Highway hypnosis

 Highway hypnosis is an altered mental state.

It occurs when an individual zone out while driving a vehicle. 

Due to continuous driving on a monotonous stretch for long hours, the drivers get hypnotised and sometimes lose control.

That time they reach a state where there is a temporary disconnection between brain and body. 

This results in driver losing the control of vehicle and leads to accident.

It is also possible for the vehicle drivers to fall asleep with their eyes open and continuing to steer.

To avoid highway hypnosis, 

1. We must get a good night's sleep the night before the long drive.

2. We must avoid driving during late nights or early in the morning.

3. We must remain in a good posture.. 

4. We must take frequent breaks. 

Start from second class

 Mulla Naseeruddin wanted to learn how to blow whistle.

He went near an artist and asked him to teach him how to blow whistle. 

Artist agreed and said Naseeruddin that 

For the first class, he will charge 300 dinars but after that  for

remaining classes, he will charge only 100 dinars  !!

Naseeruddin said, 

No problem..... I will start attending from second class  !!!! 

Koun Banega Karodpati question

 Recently I came across this question on Koun Banega Karodpati program

Question 

Which bird has the ability to fly for long time without flopping its wings  ???

Kyte 

Sparrow 

Pigeon 

Hummingbird 

I knew that eagle can fly for long time without flopping its wings.

But eagle is not there in options. 

When looking at options, I ruled out Sparrow, Pigeon and Hummingbird.

So we are left with Kyte. 

But I didn't know what is Kyte as a bird. 

So I asked Google to tell the name in kannada. 

It said       ಬಿಳಿ ಗರುಡ   with the photo of the bird. 

Then I realised it as     ಗೇಲು       in tulu language. 

In our locality,  we call it an auspicious bird. 

In Udupi, this bird always fly in circles over the chariot where pooja of God Krishna takes place on Makara Sankranti. 

Every year it takes place.  The bird always comes exactly at the final pooja time !!!! 

Be prepared for anything...

 Long ago , there was a king . Under his rule , everything was going smooth and everyone were happy.. 

One night , king had a dream . In that dream , first he saw 7 healthy cows coming towards him .

After that he saw 7 weak cows crying out for food . Watching them in that condition, king suddenly woke up.

Next day morning, he consulted some fortune tellers and asked them the meaning of the dream. 

They said, " from today onwards, for the next 7 years there will not be any problems in kingdom. But after that, the kingdom will suffer in famine for next 7 years." 

King was alerted after hearing this. 

He warned his people not to waste food or water.  He asked them to find new ways so that they can preserve things. 

People too agreed. They have made rain harvest method in their home. Built several lakes so that water problem must not arise in near future. 

They have invented new methods to preserve groceries and food. 

As they finished doing all these, 7 years were gone. A severe famine struck the kingdom. 

But everyone were prepared for the hard time. No one had difficulty with anything. 

All have spent time like they used to. 

Moral :  we must be prepared for the hard time also. 

India vs South Africa series decider 3rd match

 Yesterday was the series decider match between India and South Africa.

In the 3 match series, both India and South Africa have won one match each..

Series is now 1 - 1. Yesterday was the series decider match.

  India again lost the toss and had to bat first.

Opening order batsmen Gaikwad was dropped and Rajat was playing his first international match.

Rajat was playing good and had hit his first international 6 !!!! 

Rajat got out for 22 runs.  India were 34/1.

Another opening batsman Sudarshan got out and India still need 1 run to reach 50 runs and already lost 2 wickets. 

Samsun was playing good along with Rahul. 

Rahul got out but Samsun was going strong. 

I was getting bored. 33 overs passed and now India completed 150 runs. 

India need to score big. 

South Africa has big hitting batsmen. 

Small total would not be sufficient. 

Seems Samsun and Tilak had well sett settled by understanding the pitch. 

Tilak after scoring 50 runs, got out. 

New batsman Rinku Singh started to explode as soon as he came  to crease. 

Samsun scored his first 100 run. 

He got out at 108 run. His 100 was crucial for India. 

India had passed 250 runs for 5 wickets at the start of 46th over. 

Washington was going strong but he was out when he was trying to hit a 6. South African skipper caught him near boundary line. 

New batsman Arshdeep started his innings with a 6. 

Because of Rinku Singh, India had reached 293 runs for 8 wickets. 

He was out for 38 runs. 

India finished their innings for 296 runs for 8 wickets. 

South Africa had a good start. Their top order batsmen were going strong. 

But Arshdeep again shined in bowling.  Their middle order batsmen didn't stand for long. 

