of dogs and they chased him. Luckily he could hide under the car and I could rescue him from there and take him to safety.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Come and Play Scheme at various sports stadium in Delhi
The Sports Authority of India in a very enlightened gesture has thrown open its various stadium to the general public. The details of the scheme are available at the website. The application form is below. The rates are very nominal
link in the Sports Authority website for application form
In case the links are not available at the SAI website, then the following links can provide the details
Come and Play Scheme Details , application form
link in the Sports Authority website for application form
In case the links are not available at the SAI website, then the following links can provide the details
Come and Play Scheme Details , application form
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Mr. Rajeev Chawla asks IIT Alumni to discharge their liability
NDIASome Brain Drains Back
By Keya Acharya
BANGALORE, Apr 15, 2011 (IPS) - They were the face of India’s "brain drain" - the best and the brightest government-educated scholars who eventually left for foreign shores. Now, they have opted to give back as a gesture of thanks for the top-notch education they received.
They are alumni of the Indian Institutes of Technology, the country’s premier academic institute which the Times Higher Education Supplement has ranked the world’s third best technology institution, after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California at Berkeley.
Set up by the government for post-war and post-independence industrial development, IIT started in Kharagpur in West Bengal in 1950. It now has 15 campuses all over India, its graduates considered among the country’s academic and professional elite, many of them successful industrialists, entrepreneurs, businessmen and achievers.
Their education was heavily subsidised by the government, and they were at one point criticised for taking taxpayers’ money only to leave the country, mainly for the United States.
"An awareness has now started that you must give back to society," said Collur Dhananjay, an electronics alumnus of the IIT in Kharagpur and secretary of the Bangalore chapter of the IIT Alumni Association of Kharagpur
By Keya Acharya
BANGALORE, Apr 15, 2011 (IPS) - They were the face of India’s "brain drain" - the best and the brightest government-educated scholars who eventually left for foreign shores. Now, they have opted to give back as a gesture of thanks for the top-notch education they received.
They are alumni of the Indian Institutes of Technology, the country’s premier academic institute which the Times Higher Education Supplement has ranked the world’s third best technology institution, after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California at Berkeley.
Set up by the government for post-war and post-independence industrial development, IIT started in Kharagpur in West Bengal in 1950. It now has 15 campuses all over India, its graduates considered among the country’s academic and professional elite, many of them successful industrialists, entrepreneurs, businessmen and achievers.
Their education was heavily subsidised by the government, and they were at one point criticised for taking taxpayers’ money only to leave the country, mainly for the United States.
"An awareness has now started that you must give back to society," said Collur Dhananjay, an electronics alumnus of the IIT in Kharagpur and secretary of the Bangalore chapter of the IIT Alumni Association of Kharagpur
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
India-Pakistan match makes subcontinent's air thrum with malign vibrations-ET Cetera-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times on Mobile
India-Pakistan match makes subcontinent's air thrum with malign vibrations-ET Cetera-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times on Mobile
Worth reading if only for the English
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Restaurants recommended by Vir Sanghvi
1911 Imperial
San Gimignano Imperial
China Kitchen Hyatt
Chinese Connaught Place
Pan Asian Saket Sheraton
Karim
Latitude Khan Market
Diva GK
Indian Accent, Manish Mehrotra Chef of the Year
360 Augusto's
Setz Resturarant DLF Emporio
Royal China - Nehru Place
Orient Express
Dum Pukht
Wasabi
Pan Asian
ITC Maurya - Best Brunch
L'Opera Bakery in Khan Market
Setz Ambience Mall
Cafe Diva Greater Kailash
Punjab Grill Saket
Fresco
not recommended by Vir Sanghvi but featured The great kabab factory at radisson, MGF metropolital mall in Saket
vir sanghvi in today's column on brunch
San Gimignano Imperial
China Kitchen Hyatt
Chinese Connaught Place
Pan Asian Saket Sheraton
Karim
Latitude Khan Market
Diva GK
Indian Accent, Manish Mehrotra Chef of the Year
360 Augusto's
Setz Resturarant DLF Emporio
Royal China - Nehru Place
Orient Express
Dum Pukht
Wasabi
Pan Asian
ITC Maurya - Best Brunch
L'Opera Bakery in Khan Market
Setz Ambience Mall
Cafe Diva Greater Kailash
Punjab Grill Saket
Fresco
not recommended by Vir Sanghvi but featured The great kabab factory at radisson, MGF metropolital mall in Saket
vir sanghvi in today's column on brunch
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Scott Adams on how to be happy
Happiness Engineering
It occurred to me recently that I have developed quite a few tricks for engineering my own happiness. Allow me to share a few. Some are more obvious than others.
