I did pocket the black ball and it’s the fourth game I won. I looked at my watch. It showed 8:00 pm. I wondered when I had changed the 24hr mode to 12hr mode. The date displayed was 25-10-2020. Somebody has messed up with my watch, I thought. I decided to probe into this matter once I reached my room. It must be my roommates. It’s been 4 hours since me and my friend Ravi got into the Pool Shack. No matter how much Ravi tried, he never won a game of 9 ball pool. Few mugs of beer had reduced my response time by few minutes. I looked at Ravi and waved him good bye.
I made it to the ground floor of Pool Shack. Missed few step in between; hit a guy coming up, carrying a red heavy bag, who looked more sloshed than me. I wondered why they didn’t have an elevator. I felt an elevator is a must when they serve alcohol at anywhere above and below the ground floor. It is generally cold in Bangalore in mid October, but strangely I was sweating already. I thought, may be the beer was messing up my body temperature control mechanism as well.
I crossed the busy airport road and reached the hospital end of the road. It was pretty unusual, because I have been here so many times but never really observed the other half of the road and the hospital. Perhaps I would be too eager to go to Pool Shack and get sloshed. Therefore, never really paid attention to anything else.
I think I heard a siren crying its heart out from few kilometers away. At least I thought it was few kilometers away or perhaps its somewhere in the vicinity and the beer in me is messing up my natural Doppler theory. I looked right and then turned back to check if it was an ambulance coming towards the hospital. The crying became more and more irritating and loud. Now I could hear the sound of chopper as well. I wondered if this was a hi-tech hospital and it has got choppers to get the patients. But the siren sound nullified that theory. I looked in all directions. People on street stood still and they were as amused and confused as my 1 year old nephew in wet nappy.
The sound grew louder and louder. Few kids on the other side of streets were pointing at the sky behind me. I turned around and I couldn’t believe my eyes. 5 choppers flying in a perfect circle formation. In the center of this formation, I could see a white chopper. No, it couldn’t have been chopper. It was triangular in shape. Like those stealth planes we see in television. Now I knew what was crying so loud. It was almost deafening now. People rushed to the roads. Traffic came to stand still. No one moved an inch. Even the street dogs hogging on the free food inside the corporation dust bin, stood still in amusement with straight ears.
The triangular thing hovered over the shack point. The choppers which looked like they are guarding this thing matched its movement. The triangular thing, threw a wide ray of red light. It looked like it was scanning the entire area. It aligned itself to the Pool Shack. The beer effect in me had vanished looking at this spectacle. It seemed to be more evident now that the Pool Shack is going to be attacked. Everyone ran for cover. I tried calling my friend, but the network is jammed. I couldn’t just believe what was happening. I crossed the road and searched for my friend. I couldn’t see him. People were running all around. The triangular thing sent out 3 straight blue lights down towards the Pool Shack, forming a cylindrical shape of probably 2 feet diameter. The light pierced through everything. I put my food forward towards the Pool Shack and suddenly, there was a deafening screeching sound. There was some kind of activity within this invisible cylinder. The entire space within the cylinder exploded into flames, but neither the flames and nor the particles came out of the cylinder.
The entire formation of flying choppers vanished out of sky in no time. Before people could rush to the spot, there were NSG commandos who had cordoned the area. I never realized this.
I ran to my room and switched on the TV. My mobile was now working. I called Ravi. He had followed me outside the Pool Shack to get a cigarette. He shared the same story. I flipped the channels and stood still when the reporter in a news channel announced, “Defense minister of India, will address the media in a short while.” The defense minister looked jubilant, contrary to the recent occurring.
He announced, “Today, at 20:08, India successfully tested its, Unmanned Arial bomb scanner and laser guided diffuser called Garuda. Garuda is placed at strategic locations. It takes less than minute for Garuda to detect, track and destroy the bomb. It also leads the choppers carrying the commandos who then cordon the site and aid the investigation. Garuda detected the bomb at the Pool Shack, Airport Road Bangalore at 20:02. It not only guided the 5 NSG choppers to the blast site, but also cordoned the bomb with its bomb isolation technique. The bomb which was attached with a timer device went off before it could be defused by Garuda, but the high tech laser bomb isolator was used by Garuda to form a controlled explosion. Many defense scientists have been working day and night on Garuda project which was started on 2009, took 11 years and it has been completed at the cost of 200 billion rupees. This is a great success for this developed country which is surrounded by enemies on all sides. Further details on this live test will be provided in few hours. Thank you.”