Arshdeep had got 4 wickets. 

India has won the match and also the series. 

India vs South Africa second one day cricket match

 Yesterday was the match between South Africa and India.

India was batting first. 

Openers Gaikwad started his batting with a boundary. 

But in the next ball itself, he is  out.   India were 4 / 1.

India had lost its one more wicket in the form of Tilak.

India had reached 50 runs at the end of 12 overs for the loss of 2 wickets. 

Remaining opening batsman Sudarshan had completed 50 runs in the pitch which is not helpful for batting. 

A much needed partnership of 50 runs was built by Sudarshan and Rahul.

With that India crossed 100 runs in 24 overs.

Sudarshan got out after scoring 62 runs .

Rahul has scored 50 runs and going strong.

With that India passed 150 run mark also for loss of 4 wickets.

Suddenly there was a batting collapse. 

India was 171 runs for loss of 7 wickets in 39  overs. 

The pitch is not batting friendly. 

Difficult for India to score 200 runs also as only 3 wickets were remaining. 

Arshdeep Singh is turning into a good all rounder. He had hit 2 sixes. 

Because of his efforts, India had crossed 200 runs which seemed difficult. 

India was all out for 211 runs.

South Africa easily chased this total and won the match. 

Tosses win matches !!!! 

Indian fast bowlers haunted SA batsmen

 Yesterday was the first ODI match between India and South Africa.

SA batted first 

From the first over itself Indian fast bowlers started to trouble SA batsmen.

Indian fast bowlers Arshdeep and Ayesh Khan together had broken the batting backbone itself of SA  !!!!

SA didn't gathered itself from shock till the end of the match 

All top order batsmen failed to bat and stick to crease.

No one scored more than 35 runs  !!!!

Its better to say Indian bowlers didnt let them to get settled !!!!

Because of tail enders  SA managed to score atleast 116 runs.

SA batsmen could not complete  25 overs also out of 50 overs!!!! 

What a shame for SA. 

India easily chased the total and won the match. 

White phosphorus munitions

 A war is going on between Israel and Hamas in Gaza strip.

Human rights activists are accusing Israel of using white phosphorus munitions. 

What are white phosphorus munitions ???

White phosphorus munitions are the weapons that use one of the allotrope of chemical element Phosphorus.

White phosphorus is ignited by contact with air.

It burns fiercely and can ignite clothes, fuels, ammunition and others.

White phosphorus is a highly efficient smoke producing agent.

These are very commonly used as smoke grenades.

These smoke grenades are widely used in open spaces to control the mob without any major fatalities

White phosphorus causes burn injuries as well as poisonous vapour inhalation.

White phosphorus particles continue to burn till they starved of oxygen. 

South Africa got melted in front of Surya !!!!

 Yesterday was the T20 match between India and South Africa.  The T20 cricket match series was of 3 matches.

The first match was cancelled because of rain.

Second match was won by South Africa because of DLS method. 

Yesterday was the final T20 match. I. E. The third one. 

India was under pressure as they had to win the match to level the series. 

India was batting first. 

Both the Indian openers were in full spirit. At the end of first 2 overs, India were 29 for no loss. 

South Africa did the bowling change and Keshav Maharaj had come to bowl. 

In his first over itself, he had taken 2 back to back wickets of Gill and Tilak. 

India was again facing trouble as score was 29/2.

Jaiswal was not allowing the run rate to go down. !!!!

India crossed 50 runs just in 4.2 overs. 

A solid partnership was  built by Jaiswal and Surya. 

Because of that , India crossed 100 run milestone and Jaiswal completed his 50 runs also !!!

Shining Surya again completed 50 runs !!!

Surya is again and again becoming saviour for India...... 

Partnership has become 111 runs and India was 141/2.

Jaiswal got out trying to hit a 6. 

Hero of last match, Rinku Singh had joined Surya. India were 154/3.

Surya had turned out to be a nightmare for South African bowlers !!!! 

Rinku Singh got out for 18 runs. 

Splendid Surya scored 100 runs !!!! 

Surya got out after finishing his 100.

India were 194 runs at this time and Surya scored 100 runs of it. 

India finished the match giving the target of 201 runs. 

Next whatever happened was the show of strength of Indian bowlers !!! 

South Africa could not stand the bowling attack of Indians !!!! 

South Africa were all out just for 91 runs !!! 

No South African batsmen were able to score a half century. 

Indian bowlers Kuldip bowled just 2.5 overs, but took 5 wickets !!!! 

An all round performance by Indian cricket team to taste the success and thereby levelling the series. 

