Ganesh immersion 2008 in Arabian sea at Girgaon Chowpatty beach, Marine Drive, Mumbai.
This is the first movie from my new Sony handycam. Its a cool model with 40x optical zoom! (digital zoom is 2000x). It doesn't have the hassles of video cassette and DVD..
It has a kewl 30 GB hard disk.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Street Life Part - 1
This is the video of a woman whose family lives on street at Opera House.
They make a living by collecting and selling raddi.
When they don't have money, they beg. Or collect elusive currency coins at Chowpatty beach near Marine drive in Mumbai.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Abdul Kalam talks: Big Bang Experiment spells no trouble
Tags: Big Bang, CERN, Switzerland, Large Hadron Collider, Elementary Particle Physics
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Large Hadron Collider
Large Hadron Collider aerial viewThe experiment that is being carried out could potentially create a tiny black hole that can suck in the world into itself.
Following is a conversation between me and my best friend Faizan Marolia.
Following is a conversation between me and my best friend Faizan Marolia.
Faizaan Marolia: umm
Faizaan Marolia: we will mee around 6 na?
Faizaan Marolia: i have work ill hen
Faizaan Marolia: huh? why is he world goin o end oday?
Faizaan Marolia: wha is LHC now?
Faizaan Marolia: ah
Faizaan Marolia: sahee hai.
Faizaan Marolia: you really are very well informed
Faizaan Marolia: wowie.. prey cool..
Faizaan Marolia: hen our lapops, everyhing will go in here righ?
Faizaan Marolia: or will hey say here??
Faizaan Marolia: oh. so we'll have o coninue working in here hen..
Faizaan Marolia: I don ge i
Faizaan Marolia: if we have o coninue working
Faizaan Marolia: i doesn' maer wheher we are here, or no here
Faizaan Marolia: we may no even know he difference..
Faizaan Marolia: oh
Faizaan Marolia: has prey cool
Faizaan Marolia: will we be alive?
Faizaan Marolia: ah
Faizaan Marolia: u believe in souls and all ha
Faizaan Marolia: ?
Faizaan Marolia: as in?
Faizaan Marolia: why?
Faizaan Marolia: bu you know ha souls exis?
Faizaan Marolia: well, u can make big saemens - bu ne-ne, he quesion is, wheher you hink here is somehing ha remains afer life expires
Krishna Reddy: Well, when u experience
Faizaan Marolia: well, u are your mind
Faizaan Marolia: ha is one and he same
Faizaan Marolia: and your consciousness ends when you die
Faizaan Marolia: do you believe in ha, or do you believe ha i persiss.. hovering abou somewhere in he universe
Faizaan Marolia: accha. so u don believe in ha.
Faizaan Marolia: has all i wan o know.
Faizaan Marolia: mind is also consciousness
Faizaan Marolia: being aware
Faizaan Marolia: i is no differen
Faizaan Marolia: na.. i don hink you could be conscious if u didn' have a mind
Faizaan Marolia: or some means of processing your sensory inpu
Faizaan Marolia: man.. wha do you mean by mind?
Faizaan Marolia: well, i hink he mind iself has given you consciousness.. whereas u believe i o be he oher way around..
Faizaan Marolia: has our basic disconnec
Faizaan Marolia: we have a difference has wy more basic han ha
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Clean your food/drink cans, packaging, boxes
This is information worth sharing
A stock clerk was sent to clean up a storeroom in Maui, Hawaii.
When he got back, he was complaining that the storeroom was really filthy and that he had noticed dried mouse/rat droppings in some areas. A couple of days later, he started to feel like he was coming down with stomach flu, complained of sore joints and headaches, and began to vomit.
He went to bed and never really got up again. Within two days he was severely ill and weak. His blood sugar count was down to 66, and his face and eyeballs were yellow. He was rushed to the emergency at Pali-Momi, where he was diagnosed to be suffering from massive organ failure. He died shortly before midnight.
No one would have made the connection between his job and his death, had it not been for a doctor who specifically asked if he had been in a warehouse or exposed to dried rat/mouse dropping s at any time. They said there is a virus (much like the Hanta virus) that lives in dried rat and mouse droppings.