I somehow knew that bomber was the guy I saw carrying red bag while coming down the Pool Shack. I was too tired to be sure. I was too tired to think anymore.
I was shocked, amused and tired of all the incidents. It was too much for this tired sloshed mind. I went to bed. I couldn’t sleep peacefully. All the events replayed in my mind. I could hear the sound of choppers. It was faint and then loud. It couldn’t be a dream. I woke up. I looked at my watch. It was 6:30. I couldn’t take another similar incident anymore. My heart was pounding faster than my head because of hang over. I ran to the balcony. 4 choppers so close to my third floor apartment flew across the blue sky. I looked at the beach and the blue sea and then at the horizon. I just couldn’t believe this. I ran to the door, grabbed the news paper. On the front page, I read, “39 killed in Baghdad blast”. I glanced at the date on the top. 26 October 2009, Chennai.
It took me time to recap the entire previous night episode. I had been to Pool Shack to play pool. It was on the OMR road opposite to the Life Line hospital. Just when I was crossing the road an ambulance with loud siren had just turned into the hospital gate. Someone burst the rocket which was left over during diwali. The rocket sparked brilliant colors in the sky. Few kids jumped in joy. I took my mobile out to call Ravi, so that I could make out the address. There was no network. That was followed with a big blast of crackers which made a deafening noise and smoke. I wondered why on earth where they doing this in the vicinity of hospital. I was sweating profusely though it was October end and I thought that if was in Bangalore at this time, it would have been cold.
I was tired, sloshed when I reached home. I changed my watch to 24hr mode. I flipped the tv channels and halted at a news channel which showed the breaking news, “Blast in Baghdad”. I switched off the tv and went to sleep.
As I sat their realizing and re tracing everything, I wondered how amazing is human mind. It had weaved a dream for me with all the things which were totally unrelated. I could only admire this marvelous mind which had created EVERYTHING from really NOTHING that happened at 8:00pm. I looked at my watch. It was 8:00 am. I told myself, “huh,8:00pm-NOthing2Everything@8:00am”
Time to stop dreaming and work!!
Yeah you heard me. Stop dreaming, go back to work!!
“Why Drink and Drive, when you can, Drink and Dream”
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
PUNCH DIAL ogues !! Copy righted: Raj dialogue vendors.
Disclaimers: I dont like this. Escpecially when it is mentioned at the end of all blabberings.
Anyway, for the sake of formality, let me warn you that these might sound like extreme case of PJ attack or you may look like one idiot doing ROFL on the carpet below your seat.
‘If the World is not in my hands, look under my feet”
“If she goes to shopping, beware you may become the shopping cart”
“Entire outer space is my playground, planets are marbles and stars are flood lights”
“Priest said God is everywhere son. My nephew asked, even in bathroom?
“Moral science teacher said, you should learn to forgive. I said, ma’am can I stand down from the bench now?”
“She said I am the master of universe. Btw, Universe, is my dog’s name”
“I said, if you are the paper then I am the pen. She said, oops idiot you just spilled the ink”
“Wife told a tired husband, I want a son. Husband told; keep your eyes to the east. You will see it first thing in the morning.”
“My mom says, I m handsome. My wife says, there is only hands, rest is troublesome”
“Chennai chicks are too hot to handle, they are in tune with climate”
“No wonder Kerala is God’s own country, he has kept all the good ladies for himself”
“Roads to heaven starts at my house, roads to hell begins at OMR”
“When a girl tells you, I love you, please check your wallet”
“If you hear bells ringing when you see a girl, it’s time to visit a good ENT specialist”
“Falling IN and Falling OFF love are not the same, just like Constipation and Diarrhea.”
“If you are pencil, then challenges are sharpeners. You always come out bold and sharp”
“Men like hot women. Not in Chennai, man, it’s too hot here”
All girls are masala queens cos guys need taste in life
All roads dont lead to success, but not everyone has good GPS
If one day I look sad and I am standing alone, don’t come near me. I am busy ….(let your imagination flow)
“Before marraige we used to love roller coaster rides. Now, she is the roller and i am her coaster.”
A jakas movie:
This is playing at PKN5A180. With the only audience who is the writter, director, producer of this movie.
“CAD is the super hero of the city of keys. He falls in love with CL. But before he could propose, WL the villain activates himself. The entire BS, Home, Shift and all the friends are helpless. They all are inactive because of WL. CAD and CL have to Escape and save the city. CAD activates himself and before WL’s friend ENTER, activates himself, CAD’s friend ESCAPE sacrifices his life. Thereby CAD and CL get freed. A statue is made to honor sacrifice of the CAD’s good friend. It is at the top right corner of the city. On it is written, Esc (Extraordinary and Special Character).
