Archive for October 2014

Tuesday 28 October 2014
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Avoiding Loneliness & Experiencing Solitude




One of the problems I found strange and usual around me is the main reason for this blog. I have never ever witnessed a world that stood silent around me. But my friends say, they had.
It was the first year in college hostel I heard the word Loneliness from a musical album singing 

' I'm so lonely broken angel......... '. Then I asked my friend what is loneliness. He replied that it is the feeling of being alone. How can I accept such a foolishness? No one can never be left alone because creating friends is so simple. Then I asked him the next question. " Have you ever experienced loneliness ? ''

A story about his childhood where he got worst experiences was the reply. He said he was experiencing loneliness since childhood. I tried to understand but can't even picture such a situation of being alone in the world.
                               
The reason for loneliness can be

* rejection from loved ones
* incidents against expectation
* break-ups and problems
* workload

One of my elite classmates, 'Hari krishnan' was a chatting maniac usually chat with a hundreds of friends daily. But once he started saying 'I feel so lonely.' Even though he had a hundred friends to speak daily and yet he feels lonely.
Joseph F Newton explains the reason '' People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.''

A social networking chat box is a crystal wall which restricts emotions to pass through, just transfers copy of texts.

Loneliness is dangerous because it can direct us towards serious mental problems like depression, loss of interest in everything, sometimes suicidal tendency. I have failed many times, again and again, frustrated,but I never felt lonely. There were a lot of people to hear me every time I needed.

In the second year ,he started a Facebook page named ' I hate loneliness but it loves me more '. He added me as the admin of that page and from that I found there are hundred of requests coming to join that group. Probably girls send requests only because of its particular name.
The main reason for loneliness these days among youth is the influence of social networking. The wall created using the chat boxes. One believe the other can understand me and the other believes back. Actually none understands other. So it leaves you back in pain forwarding to loneliness.

''Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone''.
                     Paul Tillich

Solitude is a joke if told among normal youth. Nobody likes being alone that much. Everyone needs someone to share everything. Albert Einstein says, 'Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature'.

I like to be alone, like to travel alone, like to walk alone, like to enjoy rain alone, like to have a coffee alone, like to work alone, and so on. But usually friends will not leave me alone and they find it strange among the society to enjoy alone. Anthony Burgess says ' To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world.'

I like arguing just for nothing or to make myself understand I can win at any case. I used to argue with friends that the reason for divorces in love married couples is the over understanding which results in judgmental behavior between themselves. In my opinion a relationship exists if one protect the space of  other. If there is no space, there will not be nothing special about someone and it gets boring in the long run starting with problems without any logical reasons and finally to divorce. Every relation sustains if there something is unknown in the other side. That unknown fact of other side make us stay curious about the part and continues interesting.

Albert Einstein quotes, ' The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind '. A serious work or a creative work is done from someone's solitude. One is able of anything and feels totally confident while enjoying solitude. It is such a special feeling I experience while being alone in the rain, screaming and laughing loud. Even the atmosphere before rain and the walk after rain provides me that  special effect of solitude.

Getting out of the feeling of loneliness can me made possible by exploring new. Get out of what you are doing. Make new friends. Go for a walk. Spend time with your family. Make yourself engaged. Let that recreate yourself from a lonely you.

Experiencing the special effect and happiness of solitude is something different. It is possible through meditation. Practice running. Follow the beat of your footsteps. Do some work that is creative. Give some time to think. If you are a chatting addict, stop interacting through internet and mobile phones. Stop hearing music and concentrate on yourself while cleaning room, washing clothes and cooking food. You better experience the wonderful feeling of solitude if you want to.

Sunday 19 October 2014
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Deepavali

India is all about its cultures, a 10000 years tradition, and its ancient scientific technologies. If someone likes visiting India, then they should experience the colours of festivals. The festivals and celebrations of India is better and wonderful than any other celebrations worldwide. Something interesting about this thing is that the Indians of different culture and religion celebrates every festival together in unity. Deepavali is the festival of lights.

