tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90435295410909547902024-02-22T21:41:52.942+05:30Sandeep ParkhiSandeephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07020879857928676150noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043529541090954790.post-90431419570880063772021-05-16T15:28:00.018+05:302021-05-16T16:16:55.340+05:30𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒏 की 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅?<p style="text-align: justify;">*𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒏 की 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅?* </p><p style="text-align: justify;">आजकालचा हा एक हॉट टॉपिक आहे डिस्कशनचा. आता त्यात स्पुटनिकपण आलंय.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">अनेक जण आज डॉक्टर झाल्यासारखे त्या विषयावर रिसर्च करताहेत आणि आपले फाइंडींग्ज व्हॉट्सॲप यूनिवर्सिटी मध्ये शेअर करताहेत. आणि या सगळ्यासाठी मुख्य कल्प्रीट आहेत मीडियावाले, जे काहीतरी अर्धवट माहिती ट्विस्ट करून, मसाला लाऊन आणि न्यूज बनवून पब्लिश करतात. त्यासाठीच हा लेखन प्रपंच.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Vau_kRpKbSyO0wvjiB5UDlMTYJL9-qIkJ-rYRWr0e9m-gzPxXL0llKowa2Se5CDjfms6YHsHSqiAjcBssPz4eLr49UXnbuh8gYbNm3l55OWkKDSVZ8oRpCExx_2oLWbL2bRqI5dllZPv/s620/vaccine.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="464" data-original-width="620" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Vau_kRpKbSyO0wvjiB5UDlMTYJL9-qIkJ-rYRWr0e9m-gzPxXL0llKowa2Se5CDjfms6YHsHSqiAjcBssPz4eLr49UXnbuh8gYbNm3l55OWkKDSVZ8oRpCExx_2oLWbL2bRqI5dllZPv/w200-h149/vaccine.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">आम्ही नुकतंच रिलायन्स मध्ये व्हॅक्सिन घेतलं. त्यानंतर तीन प्रकारच्या प्रतिक्रिया आल्या. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">एक - काहींना मनापासून छान वाटलं.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">दोन - काहींना वाईट पण वाटलं की यांना सहजपणे मिळालं, आपल्याला त्रास होतोय आणि रिलायन्स काहीतरी अनैतिक करते आहे. त्यांना समजवावं लागलं की रिलायन्स आज देशासाठी अनेक गोष्टी करते आहे. आज देशाच्या रोजच्या ऑक्सिजनच्या मागणीपैकी ११ टक्के गरज रिलायन्स पूर्ण करते आहे. ते पण फ्री ऑफ कॉस्ट. मुंबईत आठशे सुसज्ज बेड्स रिलायन्सने गंभीर रुग्णांसाठी निःशुल्क उपलब्ध करून दिले आहेत. हे सर्व अनेक महिन्यांपासून सुरू आहे. लावा पर डे बेड प्रमाणे हिशोब. इतरही अनेक गोष्टी केलेल्या आहेत, ज्या इथे लिहिणे म्हणजे मूळ पोस्टचा विषय दूर राहील. अनेक लोकं असे आहेत की रिलायन्सनी काहीही केलं तरी नावंच ठेवतात. त्यांनी हा विचार करावा की या लढ्यात अनेक मल्टीनॅशनल कंपन्यांचं कुठे नावही का नाही? तेच लोकं टाटांनी केलेल्या प्रत्येक गोष्टीची तारीफच करतात. आता असं झालंय की टाटा म्हणजे देशभक्त आणि रिलायन्स म्हणजे पैसे ओरबाडणारे. असं वाटणार्यांनी इतिहासात काही दशके मागे जाऊन पहावे. तेव्हा टाटा, बिर्ला यांना भांडवलदार आणि देशाचा पैसा ओरबाडून काढणारे म्हणुनच पाहिलं जात होतं. टाटा एअरलाईन्सची एअर इंडिया का झाली हे पण तपासा. असो. तर इतकं सगळं देशासाठी करणारी रिलायन्स आपल्या एम्प्लॉईजला व्हॅक्सिन पण देणार नाही का? ते पण सरकारनी फेज ३ मध्ये खाजगी कंपन्यांना प्रोक्युअरमेंटसाठी परवानगी दिली असताना?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">तीन - काहींनी यातच समाधान मानलं की चला, यांना कमीतकमी 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒏 तरी नाही मिळालं, जे आपण शोधतोय.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">रिलायन्समध्ये सहजपणे 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 मिळत असतानाही आम्हाला 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒏 च हवं म्हणुन व्हॅक्सिन न घेणारे एम्प्लॉईज पण आहेतच.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">जेव्हा सरकारने या दोन्ही व्हॅक्सिन्सला परवानगी दिली तेव्हा 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒏 कोणी घेत नव्हतं. आजही नागपूरात 2nd डोस साठी 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒏 जे फक्त GMC ला मिळतात आहेत, ते 1st फेज मध्ये डॉक्टर लोकांसाठी आलेल्या लॉट मधले आहेत, जे उरले होते कारण त्यांनी तेव्हा 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 प्रेफर केलं होतं. नंतर अचानक मीडिया मध्ये बातमी आली की 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒏 नवीन स्ट्रेन आणि डबल म्यूटेटेड व्हायरसवरसुद्धा काम करतं. एक भारतीय म्हणुन मला या गोष्टीचा आनंदच आहे. पण त्या मीडिया रिपोर्ट्स मध्ये हे कुठेही दिलेलं नाही की त्यावर 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 काम करत नाही.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">अनेक डॉक्टर्स जे माझ्या संपर्कात आहेत ते सर्व हेच सांगताहेत की तुम्ही 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 की 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒏 या भानगडीत पडू नका. जे मिळतंय ते ताबडतोब घ्या. फायजर, मॉडर्ना, स्पुटनिक किंवा जगातलं कोणतंही व्हॅक्सिन तुम्हाला १०० टक्के संरक्षण देत नाही, देणार नाही. सर्वच एक्सपर्ट्स हेच सांगताहेत की व्हॅक्सिन घेऊनही तुम्हाला कोरोना होऊ शकतो. मात्र व्हॅक्सिन घेतल्यावर त्याची तीव्रता निश्चित कमी होते, आणि शक्यतोवर तुम्हाला अॅडमिट व्हायची गरज पडणार नाही. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">तर मित्रांनो, आज वेळ अशी आहे, की जे मिळत असेल ते व्हॅक्सिन घ्या, पण शक्य तितक्या लवकर घ्या. जास्त चांगलं व्हॅक्सिन घेण्यासाठी वाट पाहण्याच्या फायद्यांपेक्षा, हवं ते व्हॅक्सिन मिळवण्याच्या चक्कर मध्ये उशीर करण्याचे धोके कित्येक पटीने जास्त आहेत.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">पुन्हा सांगतोय की 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 मुळे ब्लड क्लॉटिंग होतं वगैरे भानगडीत पडून डॉक्टर बनू नका. त्या केसेस अतिशय नगण्य आहेत. ICMR आणि सरकारवर विश्वास ठेवा. तसं काही असतं तर परवानगीच दिली नसती, किंवा दिल्यावर वापस घेतली असती. आणि अशा केसेस व्हॅक्सिन न घेता सुद्धा आढळतात. तितकी रिस्क प्रत्येक व्हॅक्सिन, किंवा प्रत्येक औषधातसुद्धा असते. यूरोप मधल्या काही छोट्या देशांमध्ये काही केसेस आढळल्या आहेत. तरीही इंग्लंड मध्ये मोठ्या प्रमाणात ही ऑक्सफर्डची लस दिल्या गेली आहे आणि आज इंग्लंड बर्यापैकी कोरोना मुक्त आहे. बाकी व्हॅक्सिन घेतल्यानंतरचे ताप, डोकेदुखी, अंग दुखणे वगैरे हलकेफुलके साईड इफेक्ट्स दोन्ही व्हॅक्सिन्स मध्ये आहेत, आणि ते असायला सुद्धा हवेत. ते आहेत याचा अर्थ तुमच्या शरीरात प्रतिकारशक्ती निर्माण होतेय. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">असंही नाहीये की कोरोनावर हे पहिलं आणि शेवटचं व्हॅक्सिन आहे जे तुम्हाला घ्यायचं आहे. या सर्वच व्हॅक्सिन्सला जगातल्या सार्याच देशांनी फक्त Emergency approval दिलेलं आहे. पुढे जसाजसा अजून रिसर्च होईल तसेतसे व्हॅक्सिन्स येत जातील आणि आपल्याला घ्यावे लागतील. स्वाइन फ्लू येऊन एक दशक झालं. अजुनही त्याचं व्हॅक्सिन दरवर्षी वेगळं घ्यावं लागतं, कारण विषाणू स्वतःला बदलत जातात. कम्प्युटर व्हायरस साठी अॅण्टी व्हायरस जशा व्हायरस डेफिनेशन्स अपडेट करतो तसाच प्रकार आहे हा.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">आणि एक विचार करा आणि प्रामाणिकपणे उत्तर द्या. आपण आपल्या मुलांना अनेक प्रकारचे व्हॅक्सिन्स दिलेले आहेत. आपण कधीतरी त्यात डोकं लावलं आहे का? कोणत्या रोगावर, कोणत्या प्रकारचं, कोणत्या ब्रँडचं व्हॅक्सिन द्यायचं आणि त्याचे किती डोस द्यायचे, हे सर्व आपले डॉक्टर ठरवतात. मग आता का इतका विचार करायचा?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">त्यामुळे एव्हढीच कळकळीची विनंती आहे की जास्त डोकं लावत बसू नका. जे व्हॅक्सिन लवकरात लवकर मिळेल ते घ्या.</p>Sandeephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07020879857928676150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043529541090954790.post-35576979555907622322021-05-01T16:14:00.121+05:302021-05-04T23:58:34.351+05:30Send WhatsApp Message without Saving a number in Contacts' List<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfQsu4BVarN6cVvL3V4uPQh5MvMtIiwP7MIzvdEQcdX6lsTXCjkYXbZ5MEsXjHsJVQThBROc6LGTuQWyrhoZxBPnhhp8v8Gic59a7lLO1WPRaJCAGG6uvg_0lb1wXchAFTbAK_HndTW5y/s686/whatsapp.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="686" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfQsu4BVarN6cVvL3V4uPQh5MvMtIiwP7MIzvdEQcdX6lsTXCjkYXbZ5MEsXjHsJVQThBROc6LGTuQWyrhoZxBPnhhp8v8Gic59a7lLO1WPRaJCAGG6uvg_0lb1wXchAFTbAK_HndTW5y/w200-h150/whatsapp.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">We often get into a situation, when some unknown person asks us to send a message on WhatsApp. It may be a plumber or an electrician or a delivery boy or someone else of this kind. We don't interact with these persons often and hence we don't need to have their mobile numbers saved in our contacts list. But they ask us to send our address or anyone's contact number or our current location, or UPI payment screenshot on their WhatsApp number. For doing this, most of us first save their mobile number in our Phonebook and then go to WhatsApp to send the required details. While this also an acceptable way, the flipside of this is that we expose our DP, last seen time and personal pictures in WhatsApp statuses to an unknown person. While this may also be prevented by adjusting certain privacy settings, most of us don't do that. We don't even bother to block them from our WhatsApp, after our task is finished. This exposes us to a risk of privacy breach.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">There is a better way to do all this, without saving their number in our Contacts list. And it's pretty simple! Also, it's a facility officially given by WhatsApp. So there is no 3rd party app involved here. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">All you have to do is to open your mobile browser like Chrome. In the address bar, type the URL as under:</p><p style="text-align: center;">wa.me/91XXXXXXXXXX</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here 91 is the country code of India. You may change it based on the recipient's ISD code. <b>Please do not add "+" before the country code.</b> After the country code, XXXXXXXXX is the mobile number of the intended recipient. You may copy this number in someone has sent it to you on WhatsApp or email. Just make sure that you copy only the 10 digit mobile number (for India), without any space in between. Once this is typed, press enter. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgVAvLo0l75DSfxQF9ErRX3aXYNc2SQf76QcWNcdlQFtZcIfSYBRWZgXL0d2OtKKphBH34yRzo1vyrcbBY5Vb4Lu3kVHUfocplwOf-VKR-a30XTXrYCQBWXG5l3mhxCTdiCaziNBHk5Jf/s1275/WA+Unknown+Number.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjgVAvLo0l75DSfxQF9ErRX3aXYNc2SQf76QcWNcdlQFtZcIfSYBRWZgXL0d2OtKKphBH34yRzo1vyrcbBY5Vb4Lu3kVHUfocplwOf-VKR-a30XTXrYCQBWXG5l3mhxCTdiCaziNBHk5Jf/w169-h200/WA+Unknown+Number.jpg" width="169" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">It would redirect to a screen as shown in this screenshot. Just click on "Continue to Chat" and it would open in your WhatsApp. You may continue from here on, with your normal chat with that person. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">As I have said earlier, it's a facility officially given by WhatsApp. In the redirected URL (which you can see in this screenshot also), the domain name is whatsapp.com only. So it's perfectly safe!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Enjoy!!!</p>Sandeephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07020879857928676150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043529541090954790.post-35743523427943962272021-04-04T16:46:00.013+05:302021-05-01T16:54:05.735+05:30How to Download WhatsApp Status Videos?<div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHUuUGbQHlK_phSdYX5RXcPGXkYkNfNYF4uLXSb6bwNQny0Yo7F_bw966rjE4zn9nEFDUb24yZEQUV40zB4J3nuPXATiyjnFvsGUmKEXJ6LzBOHmsc7q8JiTMqFowC3NrkREcYtxPBvsf/s686/whatsapp.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="686" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHUuUGbQHlK_phSdYX5RXcPGXkYkNfNYF4uLXSb6bwNQny0Yo7F_bw966rjE4zn9nEFDUb24yZEQUV40zB4J3nuPXATiyjnFvsGUmKEXJ6LzBOHmsc7q8JiTMqFowC3NrkREcYtxPBvsf/w200-h150/whatsapp.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;">WhatsApp Status is one of the most popular ways of sharing the content with others nowadays. One of the main reasons why it got popular is that the Status Messages are auto-deleted within 24 hours and they are not visible in others' Photos or Gallery App. So people think that it is more safe to share the content through WhatsApp Status, privacy wise. Same is the case with Instagram Stories, Instagram Posts, Reels, facebook videos etc. People think that privacy settings would prevent others from downloading the content. This is not the case in any form of digital media. If one is able to see it, then definitely one is able to save it. It's as simple as that. While I would be sharing the ways and means to save the content from other apps like Instagram and facebook later, the purpose of this post is to pass on the knowledge on how to save/download the WhatsApp Status messages and videos from others. And this workaround is only for Android, not for iOS. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While I very rarely set the videos clips as my WhatsApp Status, whenever I do, I invariably get a few messages from my friends to share the videos with them separately. I am sure all of us would be getting such requests. Whenever I get such requests, at times, I do honour the requests manually. At times, I tell them that they can save on their own. But rather than doing this frequently, I thought I should write an article on this topic so that this would act as a reference for others. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While this workaround works for Photos as well as Videos, most of the queries I get are for sending the videos only, since photos can be saved by taking the screenshot. But once you know this workaround, taking the screenshots and cropping those won't be necessary. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So let's start on what the workaround is. In fact instead of one, I would be sharing two workarounds. First one is a bit difficult to use, but more reliable and doesn't need any 3rd party app. Second one is very easy, but needs a 3rd party app (which anyway, most of us already use) and may not work after version upgrades. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>1st workaround (without 3rd party app) </b></span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sharing the step by step process as under:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">All the smartphones already have one "File Manager" type of App. If not, then you may download "Files by Google" from <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.nbu.files&hl=en_IN&gl=US" target="_blank">here</a>. Steps that follow and the screenshots are from this "Files by Google" app only.