Saturday, December 22, 2018

Why do we wrap jewellery in pink colour paper?

We have seen the jewellery we have bought in the jewellery shop , are always wrapped in a pink colour paper .


Why not other colours ?


The jewellery made of gold , silver , diamond or platinum are already shining or glittering  . The glow is highlighted when contrasted against bold colours .  Jewellers always use paper sheets to protect the jewels against scratches .


Scientifically , darker backgrounds of a wrapping paper will absorb more light , making an attractive contrast background to the shining jewels , reflecting off light . Now if the wrapping paper is white , as we know white reflects all colours , thereby the glow of jewels would be reduced .


Why not black colour then ? We know that black colour absorbs most light , reflecting off none . It would be the ideal colour of paper to wrap the jewels . But it is a colour that is associated with mourning and negativity . People will not like to buy the jewels wrapped in a black colour paper .


That's why jewellers selected pink colour which is a bold colour and is often associated with happiness and joy . That is the reason why wrapping paper of jewellery is pink .

Monday, December 17, 2018

India vs Australia test cricket match 4th day

I am not too interested to watch test match cricket . But India vs Australia test cricket match is going on . Today is the 4th day . One day of match is still remaining . Australia has finished its both the innings and has given 287 runs as the target for India to chase down .


From today, match is going to be interesting . Like that I thought . 287 is not a big total to chase . But I was wrong . India started its innings and lost the first wicket for 0 runs !


The suffering did not stop here . Soon India lost its second wicket for 13 runs . That too Cheteshwar Poojara ! who was the saviour in the first match . Now Kohli and Murali Vijay are playing .

I don't think any Indian batsman will stick to the crease and play in this pitch . I expect the match to end today itself with India losing .

Monday, December 10, 2018

India has won the first test match by 31 runs

Today was the last day of first test cricket match against Australia . Though I am not interested in watching test cricket match , the final day of this match was predicted to be in the side of India  .


Same thing happened . This win was possible because of the century scored by Chetashwar Poojara . He was the saviour for India in the first innings . All the top order batsmen were back in pavilion but he stood like a rock .


Indian bowlers were good with ball specially spinners . I watched the final day of cricket match as everyone was expecting India to win .


I soon realized this match is not my cup of tea. Though the target was fixed , there is no limit for the balls to be taken . So batsmen were happily seen playing dot shots or taking singles  .


I watched the final wicket of Australia falling and Indian players celebrating their victory after 10 years .


Friday, December 7, 2018

Explanation of scientific experiment

Today I saw one simple scientific experiment. Even though explanation was given , I could not hear it properly. I made my own logic behind the phenomena.

A scientist took one glass long plate. He has spread a few drops of water over it and then kept a piece of paper on the wet surface. Now he placed a lighting candle in the middle and placed an empty glass beaker over it thus covering it completely.

Now what happens next is interesting. Candle glows for a few seconds and then blown off. Now he lifted the entire glass plate and held it upside down !

No.,...no.....
Nothing ( even the piece of paper ) fell down even though he made it upside down.

WHY??????





This is entirely my logic. The candle was glowing inside the glass beaker. It will glow until there is a trace of air. When air becomes empty, candle will blew off.

Now there is no air inside the beaker that means a vaccum is created. Now air present in atmosphere will rush to the vacuum area to occupy the space.


It will exert such a force that the things which are in its way to vacuum area also will get attached to vacuum area. That's why when we make it upside down, things on ( piece of paper ) glass plate will not fall down.

That is ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE.






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Saturday, December 1, 2018

Why do women can not protect a secret ?

I am telling the story which is responsible for women's fate . Being a woman , I too agree that it is not easy to protect a secret , if it is told that it should be protected !! May be there are few exceptions .


We all know that Mahabharata war took place between Pandavas and Kouravas . Pandavas are considered as children of Kunti as she was looking after them since childhood .


Karna , was also the son of Kunti . But he was not considered as one of Pandavas . Because he was born when Kunti was still unmarried . Kunti disowned him as soon as she gave birth to him . A childless fisherman couple found him and looked after him as their own child .



Time passed , Karna and Duryodhan became friends . So when war took place , Karna stood with his friend . But later , Kunti said to Karna that he is also her son . Now Karna is in a fix because he was fighting against his own brothers !


But Pandavas were still unaware of the fact . Eventually , they have killed him as he is their opponent . At that time , Kunti came forward and said the truth . Pandavas were angry as they have killed their own elder brother ! At that time  , Eldest of Pandavas   , Yudhishtira , cursed the whole womanhood .



From nowonwards , no woman can protect a secret .


This is the reason why women can not protect a secret for a long time .

Sunday, November 25, 2018

India levelled the T20 cricket series against Australia

Today was the final match of 3 match T20 cricket series against Australia . Out of them , India lost the 1st match all thanks to the unscientific DL method . Actually , India had won that match as they had scored more runs than Australia .



But according to DL method , which is not having any logic , India has lost that match by 4 runs . Next came the 2nd match which was washed away by rain . So the series was 0-1 referring to India .


Hence today's match was very crucial for India to level the series by winning it .



India opted to bowl first . Australia had a good start . But as soon as the spinner Krinal Pandya came to bowl , total scenario got changed . Australia lost quick wickets . Finally , they managed to put a score of 164/ 6. Out of 6 wickets , 4 wickets have been taken by Krinal Pandya himself !



When India started chasing , openers ,Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma gave the sizzling performance comprised of 4s and 6s . Though India lost their middle order batsmen quickly , the pressure didn't get build up on remaining batsmen .


Finally  , it is skipper Kohli who managed to score a 50+ and the winning stroke . It was a good match to watch and India has won it.

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

DL method made India to lose the match against Australia

Today is the 1st T20 cricket match between India and Australia . Rain had interrupted the play for some time . Australia had played for 17 overs and scored 158/ 4 . At that time , rain interrupted the play .


I thought now they will implement the DL method . Speciality of this method is even though a cricket team has scored less number of runs , they will assume the team would have scored much more runs if the match was not suspended . !!!


Based on this unscientific and nonsense method , they have reset the target for India as 174 . Remember , Australia had scored just 158 in 17 overs . But India has to score 174 runs to win the match in just 17 overs !!! Total injustice .



At least , one must think logically . In a T20 match , no one can predict the future situation . On what basis , the target was revised to much higher total ? At least , they could keep the target same as Australia has scored . Then that would be a fair play .


But India didn't lose the heart by this injustice . They fought . But were able to score just 169 runs and lost by 4 runs . It is just the beginning . India will bounce back to winning track in the next game itself . 

Friday, November 16, 2018

I visited temple and prayed to God Aiyyappa......

Lots of things are happening regarding Sabarimala God Aiyyappa temple entry to women . Just now I visited and prayed in the temple of God Aiyyappa . Here there is no restrictions for women to come and pray in the temple . Here I am sharing my views .




We believe God is everywhere . Why there is an urgent need of visiting the Shabarimala temple only ?


The feminists who claim that even they have the right to enter the temple , my question is all the women are not prohibited from entering  the temple . Women below the age of 10 and above the age of 50 can enter the temple . So there is no question of gender inequality.



Only in Sabarimala , this practice is there . People , including women , are following the tradition since many centuries . At that time  , it was not a problem . Now suddenly , why so much chaos ?


For a true devotee ( like me !) , it is not at all an issue to discuss . We have so many Aiyyappa temples other than Shabarimala . In other temples , there is no restrictions for the women to enter . Women of all age group can. enter and pray to God .



According to me , we must obey the traditions being followed since centuries . If we want to pray in Shabarimala itself , one can go after the age of 60 . No one will block our way .


As I said , I visited Aiyyappa temple of our town , no one stopped me from entering the temple . I repeat , God is everywhere , not only in Shabarimala . What is happening now in Shabarimala is just a publicity stunt not the matter of devotion .

Sunday, November 11, 2018

Why do ants walk in straight line ?

I have always seen the ants walking in straight line . Many of us have observed it . They don't miss their line nor they get messed up .


I am sure that they are not doing marchfast like our soldiers do in republic day parade !!


I will put it in a simple way . They are just following their leader . The ant which leads the line secretes a special type of hormone behind him . It will be unique to that perticular ant . The  other ants recognise their leader from this smell and follow him .


Hence they walk in straight line one behind the other .

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

India has won the T20 cricket series against West Indies

Yesterday was the 2nd T20 cricket match against West Indies . It was a 3 match series . As India has won the first 2 matches , India has won the match series . The result of 3rd match is not taken into consideration . India has won the series .


West Indies had won the toss and elected to bowl first . It was evident in the last match played in Calcutta that it is difficult to bat first . So West Indies thought the same and elected to bowl first.