A new villain has entered the city. It’s the exact copy of WL. It’s called CCP. i.e in Part 2.
Starring:
CAD: Ctrl Alt Del
CL: Caps Lock
WL: Windows+L
BS: Backspace (guest appearance)
CCP: Cut Copy Paste
Well, now that I have finished and if you feel like relieving your stress then, you may follow the following instruction.
Take the printout of the below picture
Paste it on your manager’s cabin door
Follow the instruction written on the page in the picture.
No No. That’s ok. You don’t have to thank me for this. You are always welcome. Pleasure is all mine, you see.
------RAJ
Friday, October 9, 2009
Did Edison’s AC KILL TOPSY?
Do you see corruption, inhuman activities and close your eyes? Do you feel like you are one of them, so you don’t have the right to talk about these things or oppose these things? Well, I thought so. But there is something that my friend pointed out. This is something that changed the way I looked at things. This is something that I want you to know.
This is the conversation I had with my friend posted as it is without editing.
My friend :
Dude,
Since you are writing Blogs you should probably think about writing about how humans have misused animals in experimentations.
I was watching a video on youtube - Edison’s efforts to show the world how dangerous electricity is - basically tied up an elephant (called Topsy) and electrocutes it.
As the elephant was brought in (considering elephant to be one of the most intelligent creatures after us), would have been going through his mind? He was following his master like how a kid followed his parents only to be killed. It reminded me of an incident a friend narrated where a couple had to throw away their kid to the crocs to save the rest of the people in the boat. That’s one side of the story.
The other side was about the experiment in itself. It extends not just to that experiment but also the various other experiments that even till date man continues doing knowing very well that effects on animals not necessarily needs to be the same on humans,
This is just a suggestion
Cheers
Me:
Well Pabs, I can write on this, but I will only sound like a hypocrite.
I mean, first of all we humans shouldn’t domesticate, elephants or any other animal for that matter. Don’t they hurt them while training? And yet we sit on it and go for ride in safaris. Now you might say that, domesticating is one thing and killing for experiment is another. Well, how do we decide which one is the most sinner thing to do? You may argue that it’s written in bible or any other religious books that taking life of another is the biggest sin. Well, then what do we do in wars? You kill or get killed. Anyway, let’s keep that aside. You may argue that it’s unrelated. Killing for experiments is unethical. But is the life of lab rats less important to that of elephant? Do we test the medicines on humans? Would that be intelligent? I am not arguing that Edison was right (if he had done it).
I have been writing and will continue to write on issues that haunts mankind or animals. The question is where do I begin and where do I end? Man including me has got accustomed to the luxuries of life and has gone blind in all ways. The leather shoes I wear and belt I wear is some animal’s skin. The car seat of the costliest car that you may be dreaming to own is made of croc skin. I can write bro. I just don’t want to sound hypocrite. I am just finding a way explain all this and inspire, in a way which will not sound hypocritical. Because if people feel that what we write is just for reading and nothing, then there is no point in writing. It’s a catch 22 situation. All that I tell others is that. I am doing my bit, are you? If not, please do!!
Thanks,
Raj
My Friend:
Bro,
Domesticating elephants is the worst crime one can do, because the process of domestication is far worse than having an elephant in prison (zoos).
I never take elephants rides for this very reason even during my research expeditions be it Burma or Vietnam. I prefer risking my life than bearing the guilt that I am sitting on an elephant who has been completed “broken down” cos i want to feel more secure.
Regarding rats in labs or monkeys with cosmetics stitched inside its eyes, animal experiments are all terrible. But one would focus on an animal that generates more empathy among humans…..and elephants being a classic case was a great point to start….start because there is a long way to go.
Regarding shoes, I always try to buy fake leather which is pretty much similar in looks and texture. Try it out…. So there is always an option.
Well but end of the day, in more than one ways I am also responsible for causing harm to some animal in some way or the other. But if I told myself that this morning, I had to kill a roach or a mosquito and therefore it would be hypocritical to save an elephant or an almost extinct tiger, I think I would be comparing apples to large melons although both are fruits.
The gravity of saving the elephants and tigers in our jungles and the jungles itself is profound.
Nevertheless, this reply is only to try and help you understand that every one of his in some way is hypocritical if we had to extrapolate the primary issues. But that shouldn’t stop one from doing some good somewhere correct?