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Click on the three lines </span>☰ <span style="font-family: verdana;">at the left hand top.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Click on Settings.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Enable "Show Hidden Files" as shown in this image. <u>This is just a one time activity. </u></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span> </span><span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwEPPGjDNLA6_s5Xx-mmyYUtmaWMBUfEC3FEqulMR9Ts9S17USC8bV5VBoNyBwUr69iFyAcjJcEOTZQTG6xUDoAAgSEoFM-ynnko8UJQmQGR3etYA7hzSsM5DlQYqrLsn8ahoBNfOrNTi/s1280/WhatsApp+Image+2021-04-04+at+15.16.31.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="812" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwEPPGjDNLA6_s5Xx-mmyYUtmaWMBUfEC3FEqulMR9Ts9S17USC8bV5VBoNyBwUr69iFyAcjJcEOTZQTG6xUDoAAgSEoFM-ynnko8UJQmQGR3etYA7hzSsM5DlQYqrLsn8ahoBNfOrNTi/w254-h400/WhatsApp+Image+2021-04-04+at+15.16.31.jpeg" width="254" /></a></div><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Go back to the Homepage of Files App</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Click on "Browse" button at the bottom centre of your screen. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Scroll down to the bottom and click on "Internal Storage"</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Depending on your WhatsApp version, lookout for one of the two paths below:</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">WhatsApp >> Media >> .Statuses</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Android >> Media >> com.whatsapp >> WhatsApp >> Media >> .Statuses </span></li></ul><li>In both these options, last folder is ".Statuses". This dot at the start of folder name hides this folder from your File Manager App in case "Show Hidden Files" option is not enabled, as mentioned above. </li><li>In case you are finding it difficult to locate this path after clicking on browse button as mentioned a few steps above, then you may click on three dots at the top right and use sort option to sort on folder name.</li><li>You may open and share the content from this folder, as you want. But WhatsApp auto deletes everything in this ".Statuses" folder after 24 hours. So in case you need to save something, you need to cut any photo or video from this folder and paste the same in a different folder. And you are done. 👍</li></ul><div><br /></div><div>Path mentioned above may change a little depending on WhatsApp's version upgrades, but logic would by and large remain the same. The 1st path mentioned above is working for the currently updated WhatsApp's stable version 2.21.6.17. But I am a Beta tester for WhatsApp, and my WhatsApp version as on today is 2.21.7.12 and I am required to use the second path mentioned above. In my opinion, once Beta version gets graduated to a stable version, 2nd path would only be relevant for all the users. </div><div><br /></div><div><h3 style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2nd workaround (using 3rd party app)</span></h3></div></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There are a lot of 3rd part apps, but I would recommend using MX Player. This app a lot of us already use for watching videos and streaming some MX Player OTT content like Marathi webseries "Samantar" and "Aani Kaay Hava" etc.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Open MX Player</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Click on <span style="font-family: verdana;">three lines </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">☰</span> at the left hand top to open it's menu</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">There you would see the option "WhatsApp Status Saver"</span></li></ul><div><span> </span><span> </span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLtao1ryAEHBducEog74gBjWUzjtTjr-XfdgXf7rbc4dhjWU2nqb65p7tKdh1MfXlea08ICdrN0X9ZZ7AK-qIhjdP69aNNG3SuFKi-DwvWS-_CnFssCYob7mqdukA386g4WzORqC1kECF/s1055/MX1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="479" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLtao1ryAEHBducEog74gBjWUzjtTjr-XfdgXf7rbc4dhjWU2nqb65p7tKdh1MfXlea08ICdrN0X9ZZ7AK-qIhjdP69aNNG3SuFKi-DwvWS-_CnFssCYob7mqdukA386g4WzORqC1kECF/w181-h400/MX1.jpeg" width="181" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">In this folder, you would see Recent and Saved tabs at the top. In the "Recent" tab, WhatsApp status which are still within 24 hours window would be visible. You may open and use the share option to share the same further on any app like WhatsApp, facebook, twitter etc. But even after you share, this would vanish from this folder after 24 hours. In case you need this saved even after 24 hours, there is an option to Save those. Whatever you have saved would be visible in "Saved" tab at the top and the content in this tab would be there ev</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">en after 24 hours.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"> And you are done. 👍</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This workaround depends on the path that WhatsApp uses. As I have said before, the beta version of WhatsApp has changed the path to store status messages. So my MX player is not showing any Status Messages. I have already raised a ticket with MX Support Team. 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आजपर्यंत मला काही लोक असे भेटले आहेत जे बोलतांना नकळतपणे एखाद्या अक्षराला दुसऱ्या अक्षरानी Replace करतात आणि त्यामुळे कधीकधी शब्दाचा अर्थसुद्धा बदलतो. त्या काहींमध्ये आधी आमचा मोठा मुलगा अर्जुन पण होता. त्याबद्दल नंतर सांगतो. </div>
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आज ऑफिसमध्ये एका मिटिंग मध्ये एक माणूस "बॅग" ऐवजी "बॅफ" म्हणाला. मला आधी तो शब्दच कळला नाही. पण नंतर अजून एक दोनदा त्यांनी "ग" ऐवजी "फ" म्हटलं तेव्हा उलगडा झाला आणि अर्जुन आठवला. अजून एक व्यक्ती माझ्या चांगल्या ओळखीची होती जी "क" ऐवजी "त" म्हणायची. "ऐसा कर" ऐवजी "ऐसा तर" असं म्हणायची. अर्जुन लहान होता म्हणून गम्मत वाटायची पण मोठेपणी कोणी असं बोललं की प्रत्येकाला हसू लपवावं लागतं. खरं म्हणजे हसू येणं चूक आहे पण स्वाभाविक सुद्धा आहे. असं बोलण्याला तोतरं बोलणं (stammering) पण म्हणू शकत नाही कारण ते बाकी स्पष्ट बोलतात. </div>
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अर्जुनला सुद्धा अशीच सवय होती लहान असतांना. तो दोन वर्षाचा झाल्यापासून पूर्ण बोलू लागला होता. गोष्टीच्या गोष्टी सांगायचा. पण जिथे "क" येईल तिथे "च" म्हणायचा. म्हणजे "कोकिळा" ऐवजी "चोचीळा", "कचोरी" ऐवजी "चचोरी". त्याचं बोलणं समजून घ्यायचं असेल तर तो काय बोलतोय ते ऐकायचं, मनात "CTRL+H" कमांड द्यायची, "Find what" मध्ये "च " लिहायचं आणि "Replace with" मध्ये "क" लिहायचं इतकं परफेक्ट असायचं त्याचं ते रिप्लेसमेंट. असं जवळजवळ तीन वर्ष म्हणजे तो पाच वर्षाचा होईपर्यंत चाललं. लहान होता म्हणून गंमत वाटायची पण मोठेपणी असाच बोलेल का ही धास्ती सुद्धा होतीच मनात कुठेतरी. आम्ही त्याला अनेक वेळा शिकवायचा प्रयत्न केला पण पालथ्या घड्यावर पाणी. त्याला सुद्धा तो असा बोलतोय हे कळायचं पण तरी बोलतांना तसंच बोलल्या जायचं. कारण "क" कसं बोलावं ते त्याला कळत नव्हतं. </div>
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हा प्रॉब्लेम अचानक अगदी काही मिनिटात कायमचा सॉल्व्ह झाला. </div>
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एके दिवशी रात्री आम्ही मस्ती करत होतो. अर्जुन नेहमीप्रमाणे "च" म्हणाला. कशी कोणास ठाऊक पण मला लहानपणी व्याकरणात शिकलेली वर्णमाला आठवली आणि कं<span style="text-align: center;"></span>ठ्य, तालव्य, मूर्धन्य, दंत्य, ओष्ठय वर्ण आठवले. "क" हा कंठ्य वर्ण आहे आणि "च" हा तालव्य वर्ण आहे हे आठवलं. म्हणजे "क" म्हणताना जिभेचा वापर न करता ध्वनी कंठातून येतो म्हणून तो कंठ्य वर्ण आणि "च" म्हणतांना जीभ वर टाळूला लागते म्हणून तो तालव्य वर्ण. हे जसं लक्षात आलं तसं अर्जुनला "क" म्हणायला लावलं आणि सांगितलं की "क" म्हणतांना जीभ अजिबात हलवू नको. त्यानी एक दोनदा प्रयत्न केला आणि त्याच्या लगेच लक्षात आलं की "क" म्हणतांना काय करावं लागतं आणि "क" चा ध्वनी कसा निघतो. त्या दिवशी नंतर हा प्रॉब्लेम त्याला कधीच आला नाही. </div>
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हे सांगण्याचा उद्देश हा की मराठी, संस्कृत वगैरे भाषांचं व्याकरण किती शास्त्रोक्त आहे हे कळावं आणि अजून कोणाला याचा उपयोग व्हावा.</div>
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मराठी वर्णमालेत व्यंजनांमधल्या वर्णांची वर्गवारी खालील प्रमाणे आहे. </div>
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<b>क ख ग घ ङ - कंठ्य</b> म्हणजे कंठातून ध्वनी निघतो</div>
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<b>च छ ज झ ञ - तालव्य</b> म्हणजे जीभ टाळूला लागते (यातला ञ म्हणजे Tra -त्र नव्हे. त्याचा उच्चार यं सारखा आहे)</div>
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(असा मी असामी मध्ये पु.लं. नी "आवली सरोज खरे" म्हणून ओष्ठ्य वर्णांवरून आणि लिपस्टिक वरून विनोद केला आहे)</div>
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हसण्यापेक्षा हे व्याकरणाचं शास्त्र समजून घेऊन कोणासाठी ह्याचा उपयोग करता आला तर करावा ही प्रामाणिक सदिच्छा. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">आज सकाळी तीन छोटे मुलं आमच्या गच्चीकडे बघत समोरच्या रस्त्यावर उभे होते. गरीबच होते. मी दिसताच एक धिटाईने पुढे आला आणि म्हणाला "काकाजी (म्हणजे मी 😁) गच्चीवर पतंग आहे. घेऊ द्या ना जी". दोन मजले चढून गच्चीवरून पतंग आणून देणं थोडं जिवावरच आलं होतं. मी त्यांना नाही म्हटलं. अर्जुन घरी नसुन पण त्याला सांगितलं की माझा मुलगा गच्चीत आहे आणि पतंग तोच घेईल. तरी तो पुन्हा म्हणाला "द्या ना जी". मी नेहमी प्रमाणे थोडं हाडहूड करून त्यांना पळवुन लावलं. तरी ते मुलं पाच मिनिटे रस्त्यावरच घुटमळत होते. त्यांची ती अजीजी अस्वस्थ करणारी होती. गच्चीवर जाऊन पतंग खाली घेऊन आलो आणि बाहेर जाऊन त्यांना आवाज दिला. मग तिघांचं आपसात "मला द्या, मला द्या" सुरू झालं. त्यांना म्हटलं की ज्यानी मागितली होती त्यालाच मिळेल. त्याला पतंग दिली आणि घरी आलो. अर्ध्या तासानी पाहतो तर तीच एक पतंग हातात धरून ते समोरच्या मैदानात फिरत होते. "उडवत का नाहीये रे" विचारलं तर म्हणाले की मांजा नाही आहे. एखादी पतंग ढील वर कटून आली तर उडवू.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">मी घरी नेहमी मुलांना म्हणत असतो की तुमच्या साठी सर्व मजा पण विकत घ्यावी लागते. फुकटातली किंवा स्वस्तातली मजा कशी असते ते तुम्हाला माहितीच नाही. मला एकदम वाटलं ही स्वस्तातली मजा पण हे मुलं घेऊ शकत नाही आहेत. कदाचित ही गोष्ट आपल्यासाठी स्वस्त आहे पण त्यांचे आईवडील त्यांना नसतील घेऊन देऊ शकत. त्या बिचाऱ्यांसाठी ही गोष्ट पण महाग असेल. मी एकटाच जवळच्या पतंगीच्या दुकानात गेलो. पाच पतंगी, एक चक्री आणि एक मोठं साध्या सद्दीचं (सद्दी म्हणजे साधा पण पक्का दोरा, मांजा नव्हे) बंडल हे सर्व मिळून दीडशे रुपयात घेऊन आलो. वापस येई पर्यंत त्याचे दोन मित्र कंटाळून घरी गेले होते. हा पोरगा तोच ज्यानी आधी मला पतंग मागितली होती. त्याला पाच पतंगी आणि सद्दीचं बंडल दिलं. 'सोहम' सोबत त्याचा फोटो काढला. मनातून खूष होता पण संकोचामुळे थोडा अवघडल्या सारखा झाला होता. त्याला म्हटलं की घरून दोन मित्रांना पण घेऊन ये आणि सगळे मिळून पतंग उडवा. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This document is in Marathi showing the details of expenses incurred on Wednesday, 13th October 1971, on account of Diwali and shopping was done from Itwari Market, Nagpur. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This person seems to have taken Rs. 94 as festival advance from his office and has incurred expenses of Rs. 43.11 on 13.10.1971 and after shopping, he/she has taken Rs.50.81 back at home. In the end, he/she seems to be upset since there is a major (yes indeed!!!) difference of 8 paise (Rs. 0.08) in the whole calculation. It's a fun to the see the prices of various goods in 1971. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Since this document is in Marathi, I have translated the calculation part into English which is as under:</span></div>
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Festival Advance Received<o:p></o:p></div>
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₹ 94.00<o:p></o:p></div>
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Groundnut Oil 2 Kg.<o:p></o:p></div>
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₹ 9.00<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dalda Vanaspati Ghee 500
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₹ 3.00<o:p></o:p></div>
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Whole Wheat 15 Kg.<o:p></o:p></div>
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₹ 14.50<o:p></o:p></div>
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Chana Daal 1 Kg.<o:p></o:p></div>
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₹ 1.25<o:p></o:p></div>
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Toor Daal 1 Kg.<o:p></o:p></div>
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₹ 1.95<o:p></o:p></div>
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Poha 500 gms.<o:p></o:p></div>
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₹ 0.90<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sugar 2 Kg.<o:p></o:p></div>
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₹ 4.20<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rice 2 Kg.<o:p></o:p></div>
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₹ 2.75<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hamam Soap<o:p></o:p></div>
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₹ 0.75<o:p></o:p></div>
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Agarbatti Packet<o:p></o:p></div>
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₹ 0.31<o:p></o:p></div>
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Rava 1 Kg.<o:p></o:p></div>
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₹ 1.25<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dried Shredded Coconut
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₹ 1.00<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cloves and Cardamom<o:p></o:p></div>
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₹ 0.50<o:p></o:p></div>
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Potato 500 gms.<o:p></o:p></div>
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₹ 0.30<o:p></o:p></div>