But the match was being played in Lucknow . Here conditions were different . When India started its innings , Indian openers were taking only singles . I thought it is a T20 match . Here batsmen have to score 4s and 6s .


I thought Indian batsmen were struggling . I thought of watching the match after half an hour . When I again switched on tv , India were 108/0 !

 Now I realized that Indian openers are scoring runs . Rohith Sharma completed his 100 in just 58 balls ! With this example ,  we can visualize how aggressive Indian openers were !


Finally India closed their innings for 195 runs . In response , ,West Indies could score only 129 runs for 9 wickets .


Thus  , India has won the T20 cricket match series against West Indies with one more match to play .


A wonderful Deepawali gift .

Monday, November 5, 2018

First T20 cricket match between India and West Indies

Yesterday it was the first T20 cricket match between India and West Indies . India had won the toss and elected to bowl first .


The decision to bowl first , proved right as West Indies batsmen were doing pavilion parade . At one point , they were 66/6 !


Finally  , West Indies wrapped their innings for 109 . It is a T20 match and no target is smaller here . This fact I realized when India started chasing .



Indian batsmen too struggled to bat as it was a bowling friendly track . Indian side missed Kohli , Dhoni . They all were rested .


But at the last Krinal Pandya and Dinesh Kartik helped India to post a win.



Interesting fact :


Krinal Pandya who has helped India to win the match is an elder brother of Hardik Pandya !!

Thursday, November 1, 2018

I feel sorry for West Indies cricket team

Today is the final ODI between India and West Indies cricket team . India is already leading the series with 2 - 1 . If India loses the match , then series will get tied at 2 - 2 .

 For Indian cricket fans , according to me , this won't make much difference .

But what about West Indies ?

Now West Indies are batting first . They started their innings in a disastrous way . They were 6/2 in just 6 overs !

Now they are 66/6 ! Looks like they are already mentally prepared for the defeat they are going to face . The spirit of game is not at all to be seen in the match .


I really feel sorry for West Indies cricket team . They are struggling to reach the total of 100 runs . School children would play better cricket than this .

Monday, October 29, 2018

India is going to win 4th ODI vs West Indies

Anyone can be a fortune teller for today's 4thODI match against West Indies . Because India has scored 377 in their 50 overs innings . It is a clear written fact that West Indies batsmen can not chase down this .


India was batting first . Openers gave a solid start . Shikhar Dhawan got out after scoring 30+ runs . I was happy that Kohli will come and today also he will score a century .

But I was wrong . He departed early . As soon as he went , I switched off t.v. thinking that there are no one left to score . After some time , when I started watching , Rohit Sharma and Ambati Rayudu were playing .


Then it is the show of 4s and 6s . Rohith Sharma completed his 150 runs and Rayudu his maiden 100 . Finally  , India managed to score 377 in 50 overs . I thoroughly enjoyed the match till the last ball played .

India will win this match .

Sunday, October 28, 2018

Shocker : India lost the match vs West Indies

Yesterday was the day of 3rd one day international cricket match between India and West Indies . West Indies were batting first . I thought of watching the final phase of West Indies innings so that I can come to know the target for India to chase .


But these West Indies batsmen acted like they are waiting for me to watch the match ! When I started watching the match , West Indies batsmen were scoring boundaries especially in Bhuvaneshwar Kumar bowling . Finally they gave the target of 284 runs .



India started chasing , but lost Rohit Sharma early . But Dhawan and Kohli were there batting . I was watching but soon got bored as these two were just taking singles . I was waiting for the remaining balls and required runs to score .


Soon I came to know that . India need 199 runs in 34 overs . I started calculating .....

1 over = 6 balls
34 overs = 34 * 6 =  204 balls


If Indians go on taking singles , then they would easily reach the target . I was hopeful that Kohli was there and it would not be a problem for India to win the match . I went to sleep .


 I woke up in the morning and came to know that India has lost the match despite Kohli century . What the sad moment it would have been for Indian fans . I would be restless if I had watched the match .


I always take correct decision at correct time . This is just an example !!

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

India vs West Indies 2nd ODI match

Today is the second ODI match between India and West Indies . In the first ODI ,West Indies had lost the match inspite of scoring 300+ runs .


But today , India is batting first . Though India has lost its openers early , now India has steadied itself , and they are 120/2 .


It is a 3 match series and India is already leading the series with 1- 0 . So this match has become a do or die match for West Indies to keep the series alive . So  , this has to be a thrilling match to watch .

Saturday, October 20, 2018

What to call this incident which changed the faith of an atheist ?

There was a boy . He likes to swim . He was regularly visiting the swimming pool of his town and always seen practising . He is also having plan of taking swimming as his profession .

He was awarded a free pass of entry to swimming pool at any time of day . He is now concentrating on a major sport event and to win a medal for country .

He was practising hard . He thinks whatever he has achieved , it is all by his hard work . He is an atheist. He was always seen challenging people to show God atleast once .


One full moon day , he had the desire to practise swimming in the moon light . He went to swimming pool and prepared himself to take a dive . That time itself , there was a power failure in the area .

When he was standing on diving platform , he was totally amused by the surroundings which are glowing in moon light .

He forgot his mission and stood there wondering about what he has just seen . He began to question himself about the source which is behind of all these .

Soon he was very disturbed by this thought and dropped his plan of diving and came down . That time itself , power came back and whole surrounding got lightened up brightly .

That time , he observed that there is not a single drop of water in the swimming pool!

Now what to call this ???

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

How to make aloo halwa ?

This recipe is the easiest recipe among halwa recipes . I watched the making on t.v..




Ingredients

Potatoes -----  boiled , peeled and mashed - 6
Ghee - 1/2 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Powdered sugar - 1 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder - 1 table spoon


Method 

Heat ghee in the pan . As ghee melts , add mashed potatoes . Continuously stirr .


Add milk and powdered sugar . Mix well .


Cook till the sugar dissolves completely with continuous stirring . Switch off stove . Add cardamom powder . Serve hot .

Friday, October 5, 2018

India Vs West Indies :1st test cricket match

Today is the second day of 1st cricket test match between India and West Indies .



India started to bat first . India has gathered a mammoth mountain of runs . India were  649/9 when they declared their innings  . Now West Indies are batting .


When I watched the cricket telecast , West Indies were 51/5 ! I think now anyone can tell the result of match .

West Indies are going to face the follow on and will lose the match by an innings . The enjoyable fact in Indian innings was out of 11 players , 3 of them scored 100 .

As West Indies batting line up has collapsed , the match has turned boring as anyone can guess the result .


I am waiting for India's victory in coming 3 days .



Monday, October 1, 2018

Reason for death

An unknown person came to hotel to have his supper . As it was late in the night , there were less customers to have food in the hotel .

Unknown person was in a hurry . He ordered for meal , waited impatiently . As soon as meal was served , he gulped it hurriedly and went out .

After one week , he had again visited the same hotel to have his lunch . That time , owner of hotel recognized him and asked him is he feeling all right ?

Surprised by the question , unknown person asked for the reason . Hotel owner said that a dead poisonous snake was found in the left over food that day when unknown person had supper.

Many people who had consumed food that day , have died afterwards. But he is happy to see the unknown person fit and fine .
























Listening to that , unknown person shivered and fell down . He was declared dead afterwards .....

Friday, September 28, 2018

Asia cup final : India vs Bangladesh

Today is the final match between India and Bangladesh . India chose to field first .

I was expecting the early fall out of Bangladesh wickets . But Bangladesh openers are scoring runs , not singles but 4s and 6s .

One of the Bangladesh openers has already scored 50 . I have a feeling that Indian fielding has become very weak . The spirit when playing against Pakistan is missing .

It is very difficult to watch Bangladesh players scoring that too against US ! This match is not like playing against Afghanistan .

This is the final of Asia cup . Now I have switched off t.v. but I will be checking the scores . I think that would be the good option .

Monday, September 24, 2018

Dhoni Review System ( DRS ) in ind vs pak match !

Yesterday was the day of India vs Pakistan one day international cricket match . Pakistan had won the toss and opted to bat first . Indian fielding was very tight yesterday , so Pakistani batsmen could not score many runs .

But Pakistani openers were building the partnership with scoring singles . Indian bowlers were not successful in claiming wickets till that time .

That time , Indian bowler appealed for Leg Before Wicket ( LBW ) . That time , on field umpire gave the judgement of not out . But it was Dhoni who was very confident that it was out , signalled Indian captain to go for a review of judgement .


Guess what ?! Dhoni was right . It was an OUT . Thus , Pakistan lost their first wicket at the score of 28 . If Dhoni didn't suggest to go for a review , Indian cricket team would not have tasted a success of winning the match .


