tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65495872252811163292024-03-05T10:24:23.420+05:30A Penny for Thoughts!!!Right things! Right Time! Right Place! - when everything is RIGHT, nothing is LEFT to worry about!!!RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-14494222790894426512014-09-23T21:19:00.000+05:302014-10-02T09:10:24.372+05:30Book Review - The man who knew infinity <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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time I read a biography of an Indian and I regret reading it so late. Even
though I knew about this book much earlier, also had seen it the book stores
both online and offline umpteen times but never bothered to read, the reasons
completely unknown to me either. But the positive side is that I got to read
this book at the right time in my life when I needed some inspiration and
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about this book, there are two spectacular things which have to talk about,
Ramanujan and Robert Kanigel. Well, this is a review and I solely have to talk
about the book. The author has already talked about the hero impeccably. The
book has been written with great ardor. I liked the way; the author has explained
the back drop before talking about the genius. For example, in the initial
pages, he explains the village Kumbakonam, religion in that place, economic and
social conditions, relations and then talks about Ramanujan. The backstage is
perfectly set for reader of any ethnicity, culture or nationality to feel what
he feels, to see what he sees and to try to be a Ramanujan. The reader can
understand the social dilemma of India of that age with ease. For the aspiring
writers, Robert Kanigel showed how simple language and content can produce
worthy material for a wider audience. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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researched in the works of Ramanujan. As a reader we get an insight of his
mathematical achievements with his age and it is easier for a math student to
appreciate the discoveries in that era. A non mathematical student too can
catch up with the timeline to see the genius exploding with more complex things.
The author also has laid emphasis on the relationship between Hardy and Ramanujan,
and I am still not sure, who discovered who? May be the universe wanted them
together. The author also raised few questions for the reader to draw their own
conclusions like Ramanujan really getting this prowess from goddess Namagiri, Ramanujan
really willing to go to London after initial year of opposition, before leaving
for London, Ramanujan sleeps in the temple for three days and then says that
the goddess appeared in his dreams and has permitted him to go, in London when
the intended stay was for two years, was Ramanujan willing to stay longer?
Apart from this as and when they appear, the author asks these questions, which
surely carry lot of philosophical weight. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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glimpse of psychology of Ramanujan, which most of us never thought of. His behavior when his friend scores more
marks during his childhood, in London when the guests avoid his third offering
and hence runs away to oxford, in his early teens he runs away from home twice, in London, he
sleeping on the tracks unable to handle the pressures of family back in India,
his dependency on south Indian food. While reading the section after he was
swimming in turmoil, I could just remember the quote from ‘’ Thus spoke Zarasthura’’
‘<i>’One must have chaos to give rise to a
dancing star by Friedrich Nietzsche’’.</i> Also the relationship of Ramanujan
with his family is also expressed in detail. Especially his mother and wife
Janaki. His mother is the source of inspiration but later, near his death he
sees a clash between his mother and himself due to Janaki. He misses Janaki in
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is after Ramanujan dies. I was curious to read that part. The author talks
about the aftermath, the discoveries of Ramanujan and its effect on people and
the world. The usage of Ramanujan’s math in day to day life which is the
application part. His discovers are used in detecting cancer, string theory,
computing pi in computers etc.
