caught in Double Standards

• cheat and SUCCEED – is it really a success?
• work-a-round and make PROGRESS – how can one move ahead. isn’t he circling?
• its all JAVA during coffee break – smells fishy.
• engineer not of software but of SOFT skills – reality sucks! manouevering ones own way.
• TIP a waiter and add to his SELF – lets donate. (let this be in america, india is not america, lets not try jacks coat on john and marry)
• FALLING in love – lets rise.
• sympathy shown to parents and expected from boss – the capitalist mentality!
• MANAGERS manage office first and then comes family management – sheer mismanagement!
• POLITICIAN appealing to remove corruption – we need leaders.
• virus eradicated but SECURED for biological war – how about an antivirus!
• football played with a GOAL to defeat and little effort to goal – spirit of game!
• the GREAT AMERICAN DREAM lies in/with its immigrants – certainly it is not patriotism or nationalism.
• in JEHAD lies the independence – its not independence, might be freedom

“the author of above passage is a straight forward thinker“

Popular Mechanics

Power in Car

1.Power Doors and Windows: In Jurrasic Park, it was tough for Dr.Grant and Murphy kids to come out of the powered vehicles when the whole ectric system came down. Power Doors and Windows provides central locking facility plus comfort. In case you are stuck somewhere and you cannot pull down the windows because of electronic breakdown in the car, a short circuit due to rain/flooding, keep some iron tool handy to make your way out of the window pane. For mechanism, The picture will give some idea how it works.

2. Power Steering: Ever thought what will happen if while driving suddently the ignition went down, how hard can it become to steer these 2000 cc cars.

Easy Steps:

a. For precuaionary measures try this in some big vacant parking lot

b. keep the vehicle speed to 5-10miles/hr.

c. At this speed turn the gear into Neutral and swtich off the ignition of card. Remember that turning off means shutting down Power to all parts of car which run on motor/rotory power and not via battery .
Now steer your car, it really needs some muzzle power lol!

There have not been much advances in the Car steering system in the last few decades other than intoruducing the Hydraulic system to the Steering Valve and Rack and Pinion arrangement and introducing a Speed sensing mechanical unit. In coming years, Automakers may altogether removethis mechanical Steering system with electronic motor controlled system thus gaining adavantages like

a. reduced noise

b.less mechanical units, so reduced wear and tear

c. more efficiency, more mileage

d. more control and than ofcouse digital storage of preferences, I mean, the way each member in the family can store his preferences for Car seat position and side plus back mrror settings , he can also set the strength level he finds comfortable for steering car.

3. Power Breaks: Ok, Power Breaks is one thing which will work even if there is electrical breakdown or car run out of gas, but then, only for a while.

Few interesting things:

a. When we take a turn both tires on the front axle move at different speed (and so likewise there rear counterparts): same axle gives two different speeds to tires on its sides, this is acheived via differential

b. More force is required for the front tires to stop them then the rear ones, as the front side has engine weight + weight movedahead due to sudden break

c. front wheel disc breaks are forced to come into play a little later than the rear wheel drum brakes to facilitate smoother breaking

Jokes apart, lets be Serious

Number 1:
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went camping. After a good meal and an excellent bottle of wine, they lay down and went to sleep. A couple of hours later, Holmes woke up and nudged his faithful friend.

“Watson, Watson”, he said. “Look up at the sky and tell me what you see?”

“I see millions and millions of stars,” replied Watson.

“And what does that tell you?” inquired the master detective.

Watson thought for a moment: Well, Holmes astronmically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically I observer that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately two-twenty-five. Theologically, i can see that God is all powerfull and that we are small and insignificant. Metereologically, I believe we will have a glorious day tomorrow. What does it tell you, Holmes?”

“Watson, you innocent! Some theif has stolen our tent!”

Number 2:
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An old lady was terrified of flying to visit her family in Australisa because she was always afraid that there would be a bomb on board. Her family tried to convince her that the risk of such an occurence was remote and persuaded her to consult an actuary.

“What are the chances of someone having a bomb on a plane?” she asked “Very small,” replied the actuary. “about one in 10,000.”

“And what are the chances of two people having a bomb on the same plane?”

“Even smaller, ” said the actuary. “Something like one in a billion. Practically zero”

After that, the old lady was happy to fly… so long as she is allowed to carry a bomb with herself.

Number 3:
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A Rooster at the farmhouse got old and the farmer could not rely on him for eggs to run his business. One afternoon, the farmer brought a young Rooster to the farm, and was confident that with so many hen, the chicks produced would again be good in number. The old Rooster decided not to give so easily to his new and young competitor. And called and challenged him for a race in the presence of hen.

“I can out-run you any day of the week”, said the young boasting of his strength and stamina.

