Left – Right

Nature loves symmetry! Human body is symmetrical. The left and right halves of the human body are mirror images with respect to each other. Though the left and right parts look alike, their internal composition is not symmetrical. So the left and right parts have different roles to play.

So, it is up to us, to decide as to which part as to be used first. Left or right?

When I was young, my relatives would ask me to step out if the house by first using the LEFT leg, and then the right leg. It was very funny hearing them say that! What if I keep my right leg first? Why left leg first? I got the answer years later and I write a blog on that!

The scene of relative asking me to step out in that manner and me questioning that repeated in a new form. Binary search tree! For searching an element in a binary tree, check if the number is less than the root first. If yes, move to LEFT sub-tree, or else right sub-tree. Why should I check if the number is less than the root first and not the other way round, even though the probability is equal?? Same situation right?

The reason is here-

The human brain has two sides – LEFT brain and right brain. Though both are under one’s control, they perform different tasks.

The left brain uses logic, but right brain uses feeling. The left brain is detail oriented, whereas right brain is “big picture” oriented. Facts rule in the case of left, whereas it is the imagination for right. Left brain concentrates on words and languages, whereas right brain concentrates on symbols and images.

Left deals with science, whereas right deals with religion and philosophy. Left brain says “play safe” whereas right brain says “Take risks”

"Our personality can be thought of as a result of the degree to which these left and right brains interact, or, in some cases, do not interact. It is a simplification to identify "left brain" types who are very analytical and orderly. We likewise certainly know of the artistic, unpredictability and creativity of "right brain" types. But each of us draws upon specific sides of our brain for a variety of daily functions, depending on such things as our age, education and life experiences. The choices of which brain is in control of which situations is what forges our personalities and determines our character." (- Internet)

So if our tasks have to be accomplished successfully, it is recommended to use left leg first. And that is the very reason why soldiers march saying “LEFT RIGHT LEFT”

For passing an object from one person to another, RIGHT hand has to be used. But for donating objects, both the hands have to be used! These two statements can also be explained scientifically and is behind my scope of reasoning.

- ∫.∫rikrishnan

To love is nature !

It is natural for any human to evade from appreciating nature! Though at some point of time or the other, one will definitely do it! For some, it comes soon, but for many it only comes late.

What I want to stress here is, since everyone is a part of nature, everyone must also know to appreciate it. It costs nothing. We must learn to distinguish between the terms “Natural” and “Artificial”. When we have distinguished between the two, half the job is over! “Waterfalls” is natural whereas a Fountain is artificial [repeated line] Coconut water is natural, Pepsi is artificial, Moon is natural, Sputnik is artificial.

Also, any natural thing has got better advantages over Artificial or I could also say Artificial things are dangerous sometimes [depends]. Any natural process in this world takes place from a higher potential to a lower potential. And therefore all natural creations on this world take place in a smooth way. Nature does not allow any artificial events to happen just because it is nature.

And when humans try to do any artificial creations or any act against nature, they spend a lot of energy. Energy is required only because it is against nature. Like, planting a tree [without any energy] and cutting down a tree to pieces [with so much of energy]. For dropping an object you need not spend energy, but for lifting it you ought to! That’s the law of nature!

Nature turns things at higher potential to lower potential to maintain a balance, but foolish humans try to turn things upside down! There was recent news saying that the American Government has installed artificial waterfalls. It is installed in many rivers beds. What happens there is water is pumped from the river to a tank placed at great height! Great height! Great Height! Great height of foolishness! And then water is again made to fall from that height back to the same river. Though they need not spend energy for making water fall from that height, they need to spend power to make water go up! They spend a few Kilojoules energy each minute and when you convert that to dollars, it is a big sum!

Nature knows how to take care of us, provided we take care of it. We are supposed to enjoy nature and not disturb it! Some of the nature lovers articles reveal that they become calm and composed after having a look at a beautiful scenery. They say there is a drastic change in the human brain activities after it.