Mathematicians from around the world getting inspired by his work and
unable to prove the theorems what a government clerk from India could do. He inspired
the youth with maths. There was no doubt that he is less than any Euler, Gauss
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-11405964131440910972014-08-02T11:37:00.000+05:302014-08-02T11:37:12.047+05:30Accidental stumble to nostalgia <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was browsing through some of the videos in youtube and then Suddenly I saw a video titled '' life at IITM'', my mind just drifted to 2005. When I was seeing this video which I had previously seen umpteen times, I saw a video titled IIT Madras 46th convocation video in the suggestions list, I clicked it to watch. To my amusement I had to listen to the first few seconds a couple of times to know that it was my name and after my name. I continued to watch the video and when I saw myself in the video, I could not control my nostalgia. Went to the past, travelled it, enjoyed it , shed a tear or two and it was really hard for me to come back to normal. Those were the best days of my life and when I see myself since I graduated in 2009, it is completely a different phase. Accidently watching this video made my day refreshing the memories, putting a smile on my face. </div>
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-35204912628736063612014-07-25T12:40:00.001+05:302014-07-25T12:41:46.984+05:30100th Post : My most cherished memory <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Finally!! after I started serious blogging again in the year 2013, today is my 100th post. And this post I would like to dedicate for a small memory from my graduation days. Even though I have struggled a lot in my life, my memories with me are the happy ones.When me and my friend meet, we talk about this even now. It might not be a very big thing for many but for us it was surely a memory for life . </div>
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-34198774151905483872014-07-19T16:14:00.000+05:302014-07-19T16:14:50.295+05:30When is the right time to quit?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We all live a life which is very mysterious. Few get things easily but few have to efface to get the basic amenities. Some despite having a poor academic record settle for excellent good jobs whereas the studious kids continue to slog. No one knows why this happens. It is an axiom. Lets not say it is due to Karma. I would prefer another post for that. So in this mysterious life, the one who gets easily or minimal effort is not of my concern but I am interested about the ones who work hard. Struggling in life is an important thing. Most of them cant face the failures. But the ones facing it,surely come out strong and complete. The best part is that they dont quit. Rather they keep fighting and their history or the path is a teacher for people like me.</div>
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Recently I had shared about Rahul Dravid's speech on relating chinese bamboo to our life.Which can be read <a href="http://truethoughts-niranjan.blogspot.in/2014/07/right-inspiration.html">here</a>. Coming across another source of inspiration, this man just tells us to fight and keep fighting I am sure most of us would have seen MR. SV SAAR in facebook or at CP, Delhi or in other social media platform. His life is an example of fighting. I can learn so many things from this man. So if you ask, what is the right time to quit? This man says it all. It is ''NEVER''.</div>
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-77514199142616455362014-07-14T09:45:00.001+05:302014-07-14T09:45:49.532+05:30Right inspiration<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It is true that sportsmen are the ones who inspire us very easily than any one else. May be it is because we keep track of their performance or may be their success is validated with numbers, figures and statistics. I personally have learnt a lot from Rahul Dravid since 1996 and I never turned to any other player for any source of inspiration. Earlier I had written a post on Rahul Dravid being my role model. It can be read <a href="http://truethoughts-niranjan.blogspot.in/2013/01/my-role-model-rahul-dravid.html">here</a>. Even after his retirement whenever I see his sayings or words of encouragement in any interview, I again feel energetic and a gush of confidence passes through me. Recently I came across this. </div>
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Like many, I can relate to this very easily. The feeling to give up comes quiet easily when we fail in every endeavour. But this text sums it all. So lets work towards our goals unflinchingly.</div>
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-6606600292960192742014-06-30T08:45:00.000+05:302014-06-30T08:45:52.670+05:30Happiness is imagination <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It is our need to be happy, to have a healthy life but more than that it is the necessity to remain at peace with everything. Physical laws never lie and hence taking an analogy from zeroth law of thermodynamics,which states that when two bodies are in equilibrium with a third body then all are in thermal equilibrium. If our body is at peace with our soul, then anything which comes to either body or soul would be at peace. It</div>
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Unfortunately zeroth law talks only about the final state of equilibrium. The eternal peaceful state. But it doesn't talk about the path taken to achieve that. To our rescue comes in the First law of thermodynamics, which talks about the balance of energy. It broadly says to give something, a part of it would be consumed and the rest given out. The law balances out everything. Again if I try to make an analogy, in order to be at peace with anything, which is the ultimate thing, I have to take in something, give out something and can consume. </div>
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Psychology says that, a person who smiles a lot or laughs a lot, is unhappy deep inside or sad. So the person is giving out happiness by consuming the pain, when the input was the experiences of life. Another example is of the Taj mahal, everyone appreciates its beauty, architecture, but no one talks about the amputated 22000 approx workers who were amputated by the emperor. In another example, of marriage, when the couple are unhappy but cant separate due to social causes, they pose their happy face all around but they are unhappy within themselves. In an another example, when we say Gandhi was responsible for non violence, he was the winner, yes he was, but at the cost of many many lives. This list of examples are umpteen. In all the examples, it can clearly be understood what the inputs, outputs and consumed are. </div>