Once dried, these droppings are like dust and can easily be breathed in or ingested if a person does not wear protective gear or fails to wash face and hands thoroughly.
An autopsy was performed on the clerk to verify the doctor's suspicions.
This is why it is extremely important to ALWAYS carefully rinse off the tops of canned sodas or foods, and to wipe off pasta packaging, cereal boxes, and so on.
Almost everything you buy in a supermarket was stored in a warehouse at one time or another, and stores themselves often have rodents.
Most of us remember to wash vegetables and fruits but never think of boxes and cans.
The ugly truth is, even the most modern, upper-class, super store has rats and mice. And their warehouse most assuredly does!
Whenever you buy any canned soft drink, please make sure that you wash the top with running water and soap or, if that is not available, drink with a straw. The investigation of soda cans by the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta discovered that the tops of soda cans can be encrusted with dried rat's urine, which is so toxic it can be lethal. Canned drinks and other foodstuffs are stored in warehouses and containers that are usually infested with rodents, and then they get transported to retail outlets without being properly cleaned.
Please forward this message to the people you care about.
A stock clerk was sent to clean up a storeroom in Maui, Hawaii.
When he got back, he was complaining that the storeroom was really filthy and that he had noticed dried mouse/rat droppings in some areas. A couple of days later, he started to feel like he was coming down with stomach flu, complained of sore joints and headaches, and began to vomit.
He went to bed and never really got up again. Within two days he was severely ill and weak. His blood sugar count was down to 66, and his face and eyeballs were yellow. He was rushed to the emergency at Pali-Momi, where he was diagnosed to be suffering from massive organ failure. He died shortly before midnight.
No one would have made the connection between his job and his death, had it not been for a doctor who specifically asked if he had been in a warehouse or exposed to dried rat/mouse dropping s at any time. They said there is a virus (much like the Hanta virus) that lives in dried rat and mouse droppings.
Once dried, these droppings are like dust and can easily be breathed in or ingested if a person does not wear protective gear or fails to wash face and hands thoroughly.
An autopsy was performed on the clerk to verify the doctor's suspicions.
This is why it is extremely important to ALWAYS carefully rinse off the tops of canned sodas or foods, and to wipe off pasta packaging, cereal boxes, and so on.
Almost everything you buy in a supermarket was stored in a warehouse at one time or another, and stores themselves often have rodents.
Most of us remember to wash vegetables and fruits but never think of boxes and cans.
The ugly truth is, even the most modern, upper-class, super store has rats and mice. And their warehouse most assuredly does!
Whenever you buy any canned soft drink, please make sure that you wash the top with running water and soap or, if that is not available, drink with a straw. The investigation of soda cans by the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta discovered that the tops of soda cans can be encrusted with dried rat's urine, which is so toxic it can be lethal. Canned drinks and other foodstuffs are stored in warehouses and containers that are usually infested with rodents, and then they get transported to retail outlets without being properly cleaned.
Please forward this message to the people you care about.
Infinite loop - How will you come out of it??? :)
Deadlock
Too good!!
Boss said to secretary: For a week we will go abroad,
so make arrangement.
Secretary makes call to Husband: For a week my boss and
I will be going abroad, you look after yourself.
Husband make call to secret lover: My wife is going
abroad for a week, so lets spend the week together.
Secret lover make call to small boy whom she is giving
private tution: I have work for a week, so you need
not come for class.
Small boy make call to his grandfather: Grandpa, for a
week I don't have class 'coz my teacher is busy. Lets
spend the week together.
Grandpa(the 1st boss ;) ) make call to his secretary: This week I am
spending my time with my grandson. We cannot attend
that meeting.
Secretary make call to her husband: This week my boss
has some work, we cancelled our trip.
Husband make call to secret lover: We cannot spend
this week together, my wife has cancelled her trip.
Secret lover make call to small boy whom she is giving
private tution: This week we will have class as usual.
Small boy make call to his grandfather: Grandpa, my
teacher said this week I have to attend class. Sorry I
can't give you company.
Grandpa make call to his secretary: Don't worry this
week we will attend that meeting, so make arrangement .
This is called deadlock
Monday, September 8, 2008
Ant & Grasshopper - The modern story of modern India!