Food - Observe your own mood, and that of others, in the context of how recently they have eaten. If there's a hothead in your circle, notice that his anger is greatest before meals, when hunger is highest, and rarely does he explode during meals or just after. When you feel agitated, try eating some carbs. They're like a miracle drug. I suspect that anger is evolution's way of telling you to go kill something so you can eat.
Exercise - When I've exercised in the past day, almost nothing bothers me. And I sleep like a pile of moss. If you think of exercise in its usual way, as one component of health, or as a way to lose weight, it's easy to skip your hour at the gym. If you think of it as the difference between a good day and a bad day, it's easier to make it a priority.
Goals - I make it a habit to have at least one project brewing at all times that has a non-zero chance of changing the planet, or making a billion dollars, or both. Creating Dilbert was just one out of several dozen projects of that nature. As I write this, I have plans for Dilbert.com that would uncap its potential while helping a number of other people at the same time. That's a good feeling to wake up to. I've also contracted with an Indian company to turn one of my ideas into a website prototype that could change the nature of advertising. Or not. Probably not. The point is that it feels good to know it's there. When that project doesn't work, I'll put another dream into the slot. (I don't put much time or money into the long shots.)
Meaning - If you're young and you haven't yet achieved some level of success by your own standards, by all means make yourself your own first priority. You can't help others until you first help yourself. If you reach a more comfortable level, you'll find you need to be useful to others in order to find meaning and feel right in your own skin. That doesn't mean giving everything away. It's okay to pick your spots. You don't need to suffer in the process.
Positivity - The self-help gurus will tell you it's important to have an ongoing positive dialog with yourself. Lots of books have been written on this topic. All I will add is that you might be completely unaware of how negative you are. Many people make the mistake of incorporating negativity in their humor and thinking the outcome is a net positive. That takes the form of reflexively commenting on what's wrong with, well, everything. I used to be that guy. It was a habit I picked up from my mother. I thought I was being funny. An ex did me the favor of pointing out that I was actually just being an asshole. All the time.
Luckily, this is one of the easiest habits you can ever break. Now I make it a practice to think or say something positive immediately after I let slip a negative comment. Saying positive things puts your mind into a positive state. And when you become that guy, you attract positive relationships and positive outcomes.
A Little Bit of Danger - I don't recommend taking physical risks. But you'll feel more alive if you make it a habit to try new things, even if those things scare you a bit. I'm talking about small risks, such as signing up for an activity you know you will be bad at, or joining Toastmasters International (to give speeches), or sampling the unknown in some other way.
Learn - Feed your brain. The more active your brain is, the more alive you will feel. As a bonus, learning new things can be just the distraction you need to keep your mind from focusing on whatever else in your life is bugging you.
Feel Success - Make it a habit to often do things you do well. It doesn't matter if your best skill is golf or cooking or business or being a parent. Doing one thing well gives your ego some armor to handle all of the little things that don't go quite so well during the week.
Relationships - It's hard to be happy if you don't have whatever sorts of relationships in your life that work for you. The only advice I have in this area is that following the other tips for happiness will allow you to attract the sort of relationships you want.
That's a starter list for happiness. I don't think it contains any surprises. But sometimes it's nice to remind yourself that your happiness can be engineered, and that luck is a product of good design.
Food - Observe your own mood, and that of others, in the context of how recently they have eaten. If there's a hothead in your circle, notice that his anger is greatest before meals, when hunger is highest, and rarely does he explode during meals or just after. When you feel agitated, try eating some carbs. They're like a miracle drug. I suspect that anger is evolution's way of telling you to go kill something so you can eat.
Exercise - When I've exercised in the past day, almost nothing bothers me. And I sleep like a pile of moss. If you think of exercise in its usual way, as one component of health, or as a way to lose weight, it's easy to skip your hour at the gym. If you think of it as the difference between a good day and a bad day, it's easier to make it a priority.
