presently a little S....d.Office. just back from Mumbai
residences in delhi have "do not park outside the gate, tires will be deflated" written on signboards on their outer gates .
similar residences in mumbai have"thank you for not parking outside the gate" written on them .
In Kolkata, it is usually "no parking".Per Letter Charges
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Organ Retrieval Banking Organization(ORBO), a nodal centre for the country, has been set up at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, with a purpose of encouraging organ donations, fair and equitable distribution and optimum utilization of human organs.
The 'Donor form' is available at the below mentioened webpage.
http://www.aiims.edu/aiims/orbo/form.htm
according to the donor form , u may donate your 'hearts' and not your 'heart'.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Earth, man and vanity
The principal reason behind the threat to the very existence of mankind is excessive vanity of mankind. It is almost impossible today to divest Man from his notion that the world was created for him coupled with the misplaced yet omnipotent vanity which makes him believe that the fate of the world depends on him.
If we have learnt from human recorded history, the earth existed even before the advent of man and evolution of mankind. The Sun is now about halfway through its middle age. It will continue to give the Earth light and heat for another 5 billion years. How long a star lasts depends on how big it is. The biggest stars live fast (meaning hot) and die young by blowing themselves to bits (Supernova).Smaller stars live calmly for hundreds of millions of years and die much more quietly.
The present post is prompted by the false notion of mankind that he can save the Earth. If one searches with the phrase “save the earth” on Google, he would be perplexed with 1240,000 hits. I am not even suggesting that I have a checked all these sites and they deal with the above phrase, but is a safe guidance to believe the belief of mankind is the protector of earth.
We forget that the universe and the earth is what mankind survives on though it would like to believe that it has enslaved nature through stunning scientific advancement. Mankind’s stupidity is evidenced by everything around us and all that exists under the sun known to human knowledge.
Vanity of vanities," lamented Solomon, "all is vanity!" Solomon used the word "vanity" 38 times in Ecclesiastes as he wrote about life "under the sun." The word means "emptiness," "futility," "vapor"; "that which vanishes quickly and leaves nothing behind." From the human point of view, life ("under the sun") does often appear futile; and it is easy for us to get pessimistic. But we should not mistake brutal honesty with pessimism.
As the whole world experiences ‘climate change’ in mild forms, the mankind in its various power manifestations as well as the counter forces set out to essentially protect itself under the banner “Save the Earth”
Even if mankind is wiped out from the face of the earth, the earth would continue. In a different forms perhaps. There may still be life forms on Earth but they may not be mammals .The same way the dinosaurs and mammoths became extinct. Thus there is no reason to think that Man possesses the capacity or power to save the earth. It does not possess the intelligence and maturity to protect itself. In its greed (which is nothing but a manifestation of vanity) he mindlessly continues to plunder the natural resources as if there is no tomorrow, speeding the process of his extinction. Relentless efforts to prove his superiority over his kin , extending suffering on his kind and systematically destroying the nature and the environment for shallow material gains, he forgets that he wont be able to survive in artificially created bunkers in case of a tectonic shift or a volcanic eruption.
The end of the world has been predicted by Man and there is enough discussion on the web. Each time the end the world is predicted in the past, they have been proved to be wrong as we survived that year Before 2012 it was 2006. Then 2000. And 1990, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1982, and so on.
The Mayan calendar mentions that a planet (substantially bigger than the Earth) called ‘Nibiro’ (Planet of the Crossing) which is known to cross the orbits of the Earth every 3630 years. NASA identified ‘Planet X’, widely believed to be Nibiro, in 1982. It is foretold to cross the path of the Earth sometime in 2012.We will have to wait and see. However, one scientist, unaffected by Mankind’s sudden obsession with the Mayan calendar, studying the pattern of the evolution of lifeforms on earth state "There is a cycle," says Felix, "a cycle that includes orogenesis (creation of mountains), seismic activity, sea level changes, black shale deposition, volcanism, extinctions, seafloor spreading and magnetic reversals." (To learn more, visit http://www.iceagenow.com/) Robert W. Felix, the author of "Not by Fire, But by Ice: The Next Ice Age Now" ($15.95, Sugarhouse Publishing, Bellevue, WA). Piling scientific fact upon fact, Felix notes that, "We're beginning to realize that earth is a violent and dangerous place to live. We're beginning to realize that mass extinctions have been the rule, rather than the exception for the 3.5 billion years that life has existed on earth."