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Misc. eatables for Kids (<span lang="HI" style="font-family: "mangal" , serif;">खाऊ)</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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₹ 50.89<o:p></o:p></div>
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₹ 50.81<o:p></o:p></div>
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₹ 0.08<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After having a look at these price levels, we come to know how valuable these coins must have been at that time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Having said this, I don't want to comment on whether the cost of living was very cheap at that point of time, since it has to be looked in connection with the level of earnings at that time. This person has taken Festival Advance of Rs. 94 which logically must be the Salary in Advance before Diwali. So the salary of this person must be in between Rs. 100 to Rs. 125 or so. And he has spent Rs. 43 on groceries which is almost 35% of the salary (assuming it to be Rs. 125). If we compare this to the level of earnings and prices today, I think in percentage, it must have come down drastically. People say that things like Radio, Bicycles, Fans etc. were so cheap in those days. But at the same time, it's a fact that hardly anybody was able to afford those goods.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Equally it is true that even after dramatic increase in spending power, people have forgotten the happiness in these small things. I still remember the day when we got a refrigerator at home, the day when we bought a 2-in-1 cassette player with radio (AM & SW frequency only, no FM) and the day when our BSNL (DoT in those days) landline got installed at our home. Till late 80's, I remember when somebody gave us whole Re.1 (अख्खा १ रुपया ), we used to be so happy since a lot of chocolates with assortment used to come by spending Re. 1. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I keep on telling my 6 year old son that these guys nowadays have to buy all the happiness and they won't ever would be able to understand the fun that we used to have in those days, which used to come free of cost. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sleeping on the terrace at night during summer looking at the stars, waking up at midnight sometimes due to a slight drizzle, enjoying the Ice Cream from the hawkers in those special glass cups, people coming out for having a chat with neighbours in case of power failures at night, entire neighbourhood gathering at someone's place to watch a TV, watching 4 movies in a row when VCR is rented for 12 hours, using neighbour's drawing room to accommodate marriage guests, watching election coverage on Doordarshan only for the movies shown for those 2-3 days of counting, news breaks when tough cricket match is on the climax, TVs being arranged in marriage halls on Sundays so that guests should be able to watch Ramayan / Mahabharat (else the attendance used to be poor) are only some of the things which give me the nostalgic feeling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Nobody was ashamed to ask a cup of milk or a bowl of sugar when unexpected guests dropped in, since on some day or the other, everybody had to ask the help from each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All these things are impossible to be understood by the younger generation. But they are not at fault in this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Times have Changed!!!! People have Changed!!!</span></div>
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Sandeephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07020879857928676150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043529541090954790.post-77025195331293117422015-07-24T20:07:00.000+05:302015-07-25T17:17:38.665+05:30Are we becoming dumb with digital revolution?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last week my 5 and 1/2 year old son, Arjun, got a fracture in his right hand while playing at his School. Such a lovely kid he is, that he didn't even cry and did his classwork in the school on that day. Since there was hardly any swelling and he wasn't crying as well, his School teachers didn't think it was a fracture. And they were not at fault. Since even after he got home, we also didn't think it was a fracture and applied ointment after telephonically consulting his doctor. Next day morning, when he still wasn't allowing us to touch his hand, we took him to our family doctor. He also didn't think that it was a fracture since Arjun was pretty comfortable otherwise. Still the doctor asked us to confirm by taking X-Ray and then we found that it was a fracture. He took him to an Orthopedic Doctor and Arjun got a plaster on his hand for three weeks. He was advised not to go to School as well since there was a chance that other children unknowingly may hurt his hand again. All of a sudden, Arjun's routine changed and this playfully talkative child had to undergo through a temporary phase of partial restrictions on activities. However, Arjun isn't even complaining that he could not play outside or couldn't attend RSS Shakha and is getting bored etc. He is supporting us wonderfully well that way. And his non stop talking continues. He is also trying to be self dependent as far as possible. He is trying to put his plastered hand in the pouch (purchased after we clicked the picture below) himself, after waking up in the morning. He is eating with a spoon in his left hand. He is fastening his shoe bands with one hand. See his cheerful picture below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now coming to the point on what bothers me the most. Even though the fact that Arjun's hand got fractured was known to most of the close aids, people try to show the superficial concern by posting "Get well soon Arjun" on WhatsApp. Let me be very clear on this. <b>I absolutely don't have any sort of expectation that people should show the sympathy towards Arjun, or should call him showing the concern etc</b>. <b>Neither does Arjun expects that. He is enjoying this phase as well.</b> What I feel disgusting is that people's apathy and lack of warmth in relationship gets exposed because of all this. They know that this kid is not on WhatsApp. So is there any point in posting get well soon messages there? The only intention of posting these messages is to <b>officially register</b> the concern, even though it is superficial. I don't like this mentality of wearing masks in close relations, which is very prevalent these days in the society. We should remain just like what we are and should never try to portray us as being something different. If I am not concerned with somebody, I should simply stay away from him/her rather than pretending that I am very much concerned. But if I am genuinely concerned with someone, it should definitely be whole hearted. If someone else, who I feel is close to me, chooses to stay away from me, even though I would feel sad, still it would be acceptable since that would be his/her choice, as long as there is no effort of hiding the real face </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">behind</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> the</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> artificial mask. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So if someone is genuinely concerned with Arjun, he should have simply called him and this talkative child would have excitedly told you the stories on how he got injured, how did he attend the school that day, what did he say to the doctor etc...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Same thing goes with wishing someone else. They are not "Warm Wishes" anymore. They are just full of some beautiful WhatsApp smileys. Just to complete the formality, post a Birthday/Anniversary wish and move on to post some jokes or philosophy of life. People keep on pouring the wishes, without bothering even to think that the person to whom we are wishing is not on WhatsApp. Day in and day out I see this on WhatsApp. Husband is on WhatsApp while his wife is not. Still people wish on her birthday in WhatsApp groups. And husband has to keep on posting "Thank You" replies. Kids like Arjun also get the birthday wishes on WhatsApp even though they are not there. One of my childhood friends is not on WhatsApp. But he got wishes on WhatsApp group of our common friends. I simply don't understand what we want to show by doing this. If the Birthday is of someone else, are we wishing each other on the group in his absence? These days, we hardly remember anybody's birthday. Facebook tells us whose birthday is today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am a techie by nature, and absolutely not against the technology. I definitely understand that earlier postcards were the only means of communication. As the technology has evolved, only the means of communication are changing and postcards were replaced by phone calls, emails, Orkut/facebook and now WhatsApp. And I completely agree that we should change with the world else we will lag behind. Only thing is that we should know where to stop and identify the moment when technology is taking control over your mind, your life and changing your basic nature. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Use of technology which increases our productivity, brings out the creativity, eases out the otherwise day to day complex tasks is acceptable. But people are definitely becoming more and dumb and becoming the slaves of technology. Post any puzzle and rather than using own mind, people prefer to Google for the ready made answer. Below is a representative image of a group </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that I had received through Social Media,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> who went on to visit their grandma after a long time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some of the real life examples that we are getting dumb.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>Example 1:</u></b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was a period some 10-15 years ago, when I used to remember all the phone numbers and had literally written over 100 phone numbers (with STD codes for landlines) on paper just to test. Nowadays, we are completely dependent on mobile phones. We don't even see the number once. We ask the person to give a missed call and save the number from call log. Later on there is only dialling by name. One fine day, your mobile phone is lost and you don't even know your wife's or parents' phone number. In my case, I still remember most of the numbers written on that piece of paper at that time, even though they are obsolete now. But I hardly know any of the numbers saved in my mobile phone. It's a fact! </span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Example 2:</u></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now this is a real life story told by one of my friends settled in US long back. He was in some store and bought goods worth $52 and gave the cashier a $100 note. If it would have been in India, any streetside vendor would have immediately asked "२ रुपये छुट्टे है क्या?" But the cashier there simply could't understand this. Only thing he entered in his system that Cash tendered was $100 and he needed to return $48. Since he didn't have change to return $48, he went on asking at other cash counters for a change. Same thing has now started happening in India in big stores. Even when we buy vegetables from a streetside vendor, forget about bargaining</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, but people don't even bother to do the basic calculations. Rather we can't do it nowadays, without using Calculator App in mobile. So if the vendors asks for Rs.248, we pay Rs. 248, if he asks for Rs.268, we pay Rs. 268. Even if you try doing the mental arithmetic, I am sure that the person on the other side of the counter will be far quicker than you, irrespective of the fact that he has sold same vegetable at different rates to different persons and some have bought it 1 Pav (250 grams) while you have bought 1 and 1/2 pav (how many grams ????????........ ok....I think it's 375 grams). I still remember the days when I used to enjoy doing complex calculations quickly using Vedic Mathematics techniques. Obviously, it couldn't be quicker than calculations in excel, but your mind conditioning gets far far better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All in all, it's the time to realise that we are getting dumber day by day. Anyway, it's said that we hardly use even 10% of our brain. And if continue using our brain even lesser, how can we expect it to remain sharp? It will get rusted soon, unless we undergo digital detoxification. I really admire the creative brains who have developed WhatsApp, facebook, Candy Crush etc. They are not at fault in this. Problem is with us only. And if your mobile phone's battery is lasting longer, it means you are enjoying life more. I am also the part of this, but at least have realised how my life has changed over the years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was an avid reader till couple of years back. Nowadays, I often complain that I hardly get the free time to read. I am still to finish Amish's latest book "Scion of Ikshvaku" that I had pre-ordered and got delivered on same day of release i.e on 22nd June 2015. Earlier, I was frequently writing some articles, used to keep experimenting with some workarounds and editing HTML here on my website. Now this post is after a gap of more than 1 year. क्या करू? टाईम ही नही मिलता.....अजिबात वेळ नाही मिळत हो......... आणि जर मिळालाच आणि वाचत बसलो तर Candy Crush मध्ये प्रगती कशी होईल?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a cold winter morning on 26th January 2014, a Republic Day of India. This year it happened to be a Sunday as well. So it was the only weekly off that most of us had. But instead of relaxing at home, about a thirty photography enthusiasts in Nagpur preferred to gather at wee hours of the morning, near Sitabuldi. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had purchased Sony SLT A58 camera from M/s Altaf H Vali in October 2013 and in the month of December, I got the message from them that they have organised a Photography Training Program on 26th January at Pench Tiger Reserve, Karmazari. Without any hesitation, I got myself registered for the same. Ever since then, I got the regular updates from the Store about tour itinerary etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally the day came and I reached the Store at 6 am, along with my wife and son. The day, which proved to be a full of surprises later on, began. To start with, the participants were given neatly laminated ID cards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As per the itinerary, we were scheduled to have breakfast after reaching the resort in Karmazari. Still the food packets containing Snacks and Fruit Juice were distributed to all of us, as a light refreshment in the Bus. We boarded the bus for two and a half hour journey to Karmazari. The staff from M/s Altaf H Vali periodically enquired whether we are comfortable and do we need something. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because of the poor road condition, it took two and half hours to travel a distance of 90 Kms and at around 9 am, we reached the Resort in Karmazari. The program was arranged at Baaz Jungle Resort (</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.baazjungleresort.com/">http://www.baazjungleresort.com</a>)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. It's a beautiful Resort. Breakfast was ready and separate room was allotted for ladies to freshen up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr. Adnan from Altaf H Vali welcomed all of us and introduced the trainers as well. It was made clear that this training program would not, in itself, make any one of us a professional photographer. However, it would certainly be a step for all of us in that direction to be one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First part of the training was conducted by Mr. Sameer Ashraf from Sony, who is a DSLT Pro Specialist. We were delighted to know that he has worked for the National Geographic and has even covered the war of Afghanistan. He explained the evolution of DSLT technology. We came to know the advantages of having a Camera with Translucent Mirror. He demonstrated how the mirror moves in DSLR, while it remains stationary in DSLT, enabling us to get more FPS (frames per second). SLT technology also allows the Auto Focus function to work while capturing videos, which is not possible in conventional SLR cameras. Stationary mirror also reduces the time for the Camera to get ready for the next click. View finder, being a Tru-Finder also gives the perfect impression of how the clicked picture would look like, thereby minimising the errors due to trial and error. We got to compare the results of DSLR cameras of other makes, with the same settings and since the cameras were connected to a LCD panel, it was all there for us to see, live. Getting the knowledge of all this was fabulous. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Second trainer for the day was Mr. Chandrakanth Kamath (</span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.idis.in/chan.html">http://www.idis.in/chan.html</a>)</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, who is a renowned wildlife photographer himself. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He started with "What is Photography?" and explained it beautifully that "photo" means light and "graphy" means writing (just like calligraphy). So photography literally means "Writing with the Light".</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He took us through the Basics of Photography and explained the Exposure Triangle comprising Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO. He enlightened us with some methods adopted by professional photographers in tricky situations like Wildlife Photography. He emphasised that to be a professional photographer, one needs to have the Right Attitude, Visual Eye, Proper Equipment and Knowledge Sharing Habit as well. Each of these was discussed in detail. He also said that to be a good wildlife photographer, once needs to love the animals and nature as a whole. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He explained how "Passion" and "Patience" are a must. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He also showed the pictures depicting</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> how, the Patience pays. He shared some thumb rules of photography like The Rule of Thirds and ideal shutter speed at a given focal length (when tripod is not used). He also suggested some recommended settings for us to click the photographs while going for a Jungle Safari. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The formal training concluded with a participation Certificate distribution at the hands of Mr. Masaaki Hori, who is Sony India Head for Digital Imaging Division.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now it was the time to enjoy delicious lunch and it was a privilege for me to share the lunch table with Mr. Hori, and discuss the future of technology with him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After lunch, we boarded open Maruti Gypsy for Jungle Safari. We were given the option to carry extra demo lenses to try in the Jungle. However I preferred not to carry any of these costly items not belonging to me, and experimented with my 70-300 mm lens only. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The calmness in the Jungle was fabulous. We were able to enjoy the "Flora" but not much fortunate to enjoy the "Fauna". It seemed as if all the animals were enjoying the National Holiday. We were able to see only the Spotted Deer, Wild Boar, Monkeys and Nilgai.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After returning to the Resort, we enjoyed the High Tea. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before going into the Jungle, spontaneously Mr. Adnan had announced a competition</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> with prizes for top four photographs clicked in the Jungle. So each one of us was asked to submit only one best photograph. This process was a bit time consuming since it took us a while to select the photograph and get it downloaded in Mr. Sameer's laptop. Then the trainers selected the best four photographs and prizes were distributed. The bumper prize for the Best photograph was sponsored by the Resort as one night all expenses paid stay with family and one Jungle Safari. After that, we boarded the bus again for return journey and reached Nagpur at 10 pm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was an exiting day for all of us. I came to know how illiterate I was in photography before attending this training program. We gathered some knowledge and made new like minded friends as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I would like to share my some of my thoughts on "Buying a Camera".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="text-decoration: underline;">E-Commerce v/s Assisted Buying: </b>Personally speaking, I am the one who prefers to buy most of the things online. With e-commerce on the rise, you get many lucrative deals while buying online. However, I would still resist to suggest the readers to buy a camera online. When I visited M/s Altaf H Vali in October before buying a Camera, I was a novice and was completely unaware of the DSLR/DSLT technology and certainly was not in a position to make informed decision on my own, which is a must in buying online. The staff in the Store (especially Mr. Rajeshwar) properly guided me and gave all the necessary buying assistance. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">It took me two or three visits to M/s Altaf H Vali before arriving at the decision to buy.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was stunned to know that there <u>might</u> be some Warranty Issues in products bought online. When a multi-national company like Nikon has put the following notice on their </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">website</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> (<a href="http://www.nikon.co.in/en_IN/about/product_news.page?ID=templatedata/en_IN/taggable_content/data/news/products/Flipkart-news" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here</a> to check this </span><a href="http://www.nikon.co.in/en_IN/about/product_news.page?ID=templatedata/en_IN/taggable_content/data/news/products/Flipkart-news" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">URL</a> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on Nikon India website), it must be carrying some weight: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><i><u>PLEASE NOTE THAT FLIPKART (FLIPKART INTERNET PRIVATE LIMITED) AND SNAPDEAL (JASPER INFOTECH PRIVATE LIMITED ) ARE NOT OUR AUTHORIZED PARTNER/DEALER IN INDIA FOR NIKON PRODUCTS.</u></i></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I would recommend the readers to buy such high value items from authorised dealers or flagship stores wherein you get buying assistance, after sales services and chance to attend programs like this one. Especially, Photography is the field wherein you need to literally establish the relationship with the dealer to plan your post camera purchases like lenses, tripods, flashguns, various filters, other accessories etc. And this relationship has to be mutually beneficial. And I see this training program as an effort from M/s Altaf H Vali to fulfil their side of the obligation in this relationship.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><u>Brand "Sony" in Camera Technology:</u></b> As far as my understanding goes, Sony is certainly giving a tough fight to the likes of Nikon and Canon. Especially after the acquisition of Konica Minolta in the year 2006, Sony has increased it's market share exponentially. The world certainly seem to have moved ahead from DSLR to DSLT or mirrorless technology. Both Translucent (SLT) and Mirrorless have their own pros and cons. Mirrorless ones are compact and easy to carry. But that comes with a limited space for lens manufacturers to give the required precision. DSLT/DSLR Cameras are somewhat bulky, but they give the professional look to the camera. This is needless to say that Nikon and Canon are equally good and it's a matter of choice. Making informed decision is more important. </span></span></div>
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<p dir=ltr>Let's salute the scientists of India Meteorological Department (IMD) for the accurate forecasts, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for developing and putting in place weather satellites, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for being prepared for the worst, Indian Air Force (IAF) for its preparedness for relief and rescue operations, State and Central Governments, Police, Military, Local  Administration and all other agencies involved for giving effect to the India's largest ever evacuation plan. They made us feel proud. It was a herculean task indeed!!!</p>
<p dir=ltr>Scientists were able to accurately forecast the exact date, time, location and intensity of the Super Cyclone Phailin, 72 hours in advance. They gave the advance intimation and from then, all these agencies took over. Close to 1 million people were evacuated to safe shelters and rescue camps, even though some were disbelieving the warnings and were not ready to leave their homes and belongings behind. NDMA/NDRF started the preparations and planning for distributing food packets, medicines, restoring water supply etc. IAF kept its choppers and fleet ready at various nearest airbases. </p>
<p dir=ltr>There were conflicting reports from International agencies about the anticipated intensity. US Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Centre and Britain's Met Office were warning that it would be a Super Cyclone. Renowned American meteorologist Eric Holthaus said that IMD is underestimating the intensity and it would be a Category 5 Super Cyclone. But IMD maintained its stand and forecasted it not to be Category 5 Super Cyclone with wind gusts of 200-240 km/h. </p>
<p dir=ltr>Then it came at around 21:00 hrs on 12th October 2013 and made a landfall near Gopalpur in Odisha State, with a wind speed of almost 220 km/h. It was exactly as predicted and WE were able to save the lives of so many people. </p>
<p dir=ltr>The damage to the property was something that is inevitable, but nothing is more precious than human life. </p>
<p dir=ltr>One thing that is worth mentioning is that this time, it was felt that WE are fighting this calamity collectively, without any mutual criticism, politics etc. and various agencies appeared to work in tandem. </p>
<p dir=ltr>Now that WE have averted the deaths, it is important that those who have lost everything should get every possible aid to restore their normal life. </p>
