The Village Guy

Ever wonder who we are? and what exactly we are doing on this Earth, the lonely planet revolving around this furious Sun along with a bunch of bros (I mean planets). Wait, this Earth? Do we have more than one Earth? Who knows, in this humongous vast space, can't we find another Earth? The probability is surely greater than Zero. Humans are evolving like anything. We invented the fire, the wheel and what not? We make our lives easier day by day. Sometimes, I feel we are also like ants.  Ants? Yes, Ants. Most of the time, many of us will not observe their movement. Perhaps we are also like ants or any creature and we are being ignored/watched by some of the invisible entities of outer space. Sometimes, I feel we are machines embedded with intelligence. Just like the robots embodied with Artificial Intelligence (AI), we are also programmed and delivered to Earth. The programmed chip may be called as DNA. A question comes in my mind, how come our children ...

Having a high-end computer or any one of the boxes (Xbox, PlayStation) is not necessary to play high end games in the near future. Recently Google announced a new product from its armory related to gaming at GDC2019, called Stadia . Stadia offers to stream the game in the web browser itself. The game will be loaded and run on the server side, only the video will be played on your computer/mobile. This can be called as Cloud Gaming or Game as a Service (GaaS). All we need is a decent internet connection and probably a subscription for Stadia. No need for any boxes. The traditional premium boxes will be second thought. Since they are expensive for a casual gamer, Stadia will be the best option to experience big games. High tech spec GPUs, high speed processors and all the expensive hardware part will be saved. Hmm, it sounds awesome!! This is another master plan by Google to rule the digital world. Already Google and it's echo system is way more penetrated...

In today cricket match between Australia and India, I have different thoughts until the end of the match. The thoughts just popped up in my mind as each ball was being bowled. What is the necessity to be calm in tense situations? Stonis thinks he can defend Boomrah over and score in other's overs. Stonis wants to keep the game to the last over. But on the other hand, Kohli wanted to end the game before going to last over, as there was no effective/experienced death over bowler left out of their quota of 10 overs. The balance of tension is maintained by the players. Both showed the calmness on the field. But after Stonis, there is no one left to show it. No need for overconfidence. If we are overconfident, we are prone to make mistakes often. Stonis thought of hitting Shankar/ Jadhav easily. And he ended up being plumbed in front of the stumps.  Don't think there is only one problem left to solve in your life. Stonis thinks only Bumrah can be the probl...

మన పూర్వీకులు భోగీ పండగను ఎట్లా మొదలు పెట్టారు? సంక్రాంతి పండుగ సందర్భం ఏమిటి? కనుమ అని మూడవ రోజు పండగ ఎందుకు? ఈ ప్రశ్నల వెనుక ఏదైనా సైన్స్ ఉందా? లేదా కొంచెం కామన్ సెన్స్ తో అప్పుడు ఈ పండగలు చేసేవారా? సంక్రాంతి పండుగ వెనుక ఐతే, ఆస్ట్రానమీ ఉంది. ఈ రోజున సూర్యుడు ఉత్తరాయణం లోకి అడుగు పెడతాడు. ఉత్తర ఆయనం అంటే ఉత్తరం వైపుకి పయనించడం అని అర్ధం. సూర్యుడు కొంత కాలం భూమధ్యరేఖకి దక్షిణం వైపు పయనించడం, తరువాత దక్షిణం వైపు నించి ఉత్తరం వైపుకి పయనించడం జరుగుతూ ఉంటుంది. సూర్యుడు పయనించే దిక్కుని బట్టి దక్షిణం వైపుకి పయనిస్తున్నపుడు దక్షిణాయనం అని ఉత్తరం వైపుకి పయనిస్తున్నప్పుడు ఉత్తరాయణం అని అంటారు. సూర్యుడు పయనించే దిక్కును బట్టి భూమిపై వాతావరణంలో మార్పులు సంభవిస్తుంటాయి. సూర్యుడు సంవత్సరంలో ఆరు నెలలు ఒక వైపు అనగా దక్షిణం వైపు, మరో ఆరు నెలలు ఒక వైపు అనగా ఉత్తరం వైపు పయనిస్తూ ఉంటాడు. సూర్యుని పయనాన్ని బట్టి మనకు సీజన్స్ మారుతుంటాయి. భోగీ మంట ఎందుకు వేస్తున్నారు? దీనికి కూడా ఆస్ట్రానమీ నే కారణం. ఉత్తరాయంలో కి వచ్చే ముందు రోజు, దక్షిణాయనం చివరి రోజు చలి ఎక్కువ ఉంటుంది. దాన...

