Zeole

Music from South India.

A Rigorous Temple Festival
Money accumlated rapidly inside the donation box
- a sketch on the beggar's bowl.

One Day,
A Mom desired to put her son at bay.
So, She spent a night
Composing challenging questions with foresight
From her grad Math Volume.

Next Day,
She surprised him and went away.
After half-hour, he went for play,
Mom infuriated on observing, answer sheet was put away.

That Night,
She was surprised by the event,
All resolutions were right,
But, least derivations were at sight.

Next Day,
Mom got going to solve her questions,
Days ran away at once,
With resolutions unmet heretofore,
She examined her grad volume,
Recognizing her unpreparedness for the test
And also her Son’s brainpower to the best.

You cherished me, demonstrating Unity in Diversity
You esteemed me, bestowing FDI
You decorated me, by uninterrupted fecundity
You escorted me, germinating herculean MF

You immortalized me, propagandizing the landmass gigantically
You trademarked me, skyrocketing my GDP
You honored me, Winning, Nobel prizes
You supercharged me, exploring, outer spaces

You satisfied me, birthing, sports champions
To consummate me, spring up, Olympians
Where are my Olympic Gold Medals?
Consummate ME with those accolades!

Dear Humanity,

I am currently reading a novel by my favorite writer Robert Heinlien, called "Time enough for love" (Science/Social fiction). In this book, due to technological advancement, the lead character called Lazarus Long, is a man who lives for thousands of years. The author images the evolution of the "society" in 1000 years from now. Wow!

While the story is classified science fiction, the writer relishes imaging new societies, with new customs, new kinds of economies. I too was drawn much by the much more complex and realistic social fiction aspect of the story more than the science fiction.

While Lazarus Long enjoys his very long life he has almost all professions that mankind had to offer. Lazarus Long, during his lifetime has about 50 or more professions. You name it and he would have been at least once. He is has been a doctor, engineer (all kinds), teacher, farmer, banker, priest, musician,... Now that is interesting... and got me thinking.

While I really pray for that medical science to let me live for thousand years (fingers crossed) my life is probably not going that to be thaaat long, but I don't think it is short enough for just one profession. Why are we clinging to just one profession?

Suddenly, I feel like a "one trick pony", a circus animal which knows one and only one stunt but nothing else.

A family friend just retired, he was a professor for 35 years, and loved teaching. My father just retired, and he is an Electrical Engineer. He has been an Electrical Engineer for 35 years and he worked in the same company throughout his life! Wow! What a commitment! I noticed most his friends are also retiring and have a similar story. While their commitment to a single career is interesting, I would also like to have a bit of choice.

I have always wanted to be a martial arts teacher with a black belt in Jujitsu and karate. Can you change their career after 10 years? but I do not think the society is going to like it. I found a couple of reasons,
1. The socio-economic forces are one - where we are forced to earn asap and continuously during our active days and save for retirement. I guess I cannot stop feeding my kids just for the sake of my professional vanity :(
2. The current "career" system is rigid at many levels. You have to go to school when you are in your teens, college comes immediately after. Then work.
How awesome if we were allowed to go to college at any age? I think all colleges and universities should be like Management Schools that admit students of all ages.
I just started learning Jujitsu! :-) Yahooooo!
3. In the corporate world, the importance of "seniority" must be reduced and "talent" and "enthusiasm" must be promoted. This is precisely why India consistently has had octogenarian Prime Ministers :( It really would not hurt to have someone younger having the top job.

If we can build a more flexible educational/career system, we can solve a thousand problems it would solve. hmm... Ok probably not a thousand, but a few but important problems in the world.
If you did not get the opportunity to get your education when you were young, you may be able to get it later in your lives. Or, if you really liked being a doctor, but then at 40 you realized you do not like being a doctor anymore and realized you wanted to be a singer. Wont it be awesome?
How awesome would it be to correct your mistakes and change your career path?

We have one short lived life, lets at try to make it less painful than it has to be.

Which country are you from? and how flexible is your educational/career structure?

Yours cheerfully
Pratap Ramamurthy

Amazing movie
really a different kind of story, very novel idea.
and it makes you think all the way through the end.