Goals - I make it a habit to have at least one project brewing at all times that has a non-zero chance of changing the planet, or making a billion dollars, or both. Creating Dilbert was just one out of several dozen projects of that nature. As I write this, I have plans for Dilbert.com that would uncap its potential while helping a number of other people at the same time. That's a good feeling to wake up to. I've also contracted with an Indian company to turn one of my ideas into a website prototype that could change the nature of advertising. Or not. Probably not. The point is that it feels good to know it's there. When that project doesn't work, I'll put another dream into the slot. (I don't put much time or money into the long shots.)
Meaning - If you're young and you haven't yet achieved some level of success by your own standards, by all means make yourself your own first priority. You can't help others until you first help yourself. If you reach a more comfortable level, you'll find you need to be useful to others in order to find meaning and feel right in your own skin. That doesn't mean giving everything away. It's okay to pick your spots. You don't need to suffer in the process.
Positivity - The self-help gurus will tell you it's important to have an ongoing positive dialog with yourself. Lots of books have been written on this topic. All I will add is that you might be completely unaware of how negative you are. Many people make the mistake of incorporating negativity in their humor and thinking the outcome is a net positive. That takes the form of reflexively commenting on what's wrong with, well, everything. I used to be that guy. It was a habit I picked up from my mother. I thought I was being funny. An ex did me the favor of pointing out that I was actually just being an asshole. All the time.
Luckily, this is one of the easiest habits you can ever break. Now I make it a practice to think or say something positive immediately after I let slip a negative comment. Saying positive things puts your mind into a positive state. And when you become that guy, you attract positive relationships and positive outcomes.
A Little Bit of Danger - I don't recommend taking physical risks. But you'll feel more alive if you make it a habit to try new things, even if those things scare you a bit. I'm talking about small risks, such as signing up for an activity you know you will be bad at, or joining Toastmasters International (to give speeches), or sampling the unknown in some other way.
Learn - Feed your brain. The more active your brain is, the more alive you will feel. As a bonus, learning new things can be just the distraction you need to keep your mind from focusing on whatever else in your life is bugging you.
Feel Success - Make it a habit to often do things you do well. It doesn't matter if your best skill is golf or cooking or business or being a parent. Doing one thing well gives your ego some armor to handle all of the little things that don't go quite so well during the week.
Relationships - It's hard to be happy if you don't have whatever sorts of relationships in your life that work for you. The only advice I have in this area is that following the other tips for happiness will allow you to attract the sort of relationships you want.
That's a starter list for happiness. I don't think it contains any surprises. But sometimes it's nice to remind yourself that your happiness can be engineered, and that luck is a product of good design.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Technology Review India
Recently I had a chance to glance through the Magazine Technology Review India, MIT's Magazine on Innovation. The last page article was an article on Mapping of Citizens which spoke about some IBM technologies in a vague manner. To be candid it seemed a press release of IBM technologies. Coincidentally, the ad on the inside back cover page facing the article was that of IBM.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Use of Twitter, not for occassional twitterers
Twitter is an amazingly distracting service, there is just so much to read, follow that a person with ADD can spend his entire working day on tweets and chasing the links on tweets.
Given the medium , the king among twitterers post 25-30 tweets a day, Gkhamba , jhunjhunwala, zenrainman among the guys I follow. However for occassional twitterers, I don't think it is a good medium. Most of your friends and associates would be following these kings and your tweets would get lost. Hence blog posting, use of facebook or linkedin may be a better place to post updates or better still link all these accounts. But this may be a problem for people leading a double life, an official persona on linkedin and a personal one on facebook
Given the medium , the king among twitterers post 25-30 tweets a day, Gkhamba , jhunjhunwala, zenrainman among the guys I follow. However for occassional twitterers, I don't think it is a good medium. Most of your friends and associates would be following these kings and your tweets would get lost. Hence blog posting, use of facebook or linkedin may be a better place to post updates or better still link all these accounts. But this may be a problem for people leading a double life, an official persona on linkedin and a personal one on facebook
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Lady IAS Officers first posting
Lady IAS Officers first posting
The above link points to a hilarious description of the first posting of Ms. Shailaja Chandra an IAS officer who ofcourse went on to do much bigger things. To know more about Ms. Shailaja Chandra go here
The above link points to a hilarious description of the first posting of Ms. Shailaja Chandra an IAS officer who ofcourse went on to do much bigger things. To know more about Ms. Shailaja Chandra go here
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