The day is also known as Kartik poonam or Karthik Purnima and Tripurari Poornima Dev Diwali is observed on the full moon day in the month of Kartik in traditional Hindu calendar and is a major event in Gujarat and other parts of North India. Tulsi Puja or Tulsi Vivah is a major event on Dev Diwali day for some communities.
There are a lot of mythical explanations for the reason in celebrating diwali. Some of them are
* It is said that God descends from heaven to bathe in the Ganga.
* It is also believed that Lord Vishnu returned to Vaikunta, his abode on this day after the Vamana incarnation and visiting King Bali.
* Another legend has it that Lord Shiva killed the three demons, who were killing the Devas and humans, and destroyed the three cities built by them on this day.
* On Kartik poornima is also the birthday of Matsya, god Vishnu's fish-incarnation (Avatar).
* On It is also the birthday of Vrinda, the personification of the Tulsi plant. This day is also observed as Tulsi Vivah by some communities.
* It is also the birthday of Kartikeya, the god of war and son of Shiva.
* This day also is considered dear to Radha, the lover of Krishna - Vishnu's incarnation. It isbelieved that Krishna and Radha danced rasa and Krishna worshipped Radha on this day.
* This day is also dedicated to the pitras, dead ancestors.
* Another major event on is the taking of holy dip in holy rivers live Ganga, which his popularly known as Kartik Snan.
* Kapal Mochan Mela is observed in North India with much gusto.
* Pushkar Mela is also celebrated in Pushkar town of Rajasthan on Dev Diwali day.
* Mahabharata also has a reference to Dev-Deepavali.
                            Whatever be the myths and stories the celebration looks forward about the success of light over darkness, good over bad. It passes the message of greatness, and purity of light throughout the people celebrates. Let the world directs towards the right path with the help of light we provide.
With Gleam of Diyas, And the Echo of the Chants, May Happiness and Contentment Fill Your life ! Wishing you a very happy and prosperous Diwali !!!




Thursday 16 October 2014
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In Search of God

We will be having a hundred of questions related to god asked every time. What is god ? Who is god ? Whether god really exist ? What are the powers of god ? Whether god made everything we see ? Will he punish us if we do bad things ? How he look like ? etc.
In childhood god is what my parents show me to follow and to praise for his help in situations. Jesus is my god, he is my lord, my way and my life. I have grown with the church and its premises hearing bible stories, finding its moral and trying to live accordingly. When I came 15 my way of thinking changed into such a way that of the world with common issues, problems, etc. So my god concept changed ; god is what we can't calculate with human intelligence. Something which we are unknown about and something undefined within our limits. So again mindsets started rolling and changed the angle of looking at situations. God concept seriously considered as a matter of discussion and we fought between religions and caste.
From the origin of history humans learned to praise  everything they fear such as sun, moon, thunder, sea, rain, animals, finally human kings. As in a small process they all converted to gods in with mighty stories. Tribal groups made rituals which continued generations and finally became traditions. A story for a good reason and a story for better life got invented. Ordinary fights and incidents converted to mighty stories or myths while time periods of generations overruled. Whatever be the cause everything pointed towards something that can help humans live long with unity and peace until the end. They were teaching what good means; The way to live life better; The key for maintaining human life on earth; What truth refers to. Etc.
In the pre-degree classroom, a usual English period was going on with sleeping last benches, listening front benches and gaming in-betweens. Fr. Jimmy was a funny, intellectual lecturer whom usually takes classes using interesting debates, stories, discussions etc. That day his question for debate was about god. '' whether god exists ?''  Whoever says god exists can leave their points against the priest lecturer. We were actually stunned with his question. ' How can he ask such a question ? '
Everyone was explaining the miracles happened worldwide. But he defeated every argument simply with a coincidence theory. Finally we the true believers failed after the war with words.
This incident make me think more and more about the subject.
After a month I was watching an old Malayalam hit film 'Aaramthampuran' starring 'Mohanlal' in the lead role. There a dialogue which wasn't much noticed gave me some more with the stuff. '' karmamanu daivam, karmamanu vishwasam karmam thanne anu aaradhanayum'' (means the actions we do is god, action is the belief and action itself is the praise.) These words part of bhagvathgeetha a mythical text of ancient India which is the bible of Hinduism. It gave me some more ideas that separated me slightly from my belief on Jesus. Again thoughts disturbed me with the question ' then for what the religion is for ? '.
Some more days passed leaving my mind in another confusion. One day one of my friends were talking about the need of confidence in life for achieving greatness. He said life depend only on confidence and nothing else. Whatever a confident man dreams he achieves. Then why religions are for ? Again that left me in confusion.
What make me confident about something ? My dad, my family, my acquired characters and talents, more than any thing the religious theories and god. I finalised god provides confidence, more and better than anything. Do good because god will surely reward me for that, fear to act bad because he will surely punish me one day. So base of my confidence is god which drives me good. Soon the something flashed saying god is good itself. The way of life for living happy. God is the reason for maintaining human life on earth. The reason for unity, forgiveness, and sympathy. If there were no god then the desire of humans will have killed themselves.
After finding this answer that God is good, I sat so happy near our church varandha. There at the holy mass the priest was praising the lord loud. '' Oh my God ; My Lord, you are the way, the truth, and the life. Without your grace we can't enter the gates of heaven. Lead us our god ....'' That day I carefully attended the Holy Mass. 'There Jesus gave his flesh and blood to humans; they ate his flesh and blood and became part of him. And then the priest said finally, ''For all who ate his flesh and blood will be allowed to heaven, and let them live peacefully till death. Amen...''
Jesus is my God. God is Good. If God is Good then what he have done is giving his good to others so that others can be good and can live long. The one who eat his flesh and blood is suppose to see himself and his neighbour as god itself. Then life will be happy like never before. If you can see god in others, you will be praised to God and success will comes behind. Its not a joke, there are examples; Rajanikanth in kollywood and Sachin Thendulkar in Indian cricket.
Searching for good is the next task, let me try to explain it in my next blog.