India vs South Africa T20 cricket match

 Yesterday was the T20 match between India and South Africa.

India was batting first.

In the first 2 overs, India were 6/2  !!!!!

Opening batsman Jaiswal got out for duck after facing 3 balls only.

Soon another opening batsman Shubhman Gill got out for duck too. 

But Tilak and Surya were trying to steady Indian batting...... 

It was raining sixes !!!!

India were 40/2 at the end of 4 overs.

At the start of 5th over,  India had reached 50 runs. 

Meanwhile, about to settle batsman Tilak got out. 

New batsman Rinku Singh started his innings by hitting a boundary !!!!

At the start of the 10th over, India were 84 /3.

Surya completed his 50 runs. 

He came to bat when India were 6/2 and now India is 103/3. 

Surya surely outsmarted everyone. 

Surya got out when he was at 54 runs. 

India were 124/4. 

Even Rinku Singh completed his 50.

India were 144/5.  

Jadeja had come to crease  with Rinku Singh. 

India has completed 150 runs at 16.1 overs. 

When there are only 3 balls left that is at 19.3 overs, rain started. 

That time India had scored 180 runs. Rinku Singh was playing at 68 runs. 

But rain spoiled everything.  Match itself has been stopped.

The way India bounced up from 6 for 2 wickets to 180 runs is unbelievable.

It surely gives a good boost to Indian cricket team. 

ಅಭಿಮಾನಿಗಳ ಹುಚ್ಚುತನ

 ಮೊನ್ನೆ ಶುಕ್ರವಾರದ ಕೌನ್ ಬನೇಗಾ ಕರೋಡ್ ಪತಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರದ ಒಬ್ಬ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಾಳು ಹಾಟ್ ಸೀಟ್ ಗೆ ಬಂದಿದ್ದ.

ಆತ ನಟಿ ರಶ್ಮಿಕಾ ಮಂದಣ್ಣ ಳ ಅಭಿಮಾನಿ 

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ಉತ್ತರ ಭಾರತೀಯರು ಮಂದಣ್ಣ ಅಡ್ಡಹೆಸರನ್ನು ಮಂಧಾನ ಎಂದು ಉಚ್ಚರಿಸುವಾಗ ಕೇಳಲು ಹಿಂಸೆ ಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

ಬಂದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಕೂಡ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು ತಪ್ಪಾಗಿಯೇ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದು.

ಆತ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮದಲ್ಲಿ ರಶ್ಮಿಕಾಳಿಗೆ ತನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಹೇಳಿಕೊಂಡ 

ಆದರೆ ರಶ್ಮಿಕಾ ತನ್ನ ಬದಲು ಆತನ ತಾಯಿಯನ್ನೇ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸಲು ಹೇಳಿದಳು  !!!!

ಆತ ರಶ್ಮಿಕಾಳ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಮೊದಲ ಚಿತ್ರ ಕಿರಿಕ್ ಪಾರ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ 

ಹಿಡಿದು ಇಲ್ಲಿಯವರೆಗಿನ ಅನಿಮಲ್ ಚಿತ್ರದವರೆಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡಿದ್ದಾನೆ ..

ರಶ್ಮಿಕಾ ಮೂಲತಃ ಕನ್ನಡ ನಟಿ 

ಈಗ ಕನ್ನಡ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಅನ್ಯ ಭಾಷೆಗಳ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ  ನಟಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಳೆ .

ಕನ್ನಡ ವೊಂದನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಉಳಿದೆಲ್ಲಾ ಭಾಷೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರರ್ಗ ಳ ವಾಗಿ ಮಾತನಾಡುವ ಕನ್ನಡ ನಟಿಯರ ಸಾಲಿಗೆ ಸೇರುವಾಕೆ !!!!

Tragic hero of Mahabharata - - Ekalavya

 Ekalavya is the young Prince of low cast tribe, living in forest.

He aspired to study archery under the guidance of Dronacharya. But Dronacharya rejected him.

Ekalavya embarks upon the program of self study.

He made the clay image of Dronacharya and starts practicing.

Ekalavya managed to achieve the archery skill that of Arjuna. 

Arjuna fears that Ekalavya may have eclipsed him in archery skill.

Arjuna was jealous of Ekalavya. 

Arjuna reminded Dronacharya of his promise of making him the best archer in the world. 

Dronacharya had become blind in the matter of Arjuna. 

To nullify Arjuna 's fear, he directly went near Ekalavya and asked for  gurudakshina from him. 

Ekalavya was ready to give anything.  