It aint gonna be hard to quit taking an elephant ride or refrain from going to a circus or buying ivory in any form correct???? As long as that is done, you are also in this war to save the wildlife dude.
Mind you I am not trying to change your mind about writing a blog; I just wanted to give you a different perception of the hypo u spoke about.
Cheers,
Pabs
Me :
Bro !!
What you explained is true!! In fact this conversation is so intense that, I will blog this as it is. The reason being, that, it has got the issue which you wanted me to discuss. Secondly, it has got the general apprehension that people have in their mind (i.e. the question I asked, will be the question in many more minds). Thirdly, you have explained it very well. I am impressed!!
The idea is to tell things in a way which doesn’t sound like ordering people to follow. For example, last year, we had a campaign going on to make cognizant a smoke free zone. Someone blogged stating that, the decision to smoke or not should be left to individual and no one should be forced. Also, it stated that one should only make people aware of the health hazards but should not force the decision to smoke or not to smoke on them. However, this post was widely debated, with lots of anti comments, because this post was indeed threatening our campaign. However, the government then decided that smoking in public places as well as in and around office premises in not allowed. Also Cognizant was gracious enough to accept it and now it is a smoke free zone!!
So, I think sometimes, things have to be stopped by stringent laws and a system to protect that law. We can ask people to stop wearing leather shoes and similar things, but it will take very long time to change people’s habit. Remember, habits die hard. But hey, what you told is absolutely right as well. One step at a time and some day we might even find some law being made. How knows? Moreover, like Gandhi. “Be the Change you want to see in the world”
Thanks Bro,
Raj
Though I did research and it is known that electrocution using AC (alternating current) was the method only suggested by Edison and the authorities had already decided to kill it by hanging. So, I really can’t blame Edison because he just gave an idea to kill the animal with the least possible pain.
Whatever happened to Topsy, we still live in a world which is inhumanly cruel towards animals. Really, luxury, greed and selfishness have left no good in us towards animal or towards fellow humans for that matter.
Topsy story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/americas/3083029.stm
This is the conversation I had with my friend posted as it is without editing.
My friend :
Dude,
Since you are writing Blogs you should probably think about writing about how humans have misused animals in experimentations.
I was watching a video on youtube - Edison’s efforts to show the world how dangerous electricity is - basically tied up an elephant (called Topsy) and electrocutes it.
As the elephant was brought in (considering elephant to be one of the most intelligent creatures after us), would have been going through his mind? He was following his master like how a kid followed his parents only to be killed. It reminded me of an incident a friend narrated where a couple had to throw away their kid to the crocs to save the rest of the people in the boat. That’s one side of the story.
The other side was about the experiment in itself. It extends not just to that experiment but also the various other experiments that even till date man continues doing knowing very well that effects on animals not necessarily needs to be the same on humans,
This is just a suggestion
Cheers
Me:
Well Pabs, I can write on this, but I will only sound like a hypocrite.
I mean, first of all we humans shouldn’t domesticate, elephants or any other animal for that matter. Don’t they hurt them while training? And yet we sit on it and go for ride in safaris. Now you might say that, domesticating is one thing and killing for experiment is another. Well, how do we decide which one is the most sinner thing to do? You may argue that it’s written in bible or any other religious books that taking life of another is the biggest sin. Well, then what do we do in wars? You kill or get killed. Anyway, let’s keep that aside. You may argue that it’s unrelated. Killing for experiments is unethical. But is the life of lab rats less important to that of elephant? Do we test the medicines on humans? Would that be intelligent? I am not arguing that Edison was right (if he had done it).
I have been writing and will continue to write on issues that haunts mankind or animals. The question is where do I begin and where do I end? Man including me has got accustomed to the luxuries of life and has gone blind in all ways. The leather shoes I wear and belt I wear is some animal’s skin. The car seat of the costliest car that you may be dreaming to own is made of croc skin. I can write bro. I just don’t want to sound hypocrite. I am just finding a way explain all this and inspire, in a way which will not sound hypocritical. Because if people feel that what we write is just for reading and nothing, then there is no point in writing. It’s a catch 22 situation. All that I tell others is that. I am doing my bit, are you? If not, please do!!
Thanks,
Raj
My Friend:
Bro,
Domesticating elephants is the worst crime one can do, because the process of domestication is far worse than having an elephant in prison (zoos).
I never take elephants rides for this very reason even during my research expeditions be it Burma or Vietnam. I prefer risking my life than bearing the guilt that I am sitting on an elephant who has been completed “broken down” cos i want to feel more secure.