<p dir=ltr>Today is Dussehra and let's celebrate VijayaDashami today with this well deserved Vijay (win). </p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This handset is really a monster on all fronts and it is very robust. It delivers up to the expectations. Also Samsung provided the facility to import my previous Nokia backup directly (indication that people are moving away from Nokia to Samsung). So the transition was smooth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But As I started to write this review, I felt that for a premium handset like this, if I start writing the positive list of features, it would be unending and also would not be very helpful since it is expected out of this handset. Also its already there on a lot of other websites. So its better and easier to write the negative list of features and missing features. Please keep in mind that some of these are handset specific, while some of these are problems in Android as a whole. I am using the latest Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 version. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So after using this handset for more than a month now, I have noticed the following shortcomings:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1)</b> <b>Wi-Fi Broadband Connection is must: </b>Internal Memory of this handset is 16 GB and RAM is 2 GB. So even though the memory is sufficient, there are hardly any pre-installed applications. So you have to start from scratch and download all the applications which you need. Downloading so many applications on GPRS is very painful, and practically you need to have wi-fi broadband connection to make the full use of this handset.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>6) Charging Cable Length: </b>The length of the charging cable provided with this handset is just 40'' (just below 3.5 ft) i.e. 100 cms. It is too short. If I want to place the same on a normal centre table for charging, I have to place some big size books below the handset so that the cable reaches to the AC wall socket. The cable is good to use as a data cable, but not with a charger. Why can't Samsung provide the longer cable?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>7) Maps Offline Access: </b>Being an android handset, it uses Google Maps. In my previous Nokia handset, I had Ovi Maps installed and complete Drive India navigation was also saved in the handset itself. So Maps used to function even without a sim card, just by turning the GPS ON. But now with Google Maps, continuous data connection is required. And Maps consume a huge amount of data. Even though you can now save Google Maps for offline access, a very limited area in your city can be saved. And in offline access, you cannot determine the route by setting the destination. So if I am using offline saved map, to determine the route, I have to go online temporarily and then go offline again once the route is set. I think country specific Google Maps should be saved in the devise itself for better offline navigation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ever since India has announced that its official Oscars nomination for this year would be Barfi!, controversies have began and people are questioning the Oscar worthiness of this movie since some of the scenes of the movie appear to have been copied from hollywood movies like The Notebook, City Lights, The Rain, The Adventurer etc. Some people are even feeling ashamed to know that we have nominated Barfi! into the Oscars. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is it the case that Indians are the only ones who copy from others? Now, there are some people living in India or born in India who feel that they are so unfortunate having born in India. They feel that whatever India does, it can't be good. If it is good, then it is always copied from the western world. They easily forget that India has a history of thousands of years and we were more civilised and knowledgeable as compared to rest of the world. That is the reason why the people from other parts of the world came to India. What did the western world had before the industrial revolution began some 200-300 years ago? We were the ones who provided the basic knowledge of all the advanced sciences to the world, Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics, Medical Sciences like Ayurved, Yog (Yoga as proudly called now due to westernisation), to name a few. Didn't others copied from India? Why the western world is now moving towards herbal products and why to they need to file patents for turmeric? Why do they need non genetically modified food to be imported from India?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just look at what Samartha Ramdas Swami has written in Dasbodh, somewhere in 17th Century in Marathi:</span></div>
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रेणूहून सूक्ष्म किडे । त्यांचें आयुष्य निपटचि थोडें । युक्ति बुद्धि तेणेंचि पाडें । तयामधें ॥ १ ॥ ऐसे नाना जीव असती । पाहों जातां न दिसती । अंतःकर्णपंचकाची स्थिती । तेथेंचि आहे ॥ २ ॥ त्यांपुरतें त्यांचें ज्ञान । विषये इंद्रियें समान । सूक्ष्म शरीरें विवरोन । पाहातो कोण ॥<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Isn't this what we nowadays call "Microbiology"? Where did this knowledge came from?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyways, coming back to Barfi!, I found the movie truly refreshing and it has done what the primary job of any movie is, i.e. to entertain the audience. Ranbir and Priyanka have acted beautifully and they have truly lived their rolls. Even though, both the main characters are differently abled, the movie isn't completely sad or emotional. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As far as the question of Oscars nomination is concerned, I am of the opinion that <b>India should boycott the Oscars for ever. </b>This is because I feel that the Academy Awards appear to be biased and anti-indian if we compare the films like Slumdog Millionaire and Lagaan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Indians had celebrated when "Slumdog Millionaire" got eight out of ten academy award categories in which the film was nominated. Was it the Indian film? It was directed by Danny Boyle and produced by Christian Colson, who were not Indians. The movie had depicted only the ugly side of India. It was projected as if India is a country full of slums and poverty and people take a dip in the shit. Was the movie technically sound and oscar worthy. Well, it was not! If we compare it with the movie "Lagaan" which was nominated in Best Foreign Film category some years ago, I think Lagaan was far better on all fronts than Slumdog Millionaire. A.R.Rahman's music in Lagaan was far far better than his music in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Slumdog Millionaire. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am sure that if somebody asks this to the musical maestro himself, he would also agree privately. Lagaan was a period film and if you read the book The Spirit of Lagaan, you would come of know how difficult it was to make this movie. This movie was shot without a day break in schedule, sync sound technique was used for the first time in this movie, so many foreign actors were involved to manage their dates and it was technically better than Slumdog. Then why it was not awarded with the Academy Awards? Just because it was an Indian film. Apart from Slumdog, the other so called Indian film to have won the oscars is "Gandhi" which was also not an Indian film, since it was directed by Sir Richard Attenborough. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the reason why I feel that India should boycott the Oscars for ever. We do not need Oscars and at the same time, Oscars also doesn't deserve that. Amitabh Bachchan had publicly said that</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> "They are great in their place and we are so in our place. It is not that Oscar awards are the ultimate recognition" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What do we get if our films win the Oscars? Nowadays, with Indians spread all over the world, our good movies are already doing excellent business abroad. My friends who are abroad are watching Indian movies on the same day when they are released in India. The market in India is such a big market that we do not need to go outside for business. In fact, rest of the world is now eyeing on this 1.2 billion plus market and it is the time for India to capitalise on this.</span></div>
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Right now I am not aware how this happened to him, whether it was an accident or due to some disease or by birth. I will try to find out from the nearby residents soon. </div>
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Now, the basic laws of nature are "Survival of the Fittest" and "Struggle for Existence". This dog is certainly not the fittest, but his struggle for existence was amazing. A naturally four legged animal doesn't have to learn balancing on two legs like humans. His rear legs seems to have come to front from one side of his body and as a result, the body posture isn't perfect to balance the body on two legs. But this doggy has learnt to balance on two legs. <br /><br />Looking at other dogs in the surrounding area, this dog also must have been feeling that he is not like others who can run. He can't chase the running cars. He can't even lift one of his rear legs to pee. So he has to curb all his natural instincts. <br /><br />So the thought came to my mind that even if he is a dog, there is a lot to learn from him. We humans always complain about our health problems. Some have headaches, acidity, painful neck, back, knees, so on and so forth. But when we look at other people in this world and even at animals like these, we tend to feel that we are in a far better position than others. Similarly we always compare ourselves with others and that is the major reason of unhappiness. This dog is physically not even 10% in strength than other dogs, but his will power is wonderful.<br /><br />I will try to help this poor animal and will have to look for the NGOs and doctors in Nagpur for this. People may feel that when there are so many humans in this world that need help, why to help these animals. But being a part of nature, I am of the opinion that every element of nature is vital for the balance and we need to extend our humanity to other species as well.</span></div>Sandeephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07020879857928676150noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043529541090954790.post-43344488752633904112012-07-14T00:02:00.000+05:302015-09-24T09:53:51.490+05:30Infrastructural bottleneck of MIHAN - Butibori Corridor in Nagpur<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary" />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A lot has been discussed during the past 5-7 years about the 5 star industrial area at MIDC Butibori and Multi- Modal International Hub Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN) popularly called as “Cargo Hub” which is also a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Both these projects haven’t yet taken off well, though they are supposed to be the largest of their kind in Asia, when complete.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Off late, some development has
started though. There are some big industrial units in Butibori like Indorama,
KEC International, Dinshaws, Gammon India, Morarjee Mills, Neco, Johnson Lifts,
Hyundai Unitech, ACC Nihon etc. There are also newspaper printing presses and
power plants in Butibori. It is heard that Maruti is planning to set up its
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mihan is still in its nascent
stage with a very few operational units. Major ones amongst them are Future
Supply Chains (warehouse of a Future Group Company), TAL Manufacturing (Tata
Group Company), Informatics Solutions, Caliber Point, Ebix, KloudData, Lupin,
Abhijeet Power etc. Construction work of Boeing MRO plant is in full swing and
the plant should get operational in 2013. TCS has commenced the construction
work for its 54 acre campus in Mihan SEZ. Infosys has signed the lease
agreement for 142 acres of land in Mihan SEZ. Shapoorji Pallonji Infocity is also ready. Companies
like Sical Logistics, DLF and HCL also have acquired the land in Mihan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This Mihan – Butibori corridor
also has some of the big townships (existing and proposed) like Sahara City,
First City, Mahindra Lifespaces Bloomdale, Moraj Waterfall Gateway. The area
between Mihan to Butibori has places like VCA Cricket Stadium in Jamtha, Sun-n-Sand
hotel, schools and colleges like Montfort School, Pallotti College, Wainganga
College, Narayana Vidyalayam, Ira International School etc. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Bottleneck:<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All these developments mentioned
above have resulted in huge increase in road traffic and the problem is that
there is only one approach road for this entire area, which is National Highway
7 also known as Wardha Road. This national highway is Delhi – Chennai national
highway which already was having heavy vehicle traffic prior to all these
developments. Now the traffic has increased multifold. I am personally
experiencing that since last 1-2 years, I have to stop more than once on the
same traffic signals on this road at peak hours, near Rajiv Nagar and
Somalwada, which Nagpurians are not used to. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But apart from the fact that
there is only one approach road, there is also one major infrastructural bottleneck
for this Mihan – Butibori corridor. Alongside this NH- 7, there is a parallel railway track which is a part of both Howrah – Mumbai and Delhi –
Chennai routes. This is also one of the busiest railway routes. So this NH-7
has a railway over bridge near Khapri. But even though NH-7 is a four lane highway,
this Khapri railway over bridge is only a double lane road, unlike the recently
inaugurated Butibori flyover which is a four lane over bridge. Apart from being
double lane only, this bridge is not straight and it makes all the more
difficult for the loaded containers to climb up the slope on a curved road. The
road on this over bridge is also not good and there are a lot of potholes. Road
divider is also not present on this bridge. With all these hurdles, whenever
any vehicle jumps the lane and both the lanes become blocked, or whenever some
accident occurs on this bridge, it results in huge traffic jams. </span></div>
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bridge. Whenever such incidents happen, traffic police have to take the control