Ant and grasshopper Revisited
Well, my newest movie will be on these lines!
Everyone might have heard of the "Ant and Grasshopper" story as a child.
If u haven't, this is the original story;
"The ant worked hard all summer, building his house and stocking up supplies for the harsh winter. The grasshopper thinks ant is a fool and laughs and dances & plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper neither has food nor shelter, so he dies out in the cold."
The Story has changed.
The Modern Version:
"When winter arrives,
The grasshopper calls a press conference & demands to know why ant should be allowed to be warm & well fed while others are cold and shivering.
Media shows up to provide pics of Shivering grasshopper next to video of an ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
The world is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor fellow is allowed to suffer so?
Activists stage a demonstartion in front of Ant's House.
They go on fast along with other grasshoppers demanding their relocation to warmer climates during winter.
International Charity Org. and World body criticizes the Indian govt for not upholding the fundamental rights of grasshopper.
Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the grasshopper.
(many promising heaven and peace for support else Wrath of God)
Opposition in Indian Parliament stage a walk-out.
Left calls for "India Bandh" (ie. strike) in W.Bengal n Kerala
In Kerala, law is passed preventing Ants from working hard in heat to bring about Equality of Poverty
Rail Ministry allocates one free coach to grasshoppers on all Indian railway trains, called 'Grasshopper Rath'
POTAGA (Prevention Of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act) is passed.
Education Ministry, makes special reservations for them in edu. institutes and Govt services.
Ant is fined under POTAGA, house confiscated and handed over to Grasshopper in a cermony covered by Media.
Grasshopper is invited to address UN General Assembly.
Many years later.... Ant has migrated to US.
He sets up a multi-million $ company in Silicon Valley.
Hundreds of grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India.
As a result, we are loosing a lot of hard working ants and feeding the grasshopper, India is still a developing Country...."
This is a story i came across as a forwarded email, a few days back. The message it carries cannot be ignored. Even though it is written with an Indian Backdrop, it is valid for many other countries.
This point of view towards Social Justice cannot be ignored when implementing it.
http://prashantmaxsteel.blogspot.com/2007/06/ant-and-grasshopper-revisited.html
http://journal.naveeng.com/2008/04/28/ant-grasshopper-the-story-of-india/
Ant & Grasshopper - The modern story of modern India!
Ant and grasshopper Revisited
Well, my newest movie will be on these lines.
Everyone might have heard of the "Ant and Grasshopper" story as a child.
If u haven't, this is the original story;
"The ant worked hard all summer, building his house and stocking up supplies for the harsh winter. The grasshopper thinks ant is a fool and laughs and dances & plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper neither has food nor shelter, so he dies out in the cold."
The Story has changed.
The Modern Version:
"When winter arrives,
The grasshopper calls a press conference & demands to know why ant should be allowed to be warm & well fed while others are cold and shivering.
Media shows up to provide pics of Shivering grasshopper next to video of an ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
The world is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor fellow is allowed to suffer so?
Activists stage a demonstartion in front of Ant's House.
They go on fast along with other grasshoppers demanding their relocation to warmer climates during winter.
International Charity Org. and World body criticizes the Indian govt for not upholding the fundamental rights of grasshopper.
Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the grasshopper.
(many promising heaven and peace for support else Wrath of God)
Opposition in Indian Parliament stage a walk-out.
Left calls for "India Bandh" (ie. strike) in W.Bengal n Kerala
In Kerala, law is passed preventing Ants from working hard in heat to bring about Equality of Poverty
Rail Ministry allocates one free coach to grasshoppers on all Indian railway trains, called 'Grasshopper Rath'
POTAGA (Prevention Of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act) is passed.
Education Ministry, makes special reservations for them in edu. institutes and Govt services.
Ant is fined under POTAGA, house confiscated and handed over to Grasshopper in a cermony covered by Media.
Grasshopper is invited to address UN General Assembly.
Many years later.... Ant has migrated to US.
He sets up a multi-million $ company in Silicon Valley.
Hundreds of grasshoppers still die of stravation despite reservation somewhere in India.
As a result, we are loosing a lot of hard working ants and feeding the grasshopper, India is still a developing Country...."