Regarding rats in labs or monkeys with cosmetics stitched inside its eyes, animal experiments are all terrible. But one would focus on an animal that generates more empathy among humans…..and elephants being a classic case was a great point to start….start because there is a long way to go.
Regarding shoes, I always try to buy fake leather which is pretty much similar in looks and texture. Try it out…. So there is always an option.
Well but end of the day, in more than one ways I am also responsible for causing harm to some animal in some way or the other. But if I told myself that this morning, I had to kill a roach or a mosquito and therefore it would be hypocritical to save an elephant or an almost extinct tiger, I think I would be comparing apples to large melons although both are fruits.
The gravity of saving the elephants and tigers in our jungles and the jungles itself is profound.
Nevertheless, this reply is only to try and help you understand that every one of his in some way is hypocritical if we had to extrapolate the primary issues. But that shouldn’t stop one from doing some good somewhere correct?
It aint gonna be hard to quit taking an elephant ride or refrain from going to a circus or buying ivory in any form correct???? As long as that is done, you are also in this war to save the wildlife dude.
Mind you I am not trying to change your mind about writing a blog; I just wanted to give you a different perception of the hypo u spoke about.
Cheers,
Pabs
Me :
Bro !!
What you explained is true!! In fact this conversation is so intense that, I will blog this as it is. The reason being, that, it has got the issue which you wanted me to discuss. Secondly, it has got the general apprehension that people have in their mind (i.e. the question I asked, will be the question in many more minds). Thirdly, you have explained it very well. I am impressed!!
The idea is to tell things in a way which doesn’t sound like ordering people to follow. For example, last year, we had a campaign going on to make cognizant a smoke free zone. Someone blogged stating that, the decision to smoke or not should be left to individual and no one should be forced. Also, it stated that one should only make people aware of the health hazards but should not force the decision to smoke or not to smoke on them. However, this post was widely debated, with lots of anti comments, because this post was indeed threatening our campaign. However, the government then decided that smoking in public places as well as in and around office premises in not allowed. Also Cognizant was gracious enough to accept it and now it is a smoke free zone!!
So, I think sometimes, things have to be stopped by stringent laws and a system to protect that law. We can ask people to stop wearing leather shoes and similar things, but it will take very long time to change people’s habit. Remember, habits die hard. But hey, what you told is absolutely right as well. One step at a time and some day we might even find some law being made. How knows? Moreover, like Gandhi. “Be the Change you want to see in the world”
Thanks Bro,
Raj
Though I did research and it is known that electrocution using AC (alternating current) was the method only suggested by Edison and the authorities had already decided to kill it by hanging. So, I really can’t blame Edison because he just gave an idea to kill the animal with the least possible pain.
Whatever happened to Topsy, we still live in a world which is inhumanly cruel towards animals. Really, luxury, greed and selfishness have left no good in us towards animal or towards fellow humans for that matter.
Topsy story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/americas/3083029.stm
Saturday, September 26, 2009
If You Have a _ _ _ _, Share it with me…….
If you have a dream
Share it with me
I will be the wings
See your dreams fly above all things.
Share it with me
I will be the wings
See your dreams fly above all things.
Friday, September 18, 2009
M.I.N.D : Most Innovative and Natural Device !!
It is researched and believed that an average person thinks approximately 65,000 thoughts per day. In these 65,000, about 95% are exactly the same thoughts that [passed] through the minds of people the day before.
The idea is to, reduce the number of repetitive thoughts. This can be done by,
1. Reducing the number of negative thoughts and replacing them with the positive ones.
2. Increasing the number of unique thoughts.
A bats man out of form will have more negative thoughts. When Bret Lee balls at 99.9 mph, the batsman’s mind floods with thoughts and when the negative thoughts is more than the positive one’s he becomes out in the easiest way possible. It happens to the best of batsmen. The coach cannot find any fault in the technique of the batsman, so they go for thought conditioning. Day in and day out they flood the mind of the batsmen with positive thoughts. They create an environment where negative thoughts don’t even enter the mind. That’s called conditioning camp. You might have noticed that a team rules the world sports for a long time until they lose the form. But when they are winning their mind is flooded with thoughts of victory. Suddenly, it looks like they are unbeatable. However, with few defeats, the negative thoughts start coming in and the positive thoughts gets into the mind of the other team because they start realizing that they can defeat this undefeatable team.
