This blog has become a sort of personal-cum-public diary. As for its contents, some are meant for me and my friends and relatives; others are for the public. This blog will have only positive, ennobling, elevating, encouraging and uplifting thoughts/ideas/materials. Whoever visits should feel happy and should be able to pick up some good ideas/thoughts/links. In short, "NOTHING NEGATIVE" is my motto.(Grateful thanks to Jon Sullivan and Public-Domain-Photos.com for the background photo)
Happy New Year 2021
WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY, HEALTHY,
PROSPEROUS AND PURPOSEFUL
NEW YEAR 2020
Indian street food and Indian Food is
something I've always dreamed about trying! So I flew to Chennai, India and
have been eating street food and curry non-stop. Best Street Food I've tasted!
The Indian food is so good in Chennai! I tasted a few different things, most of
which were delicious!
The street food in Chennai was so
delicious. The restaurant food was also very nice! I had some amazing curry
too.
Kashi, “the City of Light” is said to
be more than 15,000 years old – the oldest inhabited city in the world. Home to
33 million gods and goddesses, this magnificent city was the beloved abode of
Adiyogi Shiva and his wife Parvati, soon after their marriage. The Adiyogi
himself established a powerful mandala (a sacred circular geometric pattern) of
the city, by consecrating 108 shrines with unique qualities in a certain
pattern – which continues to live even today.
In a series of talks, and a walk
around the ancient city with Prasoon Joshi – noted lyricist and scriptwriter –
Sadhguru elaborates on the science and geometry behind the layout of the city,
the rich mythology of the land, and how despite invasions, Kashi has retained
its glory and power, drawing millions of people from all over the world every
year.
Pranams to Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev and
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10 Most Beautiful Countries in Asia.
Asia is the world's largest continent
covering approximately 30% of the planet's land area. The continent is full of
many geographic blessings. No other continent in the world boasts greater
extremes than Asia. It is also home to a tapestry of cultures and histories
that make for a unique travel portal. There are so many beautiful countries in
Asia that it is really a hard task to choose the most beautiful countries in
the continent. However, I have tried my best to make the list of 10 most
beautiful countries in Asia.
Monsoon, I'm sure everyone will agree,
is the best season to admire Mother Nature. Combine that to a train travel with
a chugging ALCo, its sound echoing off hills, viaducts and tunnels in plenty
and a some breathtaking landscapes; Koraput Rayagada section offers just that
!!
I was fortunate enough to visit the
section as a part of a mega-quadrilateral trip with my dear friend and senior
Anindya Roy. This video was shot exactly an year earlier on board the 18006
Samaleshwari Express which was led by a Bondamunda WDM-3D that day.
The stretch from Koraput to Rayagada,
163 kms, can roughly be classified into 2 distinct parts. The initial stretch
from Koraput to Tikiri, where the train glides through the lap of the Laxmipur
Pattangi Range, past the elephant infested zones of Baiguda (the highest point
of the stretch) and some beautiful green landscapes.
Post Tikiri, the descend to the plains
begin. This is where the real fun lies. We encounter tunnels (36 of them) and
viaducts at regular intervals (often back to back in short intervals). The
Rayagada Kashipur Range, another part of the Eastern Ghats give us company.
The entire ghat section ends at
Rayagada, or more precisely at Singapuram Road. Relish the concise compilation
as I give you a glimpse of the above through my camera. However, this is just
1% of the real; please do visit this section to get a feel of what it really is
like. I bet you wont be disappointed.
Check out the following website for more incredible history
documentaries: HD and ad-free. http://bit.ly/2O6zUsK
Lost Worlds investigates the very latest archaeological finds at
three remote and hugely significant sites - Angkor Wat, Troy and Persepolis.
Lost Worlds travels to each site and through high-end computer
graphics, lavish re-enactment and the latest archaeological evidence brings
them to stunning televisual life. From the 900-year-old remains of Angkor Wat
in the Cambodian jungle the staggering City of the God Kings is recreated. From
Project Troia, in North West Turkey, the location of the biggest archaeological
expedition ever mounted the lost city is stunningly visualised and finally from
Persepolis the city and the great Persian Empire are brought to life.
Content licensed from Digital Rights Group (DRG).
Produced by Darlow Smithson Productions. Grateful thanks to Timeline - World History Documentaries, Darlow Smithson Productions, Digital Rights Group (DRG) and YouTube.
Carl
Sagan gives the best speech ever about humanity and how foolish we behave. Pale
Blue Dot is one of the most important and reflective speeches about the human
condition and our place in the Universe. The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of
Earth taken in 1990 by the Voyager 1 space probe from a record distance of
about 6 billion kilometers from Earth, as part of the solar system Family
Portrait series of images.
This
video was obtained from +Patrick Mylund Nielsen. He makes some incredibly
powerful videos. Please subscribe to his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/pmylund
The reason
why this was reposted is to create more exposure to Carl Sagan's message about
the fragility of Earth and the pettiness of war through a cosmic lens. I am
reposting this video because it's my belief that Sagan's message trumps the
relative importance of the video's ownership.
However,
Patrick Mylund Nielsen created an incredibly moving video — for which he
deserves all our thanks. Please subscribe to his channel and say something nice
to show your appreciation.
Grateful thanks to “The Pander”, Patrick Mylund Nielsen and YouTube.
Did Ancient Indians had Amazing Scientific Knowledge Already of
1000s of Years ago?
Knowledge of science was known from very ancient times, although
science, as we know today, was not known in India till modern times. The
archaeological remains of the Indus Valley reveal knowledge of applied
sciences. Scientific techniques were used in irrigation, Metallurgy, making of
fired bricks and pottery, and simple recknowing and measurement of areas and
volumes.
It contrast more is know about Aryan achievements in the field of
astronomy, mathamatcis and medicine. Chinese records indicate knowledge of a
dozen books of Indian origin. Brahmagupta's Sidhanta as well as Charaka's and
Susrata's Samhitas were translated int Arabic in the 9th or 10th centuries A.D.
In ancient Indian mathematics was known by the general name of
ganita, which included arthimatcs, geometry, algebra, astronomy and astrology.
It was Aryabhata, who gave a new direction to trigonometry. The decimal system
too was an innovation of India.
By the third century B.C. mathematics, astronomy and medicine
began to develop separately. In the fielf of mathematics ancient Indians made
three distinct contributions, the notation system, the decimal system and the
use of zero. The earliest epigraphic evidence of the use of decimal system
belongs to the fifth century A.D. Before these numerals appeared in the West
they had been used in India for centuries. They are found in the inscriptions
of Ashoka in the third century B.C.
Grateful thanks to Mr.Khurshed Batliwala, vibsworldonline and
YouTube.