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My colleague had his data in Excel sheet in which he had captured date and time of a particular event in two separate cells. Just like cells B5 and C5 in the example below. He wanted the difference in two dates in terms of number of days and number of hours. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this example, calculating the difference in time between the two events is not possible until and unless Date and Time are combined in one cell. This was achieved in the following manner:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) Firstly data in column B was formatted into date format as DD/MM/YYYY format, which is commonly followed format in India. Date 1 was 25th April 2012 and Date 2 was 27th April 2012.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) Data in column C was formatted in Time format as hh:mm format. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) Now with date in cell B5 and time in cell C5, both were combined into one cell in cell D5 using the formula </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">=INT(B5)+MOD(C5,1)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4) After that data in cell D5 was formatted into "Custom" format as "dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss" format.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5) Same thing was done for date 2 as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6) To calculate the number of days between the two dates, formula was entered in cell D10 as =D8-D5 and D10 cell was formatted in number format without decimal and 1000 separator.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7) To calculate the time difference between the two dates, formula was entered in cell D11 as =D8-D5 and cell D11 was formatted in "Custom" format as "[h]:mm"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you click on any cell with formula above, formula can be viewed in bottom right corner. Please keep in mind that Excel date and time formats are governed by regional settings of your machine and as a result, formats may appear different. However, logic remains the same. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also on some machines, you may not be able to view the above embedded excel sheet directly. On such machines, you can click on that window to open it directly in Google Drive/Google docs.</span></div>
<br /></div>Sandeephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07020879857928676150noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043529541090954790.post-44182832998609487222012-01-11T15:34:00.000+05:302012-01-11T22:42:36.697+05:30New Features, issues and improvements needed in Chrome 17<meta name="description" content="New Features, issues and improvements needed in Chrome 17" />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another important feature that Chrome never provided is the Master Password feature, just like what is there in Firefox. So there is no way to encrypt your saved passwords and anybody having access to your machine can steal all your passwords. In Firefox, if Master Password feature is enabled, all saved passwords are encrypted and you need to enter master password before saving any new password, or before checking the saved passwords. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After <a href="http://www.parkhi.net/2011/12/error-8288-ipod-touch-upgrade-ios-31.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">error 8288 was resolved</span></a> and iOS 3.1 was successfully installed in my iPod touch 1st Generation device, I noticed some shortcomings in iOS 3.1 user interface (UI). I had mailed those to Apple as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Please note that the maximum possible upgrade for my iPod is upto iOS version 3.1 only. So some of the shortcomings listed here might have been taken care of in the next iOS versions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>1) Calculator:</b> In the calculator, = button is far bigger than + button. Same is the case with normal calculator and in scientific calculator which opens up after tilting the iPod.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Now in my opinion, + button should be the biggest one amongst all other buttons. Most users use calculator for additions and hit = sign only at the end. On an average, for every 8 to 10 + button clicks, there would only be one = button click. So user friendliness demands that + button should be bigger than = button.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not only while doing additions, but in any calculations, = button is normally pressed very rarely as compared to other functions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even in the case of normal calculators like Casio or Citizen calculators, + button is the biggest one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just check your normal desktop keyboard's numeric keypad and you will see that the + button is the largest one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So if I am browsing through the album and midway through I feel that I should put the remaining album on slideshow mode, it is not possible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Logically speaking, any type of restrictions are either for parental control or for protecting the sensitive data. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To view the protected data or to use the protected application, you must know the password. When the protected data is viewed after entering the password and the application is closed after that, the application should remain protected and ask for the password again when the next time it is opened. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Surprisingly it is not the case here. Restricting any feature here completely blocks that application and the icon of that application completely disappears from the home screen. To use that application again, you need to remove the restriction again by going to the same menu </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Settings > General > Restrictions </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Doing this completely removes the restriction and you need to follow the same process to restrict that again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">See the screenshots below where I tried to put the password lock for opening Safari to restrict the internet access. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then to browse the internet again, I needed to turn the Safari ON from the same menu and then Safari icon reappeared on the home screen as per the screenshots below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am neither a software programmer nor the design expert. This is just a feedback from the normal end user point of view. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">P.S.: Wondering how these screenshots were captured and/or transferred to the computer? Please get in touch with me or wait for the next post.</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><b>Please Note: I am not associated with Shri Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan in any manner and this should have been clear after reading the first paragraph itself. Still I am getting daily 1-2 mails for enquiries about Anand Vihar rooms availability. I have tried to reply individually to all the enquiries and provided the contact details as well. But going forward, it won't be possible. Please note that there is no system of advance booking in Shegaon and you need to reach the respective booking office. At the most, you can contact on their telephone numbers for enquiries (not for booking) when you reach near Shegaon. Contact details are mentioned in the main article below and are also available on </b></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.gajananmaharaj.org/sgmsenglish/newas.htm">http://www.gajananmaharaj.org/sgmsenglish/newas.htm</a></span><br />
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">It has been more than 12 years since I last visited Shegaon. And that is a fairly long period considering the fact that there are lakhs of devotees of Shri Gajanan Maharaj, who visit Shegaon every year.</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">This time my elder brother and my sister-in-law planned the tour and insisted that all the members of the family should accompany them to Shegaon.</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">We had heard that Shegaon has changed a lot during last decade or so, especially after Anand Sagar is developed. Finally we planned our visit for the weekend on 10th and 11th of December 2011. Normally it is advised that weekends and Thursdays should be avoided to visit Shegaon since there is heavy rush, but we decided to take a chance and we did not have any other suitable dates as well. Also my birthday was on Sunday, as per Hindu Panchang (tithi). So it was a great occasion to be able to take the Darshan on that day and receive the blessings. </span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Now we had the options to go by own car, by taxi, by bus or by train. Since the plan was finalised at the last moment, train option was ruled out for the want of reservations. Options of going by own car or by taxi were also ruled out since normally we avoid night journeys, unless there is an urgency to travel. So if we would have started at 7 AM on Saturday morning from Nagpur, we would have reached Shegaon by 2 PM. And then we would have to leave Shegaon by 3 PM on Sunday so as to reach Nagpur before Sunday night. So we would have wasted so much of time on Saturday and Sunday in travelling, leaving us lesser time to spend at Shegaon.</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">So we decided to go by bus. Baba Travels from Nagpur operates a sleeper coach which leaves Nagpur at 10:30 PM and reaches Shegaon early next morning. Similarly their bus leaves Shegaon at 09:30 PM and reaches Nagpur early morning. We left Nagpur Friday night, reached Shegaon at 05:30 AM on Saturday fresh after a good night's sleep, utilised the maximum time on Saturday and Sunday and then left Shegaon on Sunday night to reach Nagpur Monday morning, ready to get back to work. And we could enjoy total lunar eclipse as well. See more detailed post <a href="http://www.parkhi.net/2011/12/total-lunar-eclipse-photos-dec-10.html" target="_blank">here</a> </span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><b>About Shegaon:</b></span><br />
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The photograph of the railway time table as displayed in Anand Vihar Bhakta Niwas is shown here, although it is in Marathi language. This is attached here just to make readers aware that the management of this Sansthan is one of the few ones in India, or perhaps the only one who takes very good care of large number of devotees. Much more on that would follow later.</span></div>
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<b>About Shri Gajanan Maharaj:</b></div>
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The origins of Sant Shri Gajanan Maharaj are untraceable in history. He first miraculously appeared in Shegaon on 23rd February 1878. He was first seen eating cooked rice grains from thrown away food in front of a house where some function was going on. He also drank water with the cattle and went away. His second appearance was when Maharaj Govindbuwa Takalikar was elaborating on a few lines from Bhagwat and just when he had explained the meaning of the first part of those lines, Shri Gajanan Maharaj sitting near a lemon tree chanted fluently the lines in second part. Govindbuwa immediately understood that this divine man has the command over the subject. He was constantly chanting the lines "Gan Gan Ganat Bote". So he was given the name "Gajanan Maharaj". </span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Thereafter, he became well known as a Saint in Shegaon and nearby areas. He was believed to be the incarnation of Samartha Ramdas Swami from Sajjangadh. Devotees used to offer him rich food, clothes, ornaments etc. But he used throw away all these. He used to lie anywhere, eat anything, wear any piece of cloth or nothing at all. </span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Shri Gajanan Maharaj was a Siddhayogi. He did so many unusual things which were miracles. He brought odd behaving animals on track. He ordered birds like crows to behave properly. He brought water to the dry well. He cured the sick, helped the helpless, showed right path to those who wanted. He gave advice to his devotees. He could read the mind of his devotee. Those who came to see him with some purpose in mind, always went home satisfied. It is said that there was always a sense of peace and satisfaction around him. His eyes could give proper direction to the erring. That's why he is worshipped nearly in every house in Vidarbha, Maharashtra and nearby states. Because of the immense good deeds, he has become a legendary phenomenon. There are hundreds & thousand of temples in all the parts of Maharashtra as well as outside Maharashtra in his name. He has become the Daivat of Vidarbha, and Shegaon has become the Pandharpur of Vidarbha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">After blessing so many devotees for years together, he himself decided to take a leave from this world and decided the date and place of his Samadhi as well. And that date was 8th September 1910. But</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> his innumerable disciples and devotees believe that their Daivat Sadguru Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj is still alive and guides and helps them. They tell their own experiences of his blessings. That's why thousands of devotees come to Shegaon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><b>About Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan:</b></span><br />