That time, Dronacharya cruelly asked for the thumb of his right hand. 

Ekalavya cheerfully and without any hesitation,  severes his thumb from his body and hands it over to Dronacharya. 

The loss has hampered Ekalavya of his ability in archery. Crippled Ekalavya could no longer be able to show skills in archery. 

Arjuna 's jealousy made  Ekalavya to lose his thumb. 

Later in Mahabharata war, he joined the army of Kouravas and got killed by Arjuna. 

Don't judge a book by its cover .....

 I am talking about myself...

I was watching the episode of Koun Banega Karodpati program.

It was the start of new week and New contestants were sitting to play the game. 

Amitabh Bacchan started introducing the contestants. 

Whenever he does that, focus of the camera will be on the respective contestant and he/she will face the camera with smiling face and wave or greet us.

But this Monday something else happened...... 

Amitabh Bacchan started introducing the first contestant.

That fellow neither looked at camera nor waved at camera. 

He was just sitting with his head bent down. 

By watching that, 

I thought he is an arrogant and disrespectful person. 

Amitabh Bacchan continued introduction of others and all of them faced the camera with a smiling face. 

After the introduction, pointing at the first contestant, Amitabh Bachchan said, 

This contestant is blind...... 

I will slowly read out the question so that he can listen and understand...... 

That time, I really felt ashamed of myself.

He didn't know camera was facing him as he is blind .

We must not judge a book by its cover...... 

Take time to know the reason for the behaviour. 

27th letter of English alphabet

We know English alphabet has 26 letters. 

From A to Z.. 

Until 1835, the English alphabet was having the letter ampersand ( &) right after letter Z.

Why was the 27th letter removed  ???

The   &  sign which was referred as "and",  made reciting the alphabets awkward.

It was odd to say  x, y. Z...... and. 

That's why they removed it. 

India vs Australia final T20 cricket match

 Yesterday was the final T20 cricket match of the series between India and Australia.

India has already won the series.

The result of this match is not going to change anything. 

I was watching the match just because India is batting first !!!!

Both the opening batsmen were out before reaching first 5 overs. 

Surya didn't shine as he is out for just 5 runs. 

India were in deep trouble as they were 46 / 3. 

Australian fielders were all charged up. They were not allowing the ball to go to boundary. 

Only hope Rinku Singh also got out just for 5 runs. 

Indian batsmen were under pressure as dot balls were increasing and already 4 key batsmen are back to pavilion. 

Shreyas and Jitesh were trying to increase the score as they hit boundaries and sixes. 

Jitesh also got out for 24 runs. 

Now India is almost finished as they were 98 / 5.

India somehow completed 100 runs at the end of 13 overs losing 5 wickets. 

Shreyas and Axar both are going strong. Both of them have to build a partnership. 

But this partnership was broken when  Axar got out. India now at 143//6.

Shreyas was still there. He successfully completed his 50 we a style by hitting a 6

 In the last 19th over he got out. 

India wrapped up their innings at 160 runs. 

I was not interested in knowing the result of the match. Anyway we have won the series. 

Just now I came to know that India has won the match by 6 runs.!!! 

Must have been a thriller. I will search Internet for highlights of the  match. 

India vs Australia series decider 4th T20 cricket match

India won the T20 series by 3 - 1.. 

Yesterday Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first. 

Opening batsmen of India specially Jaiswal started in attacking mode. 

When there was a partnership of 50 runs for first wicket , another opening batsman Gaikwad had scored just 7 runs. 

Other runs were scored by Jaiswal himself !!!!

But in the middle order Surya didn't shine and Shreyas didn't stand long. 

All the hopes were on Rinku Singh. 

He didn't disappoint. He along with the wicket keeper batsman Jitesh Sharma steadied India. 

Finally India wrapped up their game for 174 runs. 

In Indian bowling, spinners came to attack very early. 

Specially Axar Patel got 4 wickets just giving 16 runs !!!!!

Australia had no answer for Indian's spin attack.

Australia got defeated by 20 runs. 

Blue hole

 Every one knows about black holes found in the space.

Now I am writing about Blue Hole.

What is a blue hole ??

A blue hole is a vertical cave typically carved out of eroded limestone that opens onto ocean floor with a rounded mouth.

How blue holes form  ??

Blue holes are formed due to the flooding and erosion during the last ice age  !!!!

The waters there are cold, slightly acidic and completely devoid of oxygen because of lack of photosynthesis.

Blue holes are the ocean synkhole pools. 

The deepest blue hole is nearly the length of eiffel tower, deep under!!!!