Some of the best scenes I witnessed and that I cannot forget -

i) View of icy mountains in Badrinath that changed its colour to gold because of the reflection of the sunlight

ii) View of Srirangam Rajagopuram from other end of Kaveri River, surrounded by many tall coconut trees, and birds flying high.

iii) View of the river Bhagirathi/Alakananda from the hills at a great height

Lord Krishna does not show any interest to things that are not in its usual form. He likes butter but not buttermilk! “Aaratha vennai vizhingi, Arigiruntha moraar kudam orutti mun kidantha thamathe!” It says, he consumes a lot of butter, wheras all the buttermilk pots are made to roll all over the floor!

Let’s salute nature. Let’s appreciate nature.

Please do send your comments!

- ∫.∫rikrishnan

Manishan ah ??? Machine ah???

A hectic week ! Compiling all the lab programs one by one. Sorting out all the runtime errors and logical errors in the program ! Finishing the formatting work ! Getting the output verfication from the respective lab incharge ! Compiling the program again in the laptop @ house ! Copying the output from the console to a word document ! Taking out the printouts ! Finishing the record work!

I can tolerate with all the above ! But I really got upset when my Laptop was protesting ! It refused to obey my commands! Really irritating ! Felt like giving a big bang on it ! But what to do ? All my work is dependent on this Laptop of mine. Have to take care of its health too. When my LT (Laptop) goes off, I also go off.

It appears so foolish to me when I take care of my LT so much and I do not even speak freely with my parents !

* When my mother was not feeling well, I did not have time to even go to the medical shop to buy her medicines (instead my father went) ! But when there was a virus attack, I had to immediately upgrade my Anti-Virus and battle against the virus !

* I have never invited my father or my mother to sleep in the AC room! But I had to place a chair for my LT inside the AC room so that it is under a cool environment ! (My LT gets hot so quickly)

* I have never asked a question "Have you taken your food ?" to my parents ! But every time I am with my LT, I keep monitioring the charge available with it and when /i have to charge it.

* I have not even bought any gift for my parents for any occasion ! On the other hand , I keep searching for new updates available on the NET frequently!

* I dont even see my parents' face as frequently as I see my LT's monitor. After all a thing invented by Man and still I am a slave to it ! Just seeing a few engineering materials in a assembled form ! And I have to pay heed to it ! Disgusted !

And with so much devotion to my LT, what all will I gain in return ?? All kinds of health problems ... and nothing else..

Hope the situation changes soon.....

- ∫.∫rikrishnan

Water Cycle - Teacher

“Aazhi Mazhai(K) Kannaa Onru Nee Kai Karavel

Aazhi Ul Pukku Mugandhu Kodu Aarthu Eri

Oozhi Mudhalvan Uruvam Pol Mey Karuththu(P)

Paazhii Am Tholudai(P) Parpanaaban Kaiyil

Aazhi Pol Minni Valamburi Pol Ninru Adhirndhu

Thaazhaadhe Saarnga Mudhaiththa Sara Mazhai Pol

Vaazha Ulaginil Peydhidaay Naangalum

Maargazhi Neeraada Magizhndhelor Empaavaai”

A beautiful Tamil poem that would describe Water Cycle! Read it once and I decided to write a blog on it immediately!
Let me translate the Tamil poem line by line! It should be very interesting!