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Now it doesn't stop here, there is another law, the second law of thermodynamics, which comprises of two statements, and each of the statement starts with , '' it is impossible to ...'' . Briefly speaking about the first statement, it says, '' it is impossible to work with a single reservoir''. hence lays the importance of having a source and sink. From the above examples it is evident that, when there is no source there cant be a sink. The second statement of the law states that, '' it is impossible to extract energy from low temperature to high temperature without doing any work''. If a person thinks that he/she is at peace, then little work by an external agent enough to disrupt the happiness. But those who are really at peace, it is very very difficult and hell a lot of energy is required to perturb them and they cannot go havoc by themselves. </div>
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The bottom line is that, to remain at peace and to enter the real temple of peace we have to walk on the rubble of pain or suffering of self or of anyone. So my query is how can such a person be at peace? Because those things will follow us at some or the other point in our life and we cant discard them. Our memories and thoughts wont let that happen.</div>
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-32878758877231825532014-06-08T09:30:00.003+05:302014-06-08T09:30:39.736+05:30Practical relation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I thought of this when my friend asked me that why some relations have a honeymoon stage and they forget the reality, how can we more practical? </div>
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We humans never live our life as we want, we always live in the perceptions or stories which others narrate us about life. Our first school which is home teaches us many things when we have not yet experienced them. And we form a story in our mind. Few stick to it, and few explore their own story. The ones who explore their own story are cautious about their life but others sooner or later realize the reality. They realize it because it is not what they wanted. Their out social behaviour is not directly proportional to their inner psychological behaviour. For such people who strike a unison between the two are the ones who explore life themselves are the only successful ones. </div>
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In most of the cases of relationships, the relationship only starts with external beauty or money or anything else. And this is imbibed in our minds from the society. When I say society, it includes home too. During an arranged marriage, a average or below average looking girl has to work her ass off to look pleasing and beautiful to the groom.We learn this from home. The movies which have largest amount of influence on us, show the guy falling in love with a girl at first sight without even knowing anything about each other. And the guy is so lucky that, he always gets a beauty with the brain. Irony is in reality that is not what happens. </div>
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If society teaches us that, then that is what we do. Earlier people used to take time and talk and then they used to fall in love, hence forth their relations used to be stronger. Now a days, charade the partner with flowery talks, rosy gifts and good looks and you are the winner. With time, this has to fade, and when it does, things go venomous. Few are wise enough to thing through this problem and go for a logical conclusion either to seperate or stay together. Such people who stay together make the strongest bond. When they think, they actually see their innerself from the exterior and know what to do. They then try to strike a balance between their external social behaviour to their inner psychological behaviour. It is when they explore themselves.</div>
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I think, the only way anyone can avoid such agitations to the mind is by thinking and knowing oneself. By being truthful to the partner and developing trust.We should be able to express in a subtle way whatever wrongdoing we do to the partner. This doesn't come easily. But by doing so we would surely develop a trust. The most important thing is we are in now way over shadowed by infatuation or in flimsy grounds. Such open behaviour would surely start from our first school, when we are allowed to express our mind and are well supported or guided in our thought processes. The mentoring part need not be in relations but can be in anything. It is the practice in petty things which would help us take good decisions for big things. </div>
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-56129553871402886882014-03-28T20:26:00.000+05:302014-03-29T09:43:01.031+05:30Unpredictability of Mind<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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way it has evolved and made our lives bit easier. For example, few Indians alleged ISRO for spending huge amounts in their research work. As a counter
statement to that the chairman said, it was because of this research work,
‘’cyclone Philian’’ was predicted accurately which in turn saved many lives and lot of wealth. This is
just an example.There are many such examples to add to the list. So science surely has taken a giant leap in predicting the
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shape. Even though the climatic conditions are predictable upto an extent but
not to the fullest. </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Behaviour</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> of animals too is unpredictable. Life and death, these processes have value
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has some unpredictability within themselves. Few flauntingly reveal it whereas
others conceal it for themselves. Life is well experienced when you have a
bumpy ride, which keeps you awake. On a straight road, you have the tendency to
sleep and meet an accident. A monotonous </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">life</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> teaches nothing. Any person will
know his life and so his vacillations and hence should mend them for himself
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Have you ever tried suggesting something to anyone? If they are your close aids, then you would have surely done it accepting their nagging behaviour and trying to soothe them in the best possible way you can. And surely with time, their nagging would be on the steeper accent rather to the opposite side. One day, there will come a time, when you reach your limit and to vent your anger, you would say something harsh or rude to this already hurt once.<br />
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The music starts now. For all the positive talks you had been making are all dusted aside and the fight is now with you for being rude for once. Then you are just the part of the crescendo. Finally the relation reaches a fracture point of hatred. Where one party points to the rude statement and webs the story around it, and the humble person talks about their arrogance and rude behaviour.<br />