I watched it twice already :)

Those who have seen the movie stop reading further !!
you might not want to read this if you are intending to watch the movie...


so what happened in the end... is cobb stuck in the limbo or did he really manage to save Saito

I think he did save Saito and made it back to the real world when you are dreaming you dont dream something that happened to you before you went into the dream, you dream something totally random.

and one more fact that keeps repeating over and over in the movie.. "do you remember how you came to this place"
for Cobb he totally knows how he came to be on the 747
if its a dream then it should be a different plane with different passengers and different circumstances..


so the fact that cobb can put together the chain of events that lead him to the plane can only mean he is back into the real world and not stuck in the dream world.

As my car traveled forward, my thoughts traveled backward. My evergreen childhood memories lined up in front of my eyes. I my mom and dad lead a very happy life in our peaceful lake side villa. My dad was a police inspector. I felt very proud of his big moustache; he had very broad shoulders and was so taller giving him a majestic look. He used to carry me on his shoulders during our evening walks. He was my guide, well-wisher, care-taker and whatever it may be. We used to share everything during our walks. He used to be hearing with utmost patience all my childhood blabber. I wonder will I be so kind with my children.

My mom showered her utmost care and kindness on me. She never scolds me, prepares sweet dishes for me, teaches me and dresses me up like King. Most days, she used to do my home-works. When I was 8 years old, we had a new addition in our family. Christened Akshaya she was the queen of our family. Akshaya’s first birthday was celebrated with pomp and gaiety. On one fine Monday, everything turned into turmoil. I couldn’t understand anything. My mom was hospitalized. I knew nothing, Akshaya was not at home. I sat lonely with my mom in the hospital. She didn’t talk to me. Her panic-stricken face stayed in my heart forever.

Later that evening, I knew that Akshaya has been kidnapped by someone. Mom got paralyzed on knowing it. She was in bed for few more years and then closed her eyes peacefully. Dad tried all legal ways to find Akshaya, but every attempt was futile. I don’t even remember my sisters face now. Dad still believes she is alive. I have lost all my hopes on Akshaya.

I slowed down my Indica as I entered Crimson Street. A stout man was standing tensed in front of Sathya Jewelers. Two men in police attire were questioning him. He was answering them patiently, with brimming tears in his tiny eyes. Varun said, “Meet Mr.Jayaram, proprietor of Sathya Jewelers”. I smiled at him and said”I am Satish”. Hearing my name his face became bright; he welcomed me and took me inside the showroom. Meanwhile the police had left. They had finished all the legal formalities. I know they wont be doing anything more. They have completed their work.

Jayaram a man at his fifties looked me through his tiny eyes. He was thinking whether this small boy could find the thief. I gave a majestic smile, so as to remove his fear and tenderly asked, “What happened yesterday Sir? Do you suspect any one?”

Jayaram thought for a while and said “No Sir. I don’t have enemies.”

Yesterday’s mysterious tale goes on like this.

At 9.00 after closing the sales, manager Karthikeyan checked all workers as usual. Before that the sales details and the stock available were checked manually by Karthikeyan. Everything was intact. None was missing. All workers came out of the showroom the grill and the big wooden shutter were put on. Jayaram checked the locks before leaving with the key. He placed the key in his personal drawer near his bed and closed it. Today morning took the key and opened the showroom. When we entered precious diamond crown and a diamond necklace set are missing. Sales woman Kala found it immediately, as she entered her section. No sales had been done till then and no third person had entered the showroom. All workers were once again checked. The key or the lock was undisturbed.

I thought for a while and asked details about Jayaram’s family. He is living with his wife and only son Sathya. No other people are with them. I queried” Don’t you have a watchman Sir?” He said”Yeah, watchmen are there in our showroom as well as in our home. They didn’t see any miscreants or doubtful persons.” I casually asked him “What’s your son doing Sir? Can I meet him?” He informed his manager to call Sathya. He was standing out discussing about the theft with his friends.

A happy young man in his twenties entered the showroom. He was so handsome. Hair colored golden brown added more beauty to his blue tee-shirt. He didn’t seem to be worried about the chaos. I asked “Hai Sathya, I need to ask you some questions regarding the theft. Will you co-operate with me?”. He gave a prompt reply” Sure Sir. Its my pleasure.”

“Have you entered college young man.” I was sure he is studying in some college, just to make him proud of his young look, I asked him in such a manner.