If you are so confident, “replied the old rooster, “you won’t mind giving me a head start. After all your legs are much younger than mine.”

“No problem,” crowed the young rooster. You can have half a lap start and i will still beat you.” The race began with the Old Rooster strongly pursuid by the young one, with all hen shouting loud, hearing the commotion the Farmer came out to investigate the reason. Seeing the two roosters, he immediately picked up his rifle and shot the younger bird dead. “Damn,” groaned the farmer, “Thats the third gay rooster i have bought this month”.

I only say this because I LOVE YOU

Our mind runs without any contraints, Mom says Siddharth, iron your clothes, and i end up thinking various reasons for “Why she didnot give my trousers for ironing”
a. perhaps trying to test me
b. might be the lady did not come yesterday
c. whats better – doing iron yourself, or giving it to the people who make daily living from it. how can I and my mother miss that part.
d. she did Ironing for dad and not for me, oh! where in this world is my sweetheart!!!

In the movie “TRUMAN SHOW”, jr. Jim Carry replies to his teacher saying he wants to explore the world, go out and play with stars, and teacher promptly replies back , there is no need of any more astrunauts in our country, Also the whole universe has already been explored to the extent possible, there is nothing left. He feels disheartened. Everybody tries to make him feel comfortable but still he is challenged by the suspense around himself.

He still fights with his wife though she is dead…
it resounds back and forth in my mind but soon i conclude it is very acceptable and realistic, though it seems bitterly negative. let me put a mild expression — he still remembers his wife and thinks of the good and bad times they had, she still helps him make decisions. He fights his ego and tries to understand her, he feels her need and look for opportunities to correct himself.

The conversation in the family, the day to day chores, leaves us tired. Sometimes a small talk with parents or siblings gives us hope, security, belongingness , love and sometimes frustration, annoyance leaving us in a frenzied state. Steven Coven advices to look from a third person point of view while handling such conversation, more so those conversation which can go bitter and can be fatal to the bonding within the family.

No doubt its better to submit to the daily chores, considering them the ubiquitous unavoidable things, let the time play its role in brigding those gaps And meanwhile make effort in things which are in ones own control.

save energy … save resources

Below are few ways anyone can save resources and go GREEN
*use tap water; do not overuse it. : 1 shower bath is equivalent to 4-5 20L buckets of water which go waste. Any science student can understand the amount of energy it is required to pull up 1 bucket of water from river to your washbasin
*switch of bulb if not required : 40W or 60W of bulbs left switched ON is a staright example of energy wastage
*use Paper Napkin cautiously after hand wash
*stove whether electric or gas can be used more effectively
*washing machine / dryer can be used effectively

reality is that if you are standing in Delhi NCR, chances are there will not be enough electicity that you could use the devics like ac, washingmachine, dryer , heater etc… 99.9% of us cannot even think of a viable solution for this scarcity but each of us can anytime start and always contibute to this cause and can become a part of Go Green program

Democrats vs Republicans

Here it goes, the fight between a donkey and elephant as to who will get the Seat, kissa kursi ka! Two powerful candidates rather two candidates of much powerful nation, when they speak the most common words, these words echo across the globe over the might of nuclear arsenal stagged in their backyard. Others listen to them with all attention as each word, making each sentence , resuting in a decision , formulating an order could make your country a playground for bomb testing.
Its my belief that the decision of Americans will effects the whole world. They anyways have some inclination towards middle east, a bit of more east , and comes India. Americans have had a bitter history but still they do not understand the religious and political complexity of middle east. Among the present Presidential Candidates, the one whom i liked and whom i could appreciate was a Republican Ron Paul, a liberal, whose words make sense to me.

Simple Mechanics Part 1

Putting up few Day 2 Day Use small workarounds… which make life easy, inline to :a. using pully to fetch water from well, or using fulcrum to raise a heavy load, or like using a large, small gear while riding up the hill on a bicycle.

1. Hinge/Bar in Batchroom to hang tub-curtain: Found it easy, without putting a nail in the wall or using any other simple tool/technique, i was able to fit a rod on the wall and hang a curtain over it, Then why since ages I use to look for a nail and hammer whenever it came to hanging a curtain aside my hostel bookshelf or door !

As this picture shows, there is no nail, no hole in wall, put the rod, just the pressure on both sides which keeps the rod up.

2. Red Signal Light at Curved Road:

No need to push the break hard at the red light and cursing the unknowns — for making sure people in your car understand that the road was curved, the red light ahead was not visible and the RED signal came infront of you as suddenly as for anybody else.

So, in America they have put a long arm at signals much before the curve starts which is in sync with your Red Light Signal ahead.

3. Tooth Pick Case:

While coming out from Restaurant after dinner, It was more convenient to get a tooth pick from this case without putting the hand inside some cup/box, thus avoiding touching the other tooth picks, essentially tooth pick goes straight inside the mouth and being of wood while scratching it with teeth, either is squeezed etc… but comes in direct contact with salaiva.