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I guess it is the normal human behaviour to see negativity in a positive thing. We need not have special skills for that, we are born with them. Tell them hundred comforting things, they will all be thrashed for the one rude comment you make. I agree that the person is hurt but they should understand that, ''everything has a limit - iron ore cannot be educated to gold'' as Mark Twain said.<br />
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It happens that in everyone's life ups and downs are there, but what good is it, if a close friend of yours when comes to soothe you is gifted with anger, mockery and hated in return. We all at some point do, such a think. But lets bring our intellect and think before we hurt our loved one who is taking the burden of being our mother and strengthening our relation with them for ever. </div>
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-1091967101230051242014-03-23T11:15:00.000+05:302014-03-23T11:15:25.468+05:30Rejections <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I think, one of the
most influential feeling is the ‘’feeling of rejection’’. Rejections in love,
marriage, career, education etc. It can happen anywhere and anytime.Name
anything and you cannot separate the tendency to be rejected from it. Sometimes
rejection comes handy by making us stronger in the fight and at the end we have
greater probability of getting the best. We learn many things from them. A
great person once said, ‘’it is the loss of something which teaches us’’. So
when we are rejected, we lose something, which makes us more aware of the reality
and the digression from reality to illusion shrinks. But everyone doesn’t see
the hope in such rejections. I think this is the sole reason why people commit
suicides. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Anyone who has been
facing rejections continuously for sometime becomes cranky. Has severe mood
swings, jumps from one decision to other, doesn’t have his mind at bay and ultimately
becomes more and more worrisome. I would not blame the victim but the people
around them, who, instead of giving a helping hand, think them as a person with
lot of mood swings and no stability in thought. If the rejections are new to
us, we might take it positively but when this becomes the routine, we cannot
take life easily. Hopefully if people around us are supportive, emotionally,
this problem can be faced easily. It becomes worse when the victim goes into a
shell when finds none near him as a support. Isn’t it a bad idea to see our
loved one, going into a shell and living their inhibitions and rigidity?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Times do change. The
law of nature is balance. Rejection faced in life has to be compensated with
some acceptance or vice versa. Hopefully we become more supportive to our loved
ones who are in this path of resurrection and make our bonding with them much
stronger. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-12437921818755035152014-03-18T19:27:00.000+05:302014-03-18T19:27:22.954+05:30Forced solitude <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The thought of being alone or in solitude is itself very dangerous. No one wants to be alone and live a life of solitude. Our life is not designed for that. I think a good life is to meet people, laugh a lot , make good friends and try out many new things which were always strange and awe for us. Since centuries many people have talked about life. Well I think that every person has the right to talk about their life and their stories should not be ridiculed. It is their experience and a unique one. </div>
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Like everyone I too have a life and being a fun loving person makes me attached to people very easily. I like company of people. I like to talk a lot about anything, from sex to salvation. It teaches me many things. The more I interact with people, the more I learn about philosophical ideas, ( everyone is a philosopher ) , their psychology, ethics, morals and the list goes on. This is the best ground level experience which anyone can experience.But there is a problem.</div>
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Myself being an extrovert, I have many problems dealing with people. Extroverts tend to talk a lot, they share almost everything. If they are in some problems, they always put their thought fluctuations, thoughts etc. But the listener tends to think of the speaker as a person with mood swings, no rigidity on thought. I have faced this whenever I have interacted with few people. They just tend to listen and speak nothing. Either they dont like my company or I dont make sense. </div>
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This hurts a lot as you cant speak always. Being an extrovert, I like to converse and a conversation is when both of them speak. It is the difference in opinion which teaches a person, as said by a great person. But when people mistake you, the best thing I feel to do is to go into a shell. Live a life of solitude not by interest but I am not left with any option either. I would like to lead a life of forced solitude. I would like to do things which I had never done before. Who knows, may be I will fall in love with myself. </div>
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-46076616741592380942014-03-09T10:45:00.000+05:302014-03-09T10:45:32.939+05:30Bird of hope <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Immediate thought and the immediately scribbled words. <br />
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The sun never forgets to rise,<br />
So you never neglect to smile,<br />
No trait can compete this prize,<br />
Making easy your rough mile.<br />
You should be like a bird of hope,<br />
with wonderful feathers,<br />
sitting on a branch of a tree,<br />
singing the songs of life.<br />
When a dream breaks,<br />
when the life is upside down,<br />
It learns the lessons with a song.<br />
The song is eternally sung,<br />
And one day comes the wind,<br />
with its loud song, keeping you quiet,<br />
making you listen to its song,<br />
You then listen with your smile.<br />
Will go the wind one day and you,<br />
will be back to your songs of life!!</div>
RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-91278031344992581942014-02-28T14:08:00.000+05:302014-02-28T14:08:48.376+05:30The Butterfly - Pencil Sketch <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-26474188933212198442014-02-08T19:36:00.000+05:302014-02-09T20:02:07.416+05:30Religion of a ''New born''<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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of a new born? Is religion inherited? A new born baby is forced to follow the
religion inherited by the kid’s parents. Why there is no freedom of choice? A
new born can definitely not have the intellect to choose among different
religions. Richard Dawkings says that we shouldn't refer to children as
'muslim, christian, jewish' and so on. We should say, 'children of muslim/
chirstian/jewish parents'. His argument is that children are too young to have
decided if they are religious or not. But when the kid grows up and if, still
adheres to the ideology of God, even then they don’t have freedom in choice.