One of what's app message. *దేవుడు మన కళ్ళకు ఎందుకు కనబడడు ….?* ఈ సృష్టి మొత్తం వ్యాపించి వుండి, దాని ఉత్పత్తి, పెంపు, లయములకు ఎవరు కారణమవు తున్నారో…, అతనినే ‘దేవుడు’ అని అన్నారు మన ఋషులు. మరి ఆ దేవుడు మన కళ్ళకు ఎందుకు కనబడడు…అనే సందేహం మనలో చాలా మందికి కలగవచ్చు. నిజాన్ని పరిశీలిస్తే… పాంచభౌతికమైన మన శరీర అవయవాలకు వున్న శక్తి చాలా పరిమితం. ఉదాహరణకు… – మన కాళ్ళు…ఈ విశ్వాన్ని మొత్తం నడచి రాలేవు. వాటికి అంత శక్తి లేదు. – మన చేతులు..కైలాస పర్వతాన్ని ఎత్తిపట్టుకుని మోయలేవు. వాటికి అంత శక్తి లేదు. – మన కళ్ళు…అతి విసృతమైన పదార్ధాన్నిగానీ.. అతి సూ‌క్ష్మమైన పదార్ధాన్నిగానీ… చూడలేవు. వాటికి అంత శక్తి లేదు. ఆకాశం మన కంటికి కనిపించదు. చూస్తున్నామని అనుకోవడం మన భ్రమ. అతి సూక్ష్మక్రిమి అయిన ‘అమీబా’ని సూక్ష్మదర్శిని (మైక్రోస్కోప్) సాయంతో చూస్తున్నాం కదా అని మీరు అడగవచ్చు. మన కళ్ళకు అంత శక్తి లేదు కనుకనే… మనం సూక్ష్మదర్శినిని ఆశ్రయించవలసి వస్తుంది. మరి ఈ కళ్ళతో ‘దేవుని’ చూచిన ఋషులు వున్నారుకదా..అని మీరు అడగవచ్చు. – కళ్ళు భౌతికమైన పదార్ధాలను మాత్రమే చూడగలవు. – మనోనేత్రం అభౌతికమ...

We build the world (Civil Engineer.) We build the magic world (Comuter Engineer) We connect the world (Electronics & Communication Engineer.) We are the powers of world (Electrical Engineer) We move the world (Mechanical Engineer) PROUD TO B AN ENGINEER Happy engineer's day✊ Seriously?? Reality is different in my opinion. Most of the engineers are becoming "maintenance engineer". The civil engineer is becoming as supervisor engineer. The computer engineer becoming data entry engineer or Microsoft Excel engineer. The electronics engineer becoming cable jointer. After completion of any type of engineering there is a separate engineering stream ready for many engineers, Software engineering. Sometimes, I recall the dialogue from Interstellar. "Come on. You're a well-educated man Coop. - And a trained pilot. - And an engineer. Okay, well, right now we don't need more engineers. We didn't run out of televisio...

India a nation with strong Democracy. There has been a well-established democracy in India. This democracy is responsible for the happy and free-living of people in India. Now you people may get a doubt, what has happened to our democracy now. And what is the reason why I’m revolving around the term repeatedly? These would be answered automatically if you go through this article. One of the reasons why India fought for the freedom is to achieve democracy and to end bureaucracy. Before Independence India was run by bureaucrats. And the apex house sitting in Britain would make laws and rules based on the feedback and reports given by the bureaucrats administering India. Due to this Indians suffered a lot and there raised the zeal for self-rule. Moreover, the reports of bureaucrats would always be favoring the interests of Britain and they never bothered about the common people. So to represent the problems faced by the common man and also to solve them we adopted democra...