This is a story i came across as a forwarded email, a few days back. The message it carries cannot be ignored. Even though it is written with an Indian Backdrop, it is valid for many other countries.
This point of view towards Social Justice cannot be ignored when implementing it.
http://prashantmaxsteel.blogspot.com/2007/06/ant-and-grasshopper-revisited.html
http://journal.naveeng.com/2008/04/28/ant-grasshopper-the-story-of-india/
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Calculus for beginners
How do you make Calculus easy and enjoyable for kids who are just starting to learn it? Well, I am pondering over this as a niece of mine has just started taking her first calculus lessons. So I am writing this article, especially for her. Calculus is an ubiquitous branch of mathematics having applications in many fields including physics, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering, biology, economics etc. In fact all the technological advancements that we enjoy today would not have been possible without this important branch of mathematics!
Historically the credit for inventing calculus goes to Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. There was some work done in this field by earlier people including, the Indian mathematician, Bhāskara of 12th century.
Calculus can be simply defined as study of change. What change? Any change for example, movement is a change. Movement is change of the position (and shape) of an object with time.
Limit: The following example from Wikipedia nicely illustrates Tangent line as a limit of secant lines. The derivative f′(x) of a curve at a point is the slope of the line tangent to that curve at that point. This slope is determined by considering the limiting value of the slopes of secant lines.
Historically the credit for inventing calculus goes to Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. There was some work done in this field by earlier people including, the Indian mathematician, Bhāskara of 12th century.
Calculus can be simply defined as study of change. What change? Any change for example, movement is a change. Movement is change of the position (and shape) of an object with time.
Limit: The following example from Wikipedia nicely illustrates Tangent line as a limit of secant lines. The derivative f′(x) of a curve at a point is the slope of the line tangent to that curve at that point. This slope is determined by considering the limiting value of the slopes of secant lines.
Here the function involved (drawn in red) is f(x) = x3 − x. The tangent line (in green) which passes through the point (−3/2, −15/8) has a slope of 23/4. Note that the vertical and horizontal scales in this image are different.
Differentiation: When two (or more) related variables change, how does a change in one variable affects the other variable? What is the change rate at any given point? This change rate is defined as a derivative. And the process of obtaining derivative of a function f(x) with respect x is called differentiation.
Integration: Suppose we have an object that moves at a speed (rate of change of distance) that itself changes with time. What will be the cumulative distance traveled by the object over a period of time? Then we have integration that can answer this question.
Here are some of the useful sites to understand the concepts of calculus.
- General introduction to calculus (Wikipedia)
- Definition of the Derivative includes explanation, with illustrations, of the physical and geometrical concepts of the derivative.
- Calculus on Wikibooks has simple and good online tutorials on calculus.
- For advanced calculus students, MIT open course ware has many calculus courses part of its mathematics courses. All these lessons have online and downloadable versions including videos lessons. These courses cover a spectrum of subjects ranging from single variable calculus to multi-variable partial differential equations to mathematical analysis. and its applications
Friday, September 5, 2008
My brand new web site and blog!
Today is an occasion for multiple celebrations. First of all it is my sister's birthday. Then it is Gahesh Chaturthi. I started my new website krishna-reddy.com. And a colleague has become father for the first time. So much to celebrate on a single day!
Ganapati Bappa Morya!
Ganesh Pandal at Mahim, Mumbai
Over the next few days I will upload more photos/videos of Lord Ganesh especially from Mumbai. So watch out this space.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Happy Ganesh Chaturthi
Today is an occasion for multiple celebration. First of all it is my sister's birthday. Then it is Gahesh Chaturthi. I started my new website krishna-reddy.com. And a colleague has become father for the first time. So much to celebrate on a single day.
Ganapati Bappa Morya
Ganesh Pandal at Mahim, Mumbai
Over the next few days I will upload more photos/videos of Lord Ganesh especially from Mumbai. So watch out this space.
Rock on
Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all!
Watched "Rock On" two days ago. Great movie! I will write my review soon.
Till then check out rediff's review on the movie.
Rock on, Farhan, Rock on - Hindi Movie Trailer
Watched "Rock On" two days ago. Great movie! I will write my review soon.
Till then check out rediff's review on the movie.
Rock on, Farhan, Rock on - Hindi Movie Trailer
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