For example in the movie, ‘’ Life of Pi’’ the kid follows many religions. He
has the freedom to choose and is well supported by his parents. Atleast he
takes time to experience the different religions. I don’t think we still have
that freedom in our societies. Any family who supports such kinds of activities
is hated and is seen as a black sheep, because religion is still very sentimental
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<span style="font-family: '', serif, '', serif;">I feel that, a parent should
guide the toddler with ideas on life in the simplest way, basic etiquettes,
good habits, give them information from all religions etc. And our job is to
pass on the right information to them which is only possible when we ourselves
read different religious texts. How many of us have taken the initiative to
read other religious texts? We surely should not dump the misinterpreted
versions to them. Then the kid comes up with umpteen questions which is
good for the development of both the child and parent. The kid will have some
basic knowledge to start his quest, which would be filtered or corrected with
his interest later in future. Most kids in our present world are not even
presented with the ideas of religion but they are accustomed with the rituals.
I still feel religion should be by choice. When the crux of all religions was
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-28567197360981270672014-02-04T11:14:00.000+05:302014-02-04T11:14:01.137+05:30God and Karma<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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this thought on God and Karma. I was thinking how these two things work
together. There are people who say that God is everything. He is the one who
drives our actions, directs us to whatever deeds we perform in our life. It is
said that everything is pre written. When that is the case where is the space
for Karma? If by sowing good, we reap good, which is Karma, but the director of
this is the God then how come we say Karma solely driven by our actions. I
think these two ideologies are different concepts. God and Karma are mutually
independent. One school of thought says that God is everything and we should
have utmost respect for the God as he is the director and we are the actors.
Whereas Karma says you are the director cum actor and you perform all your
actions and take the responsibility for that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But what about the
people in middle, there would surely be people in the middle who believe both
God and Karma. Have they misinterpreted the ideologies? They say God wants us
to perform good acts. If this is the case, then somehow I don’t see a fit to
the logic. For example, a teacher guides us upto a certain period of time. Then
we are left of our own for the quest of truth which is when we learn the most
valuable lessons. In this process we do remember the teacher but we concentrate
more on our present actions and always thank our teachers. When we are born,
the basics are taught by our parents, teachers and one day we are of our own,
performing our own actions. And that is when Karma comes into play. Then where
is the question of God? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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either we should believe God or Karma. I haven’t read the different religious
texts which talk about these two concepts. I would like to read them and
rethink the idea. As of now, my vote is for Karma!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-53157985295096676812014-01-10T16:34:00.001+05:302014-01-10T16:34:46.371+05:30Solitary Flier <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-23016734692943587242013-12-28T12:05:00.003+05:302013-12-28T12:05:54.175+05:30Wasting food <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We all are highly educated and as a consequence have lucrative pay cheques too. Some are still getting educated. But does that education or money make us any better? I think no. It drags us more towards the abyss. And the more we stare at the abyss, the abyss stares us back, the golden words utters by the great philosopher, Nietchze. We always deny the easy jobs taking them for granted and concentrate more on other crucial things like getting good job, travelling, maintaining a good relationship etc, but alas! we forget common sense on petty things, like saving water,electricity, food, keeping our surroundings and ours neighbours surroundings clean.Which I call as the easy jobs.That doesnt mean to sweep their outdoors daily but not throwing any of our garbage in their arena. These petty things have become more of an concern in the present world. All the environmentalists are talking about it and they say it right. </div>
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My concern here is for wastage of food. Roti, Kapda aur Makan is the basic necessity of any human being and these days, these basic necessities are being exploited as the problem is of surplus for some and still a basic necessity for numerous. The whole onus of working was to earn bread and butter. Now if we have the money to add other dishes to the basic bread and butter, would that mean we would buy in surplus and waste them? Do you find it easy to throw away food? I guess its very easy for many people. They over cook and over eat and the left overs are thrown. Few friends of mine don't like to eat the left overs of previous day,even when preserved in refrigerators. I know they are being health concious at the cost of throwing money.The whole act of throwing food seems so much emotionless to them. I just cant see that happen infront of my eyes. I just warn my friends not bothering about the consequences, but the dog's tail cannot be straightened. Few statistics from the website of UN about food wastage can be read <a href="http://www.unep.org/wed/quickfacts/">here</a></div>