The same is with baseball players where in they have to strike the ball with the right measure in split seconds and so is it with boxing where in the boxer has to take the shot for the split second that he sees an opening. He doesn’t have time to think at that moment. It looks like seeing and acting happened so fast that there was no processing done in mind. That’s why they are feed with positive thoughts. When mind with nothing but positive’s , it will have no doubts when the opportunity arises. It will direct the body to act so fast that the reaction time looks like nil.
That’s the reason why people with positive attitude are able to sense the opportunity and they spend no time in pouncing on it. Hence, the world terms them as lucky. Everyone can be lucky. All that they have to do is tame the ‘Chattering monkey”.
Have a rubber band around your wrist. Every time the negative thought comes in. Just snap the rubber band so that it hurts a little. That will signal the mind to recognize that it is a negative thoughts and should be replaced. After a while, your mind automatically, will start recognizing the negative and filling it up with positives.
Someone once told me, “ If you don’t use something, you will lose it. It’s the natures law”. You don’t use your muscles, you will lose it. Yeah, just like our tail. You don’t take care of your health, you will lose it. You don’t take care of your family, you will lose it. You don’t take care of your finances, you will lose it. The same is with your mind.
“USE IT or LOSE IT”
Thursday, September 17, 2009
GREEN, Everything but not GREEN and COLORLESS; MIND’s !!
It was Y2K some years ago, and then it was financial crisis. This time it is, “SAVE OUR PLANET”, “GO GREEN” and the sudden panic.
Everyone is speaking, writing, reading about it and suddenly it seems like the world has just woken up from a nightmare and they are in a hurry to do something that could stop the nightmare from becoming a reality.
But, stop. Did everyone have the same nightmare? How do you prove the nightmares are going to be real? Some showed the melting ice in their refrigerator, some showed the bathroom shower from which the water doesn’t come out even though it’s on.
Some are busy painting the world green, and others are counting their foot prints. Suddenly, the world seems to have been infected by a crazy virus and that’s green as well.
But hey, what’s that? A group of elite rich are partying over there. The Mercedes, BMW and the private jets are parked next to them. I can hear the AC growling at its full speed. Why are they not counting foot prints like others? They are all in white, red and blue. I don’t see any green in them. Didn’t they have any nightmares like others?
The other green bunch of people is suggesting things. Things like sharing and reducing. Sharing bikes, cars, buses and cycles (not money). Cutting down the consumption of power, switching to renewable source of energy and so on. They are going crazy over the idea. It feels like third world war and the world is united in fighting. Fighting against their own ill doings. Fighting for the survival of their race.
Is it really united? How about the other bunch which is not in green?
One of the green guy calculates it to the last decimal point of currency and sacrifices his bike ride and takes the bus. I like the green guy’s idea. However, I can’t agree without a debate. Do I sound like an anti-slogan guy? Oh, I just want to know both the green and not so green bunch of people.
Is it feasible? What do I lose? The reality check. The colorless guys mind.
The time is 1pm. The sun is at its best. Sweating is second to breathing in the city. the colorless guy needs to go to office because he works in odd shift. He walks 1.5 km to reach the so called shared auto (yes he shares as well). Energy meter displays 75%. amber. Gets down and waits for the public bus. (Oh yes he shares as well). The public bus never comes. Sometimes he feels that the bus simply makes a vanishing act between his stop and appears at the next stop. After 2 hours of sweating and cursing, the ultra modern 1940 bus arrives with all its glory. After 30 minutes of awesome travel, he lands at a bus stop which is again 1km from office. All buses don’t stop near his office. Again marathons walk and by the time he is on his seat on 5th floor, then energy meter which is now flooded with sweat displays, 10 %., ready to sleep. Of course he is no more colorless. Thanks to Sun God, he is kind of red. Loads of emails to respond to and meetings and work. He is as fresh as a daisy now, you see.
The colorless guy had a nightmare. He has to follow the same routine while leaving to home.
The carbon rating and footings sounds so good, sophisticated and awesome.
The reality checks again. Is it feasible?
The developed nations have good infrastructure, we are still behind in terms of public transport. We need to fix that first. The G8 nations speak about stopping the funding to the developing nations which don’t meet the proposed standards to curb the environmental change. However, i believe that this kind of black mailing won’t help anyone. In fact they should set aside a part of the aid to the developing nations to assist them in cutting down carbon footprints or whatever it is.
