Lysistrata - for Mullaperiyar .

We are represented by twenty members in Parliament. It seems their voice is  not heard aloud till the recent tremors occurred in Idukki .To my first time readers (hope there will be ) am targeting your attention to a state dispitute about a dam named Mullaperiar in the Kerala –Tamilnadu border. The dam was made of stone and calcium oxide mixed with white of egg. The dam constructed in 1886 was given for lease to the Madras state for 999 years (Remember Dam 999).The diverted water is used for agriculture in the Theni, Madurai District, Sivaganga District and Ramanathapuram districts of Tamil Nadu. Recent earth quakes has create concerns over the safety of the dam and the Kerala govermnet  plans to construct  a new dam which is not agreeable for the Tamilnadu. A dam disaster will affect 3.5 million people and we always lack behind in preparing for a disaster and post disaster treatments.

The introduction is over. Lets come to the point for what we can do for the dam .

Aristophanes a greek play write wrote Lysistrata ,its an anti war comedy about an one woman plight to end the The Peloponnesian War.  In modern era the Lysistrata mode of strike has been successful or had played an important role in  the following situations

•  Belgium -  2010 Belgian government formation crisis
• Colombia -   Achieve a cease fire with Colombian guerrilla
• Kenya - aimed at politicians , also encouraged president and primeminster wife to join
• Philippines - fightinbg between villages
• Liberia - helps in ending 14 year civil war.  

If it can end fourteen year civil war in Liberia and a cease fire between Colombian guerrillas , sure it can solve our issue also.

Till now  I didnt reveal what is the strategy that was behind the  revolution. Its nothing but a non violent strike method 'Sex Strike ' , a form of temporary sexual abstinence .

Hope this is a good hint to make them argue strongly for the new Mullaperiyar dam.

image courtesy : theater.uah.edu
other details : wikipedia

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A Tribute to Dennis Ritchie

It was in year 2001 after joining  for B.Sc. Computer Science  I was  hearing about C .Our first semester  subjects include C++. But I had no idea what C++ was. One thing I came to know from my class mate was  that it evolved from C . At the time when I was joining for the degree , I hadn't even  done a single line of code or familiar with a computer . My friends had started showing me programs that generate graphic lines and their names rotating along with them while I watched with dropping jaws .The teacher started the first week class with writing

#include<stdio.h>
and
#include<conio.h>  ,

 she didn’t even bother about telling as what the stuff was . I by hearted the program codes for  printing numbers and text  reverse , Fibonacci series (was complicated ) and finding the largest of three numbers . The first semester result came with 29 point someone (influenced by Five point someone) marks for me in   C ++ which required 35 to pass. We had C in the second semester and I had to write a supplementary exam along with that . C and C++ made a better combination. I had heard many time my friends  that they are crabbed with this language and blaming its founder . Oh it has a founder , so I came in search for that person and  found it was Dennis Ritchie  . The C programming Language was also a rare piece  in our library .

Days and Years passed and everything changed,me too became a Software developer from a country boy who had seen a computer  for the first time when he was  at eighteen. Iconic products iPod , iPhone and iPad evolved , Steve Jobs became famous (inspiring , motivating ) more or equal to the company Apple , Facebook out smarted Orkut  , Twitter came out with 140 character micro blogging  and a lot more….  .

Steve Jobs passed away on October 5 , 2011 and there was a lot of mourning (iMourning) . Google posted a link on their home page that takes you to Apple site , a rare instance .Its first time Google is showing such a tribute to a rival company founder or for first time a link wass appearing on their home page.

Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie passed away on October 12, 2011 and I felt it like it was unnoticed. When Jobs passed away magazines, media ,everyone had something to say about Steve. May be the younger generation don’t know even who Ritchie  was , because he hadn’t developed something that is physical and may be not an industrialist  , but he had contributed even more to the computing industry  . 

The two things that change the industry are the first of its kind portable programming language , the C.

The Apple’s Objective C is a sister of Rictchie’s C just alike Stroustrup C ++  which is object oriented .Even C sharp (C#)of Microsoft is  another  casting of C . My favorite java has syntax similar to C.

The second contribution is the development of UNIX operating system where Linux Trovalds get inspired to create LINUX .

So Ritchie was a master contributor to the computing industry  with lot a lot more  .

I bow on this moment  .

#include<stdio.h>


main()
{
    printf("May your soul rest in peace !!!");
   
}



image courtesy : www.wired.com

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Gold causes cancer*





The shocking international news which was kept hidden for the past seven years has been  leaked. Yes it’s true that the findings of Dr.Noeman  Eil Ekaf PhD. a professor ,researcher  and Head of Department of HAlfLife , Wonder Lae Institute of Radio Activity,Wonderla, Utopia  got leaked by some whistle blowing websites. The authorities has kept this secret due to the pressure from IMF , World Bank and from head of different  nations. 

Since after this
shocking discovery Prof.Noeman  has been missing and even after seven years, there is  evidence about his where outs. There is a rumor that  has been either killed or taken hostage by an agency formed by the union of different countries. His findings has greatermonetary  impact on the world economy. Coming to his findings he has discovered that Gold  with symbol Au and atomic number 93 is radioactive. The findings will ground the conventional statement that Gold is not radioactive. This pronouncement  occured when he was  studying about the radio activity of Gold. One day his advanced Geiger-Müller counter which  is used to detect radio activity by detecting the emission of Alpha , Beta and Gamma rays  showed variations when gold was exposed.