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16773590/Planet-X-or-Nibiro
Thus, empirical evidence suggests that man with his precious ego and vanity is incapable of matching the natural forces, .However, he seems to be playfully obsessed with his vane pleasures of Bioweapon, Clanking replicators, Antimatter, Close pass by a rogue star, Galactic jet, Alien pest control, Berserker swarm, Planet hatching and even as shallow as real estate on the moon.
Let earth save man.
If we have learnt from human recorded history, the earth existed even before the advent of man and evolution of mankind. The Sun is now about halfway through its middle age. It will continue to give the Earth light and heat for another 5 billion years. How long a star lasts depends on how big it is. The biggest stars live fast (meaning hot) and die young by blowing themselves to bits (Supernova).Smaller stars live calmly for hundreds of millions of years and die much more quietly.
The present post is prompted by the false notion of mankind that he can save the Earth. If one searches with the phrase “save the earth” on Google, he would be perplexed with 1240,000 hits. I am not even suggesting that I have a checked all these sites and they deal with the above phrase, but is a safe guidance to believe the belief of mankind is the protector of earth.
We forget that the universe and the earth is what mankind survives on though it would like to believe that it has enslaved nature through stunning scientific advancement. Mankind’s stupidity is evidenced by everything around us and all that exists under the sun known to human knowledge.
Vanity of vanities," lamented Solomon, "all is vanity!" Solomon used the word "vanity" 38 times in Ecclesiastes as he wrote about life "under the sun." The word means "emptiness," "futility," "vapor"; "that which vanishes quickly and leaves nothing behind." From the human point of view, life ("under the sun") does often appear futile; and it is easy for us to get pessimistic. But we should not mistake brutal honesty with pessimism.
As the whole world experiences ‘climate change’ in mild forms, the mankind in its various power manifestations as well as the counter forces set out to essentially protect itself under the banner “Save the Earth”
Even if mankind is wiped out from the face of the earth, the earth would continue. In a different forms perhaps. There may still be life forms on Earth but they may not be mammals .The same way the dinosaurs and mammoths became extinct. Thus there is no reason to think that Man possesses the capacity or power to save the earth. It does not possess the intelligence and maturity to protect itself. In its greed (which is nothing but a manifestation of vanity) he mindlessly continues to plunder the natural resources as if there is no tomorrow, speeding the process of his extinction. Relentless efforts to prove his superiority over his kin , extending suffering on his kind and systematically destroying the nature and the environment for shallow material gains, he forgets that he wont be able to survive in artificially created bunkers in case of a tectonic shift or a volcanic eruption.
The end of the world has been predicted by Man and there is enough discussion on the web. Each time the end the world is predicted in the past, they have been proved to be wrong as we survived that year Before 2012 it was 2006. Then 2000. And 1990, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1982, and so on.
The Mayan calendar mentions that a planet (substantially bigger than the Earth) called ‘Nibiro’ (Planet of the Crossing) which is known to cross the orbits of the Earth every 3630 years. NASA identified ‘Planet X’, widely believed to be Nibiro, in 1982. It is foretold to cross the path of the Earth sometime in 2012.We will have to wait and see. However, one scientist, unaffected by Mankind’s sudden obsession with the Mayan calendar, studying the pattern of the evolution of lifeforms on earth state "There is a cycle," says Felix, "a cycle that includes orogenesis (creation of mountains), seismic activity, sea level changes, black shale deposition, volcanism, extinctions, seafloor spreading and magnetic reversals." (To learn more, visit http://www.iceagenow.com/) Robert W. Felix, the author of "Not by Fire, But by Ice: The Next Ice Age Now" ($15.95, Sugarhouse Publishing, Bellevue, WA). Piling scientific fact upon fact, Felix notes that, "We're beginning to realize that earth is a violent and dangerous place to live. We're beginning to realize that mass extinctions have been the rule, rather than the exception for the 3.5 billion years that life has existed on earth."
http://www.scribd.com/doc/16773590/Planet-X-or-Nibiro
Thus, empirical evidence suggests that man with his precious ego and vanity is incapable of matching the natural forces, .However, he seems to be playfully obsessed with his vane pleasures of Bioweapon, Clanking replicators, Antimatter, Close pass by a rogue star, Galactic jet, Alien pest control, Berserker swarm, Planet hatching and even as shallow as real estate on the moon.