Then came Shoaib Malik to bat . He was scoring singles till he reached 50 . After that , he started to hit 4s and 6s . I was worried if this person goes on hitting like this , then Pakistan will manage to score a big total . I was very happy when he got out .


Finally , Pakistan was able to score 237 . I was relieved because India can chase down this total without any problem . Same thing happened . India chased the target and won by 7 wickets .

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Hardik Pandya got injured ....

Yesterday was the Asia cup one day cricket match between India and Pakistan.  As both countries are being opponents of each other after champions trophy , everyone was waiting for this match.


Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first . As soon as the match started , Pakistan lost their openers and were 3/2 . Chahal and also Manish Pande excelled in their fielding skills and got beautiful catches respectively . All was going well .

Hardik Pandya got injured himself while bowling . He was moved out of the ground in a stretcher . India managed to restrict Pakistan for a modest total of 165 with all wickets down .


I was very confident that India will chase down the total easily and will win the match . Same thing happened and India has won .


All is well but Hardik Pandya got injured . I am worried and could not enjoy the result .

Monday, September 17, 2018

I am confused , what is the correct answer?

I have got the answer to my confusion . When parenthesis are there , multiplication sign is invisible . But is implied that we must take into consideration . So , the 2nd method is correct .



Just now I came across a math problem . Looks simple.  After learning from mistake of previous problem , I applied BODMAS rule to solve the problem .


Problem


6 ÷ 2 ( 1 + 2 ) = ? 



I solved like this :

First , sum inside the bracket.


( 1 + 2 ) = 3



Now , 2 ( 3 )  is 2 × 3 = 6


Now , 6 ÷ 6


Answer is   1 .


This is what I learned in school . But there is a new approach to solve this problem . Answer is different .



Now I said parentheses means multiplication . So our new form of problem is like this ,


6 ÷ 2 × 3 = ?

Applying BODMAS ,

Division comes first . Then multiplication

So ,


6 ÷ 2 = 3

Now , problem is reduced to ,


3 × 3 = 9 


Final answer : 9 .

 The method I used is a common practice method . The next method is what people use nowadays . But interpretation of problem is different . I guess the 2nd interpretation is correct . But I am  confused totally .


Wednesday, September 12, 2018

How to prepare coconut laddu ?

Even this recipe of preparing laddu don't require use of fire . Very simple method to do .

Required ingredients ------

Fresh grated coconut
Sugar powder
Milk powder
Milk


Procedure -----


Take the grated fresh coconut in a bowl . Add sugar powder as per taste.  Now add milk powder . Mix well.


Now add little milk to the mixture so that we can get the required consistency to roll up the laddu using hand .

Now coconut laddu is ready to taste .

Thursday, September 6, 2018

What keeps water inside the bucket when we spin it around?

It is one of the science experiment I watched recently on TV.


A bucket full of water was made to spin around, but the water has not fallen to ground !!


When we swing a bucket of water around , the force that keeps out the water from falling to the ground is CENTRIFUGAL FORCE due to rotation of bucket.


Here there are two forces acting which are opposing each other. The centripetal force applied by the bucket stops the water from flying outwards and the centrifugal force due to rotation stops water from falling down.

They are equal and opposite so the water stays inside the bucket when we spin it around.

Saturday, September 1, 2018

Tricky question . How I failed to solve it

This question I saw it on a quiz show that aired last week . It sounds simple . But actually it's not .

Question



If 3 cats kill 3 rats in 3 days , how many days it takes  for 100 cats to kill 100 rats ?


Answer


I thought it is very simple.

3 cats          3 rats         3 days
100 cats     100 rats        ?


I pictured the above equation in my mind . Answer is quite obvious from the above equation .

100 days !!!!



 Is that really that simple ???


No. ... .....


We have to tackle this with cool mind .


3 cats take 3 days to kill 3 rats . Think differently . Cats will not hunt in a calculated manner . This question won't sound right if 3 different cats kill 3 different rats in 3 different days.


This has to be a single cat taking 3 days to kill a rat .


So , equation is

 1 cat                   1 rat                 3 days
100 cats               100 rats          3 days



Whether it is 10 cats or 100 cats , they take just 3 days to kill rats . Not 100 days as I imagined .


Thursday, August 23, 2018

Grab the opportunity with focus on it.....

It was an ancient gurukula where students can learn from their Guru ( teacher ) , living with him . This method helps students to excel in every part of day to day life .


Once , Guru went for hunting in the forest with his 2 students . There they saw group of rabbits . Guru asked his students to catch atleast one of the rabbits . Both the students went on to catch .


After some time , one of them returned with empty hand . Soon the other one returned , holding a rabbit in his hand .


Guru asked them to explain their work . First student said " I tried very hard to catch the rabbit . If the rabbit I was chasing , was escaping ; then I was trying to catch the other one . Like this , it went on and I could not catch any of them ."


Guru turned to the other student and asked him to explain . He said , " I was focusing on only one rabbit in the group . I chased it wherever it went . Finally , I caught hold of it . "


This story teaches us the importance of focusing on a work . To achieve something , we must focus on , only that work completely . Nothing can be achieved by having multiple goles at at a time 

Monday, August 20, 2018

Hardik Pandya's befitting reply to critics

Hardik Pandya is known as an all rounder . But in recent times , he was out of form in both batting and bowling . I am a follower of him since couple of years . There were times , I was watching cricket match just for Hardik Pandya batting .


But slowly he became out of form . In on going cricket test match series against England in their home ground , Indian players are struggling with both bat and ball . But only Hardik Pandya was targeted for the failure .


Ex player , Harbhajan Singh openly attacked Hardik Pandya for failure . He went on to the extent that Hardik Pandya is not suitable to call as an all rounder .

Few days back , Hardik Pandya was trolled for posting a travel photo on social media site . He was criticized for not helping Indian cricket team on ground .

But Hardik Pandya has given befitting reply to critics by his career best 5 wickets for just 28 runs in England first innings in the 3rd test cricket match against England . Because of this , India has got the lead of 168 runs .

It must be noted that Hardik Pandya's career best feat is achieved in overseas that too in a test match . That makes this special .

Talent can not be hidden . It will come to notice , one or the other day .

Thursday, August 16, 2018

My nephew and his knowledge about Gandhiji

Yesterday was the independence day , Aug 15 . My nephew , Anirudh ,who is 4 year old , was very excited . He had gathered some information about freedom and freedom fighters .

Since morning , he was shouting  Bharat Mata Ki Jai and Vande Mataram . He is well aware of the fact that Gandhiji is our father of nation and he was born on 2nd October 1869 .

I was quite impressed by his knowledge . I wanted to teach him some more facts about Gandhiji . This is how it went on -------


Me : Who is our father of nation ?

Anirudh : Mahatma Gandhiji .

Me : When did he born ?

Anirudh : 2 October , 1869 .

Me : Do you know how he died ?

Anirudh : He died because of old age !

Recently , our relative had a natural death . She was 80 year old . Thus , anirudh has come to a conclusion that everyone dies as they get old !

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Why are Indian flags brought down at sunset ?

Indian national flag is the pride of our country . It represents the hopes and aspirations of us , Indians .

There are certain flag codes to hoist the flag . Indian national flag is hoisted only when there is enough lighting towards the flag .


Hoisting the Indian national flag after sunset that is under low lighting is considered as showing disrespect towards the flag .


But if proper lighting is available , then Indian national flag can be hoisted beyond sunset also  .




Thursday, August 9, 2018

Thermal pollution

We are familiar with the words air pollution, water pollution and noise pollution. But thermal pollution is happening mainly because of industrialization though there are  very rare natural causes of it.


What is thermal pollution?

Thermal pollution is defined as the sudden increase or decrease in the temperature of a natural body of water by human influence.


Main cause of thermal pollution is using the water as cooling agent in power, manufacturing and industrial plants. Other causes are soil erosion and deforestation. Natural causes like volcanoes and geothermal activities under ocean and seas also contribute though it is very rare.

Effects of thermal pollution



The serious effect is decrease in the dissolved oxygen level. This results in increase in toxins , loss of bio diversity, migration of aquatic life.



Sunday, August 5, 2018

India has given the 1000th test cricket match to England as a gift by losing.

Yesterday was the 4th day of test match against England . It was having importance as it was the 1000th test cricket match played by England .

I had a feeling that Indian cricket team has given the result of this important cricket match as a gift to England by losing it.

To win the match , India had to score just 194 . Though it was a bowling track and difficult to bat , bowlers of both the sides had shown that batting can be done on this track .

When I started watching the cricket match , India needed just 80 runs to win . Kohli and Hardik Pandya were on crease .