With pride filled eyes he answered “I am doing my final year in engineering Sir.”

“Where were you yesterday night?”

His face turned pale for a second, I smiled at him as though I haven’t noticed it. He continued, “I went for cinema with my friends Sir.”

“Fine Sathya, will you please give me a tour of your showroom”

“It’s my pleasure Sir. Come with me”

I moved with Sathya and signaled Varun to inquire the workers in the showroom. Showroom was painted blue with pink curtains. Was so pleasant and colorful. I inquired, “Sathya who is the interior decorator for your showroom. It looks so beautiful.” Sathya smiled sheepishly and said “It was designed by me and my girlfriend Sir. She likes pink and I blue Sir and so we used this combination.” I smiled and didn’t disturb him with more questions. I noted all the things in the showroom. Theft case really seemed to be confusing.

It was already ten minutes past two and I decided to leave. Already my hunger has crossed its limit. As I walked out of the showroom with Varun and Sathya, I was shocked to see BLUE ANGEL once again. She was getting down from the Lancer and was coming towards Sathya Jewelers. Seeing me and Varun, her lips expanded little expressing a smile. Varun said,”Hai Reshma, why are you following us today? And don’t you know that Sathya Jewelers was robbed yesterday? Today you can’t do any purchase.”

Reshma modestly said “Sir, I haven’t come for purchase. I came here to meet my friend, Sathya.”

My heart nearly broke and I stood stumbled.

To read more.... http://pricelesswriting.wordpress.com/category/blue-angel/

You came to my custody as a two solar days old cutey.

When I discovered you animating alone curiously,

I interpreted that you are my clone crony.

We grew together acting prankish complaints,

Heading for the hills, on dad's ire, with connivance.

You protected our menage cooly

Perhaps it is in your gene, committedness.

Paradoxically, our family's sprightliness complied

Your spirit constantly.

We consumed, slumbered, basked and cried in Concert

But you alone conked

On the spur of the moment,leaving me crazy.

That decade of your chronicle,

Is recorded in my mind ceaselessly

As the best comrade and concluded.

If you think green tea is some special kinda tea your wrong. That was the impression I was under until I found out its same as your regular black tea except for the fact it unprocessed.

The tea leaves of camellia sinensis undergo various stages of treatment before its packed into little boxes and consumed.
green tea is dried but its not fermented like the regular tea and because of that it retains most of its natural essence that makes you more healthy when you take a sip.

and how do you take it.. with milk?
its a big NOO its common knowledge that green tea is not taken with milk but the fact that green tea is also a regular tea.

The NO milk argument is also valid for your regular black tea, just because it processed more does not mean it does not have any health benefits.

Tea in all.. are known to reduce the risk of heart diseases and adding milk or in medical terms adding protein to tea drastically reduces our bodies ability to effectively absorb catechin the good part of the tea.

so its best to take any tea as is.. without adding milk.

and what about sugar.... again a NO because it causes a spike in blood sugar levels even hypoglycemia. But unprocessed honey is preferable. but beware of the honey that we get in the store they would be pasteurized so its no good. you need to get something which is more raw and unprocessed.

Scientists discover moral compass in the brain which can be controlled by magnets

Scientists have discovered a real-life 'moral compass' in the brain that controls how we judge other people's behaviour.

The region, which lies just behind the right ear, becomes more active when we think about other people's misdemeanours or good works.

In an extraordinary experiment, researchers were able to use powerful magnets to disrupt this area of the brain and make people temporarily less moral.

The study highlights how our sense of right and wrong isn't just based on upbringing, religion or philosophy - but by the biology of our brains.

Dr Liane Young, who led the study, said: 'You think of morality as being a really high-level behavior. To be able to apply a magnetic field to a specific brain region and change people's moral judgments is really astonishing.'

The moral compass lies in a part of the brain called the right temporal-parietal junction. It lies near the surface of the brain, just behind the right ear.

The researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used a non-invasive technique called trans-cranial magnetic stimulation to disrupt the area of the brain.

The technique generates a magnetic field on a small part of the skull which creates weak electric currents in the brain. These currents interfere with nearby brain cells and prevent them from firing normally.

In the first experiment, 12 volunteers were exposed to the magnetic field for 25 minutes before they were given a series of 'moral maze' style scenarios.