I strongly support our Prime minister who said, “They (the developed world) bear the biggest responsibility for what has happened and must bear the greatest responsibility for correcting the damage. But we too have to take action. I believe our response must be proactive and based on our finding feasible and practical solutions to the real and potential threats we face”
It’s the time and effort involved in taking public transports that hurts me the colorless guy. The actions should be proactive and based on the feasibility. For example, the tissue papers are back in the rest rooms because the hygiene seems to be the top priority (read H1N1). We need to differentiate the threats as ‘real’ and ‘potential’. The solutions to real threat should be immediate. How do you confirm that the threat is real? Just because the glacier is melting or the drastic change of climate or some experiment conducted by the super brainy scientist or some powerful guy has said so?
Are we aware of the fact that earth too has a cycle of change? There are theories which explain ice age and so on. What do you believe in?
Ok, let’s assume that it’s a potential threat. So, do we sacrifice our basic needs to happiness to save earth? How do you know for sure that it will save earth?
Certainly the colorless guy believes in hope. But the solution should be feasible. You can’t simply take a boat to another country instead of aero plane because it will cut down carbon foot prints.
The colorless guy’s theory is simple. Don’t preach the world about carbon footprints and glaciers melting. The guy on the street doesnt care about it. It is similar to the media scaring people with H1N1 and the mask makers striking gold( as well as the doctors and pharmaceuticals). We need green, because it produces oxygen and it’s necessary for clean air. We need to use renewable source of energy because the other sources may not remain for long ( i.e. until we find another planet). We go green because it cuts a lot of waste and cost, thereby helping the system to perform at its peak efficiency. So make the best use of resources available. But before you see the ice melting check if the refrigerator is switched on and before you switch on the shower, check if the tank has got any water.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Greedy is Fine, Selfish is STUPID !!
I believe human’s are as greedy as any other species on this earth. Greed is a necessary for survival. Therefore its natural and quite essential. However, the reason why we carry the greatest responsibility for what is happening to earth is because we got something more than greed. We are selfish. Selfish because, we have been knowingly continuing with unwise practices because of a belief that we will never personally have to pay the consequences for the results, but that eventually our children will. Secondly, though we have realized our mistakes, there is a remarkable imbalance because the speed at which the potential future problems are accumulating is far more greater than the speed at which the previous mistakes are currently, arguably addressed.
The reason why we are making very slow progress in this regard is because, in order to correct our mistakes we need to change our life style which we have been practicing since few hundred years now, and we all know habits die hard. It’s like sitting in the office powered with centralized AC and talking about the depletion of ozone or riding a badly maintained bike and giving the lecture to your friend, on global warming and pollution. Are we being plane hypocrites ? Well, that we are by nature as well. One might argue, that we are at least spreading the message and making people aware. Awareness is a strange word. It’s like reading the headlines of news paper. End of the day, almost everyone is AWARE but nothing changes. We sleep till we read a new headlines next morning.
What we really need is action. Environmental protection laws and a system which protects these laws against corruption. Each person\factory\new technology should be held responsible for harm they cause to the environment. Every smallest thing to the biggest technological thing we invent should pass through the series of tests which confirms that they don’t posses any direct or indirect harm to the nature while in use, as well as while in production. Every waste produced should be recycled to be bio degradable and non hazardous.
We need to revolutionize the way we think and pursue technology. We have to go close to the nature as much as possible, for answers. For example, one of the hardest material steel is manufactured by superheating the iron ore at 800 – 1050 Celsius. This uses a lot of resource, energy and produces a lot of waste. Compare this to spider web. Spider silk is one of the 7 great wonders of the animal kingdom. That a small animal, often less than a millimeter across can make a substance that we humans with all our technology are unable to reproduce, a substance that is tough, stronger and more flexible than anything else we can make is surely a humble reminder of the fact that Nature created us and not the other way around. Obviously, spider doesn’t have the luxury of superheating the material to 1050 Celsius !! Now, consider concentrating our energy is conducting research to find and mimic this mechanism. Astonishing, isn’t it?
Well, the answer is simple. Concentrate on areas that is causing the maximum damage to the environment due to industrialization and make laws to either curb it or stop it completely. Increase the spend on research programs and encourage the scientists to come up with new renewal source of energy or increase the efficiency of the existing technology like solar cells. Spend more time on children, the future, by not only making them aware of the importance of safe guarding the eco system, but also practicing the same by asking them to plant saplings and then guiding them to take care of it by themselves. The idea is to bring in the sense of responsibility. Perhaps, it’s time we spend very less time on dreaming of landing on moon and more time on safeguarding the beauty within our planet, our home !!