Aazhi Mazhai(K) Kannaa Onru Nee Kai Karavel
“Aazhi Mazhai(K) Kannaa” refers to the rain God!. “Onru Nee Kai Karavel” – Do not miss out anything! It means “You should make sure without exception that the entire land gets a good uniform rainfall regularly!” [Such is the noble soul of the poet]
Aazhi Ul Pukku Mugandhu Kodu Aarthu Eri
“Aazhi” stands for Sea. So the line means “Enter the sea and take lots of water” [Evaporation]
Oozhi Mudhalvan Uruvam Pol Mey Karuththu(P)
This refers to the cloud formation! The poet describes how dark the clouds should be – “Oozhi Mudhalvan Uruvam”. It refers to Lord Krishna who has a very dark skin. So the poet wants the clouds to become as dark as Lord Krishna! “Oozhi Mudhalvan means the sole savior and the material and instrumental cause of this universe! [Cloud Formation]
Paazhii Am Tholudai(P) Parpanaaban Kaiyil
The above line describes how strong the shoulders of “Oozhi Muthalvan” are. “Am Thol” means beautiful skinned shoulders! [To be read along with the next line as something special exist in his hands]
Aazhi Pol Minni, Valamburi Pol Ninru Adhirndhu
The next is the symptoms of rain. “Aazhi Pol Minni” – Here “Aazhi” refers to the discus that Lord Krishna has in his right hand. Here the poet requests the God of Rain to shine like the discus in Lord Krishna’s hands. [Lightening] Then, “Valamburi Pol Ninru Adhirndhu” – Valamburi is the conch that Lord Krishna has in his other hand. Here, she requests for the clouds to reverberate. [Thunder]
The poem is “Aazhi Pol Minni [lightening], Valamburi Pol Ninru Adhirndhu”[thunder] and not the other way round! It is because of the fact that light travels faster than sound! [light – 3 x 10^8 m/s, sound – 330 m/s]
Thaazhaadhe Saarnga Mudhaiththa Sara Mazhai Pol
Obviously, the next process is the rain! Saarngam is the bow that Lord has! And the poet wants rain down like the arrows shot from His bow! [Raining]
Vaazha Ulaginil Peydhidaay Naangalum
The poet also clarifies clearly that there should be heavy rain, but that should not cause floods. “Vaazha Ulaginil Peydhidaay” – Rain should satisfy all the people’s need.
Maargazhi Neeraada Magizhndhelor Empaavaai
Continuing from the last line, only after the world is happy (Vaazha Ulaginil Peydhidaay) the poet wants to enjoy! [Naangalum Marargazhi Neerada Magizhnthu] and the poet enjoys the bath in the river. Therefore, the complete water cycle is narrated in just 8 lines!
Very interesting poem right? And to all your surprises, this poem was composed by a 5 year old girl of 6th century! Just imagine what a 5 year old would say today, when asked about Water Cycle! The reply would be – OUT OF SYLLABUS! By this, I am only trying to justify the poet’s extreme intelligence and love for this planet!
The letter "zha" is specific only to Tamil. No other languages has that! The poet has used "zha" 12 times in the above poem! This also shows how good the poet was!
The above explanation does not covey the inner meanings of the poem! The inner meanings of the poem are as follows:
A guru or a teacher or an Acharyan is the one who is full of knowledge. He is the one who performs the ordained duties without fail and sheds tears of joy. Just like how a cloud takes away pure water from the salty waters of the ocean and showers it as cool potable water, an Acharyan preaches all good deeds to his students [Sishyas]. Similar to how the clouds tend to move with breeze and cause rains at different places, so does an acharyan move from place to place and cause rain of wisdom and truths. Just like a water bearing cloud, an Acharya is one who gives knowledge but does not expect anything in return. Thus, more than the water cycle explanation, the above explanation is given more credits!
Hope it was interesting. Please send your comments….
- ∫.∫rikrishnan

What God expects………….!

A new post after two weeks! I was thinking deeply as to what my next post should be on. But nothing reached my mind.

Always the following holds good – when you decide to plan something at the moment, it is just not possible to make out. So what is to be done is, stop thinking about it and feel free. A bell may ring at any point of time when you are relaxed, and then you may implement your idea! And that’s how I decided to write a blog on this topic! – “What God expects”

And let me also explain why I chose this particular topic or what made me to choose this topic.

As I was getting bored during my 35 km long and tiresome bus journey from my college campus to my place, I had no other go but to watch the outside world out through the window.

And when the bus was just crossing Padur, [near Kelambakkam], my eyes chose something different to look at. And that was the sight of a few people engaged in a social practice. “TOTALLY DIFFERENT” I would say! And that was going on my mind till I realized that, my stop was not too far away and it was time for me get down! And when I was taking the road from my stop to my house, I decided to write a blog!