Proper management of water is important in every country and especially in populated countries like India. It is high time that we need to measure our water usage in our homes. Putting a SMART TAP at the water tank would be a necessity in the near future.  Imagine a digital and eco-friendly village. IOT ( internet of things ) is part of their daily life. And their smart tap is used to measure the water usage in the home. And it is connected to the IOT, continuously sends some data related to water flow and quality of water etc.. The smart tap also measures the water level based on the pressure at the tap. And gives you reminders about the water filling. The village officer can analyze the water usage of each house in that village and he can give some incentives/rewards to the less average water usage. In the other post , we have discussed the Aadhaar based dustbins, giving incentives to the villagers for cleanliness. The incentive-based schemes are not the first time to...

There is no less of innovation in the young minds of India. To encourage that innovation, AIM (Atal Innovation Mission) has been set up under the NITI Ayog wing. And Atal Tinkering Labs are spread across the country to enable the innovation in the students. After many rounds, top 30 Ideas have been listed here. Out of these 30 best ideas, a few caught my senses strongly. Recycling wastewater from automobile garages We often give a water service for our bike/car monthly or weekly. We tend to saw how our vehicle got a new look after servicing. But, the students of  "Jnana Prabodhini Navnagar Vidyala, Nigdi, Pune, Maharashtra" thought something else. They are interested in the wastewater which can be recycled. What an Idea sir ji! Smart Tap Just like how there is a measurement for electricity, mobile data that we are consuming, there will be a smart tap that measures water coming through that tap. The best part is that the tap also purifies the water. This idea came...

God - God Men ------ The title looks something odd. But there is a lot to think about it. Let me begin the article by putting some questions that are lingering in my mind for many years. Question: 1 Whether the existence of GOD has been discussed in Hinduism? If discussed, by whom it was done? And whether the discussion is carried forward in a sensible manner? Question :2 Whether the GOD mentioned in the age-old books of Hindus personified? Question :3 Is the essence of Hinduism wrongly propagated? If yes why? And by whom? If not, the reasons thereof for the present scenario. Question: 4 What does the entity God Men? And where does it come from? Question: 5 Is the varnas mentioned in the great books were correctly carried out and interpreted? “Ohh……! hey please stop it.” ------- you may exclaim in boredom and distress. Though these are irrelevant to present way of life, there may be some questions often attack our mind as I have experienced. Situations may ...

BSNL has started using their brains effectively and came up with the most competitive price ranges for various plans, in fact these plans are better than others. PV refers to Plan Voucher, this is applicable to both New and Old customers. STV refers to Special Tariff Voucher, and it is applicable to Old customers. Meaning, the customer has to be in any plan to recharge a STV.

Please visit nearest BSNL customer care office to verify your BSNL mobile number. Just in case it is far away from your location, follow this simple IVRS based mobile number linking procedure. Keep your Aadhaar Number ready with you. Dial 14 546 from your BSNL mobile number and select the preferred language (Hindi, English, or your regional language).  Now the automated call will ask you to input the 12-digit Aadhaar.   After entering, BSNL will verify the Aadhaar with UIDAI.  If your Aadhaar is already linked with a mobile number, then an OTP will be successfully sent to that number. If your Aadhaar number doesn’t have a mobile number linked to it, then the verification process doesn’t proceed as this method requires a verified Aadhaar number.  If you fall into the first category, keep your Aadhaar-linked number ready for the OTP and after receiving, enter the same OTP in the IVRS call to complete the procedure. Right after entering the OTP, you will ...

The main problems faced by the world today are terrorism, pollution, water scarcity, lack of nutritious food, shrinking mindset, lust for power and property, etc. As far as my intention is concern all the problems can only be addressed only if India is transformed based through realization of its culture. Fed up!! Ok, I'll not drag more than this. Let me make you clear why I'm always insisting on the cultural transformation right from my first post. The reason is very straight forward to judge any any nation its culture plays a prominent role. As said India has rich cultural heritage. I put forward a point which makes you understand the richness and strength of Indian culture. Some of the civilizations which were considered to be the greatest of all times like the Persian civilization the present day Iran became extinct just after a 12 years of foreign invasion. Mesopotamia and Babylon the present day Iraq lost its cultural heritage just after 17 years of for...