I will put the picture as i will come across…

Reality Show :real vs reel life

Tyson, tough guy, isn’t — but this story is not about the well known world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson who lately was more unpopular in this greater world courtesy the inner weaknessses and ever increasing competitive environment around, rahter this is about a humble but hungry for knowledge, sober but sharp like razor, polite but powerful, quiet but quick, cute but challenging friend of mine, who born and brought up in Bokaro with mother, a god-fearing simple lady and father a sober and strong-minder man working in the HR deptt of Bokaro Steel plant.

Few incidents which do not let me forget him
a. it was a quiet afternoon, we had just returned from the Plant(tata motors) and had our lunch in the common mess, I was bit tired of the work and preferred taking a nap in my hostel room, by 2pm, I was again ready to go back to work while in between I met Tyson, who was retuning from Library with few books in hand, a bit down. On asking the reason, he said , yaar I was in the library with my manager, he is impressed with my performance and is looking forward towards getting me into ERC (Engineering and Research and Deptt) of Tata Motors, we both were looking for a book on Gears ($&#^$@ – for me), luckily i came across some Reference book on my favorite topic of mechanical engg, asking to the librarian, if this book can be issued, he refused but my manager went a step ahead and recommended my name, at this the Librarian agreead but I did not like this favour, I questioned my manager — Sir, if this book can not be issued for anybody in normal fashion, then I do not want favor, incase you still want to pursue , kindly get this book permanently into regular section, but do not do this favor for me.

b. A highly disciplined guy, passout of BHU mechanical had presented papers and thrown suggestion to some renowned Journals. Staunch believer of resource utilization, and the belief, that its the technology and resournce utilization which can solve the misery of the people.

ERC fest: This 3 day fest organized by Tata Motors Engineers was open for participation to all colleges and schools of Jamshedpur (except XLRI) , with a budget amounting to 3lacs in 2003, the prizes were worth competing for. Tyson though a mechanical engineer was our IT head (myself his assistant: i was the head of hospitality group), that was once i saw him putting 12-14 hours religiously into the program organization. The database was huge (with close to 15 schools and 3 colleges participating) , together with the variety of events and the Tatas tradition of recognizing the talent, we had quite a lot of calulcaiton stuff on Excel Sheets. I am sure still many of these managers handling Excel would not be knowing the powress of Microsoft Excel ( the use of VB with Excel )and custom methods. It was a good effort where i witnessed the seriouseness and diligence of friend.

Good Thoughts.

I read in Hindu…
Thinking of objects, attachment to them is formed in a man. From attachment longing and from longing anger grows. From anger comes delusion and from delusion loss of memory, and loss of memory leads to inability to discriminate which ultimately/eventually leads to perishing of man

but but but
the self-controlled man moving among objects with senses under restraint and free from attraction and aversion attains to tranquility. In tranquility , all sorrow is destroyed, for the intellect of him, who is tranquilminded , is soon established in firmness.

Therefore Therefore
O mighty-armed. his knowledge is steady, whose senses are completely restrianed from their objects, that which is night to all, the seld controlled man awakes , that in which all beings wake, is night to the seld-seing man/muni.

DO THOU PERFORM OBLIGATORY ACTION FOR ACTION IS SUPERIOR TO INACTION AND EVEN THE BARE MAINTENANCE OF THE BODY WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE IF THOU REMIAN INACTIVE

first paradox

West says: empty mind is devils workshop
East says : empty mind can only attain salvation

One thing for sure, my mind is all empty and i am 100% sure about that. It all started with the quest to break the ice and utilise the brain, way back, while i was still a child making effort to speed up my Growth (G – Green symbolises Growth – my favorite); nways here goes the story, keeping it short, the surge of ideas which choked my brain in class 3 and i pledged 🙂 to throw ‘Amer Ali’ (of class 6) from first floor of our school, when he bullied my classmate. Time rolled on and the thought that one day this seniority of ‘Amer Ali’ will be a curse for him , somewhere after 30 years when in my veins will flow the blood 3 years younger to his then i will take this revenge.
In Mahabharata – Bahubali Bhima took the pledge of ravaging the body of duryodhana or it was Bhishma Pitamah whose pledge shaked the 3 worlds, pledges have always been considered as an extreme measure. These were a result of deluge of thoughts in their mind when they were conditioned, they were in captivity or restrained to act immediately.

It was later by Buddha, who explained that a peaceful mind can only make correct decisions. Ashok abondoned his kingdom only after the deadly battle of Kalinga, where all his energy was drained. The outcome of battle was more henious/sickening then he could have ever imagined.
It was then he attained the peace of mind and took the right decision to give up everything.