A blog, on the incident that really made me think as to why those people where indulging in such activities! Activities that they claim would fulfill their master’s [GOD] wishes!

And I tell you, it is just not possible to narrate what they were doing, but all that I can do is to show you a picture which is similar to that. And here it is:

That sight really brought mixed thoughts into my mind. And I really could not bear, seeing them “hurting themselves”, in the name of religion and in the name of God.

But am sure that people reading this blog of mine are likely to think that I am an Atheist! NO!!! Let me clarify that here. I do believe in God! And I also feel proud for the same because one who believes in God also loves Science. After all science is just a tool used to explain the term “GOD”!

All that I can say about that is that they [the villagers] did not find time to realize that God does not expect all that from his devotees! Causing trouble to oneself will definitely not please God. And such activities and practices will only lead to their hospitalization! And God is also not cruel to impose such rules for His devotees to follow!

All that he expects from us is to be a sincere devotee and only that! There are so many ways by which we may “IMPRESS” Him. We may feed the poor, we may contribute money to charitable trusts, and we may respect our elders and follow their footsteps. According to Vedas, a man has to spend at least 1/16^th of his income for charity. And so God is really impressed when we follow all these. So what is the need of punishing ourselves?

Having created this wonderful world, He knows all the difficulties that each person faces. This is evident from the following incident [in Mahabharatha] i.e. Vidhurar was so happy to see Lord Krishna in his house. He almost forgot everything around him. Firstly, he took a deep glance at Lord Krishna, starting from His feet, the two holy feet which takes care of all the suffering of human beings.

And then he decided to serve Lord Krishna with whatever that was available with him. But he had only bananas! And so he offered bananas to him. Vidhurar was asked by Him as to what he would request to Him after serving him with bananas, and the reply from his side was “to eat some more!” And that is what I would call devotion! And Vidhurar having lost his mind completely was giving the fruits’ skin, instead of the fruit, and Lord Krishna was extremely happy to take them too!

God knows who his true devotees are! It is said that when you become his true devotee, he becomes your devotee!

So, I appeal to all viewers to refrain from such activities. Instead we can work on things such as helping the poor, supporting a poor child’s education etc. Lets be His devotees! Let’s praise His creation! Let’s appreciate nature and worship him! After all, that’s all he expects!

- ∫.∫rikrishnan

What Nano Technology taught me……………!

This is my first ever post in these ‘blogs’. So I am not a professional or an expert in writing blogs.…Why I say that at first is, you can just close this window if you feel that this useless fellow has no other job than writing some ‘idiotic’ and ‘senseless’ blogs or in short a ‘mokkai’... J So I warn friends! Please do close this window if you feel so!

So that’s the introduction, as to what I am gonna discuss here. But I repeat! Please do close this window if you feel so, right now. And I also do not want you to say “I have really wasted time reading your blog!”. But please note that I am not going to discuss the engineering part of it.. So then it must be interesting only…:P

Fine… So that’s ok… I can get into my topic now… So the topic says ‘What nano technology taught me’. So then it’s my duty to first define what nano technology is… The term ‘nano technology’ is a little abrupt term. Why I call that abrupt is, the words do not convey the full meaning, as any teacher would expect precise answer from students.

The word is just like the word ‘Oorugai’. Does the word ‘Oorugai’ convey full meaning to you? No right??.. Because, is it “Oorina Kai” or “Oorugindra Kai’ or “Oorapogum Kai”. Similarly, the word Nano technology can be taken in these ways – Is it the technology of making products of nano scale??? Then how are we going to handle such small particles… So the catch is we are gng to produce items with nano particles to make the product with better properties and features.

So that’s the definition part of it. And its study is important because many natural forms are only in nano scale... What about the human cells…. They are in nano scale and its malfunctioning can lead to various diseases.