Tuesday 7 October 2014
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Cutting the sitting branch

Hi engineers,
The human culture starts with the invention of machines. Starting from simple machines to most modern hi-tech machines are invented for making human life much and more easier. We created each and every machines for helping us in performing different tasks easy with increased speed and accuracy. We dreamt of an effortless future generation with every facilities available at their hand-away distance. We invented electricity, facilitated infrastructure of buildings, super computers, high-speed bullet trains, hi-tech vehicles, communication channels, robots and much more. But recently we calculated the fact of reality about future. We made everything for the future generations ignoring side effects of the technology we mastered. Finally reality about the future revealed that if we can't control the technology we mastered then there will not be a future generation to make use of what we provide. The world of humans is going to end because of the technology we invented.
Global warming caused due to the excess carbon dioxide exhibited from vehicles, industrial hot air released from chimneys, hot water spillways etc. are the major threat of mankind. Because of global warming earth poles started to melt which results in such big floods that can cover the whole land. Pollution is an agent of murder in which we programmed for murdering ourselves. Even mobile phones is the major reason for the extinction of honeybees. Signals that cut their path back to home. Over exploration of both human and natural resources lead to the scarcity of wanted minerals and petroleum.
So we are going to run out of fuel within no time. We can't ignore and avoid the technical intervention of gadgets we use. We can't even think about such a situation. Here comes the importance of nature friendly technologies. The anti-dot for the agent we programmed. We are able engineers who can even protect our world from this dreadful situation of survival dilemma. Or else it is our duty to save the world, using technology for recreating a peaceful atmosphere which can make us live long. The available methods getting widespread these days are usage of solar panels and waste management. The saga of solar cell technology is getting widespread these years. We can protect nature making the habit of genuine behaviour include recycling and reusing the products that can be used a few times so that the waste produced from them does not deplete the environment.
Waste management is an essential need which have available techniques used for the solid waste management. Some of them are

Aerobic granulation
Air purge system
Crankcase ventilation system
Cyclonic separation
Electrical resistance heating remediation
Electrostatic precipitator
Emission test cycle
Facultative lagoon
Flue-gas desulfurizationn
Green Bridge (filtration system)
Hydrodynamic separator
Hyperaccum ulators table
Onboard refueling vapor recovery

Here in this situation of distress importance of a society which unites and leads the go green motto is essential. The Jackfruit Society is all about protecting the world from this major threat of modernisation. Our world is going to become the best platform for the life to live in. We will be soon developing nature friendly technologies which are able to protect us from the deadly reply of nature for polluting it. What I wanted to remained is that we should not wait for the situation to suppress us with another disaster. We should manage to protect ourselves from whatever the threats aiming at us.
We as the engineers of this era should dedicate themselves in working with the technology that are able to protect ourselves from pollutions and disasters. We should dedicate our knowledge, time and work for the betterment of coming generations and mother earth. Lets make the coming generations praise us for protecting them from all harm.