For each of the 192 scenarios, they were asked to make a judgment about the character's actions on a scale of 1 for 'absolutely forbidden' to 7 for 'absolutely permissible'.

In the second experiment, the magnetic field was applied to their heads at the time they were asked to weigh up the behavior of the characters in the scenario.

In both experiments, the magnetic field made the volunteers less moral.

One scenario described a man who let his girlfriend walk over a bridge he knew was unsafe. The girl survived unharmed.

Under normal conditions, most people rate the man's behavior as unacceptable. But after getting the magnetic pulse, the volunteers tended to see nothing wrong with his actions - and judged his behavior purely on whether his girlfriend survived.

Another scenario described two girls visiting a chemical plant where one girl asks her friend to put sugar in her coffee.

The friend uses powder from a jar marked 'toxic' - but as the powder turns out to be sugar, the girls if unharmed.

Volunteers with a disrupted moral compass tended to rate the girl's behavior as permissible because her friend was not injured - even though she was aware the powder came from a jar labeled toxic.

Throughout the experiment, irresponsible or deliberate actions that might have resulted in harm were seen as morally acceptable if the story had a 'happy ending', they reported in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

It's not the first time that scientists have found parts of the brain that specialist in ethics and morality. Last year American scientists claimed to have found a "god spot" - a region of the brain that controls religious belief.

The Govt. of India feels the necessity for a symbol to identity Indian Rupee for money exchange in International market, like U.S. dollar $ and other countries symbol.

For around 150 years British ruler introduced paper currency in India for trading between various kingdoms and with East India Company.

The approved symbol for Indian rupee can be freely downloaded
http://blog.foradian.com and saved as fonts in windows.

For regular use of this symbol ,it can be obtained from the key below the "Esc" key.

Pilot Andre Borschberg celebrates after successfully completing it's first 24 hours test flight landing the solar-powered HB-SIA airplane at Payerne airport Switzerland.

It has demonstrated by staying in the air indefinitely, recharging its depleted batteries using 12,000 solar cells with the rays of the sun during the day.

The emissions-free jet managed to climb to 8,535 meters and reached top speeds of over 75mph.

It is well known fact, all we want to know what is new.
I take the privilege in sharing with the zeolers which I came to know as new or current.

Chicken came before Egg. This has been puzzled with our human minds for thousands of years - which came first, chicken or egg?

A team from the Universities of Sheffield and Warwick has found that protein called ovocledin (OC-17) is crucial in the formation of eggshells. It is produced in the pregnant hen's ovaries: Hence it must be that the chicken came first.

Chickens form 6grams of shell every 24 hours quicker than any other species.

source (TOI)

In many ways, trees represent the fullness of being; They are life without self-consciousness, without fear, without desires.

A weekly was also launched in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore (TOI). We all know it gives us oxygen, medicine, food, home for birds and shadow on scorching sun and furniture.

At all our age we used to sit on the window seat of train or bus to enjoy seeing nature, greenish paddy field, living birds on trees.

The habit of planting new trees increased and feel sad while axing a tree even for common purpose.

Unknowingly we used to speak with trees even for a short
stay in a garden.

Is our thoughts so lively while sailing on a ship, flight journey or on a camel ride in a desert?.... I feel only on forest.

so far an unpredictable world cup.
had great hopes for Argentina and Brazil both knocked out
even before the semi final stage.

The two major teams Germany and Spain are going to face off in the Semis the outcome might decide the winners of this world cup

Germany having started off slow in the group states peaked off at the right time. Spain never showed us there full potential and no team has ever lost there opening match and gone to win the world cup.

Torres seems to be in bad form after his surgery, I think Fabrigas should replace him in the starting eleven. I dont see any goals coming off the boots of Torres in this world cup .. what a disappointment!!

he might join the long list of Messi, Rooni, Lampard , Drogpa , Ronaldo .. who have all failed to make an impression in this world cup.

I wonder is the new ball jabulani could be playing some part in the players failing to miss the target and the free kicks getting rocketed into the sky.

Uruguay after coming back from the dead would really feel they have been indeed given the hand of God , when all hopes were gone and the ball heading towards the net in the final seconds of the match ... Suárez's have them a lifeline by handling the ball milimeters away from the goal line.

I predict a Spain Uruguay finals .. lets see who comes out on top.