We know that we have done the mistake. It’s totally fine. Human’s do make mistakes and that’s how we learn. The first step towards improvement is excepting the mistake. It’s time to move on. As much as possible, try not to make new mistakes. Plants eat up waste and produce oxygen. Either decrease the waste or increase the plants. Suit your style !! Let’s not allow this to be the most costliest mistake of mankind that would wipe us out from the face of the earth. Already, things are improving. Although not fast enough. Hopefully, we will pick up the pace. Because like Obama say’s, “WE CAN !!”
“We all know that nature protects itself and us. All we need to do is give a helping hand. Learn from it and live with it”
Note : “Neither do I believe in numerology nor do I adore mathematics. But I am honored and pleasantly surprised, that I could share 100 thoughts with you all and thereby gain 1000 more myself !! Hence, I would like to thank all those kinds of commenter’s that Sree invented and also all those who have imagined my thoughts and silently connected with their own. Sometimes thoughts don’t match, other times they seem to be too hard to imagine. Feel free to share your thoughts, for I am neither scared of thoughts, nor intimidated. Oh, thoughts. I just love them. God bless.”
The reason why we are making very slow progress in this regard is because, in order to correct our mistakes we need to change our life style which we have been practicing since few hundred years now, and we all know habits die hard. It’s like sitting in the office powered with centralized AC and talking about the depletion of ozone or riding a badly maintained bike and giving the lecture to your friend, on global warming and pollution. Are we being plane hypocrites ? Well, that we are by nature as well. One might argue, that we are at least spreading the message and making people aware. Awareness is a strange word. It’s like reading the headlines of news paper. End of the day, almost everyone is AWARE but nothing changes. We sleep till we read a new headlines next morning.
What we really need is action. Environmental protection laws and a system which protects these laws against corruption. Each person\factory\new technology should be held responsible for harm they cause to the environment. Every smallest thing to the biggest technological thing we invent should pass through the series of tests which confirms that they don’t posses any direct or indirect harm to the nature while in use, as well as while in production. Every waste produced should be recycled to be bio degradable and non hazardous.
We need to revolutionize the way we think and pursue technology. We have to go close to the nature as much as possible, for answers. For example, one of the hardest material steel is manufactured by superheating the iron ore at 800 – 1050 Celsius. This uses a lot of resource, energy and produces a lot of waste. Compare this to spider web. Spider silk is one of the 7 great wonders of the animal kingdom. That a small animal, often less than a millimeter across can make a substance that we humans with all our technology are unable to reproduce, a substance that is tough, stronger and more flexible than anything else we can make is surely a humble reminder of the fact that Nature created us and not the other way around. Obviously, spider doesn’t have the luxury of superheating the material to 1050 Celsius !! Now, consider concentrating our energy is conducting research to find and mimic this mechanism. Astonishing, isn’t it?
Well, the answer is simple. Concentrate on areas that is causing the maximum damage to the environment due to industrialization and make laws to either curb it or stop it completely. Increase the spend on research programs and encourage the scientists to come up with new renewal source of energy or increase the efficiency of the existing technology like solar cells. Spend more time on children, the future, by not only making them aware of the importance of safe guarding the eco system, but also practicing the same by asking them to plant saplings and then guiding them to take care of it by themselves. The idea is to bring in the sense of responsibility. Perhaps, it’s time we spend very less time on dreaming of landing on moon and more time on safeguarding the beauty within our planet, our home !!
We know that we have done the mistake. It’s totally fine. Human’s do make mistakes and that’s how we learn. The first step towards improvement is excepting the mistake. It’s time to move on. As much as possible, try not to make new mistakes. Plants eat up waste and produce oxygen. Either decrease the waste or increase the plants. Suit your style !! Let’s not allow this to be the most costliest mistake of mankind that would wipe us out from the face of the earth. Already, things are improving. Although not fast enough. Hopefully, we will pick up the pace. Because like Obama say’s, “WE CAN !!”
“We all know that nature protects itself and us. All we need to do is give a helping hand. Learn from it and live with it”
Note : “Neither do I believe in numerology nor do I adore mathematics. But I am honored and pleasantly surprised, that I could share 100 thoughts with you all and thereby gain 1000 more myself !! Hence, I would like to thank all those kinds of commenter’s that Sree invented and also all those who have imagined my thoughts and silently connected with their own. Sometimes thoughts don’t match, other times they seem to be too hard to imagine. Feel free to share your thoughts, for I am neither scared of thoughts, nor intimidated. Oh, thoughts. I just love them. God bless.”
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