<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">As per the advice from Shri Gajanan Maharaj to his disciples, a trust was established in his presence named as "Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan" in the year 1908. Official website of this Sansthan is </span><a href="http://www.gajananmaharaj.org/"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">http://www.gajananmaharaj.org</span></a><br />
<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">A temple was erected at a place where Shri Gajanan Maharaj took the Samadhi at a place of his choice. He had said that "YA JAGI RAHIL (I will stay here)". So it is believed that this temple is still blessed with his presence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><b>About Day to Day Management:</b></span><br />
<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Despite of the fact that thousands of devotees come to Shegaon daily, Gajanan Maharaj Sansthan wonderfully manages the day to day affairs. And the facilities provided for devotees are excellent. Here everybody is treated at par. There is no such system here like VIP entrance for those who provided large donations. Everybody has to pass through same queue.</span><br />
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Name of the old man seen in this picture is Laxman Tayde and he lives in Shegaon only. Still this man visits mandir twice daily in the morning and evening for darshan, irrespective of how long the queue is and how long it takes for him to have the Darshan. Incredible...isn't it? And where ever one queue ends and we need to pass freely through a passage before next queue starts, he runs so fast. Reminded the videos of Shri Anna Hazare running at Raj Ghat.</span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Entire area is continuously kept clean. They use machines for cleaning. So you don't have to walk barefoot on sticky floor with spilled kunkum, flowers, rice grains and prashaad, as is the case in most other temples. They even hold the queue from moving forward till the time, floor is getting cleaned. They spray some perfumed liquids to get rid of houseflies as well. </span></div>
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Daily Mahaprasad is provided to thousands of devotees and excellent quality material is used to cook the food, while maintaining complete hygiene as well. We saw a huge machine to prepare rotis. Atta is mixed on one side of it to form a dough, round shaped rotis are cut by machine, remaining material after cutting the rounds is passed back and rotis are roasted on conveyor belts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Still you will find a Sevak at every place where he is needed. They prevent the people from wearing shoes while walking on lawns, they clean the entire area, serve the food, maintain the discipline in Mandir and in queues. And they are always polite. </span><br />
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And they don't accept any tips as well. This board displayed in Anand Vihar says that you should let the service be served as a service only. And rather than making Sevaks fall in love for money, you should love them for their service. They are the first point of contact for you in case you need any assistance. </span></div>
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It is said that there is always a waiting list for the next few months for those who want to work as Sevaks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Sansthan has done an incredible work to provide well maintained accommodation for the devotees. There are a number of Bhakta Niwas for this purpose. There is no system of prior booking. So you have to look for the accommodation, once you reach Shegaon. Sansthan urges that devotees should make telephonic enquiries when they come near to Shegaon on the numbers provided in this advertisement published on </span><a href="http://www.gajananmaharaj.org/sgmsenglish/newas.htm" target="_blank"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">http://www.gajananmaharaj.org/sgmsenglish/newas.htm</span></a><br />
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">There are different types of rooms available, depending on everyone's budget and requirement. But in general it is very reasonable. Accommodation is provided for a maximum period of 72 hours only. </span><br />
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We were fortunate enough to get the accommodation in Anand Vihar Bhakta Niwas, which is the newest and the best amongst all. It is located at a distance of 1 KM from Anand Sagar. </span></div>
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Even though it is a Bhakta Niwas built, owned and operated by Sansthan, it is no lesser than a luxurious holiday resort but at a reasonable rate. We got a room with 6 beds in just Rs.900 per day. Rooms are neat and clean with attached washrooms, hot water for bathing and fortunately no television. There are beautiful sculptures everywhere with picturesque landscaping and gardening. You won't see a piece of paper lying on ground.<br />
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There are tea, coffee vending machines installed at every building's ground floor and Sevaks are there to assist you and collect the charges as well.<br />
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Shegaon is a small town and even though devotees wished to extend their stay in this holy environment, there were no places of interest nearby for them to spare their time peacefully and relax in a spiritual environment. Recognising this need, Sansthan started the development work for AnandSagar in the year 1999. But this place had the acute shortage of water. So it was believed that this project won't be a success. But Sansthan took this as a challenge and they brought water from Man River which is 9 kms away. Rain water harvesting is also done here. It required 4 lakh trucks full of soil for landscaping as per the design and over 60,000 trees were planted.</span></div>
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Total area of this project is 350 acres, out of which first phase of 120 acres was opened for public service in the year 2003. Out of this 120 acres, 60 acres is for the lake, 30 acres is for lush green lawns and 30 acres is for parking and other utility areas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Most incredible thing is that there is no Executive Engineer for this project, nor it has a site office kind of a thing. Over 500 labourers worked at full efficiency without any monitory compensation, once a week. Over 200 expert sculptors from Rajasthan worked here to create Main Entrance, Marble Temples and other sculptures. Apart from that, 3 JCB machines and 10 tipper trucks, all owned by Sansthan were deployed for this project. </span><br />
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Now Anand Sagar has a beautiful lake, Dhyan Mandir (Meditation Centre) at the centre of the lake, 3.5 kms long train ride, fish aquarium, kids play area, amusement park with many rides, musical fountain, temples and Sant Darshan area. There are many amenities for the devotees, including free wheel chairs, baby prams and umbrellas (for rainy season). Here also, very reasonable food is served with good taste. Free bus service from Temple is available for commuting. There are beautiful artefacts and carvings all around. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Shegaon is the place which is visited by lakhs of devotees every year. Sansthan receives huge donations from them, but they have done well to return it back to them in the form of services and amenities. It is a completely non-commercial place and Sansthan has undertaken many religious and charitable projects like Educational Institutes, hospitals etc. At such a place where it is certain that donations are utilised well, it gives a sense of satisfaction on donating.</span><br />
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><i>Even though Anand Vihar is like a luxurious resort and Anand Sagar is like a tourist place, people are requested to visit Shegaon and stay there, not like a tourist, but like a devotee and maintain the sanctity of this place. </i></span><br />
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<span face="Verdana, sans-serif">Feels good to complete this article and taking this post live on Thursday, the day on which Shri Gajanan Maharaj is worshipped.</span><br /></span>
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Sandeephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07020879857928676150noreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043529541090954790.post-51491443850075770122011-12-28T16:50:00.001+05:302012-01-11T09:40:25.884+05:30Total Lunar Eclipse Images and superstitions associated with eclipses<meta name="description" content="Sandeep Parkhi shares the images of Total Lunar Eclipse, captured from Shegaon." />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On December 10, 2011 we were fortunate enough to be in Shegaon to be able to watch the total lunar eclipse from completely non-polluted area of Anand Sagar. Air pollution and lights in the cities often deteriorate the quality of viewing such events. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I tried to capture that beauty into the camera, but that wasn't easy since I do not have DSLR camera. I had to do some experiments in different modes in my digital camera. I used full 40x zoom (10x optical and 4x digital) and finally selected Shutter Speed Priority mode rather than Auto mode. Also at 40x zoom, if you do not have the tripod, with even a slightest of handshake, the distant object goes out of focus quickly. So I sat on the floor and kept my camera on a bench so as to provide the support to the camera from beneath. Even I needed to hold the breath for a while so as to reduce the body shake. With all these efforts, I could finally capture that beauty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I always get amazed to see the celestial bodies moving in tandem and in perfect synchronisation. Equally fascinating is the fact that Indians had that knowledge, thousands of years ago and were able to do the precise calculations of timings for these events. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the same time, its not a happy feeling that in modern times people are more superstitious and deny themselves the opportunity to view such a spectacular event. And that is the case even with a highly educated class with a science background as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Actually all these eclipses are just the game of shadows. Still people have some beliefs and do some acts, some of which are cited below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1) Some monsters like Rahu, Ketu swallow Moon and the Sun at the time of eclipses. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2) It is harmful for health to eat or drink during eclipses, even before actual eclipse gets visible and just the First Contact starts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3) Taking a bath after the eclipse is over. (bathing is good otherwise for hygiene, but there is no necessity to do that after the eclipse)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4) Covering drinking water and eatables at home (now this we do in normal practice as well for maintaining hygiene, but people are more keen to do this during eclipses) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5) Keeping Tulsi leaves on drinking water and eatables at home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6) Making donations so that eclipse comes to an end (donations are even good otherwise, but eclipse is certain to come to an end at a pre-defined precise time, whether you donate or not)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7) Keeping themselves immersed in holy river till the time eclipse is there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8) Its bad for eyes to see with naked eyes. ( It is true for Solar Eclipse, since the Sun being the brightest source of light is behind the moon and its rays are harmful for naked eyes. But in lunar eclipse, its purely the shadow of Earth on the moon and the intensity of light is actually even dimmer than the normal full moon. So it is perfectly safe to see the Lunar Eclipse with naked eyes)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9) The strength of evil spirits increases during eclipse and there are bad omens everywhere. Does that even need a comment here? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10) One should not travel during the eclipse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11) Air is polluted during the eclipse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12) Pregnant women should not come out of the house during eclipse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Personally speaking I don't believe in any of these superstitions. I enjoyed the view with my complete family and we did that while eating as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Detailed post on our Shegaon visit is here: <a href="http://www.parkhi.net/2012/01/shegaon-gajanan-maharaj-anand-sagar.html" target="_blank">www.parkhi.net/2012/01/shegaon-gajanan-maharaj-anand-sagar.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Recently I noticed that the price of upgrading the software in my Apple iPod touch 1st generation device to iOS 3.1 is $4.95 only. Earlier for an upgrade to iOS 2.0, it was $10.