What is this issue, transforming-Hinduism bla bla bla. Is this thinking necessary for us in this age of globalisation. There are lot many people to think of this. My answer would be certainly not, we should not bother about this in this age of globalisation, I agree there are lot many intellectuals to think about this. But there is something to give a sight into. When I say " India before several mellinia ago also know the conditions prevailed when India is supreme, why is India supreme at that time, why it has loosen its supremacy. By knowing all these things in detail we can again enhance our skills and make India supreme again. By making India supreme we can achieve world peace and make our planet so called "vasudhika kutumbakam" which we studied but never experienced. Now let me dig through history of India, the true history but not the history which we studied through out text books. What I mean to say is that we should relearn all the history what we have learn...

NOTE : Post written by one of the employee on the eve of #WorldTelecomDay  BSNL is doing good in these days under the leadership of Sri Anupam Srivatsava. But the following few suggestions may improve the situation. 1. Mobile :  # 3GEverywhere Install 3G Node B's at every tower. And kindly don't go for 4G as we don't have much spectrum and hence we can't give pan-india services which will be a drawback. Instead, we can invest in 3G node Bs which will be meaningful for those who take STVs like 333/349 etc. What's the point of having daily 3GB limit, when  we are limited to Mandal level 3G coverage. We should penetrate to Rural areas too. That is possible by expanding our 3G services to villages. 2. Landline, Broadband and FTTH :  # MakeSimplePlans Just like our mobile plans designed for various needs ( 333 for truly data plan, 349 for unlimited voice calls) etc. It is time we should have a dashboard in our website which should be updated on daily basis...

"Ideology for transforming India" the title itself sounds something boring. What is this? Why to transform India? Is India not in a good condition now? If India is in good condition then why to transform it? The title itself is an amalgamation of n number of issues. So let us first understand the theme with some questions. Is this title transformation now necessary? If it is necessary why the intellectuals born in India haven't talked about this? Transformation in case of what, what should be transformed? Does Hinduism has any relation with this transformation? By including the word Hinduism in the title am I going communal? Answers for all the above questions will definitely make us think, and ultimately we would realise that India should be transformed and that transformation should be in the lines of Hinduism, because it doesn't benefit just India but the entire world. Stay tuned and subscribe for more articles related. And always, share you...

Yosemite is pristine, looks like it is untouched except for the roads. Find a rock for yourself to sit on and you will lose track of time looking into wilderness. As said by Einstein, look deep into nature and then you will understand everything. It can enlighten your soul. Like meditation, your thoughts walk into the greens and leave the weight in your brain somewhere deep in the woods here. Trekking in Yosemite in one experience that you keep telling to your friends for days. The tall oak and pine trees on either sides of the trail path are majestic and welcome you as if they love visitors. Not sure if the giant sequoias touch the clouds but they can definitely intimidate anybody with their size. There are many spots to visit in Yosemite National park, my personal favorite is Glacier Point. A view of Yosemite waterfalls from Glacier point is below. Trust me, this place is worth a visit. Why Yosemite? It's got dozens of incomparable  meadows  and more tha...

BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited), being the largest wired broadband provider in India has decided to set the post FUP speed to 1Mbps from crawling 512kbps. This is seriously awesome move from the ISP giant. This is applicable to all plans on PAN India basis. And it is effective from 1st August,2016. BSNL is slowly building attractive and cost effective communication eco-system for a common subscriber. It includes, fixed landline, wired broadband, mobile services, mobile data services, wifi-hotspots. Free night Calling from landline phone from night 9pm to morning 7am. You can call to any network, any state in India at free of cost which is well suited for the rural people who wants to communicate with their children working in other states. BSNL broadband offers many unlimited plans. All plans have 2Mbps as minimum speed till FUP limit. And 1Mbps speed after FUP limit. BSNL has a stunning mobile plan Amulya. Voice calls @1p/sec (Loca/STD and to any network) ...