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As an individual, an ''educated individual'' it is my responsibility to tell people around me not to throw the food in a polite way as many times as possible. I take this issue very personally. A person who doesn't have respect for food doesn't have respect for anything, that is my understanding. Well there is a problem of throwing away food, you tend to eat less and keep your weight under control.But eating less is of no harm either. If we are hungry we need not fill upto the brim, we can keep some gap by eating less preceded by cooking less. Seriously we humans should not be so lame enough to waste food around us.I can only tell someone what to do, but ultimately the realization should come from within.This is a problem of responsibility and our education has given the direction to choose our responsibilities, if not then our education should be in the thrash. </div>
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-68750670560573910612013-12-18T22:42:00.000+05:302013-12-18T22:42:42.034+05:30Making our own choices<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Society surely most of the times plays a silent role, dictating terms in our life. In most of the cases I find
parents encouraging their kids to do whatever they want to in their life, but
when it comes to marriage, the conservative lot, restrict their kids from going
for an intercaste marriage, even in this present generation. Because society is
the impetus which is the reason behind their thoughts. I feel the situation
similar to asking a person to wear the clothes of their childhood when they are complete
grown ups. But all parents don’t fall in this category. All parents want to see their kids happy and with some resistance and
with lot of talking few of them agree for the marriage, which is agreeing to the
choices of their kids. So my question
here is for the parents who don’t agree especially in this marriage scenario,
<i>what is the correct age or when it is the correct time for kids to make choices for themselves?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">When we are growing,
almost all major choices of schooling, clothes,food, etc is decided by the parents.
Again our career choices are too in their hands. Ofcourse the scenario is
changing presently. Now for the choice of partner the choice is again with
them. Again after marriage,kids, living with parents etc is again in their hand. So I really don’t know what and when does an individual decide something for
themselves. The kid’s choices are always belittled because they don’t have
enough experience in life. But in this case, if a couple has given a good
thought, ie acted more from their minds then their hearts, then what is the
problem to accept. The rational couple will surely think through all the pros and cons of being together. Couples who think and act, their relation never fails if it is an arranged or love marriage. Few couples just act with instinct marry and then all their life regret. Mind should play a major role. And if parents and the couple decide it together, imagine the bliss in the relation. The parents who agreed for their choices later, when they
realize, feel very happy about their decision. I know parents are worried about their's kids well being, but if they talk and rationalize things, then it gets easier,
albeit removing the umbrella of society and focusing on individual choices. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-8835294887462103462013-12-14T13:07:00.001+05:302013-12-14T13:07:52.831+05:30On Children by Khalil Gibran <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After many days, I am posting. I was busy reading few important books and travelling. On my reading saga, I came across this poem by Khalil Gibran, on children. Few days back, I had a discussion with my friend on poets and my stand was for the ones who are exceptional in their ideas and simple in their web of words and surely Khalil Gibran is one of them. I like the language used by him, which is very simple to understand and easy to interpret. This poem surely is for every parent and every individual who would one day be a parent. Such simple words and so difficult to implement. May be this poem was written very long back, but in the present world and time this has to be taken seriously.</div>
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Your children are not your children.</div>
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They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.</div>
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They come through you but not from you,</div>
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And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.</div>
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You may give them your love but not your thoughts, </div>
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For they have their own thoughts.</div>
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You may house their bodies but not their souls,</div>
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For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, </div>
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which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.</div>
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You may strive to be like them, </div>
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but seek not to make them like you.</div>
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For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.</div>
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You are the bows from which your children</div>
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as living arrows are sent forth.</div>
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The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, </div>
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and He bends you with His might </div>
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that His arrows may go swift and far.</div>
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Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;</div>
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For even as He loves the arrow that flies, </div>
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so He loves also the bow that is stable.</div>