Please forward this mail to our brothers and sisters who are so fond of Gold. Let them know the hazard of wearing it and save them from Cancer .

When the gold price was sky rocketing I thought of writing  the above stuff and start  forwarding it. I have written a post regarding why Gold is so precious in  September 2009.
Later I abandoned the plan , thinking that gold is not precious ,its just like any other  metal  similar  to Aluminum but yellowish in color. What make it precious is human   physiology , our mind. From war medals to Olympic medals we love gold .

Imagine a time where El Niñov and La Niña make things worse for you to live in this  world.The agriculture cannot meet the necessities of the world, its has fallen far behind  in feeding billions of humans .Green revolutions can’t fails with unfavorable climate  .What will the government do with the tones of gold piles it kept as reserves ?Starvation,  famine, floods everywhere, you have gold but you don’t have food to buy. The state of Midas
who want to turn everything to gold on his touch of finger, at last can’t even eat anything because everything he touches turn to Gold

Joke Point : If gold causes cancer, buy gold in demat form (Gold ETF)

[There is a lot more to write about Gold, the love of Indians to gold , especially  Keralites, the concerns of parents with girl Child (Gold and Dowry) which I will post in later point of time  ]





* I have written this post based on pure imagination and all the names used here are fictional,  The writer will not be responsible for any of the  impact caused by  spreading  this post via any electronic or other means.


Image courtesy : http://www.vaibhavlakshmiexport.com/gold-necklace-sets.htm

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Karimeen (pearlspot) - A story of how my friend surprised me

This time it’s also something about marriage… .  Some  weeks back  I had some thoughts in my mind about how to surprise my friends by introducing my  fiancée  to my friends .  Don’t misunderstand me it’s just part of my thoughts and is not getting married in near term. She’s not working in my company and taking my friends outside will be difficult.

So I made a plan, visitors are allowed up to our cafeteria so I will ask Diya (again fictional name… it’s difficult to write without a name :-)) to come as a visitor and wait in the cafeteria . It’s usually at 10.30 in the morning  me  and my friends join for a coffee .  So at the middle of the coffee I will just break the news that I am getting engaged and she works in one of the India’s largest conglomerates. Surely they will be asking for a photo,

“Why photo if you can meet…..”  ”Hi … meet Diya my ….”.

 My friends will be surprised and will congratulate me for my radiant idea. 

This is  all part of the story and now I will explain what happened in real.

Last Friday  I was going back home along with Abru and Mohan in Mohan’s car .Abru is getting married in coming August and he said he will give us a treat . So we decided to have our dinner from Travancore Palace Hotel in Cherthalai .    The palace hotel  looks like a real palace and we all loved the ambience especially Abru .On the whole  atmosphere  was very calm inside with  pleasant Kadhakali songs (padangal )  from speakers somewhere hidden Inside  aroused  the feeling  of  Kadakali  from  some temple nearby . The hotel had almost every thing except the king to canon it .  The antics were kept nicely  and I cant even name some of them .  In   the backyard  we can see Arayum nirayum with two brass elephants guarding it . (I will try to upload the photos if possible) .

We ordered  Duck roast , Karimeen * fry , Fish curry (Varal ) and Chappatis . Abru was comfortable with Keral Parathas .  The food was superb and yummy. Abru finished the food a little bit ahead of us and was busy with his phone sending text messages.  Oh I forgot we also ordered   Prawns fry . (again yummy……….)  . The same day after noon I had asked Abru for his fiancée   pics which he had promised me to send the previous day “hm…. I will send it toady itself ”He replied . As me and Mohan were enjoying the prawns  Abru was talking to a girl and her family which I thought were his relatives. I cleared the possibility that it may not be his would-be because she’s from some distant place and I continued enjoying the Karimean *.   All of a sudden Abru came and introduced her

“Da .. u asked about the pics in the afternoon right ..What about meeting her in real….”
“This is the girl…”

I was confused  for a moment whether  to  spew or swallow the Karimeen *.

* Karimeen - a tropical fresh water fish found in backwaters of Kerala

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A question of GOD

When I was on my way back to working place via bus I noticed an old lady nearing her seventies  advising a young guy , the guy simply nodded his head as if understanding every thing. She was dressed in a white saree and she wore a badge.

The guy got down in the next stop and I sat beside her. At first she looked at me and patted in my hand asking me where I was going .I told I have miles to go (before I sleep) . She wanted to know the exact place and I told her. I have seen older ladies near my home who had joined Shivite cult which is located in Mount Abu. She started asking me questions 

"Son You know who GOD is "

I answered "The one who is present everywhere, Omnipresent "

"Its wrong..." "How can u say that hes present every where , then why are u going to temple "

I told her "To make your mind calm..u will be much disturbed in ur house or workplace ..children , television..etc..so " .

"Hmm.. we can stop about temple subject here , I don't need to argue with u ".

I told here for me 

"If your are feeling so hungry and food arrives in front of you , that food is ur GOD "  .

"Hm.... ok u have more knowledge than me "

"No no " i said "You have more years of world experience than me"

"I need to get down at the next stop...Its nice to talk such subject and time wont be enough for such,,,Ccan u share your phone number .."

"But I hesitated to share it..."I told her "We will meet again"

She replied "Yes , Surely God will !!!!"

image courtesy : http://sweetblossom2011.blogspot.com/2011/06/god.html

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