The concept of nano technology is also well discussed in Indian literature part… especially in Tamil…i.e. “Kanninun Siruthambinal kattunnappanniya perumayan” Lord Krishna was tied to a pillar by Yasoda. He increased his belly size and all ropes got detached. Thus Yasoda was highly troubled and she wanted to cry in front of Krishna so that he could understand her plight. After having seen that, Krishna allowed himself to get tied, but to a special rope which is “Kanninun Siruthambu” i.e. a very small rope with very little knots. So that’s just to tell how Krishna was tied to a nano rope… Interesting right?? Am happy J

All that’s okay.. But the topic is “What nano technology taught me” And I have not touched even a bit on that! Having said all this, I must quickly come to the point… The above paragraphs s just like adding water for preparation of noodles….Yet to use masala to make it tastier… So ill start….

As said earlier, nano particles, are particles of the nano scale, used to prepare products of great properties and characteristics.…. Thus, the nano particles are of such small sizes and can perform wonders! Yes!!!!! WONDERS!! They can turn ‘colourless’ objects into colourfull substances! They can covert fuel to a poison, render an inedible substance edible, replace a pungent odour with a fragnant one and so on…. Such small particles having great consequences!! And I want you to realize that, and appreciate all that is said above! I mean about nano particles and not my words! After all...they are ordinary words and my words are not energetic and sufficient enough to completely appreciate them! So assume that I have not even shown you a drop from the ocean! The rest is up to you to imagine…..

All right…. So then, what was taught to me by Nano technology???? -And another point here… All poets personify various things to show their skill in writing poems….But now that I have said “What nano technology has taught me”, does it mean I am giving it human qualities, and I am making it speak and teach me??? So does it mean I am a good poet?? No way!!! So then, I should have put the title as “What I learnt from Nano technology” right…? Thought about that for a while and again changed the title back. Why??? Because of the occurrence of the letter “I” in that. Never should one think “I did it, it was all possible because of me etc…” They are dangerous statements capable of pushing one to the most pathetic position that the person would have not even imagined. So the moral here is that it was not me who learnt from Nano technology, but the other way round….

The first thing I was told was, “Never think things that are small are ineffective” I have seen people in ma life who are extremely intelligent and loaded with stuffs to the maximum possible extent and are short”. Here the adjective ‘short’ is just one among the adjectives used. The shortness is definitely not a cause for concern.

“Moorthy sirusa ka irunthalum Keerthy Perusu” goes a tamil saying! Meaning, the moorthy is small i.e. the figure being talked about and keerthy refers to the knowledge. Just appreciate the saying as to how it supports the very concept of Nano Technology! J And that’s why I really respect tamilians. Their various sayings have a brilliant scientific background! Another example is the saying “Pon kidaithalum, Bhutan Kidaikkathu!”. “Pon” is gold! Gold was a rarity in those days! And that’s why they lead a happy life! They were never greedy of money and gold… But time has changed and now we see lots of ‘greedy’ people shopping in “Thanga Maligai” under the false belief that buying gold on “Akshay Trithya” day, will result in down pouring of gold coins from the ceiling! Never shall it happen! The least thing that can happen is the complete failure of foundation and collapse of ceiling! There were great mahans who led a peaceful life without a penny in their hand! Continuing with the explanation for the saying, we are left with the other part – “Bhutan Kidaikkathu”. “Bhutan” here does not refer to Wednesday! It refers to the planet “Mercury”. So the complete essence of the saying is that “It is even possible to get gold, but not mercury!” I am fond of this particular saying as it establishes the fact that it is impossible to spot Mercury, the planet with naked Eyes!” Tamilians had discovered this particular fact long back even before NASA scientists could do! This accounts for their immense knowledge in Astro-physics!

The second thing is “Uyarvu enbathu manathil iruppathu, Udalil iruppathalla!” Meaning, we need to be a taller person, not wrt to height, but wrt our qualities! A tall person with no good qualities is just like an animal that knows nothing! You can call a person tall if he is bestowed with all good qualities!

So that’s it with this particular blog! I shall definitely try to make a better one next time! Please feed in your comments…….!

- ∫.∫rikrishnan