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-17548300032664118322013-11-28T20:02:00.000+05:302013-11-28T20:02:09.019+05:30Desiderata<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Desiderata, in Latin means '' desired things''. It is a 1927 prose poem written by Max Ehrmann. Few days back I stumbled across this and could not resist from sharing it. The approach in life, so neatly penned.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i>''Go placidly amid the
noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as
possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth
quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they
too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to
the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and
bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy
your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career,
however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for
high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially,
do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all
aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the
counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture
strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress
yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond
a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the
universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it
should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and
whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace
with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a
beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.''</i></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-72716358234277444572013-11-21T15:25:00.000+05:302013-11-21T15:25:29.172+05:30Plato and Platypus walk into a bar <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">Inorder to understand any thing while reading, <i><span style="color: red;">imagining</span></i> it is very important which is the crux behind any read. In our nursery and primary levels books were more picturesque helping us to visualize but as we grew older and jumped to higher classes, the books were filled with texts and very few pictures and animations.With a lot of reading we make our brain visualize the content. When we study about academics, images or examples or real life examples substantiate our understanding. Or sometimes good discussion with peers or colleagues imbibes the learning deeper into our brain. But sometimes, the complexity of the subject restricts us to visualize further and that is when we are at a juncture either trying hard to understand or hate that subject. For example subjects like science, religion, philosophy, psychology, etc it is so very important to substantiate our learning with some images or case studies or stories etc. More often we rather prefer discussing and upon getting interested we pick a good book to read but unfortunately find the language with twists and turns which disappoints us. I blame the book not the reader.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">When I started reading philosophy, I enjoyed reading it and was baffled by the ideas which were all the time in front of my eyes but I was blind to them. Before I read a lot of books on this topic, I took help of the internet and friends. Most of the books I read were somewhat complicated and made reading difficult to me. May be the subject is so deep that it requires such writings. Recently I found the book, <i><span style="color: red;">Plato and Platypus walk into a bar by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein.</span></i> It is an introduction to philosophy and that too in a comical way. The authors made fun of almost all philosophical concept and ideas like metaphysics, epistemology,ethics,philosophy of language,feminism, fuzziness, logic etc. They didnt even spare the philosophers. Each case was very well explained by few jokes which made the read hilarious. This surely makes the understanding of the concept easy. This book is enough to understand the complexities of philosophy easily. As an example,</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"> "<i>A guy comes home from a business trip and finds his wife in bed, a nervous look on her face. He opens the closet to hang up his coat, and finds his best friend standing there, naked. Stunned, he says, "Lenny, what are you doing here?" Lenny shrugs and says, "Everybody's got to be someplace." In this gag, Lenny is giving a <span style="color: red;">Hegelian answer</span> to an <span style="color: red;">existential question</span>. The question is about the existential circumstances in the here-and-now, but the answer is from a grand, universal vantage point, what the latter-day Hegelian Bette Midler called “seeing the world from a distance."</i></span><br />
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introduction to philosophy or want to have a feel of it or if you want to
understand something complex easily then this book is for you. This book can also be picked by any avid reader as it falls more in the humor genre than to philosophy. This book wont disappoint
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-81410377576146459212013-11-19T11:30:00.001+05:302013-11-19T21:45:48.155+05:30Buddhist Monastery - Jeerang, Odisha <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Odisha is full of historical places, unfortunately they are not well preserved and maintained due to sheer lack of interest by the government and by the people too. I found the Buddhist monastery to be very clean and well maintained, may be it was built only in 2006, or may be that is how the monks want it to be.You can see around many Tibetans/ Burmese,Bhutanese here. Jeerang being away from the city, on a hilly terrain, poses challenges to people who visit. Lately the roads are better and somewhat easier for travelling. It is 100km from Berhampur, a town bordering AP and Odisha. On the way we can visit Taptapani ( extinct volcano, now turned into sulfur springs). To my surprise, the Dalai Lama had visited this place too. On the day of my visit, I could see many foreign tourists. I never knew it was such importance. If you are in and around of Odisha or are planning a trip here, then it is a must see place. Some snaps of Jeerang.</div>