Let earth save man.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Mediocrity and the hapless middleclass and their favourite television show.
14th to 16th August were declared holidays by my office
instead of getting away from delhi during the weekend to the hills or forests, i chose to stay indoors
and fate led me to surf the regional bengali channels on the idiot box
mithunda dominated the films screened during the afternoons on the major bengali channels
and reality shows during the evenings
apart from the sorry serials , it was painful to see that most of the programs were cheap and shoddy imitations of popular reality tv shows on hindi GECs.
Oblivious of the treasuretrove of bengali literature, new Directors are trying their shaky hands in remaking Hitchcock's 'Pshycho'.
Mediocrity and the hapless middleclass and their favourite television show.
p.s.'dadagiri' perhaps is the only show worth mentioning and only due to the freshness and dignified composure of the Anchor/quis master Sourav Ganguly.
Monday, August 17, 2009
14th August, 2009
Pakistan celebrates its Independence Day
a day before the largest democracy in the world celebrates its independence day
Bangla news channels following the Chief Cop of the town with vide0 cameras giving its viewers footage of the Top Cop inspecting the security arrangements inside the metro stations.
Cameras also show the Top Cop ride the metro
photography/video is strictly prohibited inside the metro stations
i am sure, in our country, there must be some innocuous rule for some requirement of permission in order to photograph/videoshoot inside metros
however, the question is , whether there was any requirement of allowing the cameras inside the metro while the drill/supervision was going on?
further, the Top Cop asserted that all vehicles at the entry points to the megacity were being checked.
the entire exercise was to prevent any possible terrorist attack
the terrorists who plan to blast the city on 15th would be entering the city only on the 14th
when shall we learn?last time in bombay,terrorists inside the hotels were briefed by their associates on the basis of live telecast on indian news channels
The location of my office at barakhamba road, new delhi is a few yards away from the site of one of the serial blasts which took place in delhi.The place chosen was one of the twin colourful garbage dumps juxtaposed to the busstop and next to the barakhamba road metro station entrance.
There were other bombs which were planted in similar garbage dumps, one at karol bagh and another at GK -I N Block Market, if i recall correctly.
Kolkata is so dirty that the entire city is a garbage dump
imagine how easy it would be to blow up the whole city following the above mentioned modus operandi .
Dont we need to clean up the city?
Even if it takes to pass laws akin to Singapore if necessary to get it done.
And for God's sake, there has been no significant architectural erection in Kolkata since the British days
Atleast the supposedly cultured and aesthetic babus and didis in the Assembly and the Writers' should ensure restoration of the grand buildings which today are both a shock and an eye sore apart from being dangerous to the pedestrian traffic of the streets of Kolkata , not to forget the countless hawkers who have purchased plots on the footpaths.
It is a little surprising to understand the ethos , intelligence and culture of the CM and his Cabinet
The Industry Minister , who is the person with the responsibility of bringing in foreign investment (pujir kono rong nei(sic puji nei jar tar abar rong ki thakbey) finds it extremely difficult to speak a single sentence in coherent and fluent english
a few days back , there was apanel discussion on why brilliant students from Bengal's engineering colleges were not being able to secure jobs with multinationals ....inabiilty to speak fluent english....poor communication skills...were the reasons cited....
whereas not so brilliant students ...travelling out of 'culturally' rich Kolkata and Bengal to faroff maharastra and karnataka have managed to secure jobs
the railway minister who sporadically realises the importance of securing and holding onto a central ministry ensured that Bengal's students can travel to these far off places.
The bengal government , in the last 32 years has systematically destroyed the three fundamental pillars of growth and prosperity of a State, viz.education,industry and infrastructure.
In Bengal the ruling Red has successfully brought down the city's intellectual, educational and industrial might to sheer mediocrity en masse
because , they,like all communist governments in the world, the only way to remain in power is to ensure that all kinds of brilliance,creativity, enterprise and intelligence , if not aligned to the communist agenda, is categorially and consistently attacked, alienated, sabbotaged till the same perishes
City of Joy!it is.
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