Posts Tagged ‘India’

Pranav Mistry – Love this guy for his genius and humility !

Friday, December 18th, 2009

When I say “I love India”, its not just because for the reason I was born here. But for the reason that I love its talents and resources. India is an package of surprises, every single time, and considering the talent pool it has, its just overwhelming how much we’re gifted with (and sometimes even disturbing to know that we’ve not been able to utilize it all)

I came to know about Pranav Mistry via the TED forums and I’m so glad I did. This young man is the epitome of inspiration to many youth, worldwide Indians and others for that matter. To me, what’s more attractive than anything else is his humility and passion. He’s the man behind the “Sixth Sense Device” and here are a few TED video which are “must sees”.

Wish him all the best.

Solar Eclipse on Aug 1, 2008

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Just learned that there’s a total solar eclipse happening on August 1 of this year and it’s kinda dangerous! (That’s what Headlines Today told, but they hype things too much so…)

Pic courtesy – Salagram
The last time I remember there was an eclipse (don’t remember if it was lunar or solar) I was in college I guess, there was again a huge hype around how to watch it with your naked eye.
Still remember how people made funny sun glasses (or were they given from the Govt? No clue)..and some people even said you can see the reflection on “Gobar water” (Which is a mixture of cow dung in water). Sounds silly, but I hope you’ll excuse my ignorance in this area.

In India, I still hear people associating bad omen with eclipses. Interesting, is it not? I’ve heard my folks say that the countries that the eclipse is on will face severe evil, shortly. Now, could this be linked to Jucelino’s predictions? He says, there’ll be a massive earthquake in Sep, 2008.

Anyhow, the August 1 eclipse will be seen for around 2 minutes, but here in India it will be a partial one. The best view is from China, Russia, Mongolia and Canada.
NatGeo has a detail and clear report on this. Check out.