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-86687124319286153432013-11-14T19:23:00.001+05:302013-11-14T19:23:21.815+05:30Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Do you really know who Tesla was? When I asked this question to most of my friends who are in the field of science, their answers were rather disappointing. People either knew a lot about him or knew nothing. Obviously the type of person he is, you can’t resist to just take him away from your mind. The non science graduates didn’t have to ever read about him in their course. But I am sure you would have got an opportunity to read about this great man either online, from friends, novels, movies, documentaries etc. Or at least you would have heard distant whispers about him. I don’t know how much does this person make anyone curious but he surely made a huge impact on me. He was a man who was ridiculed initially and later praised for his ideas. Failing most of the times but he never lost his focus. His life epitomizes selflessness, humbleness, hard work and lastly genius.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">I accidently happen to read the book, </span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><i><span style="color: red;">Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century by Sean Patrick.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> This book has three chapters. The first chapter arrives meticulously at the definition of a ‘’genius’’ by comparing IQs and the ability to excel. It states that, there is nothing called as ‘’God’s gift’’, it is just the amount of constructive hours you put in your work. More than anything, what differentiates the genius and people with all traits to be a genius is their </span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><i><span style="color: red;">‘’imagination’</span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">’. Their ability to imagine and actually see their ideas in their imagination. Ideas and knowledge is waste if there is no imagination. The author lays focus on imagination and in the second chapter talks about the genius, Nikola Tesla. He briskly runs through his major inventions and focuses on the ‘’ war of currents’’ between Tesla and Edison. The author also slightly gives an idea of the feud between the giants, Edison and Tesla. Personally I felt that to make money and to achieve fame we should have good marketing strategies, which Edison had. Actually in one of the passages, Tesla talks about his idea of an AC motor, whose design has been laid in his mind. When everyone rejects his idea, he waits patiently and gets a potential investor. After building the model, he just says that, ‘’ this is as I had imagined’’. The author gives a brief introduction of his life and failures. He also talks about his patent fight for discovering radio waves against Guglielmo Marconi. After Tesla’s death, he was declared as the ‘’ real father of radio’’. Tesla even rejects his noble prize which was supposed to be shared with Edison. Just by reading this brief introduction, you would know that, he is so humble, selfless and down to earth. In one instance when the Westinghouse company was bankrupt, and was supposed to pay 1million dollars as royalty to Tesla, he simply says that, ‘’ when no one had faith in my ideas, you were the one who showed confidence in me. You are my friend and you helped me a lot. Now I shall tear apart the papers and you no need to give me any royalty,’’ His idea was just to help the mankind and not money minting. He died penniless and alone. Such a tragic death to the genius. The third chapter talks about creativity. Creativity is not an innate quality but it is something which you gain by imagination and the most creative persons have good imaginations and the best imagination leads the path to be a genius. Say Picasso, Michelangelo and the list is endless.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">This book is excellent read for people who want to know about Tesla in brief. Actually I would recommend this book for school kids, for its simple and easy language. Generally a large volume doesn’t motivate the kids, but this short one would surely do. But if you are looking to read about Tesla’s biography, then this is the wrong book. Wikipedia offers much more information.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">If you dont know this man, know him soon. He will inspire you in every possible way. Lastly, thank you Tesla for lightning our world with your ideas and selflessness. </span></span></div>
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RAN IN JAN http://www.blogger.com/profile/09930714780995208578noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6549587225281116329.post-79174901035954303312013-11-04T18:59:00.004+05:302013-11-04T19:01:07.885+05:30Anniversary of my blog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So finally today I celebrated another anniversary of blogging . I started as a non serious blogger in 2010 and had a lean time of blogging for 2 years and then on Nov 4th 2012, I started to blog with seriousness. Today is my first anniversary of dedicated blogging. Back then, I had just one follower and it was only me, but now, I have 25 and also my page views increased drastically and so as the posts. I also got one Leibster, ABC and versatile blogger award. Thanks to my fellow bloggers for awarding me. </div>
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I had a fruitful experience reading fellow blogger's posts. People have so many talents, some are good at story telling, poetry, painting, photography , opinions etc. It surely motivated me. It taught me many things and also has changed my perspective. I think, it was the right decision to join indiblogger. I seriously dont regret the decision. I thank all of them, and I wish to develop my content and blog much productively. </div>
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