I thought target is achievable . But only Hardik Pandya sticked to the crease . Rest of them did pavilion parade. I agree that the batsmen who were on the list to come are bowlers . But English bowlers did batting well . Why can't Indian bowlers ?


The target could be chased if any of the batsman glued to the crease firmly . But England made their 1000th cricket match memorable by winning it .

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Why does the ring finger nail grow quickest ?

The above question may sound childish . I was trimming my overgrown finger nails yesterday and I observed that the ring finger nail has grown much more than the other finger nails and more than that , my right hand ring finger nail is much longer than left hand !



To understand the reason behind this , we need a good knowledge of science .


First , I will tell why ring finger nail has grown much quicker .


Out of our all 5 fingers of a hand , ring finger and the last finger are least used in our daily life . Though all the finger nails grow in the same rate , the finger nail of other fingers except ring finger and the last finger get worn out easily .

I am a right handed person . Obviously I use right hand more than the left hand . So my body pumps in more nutrients through blood flow to right hand than the left one .


If we are left handed , finger nails of left hand would have grown more faster than the right hand !!!



Friday, July 27, 2018

Who is strongest ?

Long ago , there lived a rich man . He was wealthy . He wants to be a strong man compared to others . He went near a saint and said his wish and sought saint's help in achieving his goal .

Saint gave him a book and said it contains secret words which are necessary to be a strong man . Saint asked rich man to do chanting of words regularly .

Rich man returned to his house with the book . He kept the book in the shelf and went to bed . Morning , he saw a mouse eating the pages of book .

Rich man thought mouse must be stronger than the words written in book . So he started adoring the mouse . Once he saw a cat chasing and hunting the mouse . He again changed his opinion .

Now he is thinking cat as strongest . Soon he had to change his opinion , when he saw a dog chasing the cat . Now dog is strongest .

Again he had to change his mind when.he saw his wife hitting the dog . Now he concluded his wife is the strongest .

He started to treat his wife as a super woman . His wife thought her husband has gone mad . She went near the same saint and started explaining what has gone wrong with her husband .

At the same time , rich man had also reached the place following his wife . By listening to her words , he was very angry and slapped his wife .

Finally , he realised that WE, ourselves are the strong ones .

Monday, July 23, 2018

How does the blood comes out from a cut ?

We all know that when we have cut on our body , blood comes out from the cut position instantly . Have you ever wondered why and how it is ?


I am not talking about the biological reason behind this .  But it does have a reason related to physics. Let me explain.


It is very important to know that our body maintains its own pressure called body pressure for its own work . Now this particular pressure is more than the atmospheric pressure.




Now according to Bernoulli's principle , " fluids  that is  ( liquids and gases ) always flow from the regions of high pressure to regions of low pressure ".


Hence we can conclude that when there is a cut , blood is exposed to atmospheric pressure which has lower pressure compared to body pressure which is having higher pressure compared to atmospheric pressure without any assistance .


Every phenomena in our daily life is based on some or the other scientific reason .

Friday, July 20, 2018

Why do we find a frog inside a rock ?

We know frogs are amphibians . Meaning they can live both in water and on earth .

Sometimes, a frog can be found inside a rock. How is this possible ?

Not all rocks. Rocks that have holes in them . In those holes , water would be collected.

Now because of the wind , egg of a frog can be transported inside these watery holes. If temperature is suitable ,these eggs will hatch inside the watery holes of rock .

As frogs can live inside water , they survive . But they die as soon as they are opened to outer atmosphere as they don't have the ability to survive on earth .



Monday, July 16, 2018

What to demand !?

There lived a sufi saint . He was praising the God by singing all the time . He was quite old too.

God was pleased by his pure devotion regarding Him . Once he came infront of saint and said He will grant anything , saint wish for .

Saint said he has nothing to wish for and thanked the God for coming ! God was puzzled by the words of saint . He had seen many people who pray to him so that God can fulfil their dream.

God said to saint that he is very much impressed by the good behaviour of saint and saint have to wish for something for himself.

Now saint was in fix . After thinking for a while , he wished that he must be able to think about God only and nothing else .

God granted his wish .

Saturday, July 14, 2018

I've stopped watching the cricket match

Today , the 2nd ODI between India and England is going on live on TV. England has won the toss and elected to bat first .


Now they are 322/6 in 50 overs . I don't think it's worth watching the match any further .


I know what would be the result . India will be struggling to reach the target . To add the salt on the wound , suddenly the English fielding will become so tight that Indian batsmen will find it very hard to score runs .


India will lose this match and series will be tied at 1-1 .

Friday, July 13, 2018

Kuldeep Yadav is the first ever left arm spinner to take 6 wickets in ODI

      ENGLAND DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY BY AGAINST SPIN BOWLING



Above is the conclusion we can get from yesterday's ODI cricket match against  England .


Yesterday after winning the toss , India opted to field first . English batsmen were scoring till man of the match Kuldeep Yadav came to bowl .


Being a wrist arm spinner bowler , Kuldeep Yadav decimated the English batting order by taking 6 wickets , that too without giving a boundary in his 10 over spell ! This feat he has achieved on foreign soil . That's why it is special .


India could chase the target as we have a strong batting line .   Rohith Sharma scored 137 in Indian innings . India has won the match .





Monday, July 9, 2018

Hardik Pandya's all round performance helped India to win T20 cricket series

I watched yesterday's T20 cricket match between India and England . India had won the toss and elected to field first .


As it is the 3rd and final match in the series of 3 matches ; it is also the series decider match . So I was happy thinking that India will win the match as it has won the toss .


But soon my happiness turned into tears as the English opening batsmen started to score   4s and 6s continuously .


All the fast bowlers are being targeted . Runs were coming easily . But I continued to watch . My heart was broken into pieces when Hardik Pandya too got punished in his first over  .



But Hardik Pandya didn't lose his nurve . Finally he has taken 4 wickets to end his bowling quota . He is the successful bowler among all the Indian bowlers .


England had posted a Mammoth 198 . India has to score 199 . When Indian innings started Rohit Sharma and Dhawan were playing .

Dhawan got out . Rahul and Kohli too got out  after contributing to the score . Then came Hardik Pandya to get paired with Rohit Sharma .

Both of them lead India to the victory .






Friday, July 6, 2018

Backfired plan

Long ago , a saint had visited a village . He was hurt by seeing the condition of villagers as they are spending their time in drinking alcohol without earning anything for their family .

Saint was deeply moved by this and decided to change the life style of villagers . He started convincing the villagers to not to drink alcohol.

His efforts were showing the result . Villagers had stopped consuming alcohol . But as a result , vendors who had selling alcohol , are now left with no work .


They all had decided to teach a lesson to saint . They didn't want to hurt him . Instead , they want to show the villagers that whatever he is teaching are all wrong .

One of them , brought a parrot . Their plan was to show the parrot to saint and to ask him whether parrot is alive or dead .

If saint replies parrot is alive , then person holding the parrot should kill it and show the dead body of parrot to villagers . If saint reply is parrot is dead , then the respective person should free the parrot and show the villagers that parrot is alive .

Anyway , they have to prove the saint wrong infront of villagers .

Likewise , plan was carried out . But saint had realised the outcome and when asked , he said future of parrot is in the hands of the person holding it .

He described the evil plan to villagers too. The evil plan was backfired to its mentors .

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Invisible glass rod

This is very simple science experiment which can be done with ingredients available in the house.


All we need is two glass beakers and a glass rod. Now we take water in one of the glass beakers. Now we will put the glass rod in it.


Now we can see the glass rod in water. But it appears to be broken. The part which is seem to be broken, is when we see the glass rod inside water and not the part which is outside of water.


Now what does it mean? When light passes through two different mediums, it bends when entering the other medium from one medium. In this case light passes through air to water and we feel that glass rod is bent inside water. This is refraction of light.


Now we will take glycerin in another glass beaker and we will put the same glass rod which appeared to be broken ( but it wasn't ).


Now we are surprised to see that glass rod which appeared to be broken in water now disappeared in glycerin !!!

Now what does that mean?





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It means light when travelled from air to glycerin didn't bend. Means refraction didn't take place. In other words, light felt no difference between the two mediums I.e. air and glycerin.


LIGHT TRAVELLED STRAIGHT.




That's why the part of glass rod which is inside glycerin APPEARS to be invisible.

Monday, June 25, 2018

The curse given to Sita

In Ramayan , Sri Ram had abandoned his pregnant wife Sita by listening to the words of a servant . Servant had questioned Sita's character as Ravan had abducted her and kept as captive .

Sita had to undergo all of these because of a curse given to her .

Those were the days when Sita was still unmarried . Once when she was wandering in her garden , she heard two parrots singing the story of Ram and Sita .

She was surprised by listening to her own story.of future life . She held the two parrots which were couple . That time , husband parrot requested Sita to let his wife parrot go as she was pregnant .

But Sita didn't agree for that and said to husband parrot that she will release him whereas his wife parrot will be with her .

By listening to this , husband parrot got angry . He cursed Sita saying that she will face the same situation when she will be pregnant after marriage i.e. even she will get seperated from her husband when she is pregnant.

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Capillary action in blossoming of paper flower

This is a very simple experiment. All we need is a paper flower with its petals in closed position.

Now we will drop this flower with closed petals into water. Now we will be surprised to see that the closed petals of paper flower are now opening !

What is the reason behind this? It is because of capillary action of water. Capillary action of any liquid is the ability of the liquid to flow in narrow passages without help of any external force not even gravity.

The paper is made of tiny spaces of fibres. Water is slightly more attracted towards fibres. When paper which is made of fibres comes in contact with water, because of capillary action water gets inside of the tiny gaps of paper.


Because of this, paper swells. That's why paper goes wrinky when it first absorb water but it also causes any folds to open back again.

When paper flower is kept in water, due to capillary action water enters inside paper and as paper is swollen now, we see that the petals are blossoming.

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Before starting any work , preparations are required ....

Once lived a wood cutter . He was searching for job . That time , a rich man hired him for work . Wood cutter is supposed to cut trees and supply the logs to saw mill run by rich man .

On first day of his work , wood cutter had cut 20 trees and supplied the logs to factory . Rich man was very happy with the performance of wood cutter and rewarded him nicely .

This encouraged the wood cutter . He thought if he do hard work , then his financial condition will improve to a large extent .

But to his horror , next day he was able to cut only 15 trees . The number went on decreasing in future . Worried as he , he went near rich man and said the problem he is facing .

Rich man smiled and asked the wood cutter " When is the last time you had sharpened your axe ?!"


MORAL : Failure is guaranteed if we start a work without proper preparation .

Sunday, June 10, 2018

Experiment still not explained by science ......

There was a competition of preparing the ice as earliest as possible. One student had put hot water itself in the ice making tray in a hurry .


Surprisingly , using hot water , ice was formed earlier than the ones using cold water. Science is still not capable of explaining this phenomena . This phenomena is called by the name Mpemba effect .

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Who is the founder of Jainism ?

Yesterday I was watching a quiz program on t.v. . Quiz master asked the question  Who is the founder of Jainism ?

I thought it is a really easy question . All of us think that it is Mahavir . This name was in options too . All the contestants said the same as the answer . But it is not the correct answer !


Mahavir is one of the thirthankara of Jainism . Jainism has 24 thirthankaras . A thirthankara is a saviour and spiritual leader of righteous path .


Then who is the founder of Jainism ?


It is Rishabhanath .










Point to be noted :


This blog article is written to correct the misunderstanding of readers !

Friday, June 1, 2018

Times have changed ....

I always get the above said feeling whenever I take a look at the marks of today's science students . Just have a look at a student's marks .....

Physics   ---    100/100
Chemistry  ----- 100/100
Mathematics   ----- 100/100

Nowadays students are scoring 100 % as their average . All the colleges are competing among themselves to prepare the students to get 100%.


When I was in my 10th , or in my college days : getting distinction is the greatest achievement for us . That's 70% .


In the exam room , after having a look at the question paper , I was attempting the questions whose answers are ( method ) known to me .


Then comes difficult questions . Even Though I don't know how to solve the problem , I just write the given data . Because even that carried 1 or 2 marks . Attempting the question was important because if the question is out of syllabus , then the students who tried to solve the problem , were given grace marks . Those were my college days .


At that time , valuation was very strict . It was very difficult to score above 90 . But now , scoring 99.99 is also not enough to get the admission in a prestigious college .!


I have become quite old now !!






Thursday, May 24, 2018

Backstreet Boys are back !

I am a die hard fan of Backstreet Boys ( BSB ) . When I was a teenager , I first listened to their song  As Long As You Love Me . 


I was watching the song when it was airing on t.v. . Frankly speaking , I was watching the song just for Nick ! I was having a huge crush on him .


Then I also listened and liked their songs , Drowning , I will love you more than that , Quit playing games with my heart , backstreet back all right , the call , larger than life , I want it that way , shape of my heart , show me the meaning of being lonely . I love to listen to all of their songs .


After their album Millennium , I didn't listen to their songs . I don't like listening to other pop singer's song . Today just now , I came across their new song don't go breaking my heart .


All these years passed by , they have become old . But their voice is still the same as it was 18 years ago , when I first listened to their song .



I hope this song is also going to get popular as their earlier songs .



Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Reason behind Jammu - Kashmir tension

Recently , I met a guy from Rajasthan . I asked about which place is he from in Rajasthan ? He said he is from a place near the border .

Curiosity awakened . I wanted to know is he talking about border with Pakistan ?

He said yes . I wanted to know is there any intrusion or terrorism from Pakistan in their area ?

Answer was NO .

Though Rajasthan shares border with Pakistan , there is no such tension like Jammu - Kashmir . Why ??


People of Rajasthan don't entertain terrorism activities . They don't support separatists . That's why Pakistan could not do terrorist activities as locals don't support such people .

Whereas in Jammu - Kashmir , separatists have local people support . With support of such people , Pakistan has declared a proxy war against India .

People should realize that they are and will always be Indians forever .

Sunday, May 20, 2018

Why doesn't water get inside ?

This was the question came to my mind when I saw this experiment.


Settings are very simple. We have a glass bowl containing water. Now a candle is lit and made to sit on the empty outer cover of a bottle.( bottle is not there, only the outer cover).


Now above said lit candle is made to float on the water of empty water bowl. Next what happens is interesting.



Now an empty glass pipe (one side closed) is kept upside down on floating candle. Surprising thing is when this empty pipe is kept upside down, water in the outer glass bowl will not go inside the glass pipe!!!






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As I said earlier, it is an empty glass tube. So naturally air is present inside the glass tube. Now this air as it is already occupied the space inside glass tube, will not allow water to come inside.


But if glass pipe is made to tilt slightly and if we allow the already existing air to go outside, then water will come inside as space is vacant now.




But what happens to the already lit candle? When the empty glass pipe is kept upside down on candle in the beginning, candle will continue to glow as air is present inside the glass pipe.


Since air contains 16% of oxygen which is necessary to glow, candle will go on glowing till there is oxygen inside the pipe.



But when this oxygen gets empty , then candle will get blown off. At that time, same amount of water will come inside the glass pipe as the amount of oxygen used up !

Monday, May 14, 2018

I helped an unhelpful dragon fly ....

This may sound childish . But no work is inferior if done by true heart .


It was yesterday night . I was preparing my bed as I am about to sleep . I had switched on lamp ( CFL ) and also the ceiling fan as it is getting more and more sweaty during night .


That time , a dragon fly , must had got attracted to the light entered the room through ventilator . It started flying in circles throughout the room and near the lamp too .


I watched it for some time . It was so busy in taking rounds that it got hit by the blades of ceiling fan also . I guess it didn't hurt itself as it continued to take rounds around the lamp .



Now I was sure if I switch off light , its source of attraction will not be there and it will leave the room searching for another source of attraction . This is called logically thinking !




I switched off light and went to sleep . I didn't hear any noise throughout the night . I thought it has found its way back to outside .




But I was wrong . It was the fresh morning and Sun was rising in the east . Slowly atmosphere is getting lighted up . I close my window doors during night . I again found this dragon fly sitting on closed window door . It was trying desperately to pass through the window as it is seeing light outside .



It was hitting itself hard to closed window door thinking that it is open . But it was not . I think it is trying since early in the morning to get out .



I thought soon it will find its way to go out by itself . Anyway ventilator is still open . Just it need to fly upward . That's it !


But I was wrong . It is still trying to move out through the window door . It is trying desperately since long time . Now it has become weak doing failed attempts . Now it is just sitting on window plane .



I thought it may not be possible for it to find its way out . I felt very sorry . If it is having intelligent brain like us , humans , by now it would have found its way out . But it don't have thinking power .



I decided to do something fast , that will help the dragon fly to move out . Anyway it was sitting on window plane already . If I open the window , it will surely fly outside . Great thinking !



I slowly opened the window door without disturbing it . I said to dragon fly , " Jaa , Simraan jaa . Jeele apni zindagi ".



But to my surprise , it didn't move a bit . I had opened the window fully . I waited for some time . I thought it has become weak doing its failed attempts to go out . It needs time .


I was getting impatient . I looked at dragon fly . It is not moving . I decided that it is dead . My eyes got wet . I felt like crying . Everyone in this world has his right to live . They must not be denied of this .



I wanted to touch it . Just a feather touch . As soon as I touched ..... it flew away outside . Again my eyes are wet .... now because of happiness .



I am still feeling happy because I helped someone helpless .




Monday, May 7, 2018

What is a thunder ?

This is the question asked by my nephew ( brother's son ) . I felt ashamed as I didn't know the answer ! I know how lightning strikes . But I didn't know why we hear the sound , after sometime  , the lightning strikes .

The lightning strikes as the result of flow of charged air particles . The dark clouds are having positive and negative charged particles . When the clouds collide with each other , these particles attract to differently charged ions and there will be a huge discharge of electricity and this is called lightning .

Sound is made up of vibrations . As I said , lightning is the huge discharge of electricity . This electricity passes through air and causes the air particles to vibrate . Lightning is very hot and it heats up the air around it . This hot air expands very quickly thus resulting in more vibrations .

Vibrations means sound . Thus we hear loud and long rumble . We always hear a thunder after lightning . Light always travel faster than sound in air .

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Do your duties first to avail benefits.....

Once a man came to king's court with his pigeons . He wanted to sell the pigeons to king as they were trained as carriers of message .

King liked the idea of using pigeon as message carrier . He bought one . He handed over the pigeon to royal servants and asked them to feed it well so that they can use it for spy works .

Royal servants left the pigeon in royal garden and started feeding it well . Pigeon need not move anywhere , food would be served to its place .

All the time pigeon used to sit on branch , always waiting for royal servants to bring food . Now it has become healthy and stout .

King started asking servants about the message carrying capacity of pigeon . Royal servants said they have not seen pigeon flying ! It is always sitting in one place throughout the day .

King wanted to see the pigeon . When he visited the garden , it was sitting on a branch . Time passed but it did not move from its place .

King was disappointed . He thought person who had made him to buy the pigeon has cheated him . King ordered his soldiers to arrest the person .

Person was caught and produced before king . King accused him of cheating . Person realised the problem and went to see the pigeon .

As usual , pigeon was sitting on branch . It did not move a little . Person climbed the tree holding axe in hand and cut the branch where the pigeon was sitting !

Now pigeon got a shock ! Now to save its life , it has to fly and find a new branch to sit . When it was finding other branch while flying , it spotted other pigeons who were flying too .

It flew for a while and returned to garden . Person asked the servants to feed it . Now pigeon got a lesson that to avail the benefits , it must do its duty of flying first .

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Nowadays , people lack sense of humour ....

In this article , I explain how people lack sense of humour nowadays .

Just yesterday , when I was searching internet , I found this piece of poem . It is full of struggles of life and how people react to it. At the end , it turns out to be quite hilarious . I am reconstructing the poem in my own words ......





When I was crying , no one looked at me .....
When I was in pain , no one looked at me .....




 Don't you think the lines are explaining our daily struggles in life and the plain reaction of people to that ???




Now comes the climax which is the hilarious part . But by saying this to my mother , I got a nice lecture on how to be serious in life .





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But when I fart  , everyone starts looking at me .....!!



I don't know what is annoying in this . It has just described what happens in our daily life !!!!



Seriously speaking , people lack sense of humour nowadays !!!!






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When I was crying , no one looked at me
When I was in pain , no one looked at me
But when I fart , everyone starts looking at me !!

Friday, April 20, 2018

What is the number of stars and how to count them?



Long ago, there lived a man called Ramappa. He was very poor. He had a daughter by the name Rohini. Rohini was very beautiful and intelligent too.

Ramappa had a cow. By selling its milk in the city he was earning money. As he has become old, Rohini herself was going to city to sell the milk.

One day , Rohini was on her way to city to sell the milk. To reach the city, she has to pass the forest. That day also, she was walking carrying the milk.

That time, a bear attacked her. She was very panic and shouted for help. King of that country was happened to pass that forest at that time. He listened and came for help.

He succeeded in diverting the attention of bear . Soon he was able to rescue Rohini . Rohini invited the king to her house.

King met Rohini's father. As king had started liking Rohini, without any hesitation he asked for the hand of Rohini with her father. But Ramappa was not ready to give his daughter to a stranger , as he was not aware that stranger himself is the king .

Finally Ramappa said he will tell his decision in the night . When it was night , King was eagerly waiting for answer. That time Ramappa looked at sky and asked King to count the number of stars and to tell the answer by tomorrow morning !

King thought counting is not the big thing. He sat on a chair and started counting . But he was unable to keep the record. He thought sky is so vast and how will he ever be able to count the stars ?!!

It was early in the morning . Rohini had started doing her daily work . By seeing King in great tension , she asked for reason . King explained his wish to marry her and the condition put by her father .

Rohini stood thinking . That time she noticed a cat passing . She had an idea and asked King to do as she say.

In the morning King went near Ramappa. Ramappa looked at his face. King was holding cat. Showing the cat to Ramappa , King said " there are as many stars on the sky as the number of hairs on body of this cat . If you want you can count by yourself ! ".

Ramappa had come to know his daughter is behind of all these. Soon marriage took place .













Saturday, April 14, 2018

How many reincarnations ( avatars ) did God Vishnu take?

We , Hindus believe there are 10 reincarnations ( dashaavataara ) of God Vishnu . They are -----


1. Matsya ( fish )
2. Koorma ( tortoise )
3. Vaaraaha ( pig )
4. Narasimha ( lion )
5. Vaamana
6. Parashuraama
7. Raama
8. Krishna
9. Buddha
10. Kalki

These names themselves tell why do we , Hindus , worship animals , fellow humans and nature .

Now coming back to the title of article .... how many reincarnations did God Vishnu take? .

I want you to closely read the title of article once again . Did you find anything ????



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It is in past tense !!!!





So , that does mean that till now , God Vishnu has taken 9 avatars .( till Buddha ).


Kalki avatar is yet to happen . With this avatar , whole living creatures are going to meet their end . Doomsday will happen .

Monday, April 9, 2018

How to prepare baasundi ?

This dish can be served either hot or cold.

Ingredients------

Milk - 1 litre
Sugar - 2 - 3 spoon or as per taste
Almond and cashew pieces - To garnish


Method -----

Keep the milk to get heated up such that 1 litre of milk should become 1/2 litre. This should be done by constant stirring of milk when heating.

After reaching the target, switch off the gas. Now add sugar as per taste and stirr well till sugar dissolves. Now add almond and cashew pieces. Serve either hot or cold.

Sunday, April 1, 2018

Joke for April 1st

Today is April 1st . On this day , people play pranks on each other , fool others or sometimes they get fooled of themselves . Today I am sharing a joke which I had read long back  on a website called coolquiz.com .

Once a lawyer met a drunkard in a bar . The drunkard was very busy in looking at  something which he held between his fingers .

Lawyer got curious . He went near the drunkard and asked him what is he doing ?

Drunkard with a sad face , said " I have something between my fingers . It is yellow in colour . It is elastic in nature like rubber . But it is not rubber . I am confused in figuring out what is it ? ".


Lawyer got even more curious . He requested the drunkard , that he will have a look at it . After getting the thing from drunkard , even he checked it between his fingers and realized that whatever the drunkard had said  , is true .

 Finally lawyer asked the drunkard " from where did you get it ?" 


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Answer was  " From my nose " !!!!!


Saturday, March 24, 2018

I am watching YouTube fanfest 2018

While searching YouTube for my favourite blog videos ( I think they call it vlog ) , I came across YouTube fanfest 2018 videos .

Ashish Chanchlani is my favourite youtuber . Just because he is also an engineer . The YouTube fanfest 2018 was at Mumbai .

Ashish is from Delhi . I had a feeling that Ashish was little uncomfortable with Mumbai audience . There was Be You Nick , Captain Nick , Mostly Sane , Girliyappa , The Screen Patti .... whom to name ? All my favourite youtubers were present .

Still I didn't finish watching . All were having fun . I am also a great fan of Rikshawali , Shitty Ideas Trending , Harshdeep Ahuja , Sahib Noor Singh , irahulvohra , Popxodaily , LifeTak  , Super Desi People , Quick Reaction Team  , Filter Copy  , Time liners  , hottstudios  , Scoopwhoop , EIC , jordindian  , being Indian , rajat code , Lshokeen  , the viral fever , Firangi Pirates , OK Tested , Rishsome ,  harsh beniwal , hasley India , amit bhadhana , real shit  ..... list goes on .

My all time favourite is Make Joke Of . He makes animation videos . I like each and every videos he posts . Out of them Court room and Makaan Malik are my favourites .

By looking at my list , you can say that I am addicted to YouTube . Yes  , I am . To such an extent that now I have almost stopped watching T. V.

Inspired by all of them , even I am thinking of making videos . But I am not so much creative like above people . It is very difficult to make people laugh .

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Presence of oxygen in air

Air comprises of 20.9% of oxygen . But this is the fact that we read in the books . As commoners , we really can't measure the level of oxygen in air . But atleast by performing a simple and easy experiment in our house itself , we can observe the presence of oxygen in air . Sounds exciting ????


Here we go . All we need is a bowl of water , a candle and a vertical glass jar ( so that we can observe the emptiness of jar getting replaced by water ) .

Now we are lighting the candle which is already placed firmly in the bowl of water . Now we cover the candle by the vertical glass jar by keeping it upside down .

The candle will burn for a few seconds .  When it is burning , we can observe that water has not entered the glass jar though it is immersed in the water . Because there is no space as air has occupied the whole space .


After a few seconds ,  candle will die off . As soon as it goes off , water enters the vertical upside glass jar . But it will not completely fill the jar . Only a small portion from down of glass jar .

We know , candle requires oxygen to burn . But here we are covering it with the glass jar . So candle goes on burning till the oxygen present in vertical glass jar . As soon as oxygen dried out , even the candle dies off .


Here comes our observation . There is still air inside the glass jar . But candle has used only the oxygen part of air . So now the place of oxygen is vacant . As we are doing the experiment in the water bowl , water rushes inside the glass jar to occupy only the vacant place .

Remember air is made of other gases too besides oxygen . So water will not cover whole glass jar because other gases in the air are still present inside glass jar .


This illustrates the presence of oxygen in air .

If we stop breathing , we die . Because we breathe only oxygen in the air . This way also , we can observe . But it creates more unnecessary problems !!

Monday, March 19, 2018

Needed 5 runs in 1 ball and a sixer !

Yesterday was the final match between India and Bangladesh in T20 cricket match series . Bangladesh lost toss and asked to bat first . Thanks to the super fielding of India , Bangladesh were restricted to 166/8 . The catch taken by Indian fielder near the boundary line was the highlight of Indian fielding .


Then Indian batting started . At that time itself , in our area , suddenly low voltage occurred . It is the situation where you can not say electricity is gone . Power is there . But normal voltage will be of 230 v . But in this condition , supply would be of lower voltage .

So it is not good to run electric instruments . I switched off t.v. . When we got normal power , India needed 34 runs to win from 12 balls .

Considering the coefficient of tension and pressure as it is the final match , I concluded that winning chances of India is less . So I switched off t.v. and went to sleep .

But when I saw the news , India had won the match and lifted up the trophy ! Dinesh Kartik has achieved the impossible task . 5 runs required in 1 ball and he finished the match scoring a six !

It must have been a tensed moment during the last and final over . Anything could happen in a T20 cricket match .



Wednesday, March 14, 2018

The nightmare of engineering graphics and maths .....

Every engineering student knows about engineering graphics . This subject every student has to study , no matter what is their engineering branch , in first year of their engineering student life .

There are some necessary things to study engineering graphics . They are -----

1. Drawing board
2. Mini Drafter
3. Set square
4. Protractor and Divider


Graphics mainly consists of drawing top view , front view and side view of a given object .

Maths , an engineering student has to study in first year is another big story . Now also I really struggle to differentiate between permutations and combinations . When the lecturer is explaining a problem on this subject , there is always one genius present in the classroom , who is always there with the answer already !


I always wondered how did he manage to solve the problem ? I was still confused about whether it a permutation or combination ?! All I remember is npr and ncr and also the factorial .




Thursday, March 8, 2018

India and Bangladesh T20 cricket match

Today is the T20 cricket match between India and Bangladesh . India has won the toss and decided to field first . Now India has restricted Bangladesh to 139 / 8 . The Indian cricket team is having inexperienced players as the star players are being rested for this T20 series . The Indian fielding was consisted of dropped catches . But as the target is moderate to chase down , India will definitely win the match .


I am writing this blog article to share my viewing experience . Today I have watched the match on DD - Sports channel . The telecast was so good that it didn't aired unnecessary and long advertisements between the overs .


I wonder why I didn't watch the other cricket matches on this channel .  But the commentary they are airing is in hindi language . I don't have problem with that . But it creates a problem when they say some figures ( numbers ) in hindi .


It is very difficult for me to make out the result . Also I don't experience the thrill I enjoy with English language commentary .

Sunday, March 4, 2018

How did I solved the problem in a stupid way

I had come across this math problem ( shown below ) .

Now I illustrate how stupidly I solved the problem and then corrected myself .


Problem  :




100   -    100      *        0        +       1      =    ?



At the first glance itself , I thought it is a very simple and easy problem to solve . I started from the left hand side .



100 - 100 = 0 .

0  *  0  =   0.

0  +  1  =  1


I patted my back as I had solved the problem in less than 2 seconds !


Then I compared my answer with the actual answer . My head got reeled ,  correct answer is 101 !


I again stared at the problem . I realized that the method I followed is wrong . I started to think .....



.....


.....



.....


Now I remembered I am an engineer and I must apply BODMAS logic to solve this type of problem .


BODMAS = Bracket
                      Order
                      Division
                      Multiplication
                      Addition
                      Subtraction


It has to be solved in this way . Now in the given problem , there is no bracket .

We will come to next step , order .

It is division , multiplication , addition and subtraction .


So here we go ...


There is no division sign.

Next step , multiplication


100  * 0  = 0

Now the reduced equation is  100 - 0 + 1


Again next step   , addition

100 +  1 = 101

Finally , its subtraction

101  -  0  =  101

This is how these type of problems should be solved .






No claps please !!!



Thursday, March 1, 2018

Why does a lemon put in a glass of water , appears to be magnified than usual?

Every year , on February 28 , we observe National Science Day . I am writing about my observation and the scientific reason behind that .




Yesterday my mother was preparing lemon pickle. In the beginning , she has put the lemons in a glass container to wash. I had seen the lemons when they were brought from the shop. But when they are immersed in water , all of a sudden , they looked larger in size.


WHY ?



Science has answer to every single doubt. It is the result of a phenomenon called refraction.

When we keep the lemon inside water , the light rays have to travel from a dense medium ( in this case , water ) to the observer . ( in this case , air which is lighter than water in density ).

The law of refraction says that , when light travels from one medium to another , light changes its direction . The denser the medium , thicker the object will appear to the observer.


For example , if we put lemon inside glycerine ; glycerine is having more density than water , the lemon will look more thicker than it was seen when in water .

Friday, February 23, 2018

Hardik Pandya doesn't contribute with bat

With a very sad and heavy heart I am writing this blog article . India has lost the 2nd T20 cricket match against South Africa . I didn't watch the match as it started at 9.30 pm . It is my sleeping time .


It has done good to me that I didn't watch the match . India has lost the match and my mindset would be saddened by that .

Just now , I read an article from former Indian cricket player , Roger Binny . He was quoted saying that Hardik Pandya doesn't contribute with bat . He feels that Hardik Pandya is in the squad because of his bowling capability meaning as a fifth bowler not as an all rounder .

I feel the same though no one cares . I hope Hardik Pandya will silence his critics by his match winning performance with batting and prove himself as an all rounder .

Monday, February 19, 2018

India has broken the jinx and won the first T20 cricket match against South Africa

Yesterday was the day of first T20 cricket match between India and South Africa . It was held at wanderers stadium in South Africa . Before to yesterday's cricket match , the cricket team who chased the target that is the team who batted second , had won the match on this stadium . Yesterday India lost the toss and had to bat first .


But history keeps on changing . Yesterday same thing happened . Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma started off well , with 4s and 6s .


Dhawan scored 72 . All the batsmen came in the order scored well . Because of all their efforts , India has managed to score 203 in 20 overs .


As I am a Hardik Pandya fan , this blog article would be incomplete if I don't mention his contribution in batting .  Though he came in the lower order when the match is going to end , he scored 13 runs in just 7 balls which includes 2 boundaries !


Looks like Hardik Pandya is back in batting form .


South Africa started chasing the target under lots of pressure . South African batsman Hendricks went on hitting and scoring . There was a moment it seemed South Africa is going to chase down the target successfully .


But that scare lasted only till Hendricks was on crease . He was the main scorer for South Africa .  But Indian bowler Bhuvaneshwar Kumar shined by taking 5 wickets of South Africa .


Bhuvaneshwar Kumar is the only Indian bowler who has taken 5 wickets in all the 3 forms of cricket . No surprise that he is the man of the match too , as India won the match .


Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Historic one day cricket series win for India

Yesterday was the 5th one day cricket match between India and South Africa . It is a 6 match series where India is leading the series by 3 - 1.

So yesterday's match was somewhat like a series decider match . India had lost the toss and had to bat first . As I have watched the match till past one hour after lunch break , I was able to watch full Indian batting and some of Indian bowling .

Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma are the openers . Dhawan was hitting 4s and surprisingly Rohit Sharma was hitting 6s .!

Dhawan got out . But Rohit Sharma was still there batting . Then Virat Kohli came , Rahane , Pandya , Iyer , Dhoni ... everyone came but could not occupy crease for a long time .


Hardik Pandya came to crease , faced the ball and gave a direct catch to South African wicket keeper and left for a duck ( 0 run ) . He could have stayed in the dressing room . Rohit Sharma went on to score a 100 .


Finally it was Bhuvaneshwar Kumar , whose efforts resulted in a challenging score of 274 .



Yesterday was packed with some more surprises . Indian bowling started . Hardik Pandya came for bowling . I thought he is going to help South Africa by giving runs . But sweet surprise was that instead of giving runs , he was able to bowl in such a way that 2 important and in form South African batsmen , Duminy and de Williers were tempted to go for a big hit and hence got caught by Indian fielders .


Finally , India managed to win the match thereby winning the series also .


But I was thrilled to watch Hardik Pandya back in form in bowling . He is an all rounder and I am sure he will soon find his batting form too .


Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Why flower ketaki is not used in shiv puja ?

Today is Maha Shivratri . 


Flower ketaki ( kannada - kedige ) is widely used in puja of nag and god vishnu . But it is not used in puja of God shiv . There  e is a story behind that .



Once , God Vishnu and god Brahma were quarelling regarding who is superior amongst them ? At that time , God shiv decided to make them ego less , and he took the form of a long light pillar and came infront of them .

Vishnu and Brahma were surprised to see such a long light pillar . They decided to check out the beginning and end of the light pillar and whoever comes first finding the answer will be considered superior .


Vishnu decided to find out the beginning of pillar and he took the form of a wild boar and started digging the ground . Similarly , Brahma took the form of a swan and flew up to find out the end of light pillar .



Time passed . Both of them unable to find out anything . God Vishnu decided to come back and to accept his defeat . Even God Brahma decided to come back but his ego doesn't allow him to accept the defeat .


At that time , he saw a ketaki flower . He got one idea to use the flower as his supporter . He asked the flower to stand with his claim of finding out the end of light pillar and flower agreed .


Likewise , both of them came back and there god shiv was standing . God Vishnu had already accepted his defeat. Beaming with pride , God Brahma claimed that he was successful in finding out the end of light pillar.


But God Vishnu doubted his claim . At that time , flower ketaki came front and agreed to Brahma claim . This made God shiv to get angry .


Because he himself took out the form of light pillar which dont have neither beginning nor end . So he cursed God Brahma that no human being will worship him from now onwards.


He cursed flower ketaki for telling lie , that it will not be used and offered in shiv puja . 

Saturday, February 10, 2018

Dhawan's 100 in 100th ODI

Today in the 4th one day international cricket match against South Africa , Indian batsman Shikhar Dhawan has reached the milestone . He has become the first Indian batsman to score a 100 in his 100th one day international cricket match .

Now play has been stopped due to lightning . They could have used the word rain . How lightning can halt the play ?


I remember when watching Kaun Banega Karodpati quiz program , Amitabh Bachchan had asked the question who has scored 100 in his 100th match ? At that time , it was David Miller . Now it is Shikhar Dhawan of India ! 

Thursday, February 8, 2018

Indian cricket team's wizardry performance ....

Yesterday was the 3rd one day cricket international match between India and South Africa . After losing the toss , India batted first . Rohit Sharma got out as soon as he came to bat . Then Virat Kohli came and he turned out to be the run machine for India .


Kohli scored unbeaten 160 runs . In the meanwhile , he has created many records and also he has changed the records to be in his name .

India has put the target of 308 runs . South Africa started well though they lost the opening batsman to just 1 run . The way South Africa was batting , I thought they will be able to chase the target .


The partnership was building . Then came Indian spinners . The magic they cast on South Africa is such that they went on losing wickets .

The strength of Indian spinners can be imagined with the fact that out of 10 wickets of South Africa , 8 are bagged by the spin duo Chahal and Yadav .

India won the match as South Africa was no match for India .

Hardik Pandya had hit a 6 in his 14 run contribution . This time he bowled quite tight by not allowing South Africa to score .

Sunday, February 4, 2018

Indian spinners did the magic , India win the match

Today is 2nd one day cricket match between India and South Africa. After missing the action in previous match where India has won, I had decided to watch the 2nd one day completely.

I was not disappointed !!

Just now South African batting is over. India has won the toss and decided to field first . I watched each and every ball that Indian bowlers have bowled . It is the day of Indian spinners.

Especially spinner Yajuvendra Chahal . His report  card reads 5 wickets for just 22 runs !

South Africa were 99 / 5  .  Soon they are all out for 118 !

I thought South African track helps fast bowling . But today's track helped spinners . Indian bowlers rocked in the match .

My complaint :

Hardik Pandya didn't get any wickets . But he was quite expensive . I had the feeling that South African batsmen were waiting for Hardik Pandya to bowl so that they can hit boundaries ( 4s ) .

I hope India will not face any problem in chasing the target . India needed just 2 runs to win but umpires well for lunch break . India completed the task in 1 over and 2 balls.

Now India leads the 6 match series with 2-0 .

Friday, February 2, 2018

Indian cricket captain has made the team to win

Yesterday was the first one day international cricket match between India and South Africa. South Africa had won the toss and decided to bat first. As I can not tolerate watching our bowlers getting punished as South African batsmen hit 4s and 6s , I didn't watch Indian bowling.

I read in news paper that spinners Chahal and Yadav bowled really well .  I didn't watch the Indian batting also . To say it in short , I didn't watch whole game itself !

According to me , this has to be the today's news headlines ! But India has won the match by defeating South Africa all because of captain Kohli's hundred . I was very moved by the fact that this is India's first win in Durban , the match venue.

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Is this word needed in news headlines ?

Last week , I was going through news headlines on internet . I found an article about a school boy who had shot his principal. The reason is boy was rusticated . Headlines ended there.


I didn't understand the news headlines . What was the reason that the boy has taken the extreme step ? I know what is rust. But what is rustication ?


I asked my father about the word. I consider my father as a scholar in English. But even he didn't heard of the word.

So I searched Google about the word. It said



Rusticated = suspended from a school as an act of
                       punishment.



Now I know the reason. It is very clear.

I wonder why do they use difficult words when synonym words are available , a layman also can understand. Are they testing our English language skill by using difficult words that too in news headlines??

Sunday, January 28, 2018

I am confused....

I am greatly confused by looking at the recent developments. Reason ???

 India has won the 3rd and last cricket test match against South Africa. But my confusion is India has already lost the series to South Africa. Indian players lost 2 matches in the series of 3 .

So it doesn't make any difference between losing and winning the last match. It is a test match. Players have enough time and balls to waste.


If you just take single run or don't bother to run between the wickets , you can always be tension free. But we can get the clear picture when there is a time constraint. I mean to say the one day cricket match and T20 cricket match.

Moreover , Hardik Pandya didn't shine in batting. I am heart broken !

Friday, January 19, 2018

Ants of my house are very unique.....

I am seriously thinking of getting a G. I. recognition for the ants of my house. I have found out that the ants in my house are very unique .

I always watched them doing marchfast in a straight line on the wall. My favourite passtime is obstructing their way by keeping my hand , cutting their way further. At that time, ants get confused by the new barrier on their way. Everyone can try it. No parents guidance is required and it is fun !

Recently I have read that ants come to rice grains but not  to the cooked rice. But in my house, ants come to both rice grains and cooked rice. Another unique character is ants come and have a first taste to almost everything except salt and chilly powder.

My mother is always seen  fighting with ants and making eatables antfree in the kitchen. The problem of ants is such an extent that now almost everything has found their place in the fridge which is the only place ants can not enter !

Ants come to milk also. I am sure they will not drink milk as we , humans do. But every time I see them inside milk vessel. At that time , my mother keeps the milk vessel under the turning fan. We must take care that fan must turn to its maximum speed. Then only this idea works.

Sometimes , ants will breathe their last by falling into milk vessel. At that time , only one way is remaining. Patiently sit down and hand pick each dead body of ants !  By this way , we can increase the level of our patience. It is one of the effective way.


If you are so desperate and not in a mood to do all these things , then just close your eyes. Remember God silently in mind and drink the milk or use it to other usual work. I heard that ants are the good source of proteins ! It has no side effects also !