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I decided to upgrade and paid for downloading the iOS 3.1 from </span><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2052"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2052</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However at the time of downloading the upgrade, I was getting error 8288 as under:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was sure that there wasn't any kind of problem with my internet connection and I wasn't behind any firewall either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I tried to search for the possible fixes on Google and in Apple Support Communities as well. I came to know that there are lots of Apple users who are facing this problem, but there wasn't any solution offered in any of these forums.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I contacted Apple Customer Support on email. But I wasn't getting any solution. In one of the forums, an Apple user with similar problem had posted that he too had contacted Apple Support for this and they just refunded the purchase price, rather than offering any solution.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally I did some more research on the internet and noticed that a lot of users facing this problem were using iTunes 10.5. So I decided to try and look for the workaround on my own and it worked. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I informed Apple Customer Support that I have fixed the problem on my own and they can close the thread. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To my surprise, Apple Customer Support asked me in return about how did I fix the problem. The excerpts from their mail are reproduced below in italics, verbatim:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>"I'm so glad to hear that you were able to resolve the issue! Now, if you don't mind me asking, how did you fix it? That'd be great to know, so that I can provide this to my co-workers and other customers who have this issue still.<br /><br />Thank you in advance! Take care. :)"</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I told them that Apple is the company which doesn't provide anything to its customers, free of cost. They charge for software upgrades and even for Customer Support. So I informed them that I am also justified in expecting some sort of reward from them, in lieu of responding to their request and letting them know how did I fix that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My request was denied saying that Customer Support doesn't have any access to free products. I accepted that since I knew their limitations. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I am sharing the workaround which I shared with Apple as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>CAUTION: This workaround has worked for me. However it involves downgrading iTunes version and may result in loss of data/settings/library files etc. I haven't faced any of those problems though. Still user discretion is advised before following these steps. I am not responsible for any loss of any kind which may arise due to this.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is how I found the solution to the error 8288 that I was getting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1) First of all, before contacting Apple Support, I searched Google for the error 8288, as I always do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2) I found that there are many users who are getting this error while upgrading iPod touch 1st generation to iOS 3.1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3) There was no solution offered in any of the discussion forums.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4) But I noticed one common thing, that all the users posting problems were using iTunes 10.5</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5) So I decided to give it a try once again after reverting back to iTunes 10.3</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6) I tried to uninstall iTunes 10.5, but while doing the same, the uninstaller got hanged on my windows somehow and I had to use "end task" option. So some of the items in iTunes folder didn't get removed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7) Then I located iTunes 10.3 on Apple's website and downloaded it's 32 bit edition from <a href="http://appldnld.apple.com/iTunes10/041-1633.20110607.FvP5t/iTunesSetup.exe">http://appldnld.apple.com/iTunes10/041-1633.20110607.FvP5t/iTunesSetup.exe</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Those who are using Windows 64 bit edition, download link is <a href="http://appldnld.apple.com/iTunes10/041-1634.20110607.4EPY6/iTunes64Setup.exe">http://appldnld.apple.com/iTunes10/041-1634.20110607.4EPY6/iTunes64Setup.exe</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8) While installing iTunes 10.3, I got the error message again that this installation needs Quick Time player as a pre-requisite.</span></div>
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9) So I downloaded Quick Time 7. While installing Quick Time, the installer gave a message that due to improper uninstallation in step 6 above, some of the actions need to be undone. I accepted that and after completing the remaining cleanup for step 6, finally Quick Time got installed on my machine.</div>
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10) Then I proceeded ahead to install iTunes 10.3</div>
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11) It got installed but I was not able to run the program. I was getting error message that the iTunes library.itl file was created using the newer version of iTunes.</div>
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12) Then I needed to recreate iTunes library and playlist files</div>
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13) I located the iTunes folder in my machine on Windows XP at the path Documents and Settings\[my username]\My Documents\My Music\ and opened that folder</div>
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14) Then I dragged iTunes Library.xml file to the desktop and deleted itunes library.itl file.</div>
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15) Then I opened iTunes and it got opened. Then I imported the playlist File > Library > Import Playlist using the iTunes Library.xml file on the desktop and my library got recreated.</div>
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16) Then iTunes 10.3 opened smoothly.</div>
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17) Then I connected my iPod and since I had already purchased iOS 3.1, my iTunes 10.3 gave me the message that the upgrade to iOS 3.1 is available for my iPod.</div>
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18) I went ahead with the download and it was successful.</div>
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19) After successful upgrade, I again reverted back to installing iTunes 10.5</div>
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So this is how I fixed the problem.</div>
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After using iOS 3.1 for some time, I immediately noticed some shortcomings in the UI which I will post later separately.<br />
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<b>Update on 8th January 2012: Problem in iOS user interface are now posted on <a href="http://www.parkhi.net/2012/01/problems-in-apple-ios-user-interface.html" target="_blank">http://www.parkhi.net/2012/01/problems-in-apple-ios-user-interface.html</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its a well known fact that the number of users who prefer to browse on the move is increasing exponentially. Browsing on the smart phones or tablets has its own limitations. Its not very comfortable to type long emails on your handheld devices. Nonetheless, people prefer mobile browsing since it is easier to remain online on your mobile. You need not sit at one place in front of your desktop or you need not boot and shut down your laptop just for checking emails.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mobile browsing is easier for reading emails, checking facebook notifications and updating status on the move, reading some interesting news articles, checking stock prices and latest updates on a live sports event, searching for some information on Google or searching for contact number on Just Dial.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, the data plans on mobile are generally costlier than normal broadband plans which is a major constraint in opting for mobile browsing. Also many webpages do not support mobile viewing. As a result, pages are not displayed properly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Both these constraints are handled well by Opera Mini. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my earlier post </span><a href="http://www.parkhi.net/2011/11/how-to-read-indic-fonts-on-nokia.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.parkhi.net/2011/11/how-to-read-indic-fonts-on-nokia.html</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I already have mentioned that Opera Mini is the best mobile browser. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is how Opera Mini works. Whenever you enter a website URL in Opera Mini's address bar, instead of sending the request to the website directly, it is first sent to the Opera proxy server. This server then fetches the webpage, compresses it, reformats it for mobile viewing and then transmits it back to Opera Mini in a format developed by Opera called as OBML (Opera Binary Markup Language). Since most of the complex processing is done on the server, there is a reduction in data processing time and browsing speed is also faster. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This whole process reduces the data transfer costs, enables formatting the webpage for mobile viewing and increases browsing speed as well. Following is the screenshot of my Opera Mini version 6.5 which displays the savings in data transfer over a period of time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have saved whopping 86% on my data usage, just by using Opera Mini. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>A word of caution:</b> It is not advisable to use Opera Mini for transmitting any sensitive information since there is no end to end encryption. Opera Mini's FAQ page <a href="http://www.opera.com/mobile/help/faq/#security">http://www.opera.com/mobile/help/faq/#security</a> clearly mentions that <i>"Opera Mini uses a transcoder server to translate HTML/CSS/JavaScript into a more compact format. It will also shrink any images to fit the screen of your handset. This translation step makes Opera Mini fast, small, and also very cheap to use. To be able to do this translation, the Opera Mini server needs to have access to the unencrypted version of the webpage. Therefore no end-to-end encryption between the client and the remote web server is possible.The encryption is introduced to protect the communication from any third party between the client (the browser on your handset) and the Opera Mini transcoder server. If you do not trust Opera Software, make sure you do not use Opera Mini to enter any kind of sensitive information.<b>If you need full end-to-end encryption, you should use a full web browser such as Opera Mobile."</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you browse websites with fonts in Indian Regional Languages from your mobile phone and get annoyed that you are unable to read those Indic fonts? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or it happens to you that one of your facebook friends has posted something in a regional language, on which many other friends are commenting, but you can't comment since you are unable to read that on your mobile? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If yes, then here is the workaround.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First of all, download the latest version of Opera Mini, which is the best mobile browser by visiting <a href="http://mini.opera.com/">mini.opera.com</a> from your device's default web browser.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then go to mini address bar and type "<b>about:config</b>" or "<b>config:</b>" (without quotes). This will open Power User Settings menu. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After this, whenever you visit any website containing Indic fonts, you would be able to read the text like what is shown in the screenshot below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Depending on your handset, you may face an issue that after you exit your opera mini, the setting above may get reset to default setting automatically and you may need to change that every time when you start Opera Mini to browse Indic font website. However, I am not facing this issue.</span></div>
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</div>Sandeephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07020879857928676150noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9043529541090954790.post-18501200527125933122011-11-17T01:21:00.001+05:302011-11-17T02:43:47.696+05:30Why Moon rises 50 minutes later everyday?<meta name="keywords" content="parkhi.net, Travel, Konkan, Science, Technical Workarounds, Grievances against Service Providers, Personal Opinions,Marathi, Gadgets" />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have you ever got curious to know why moon rises approximately 50 minutes later everyday as compared to the previous day?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For understanding this, first we need to understand how celestial bodies like earth, moon etc. rotate (around itself) and revolve (around some other planet or star). Its so wonderful to know how these celestial bodies move in tandem and that too for millions of years in perfect synchronisation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its a well known fact that earth completes one rotation in 24 hours. And also moon completes one revolution around its parent earth in approximately one month. Now this approximate period of one month is calculated in two ways. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First one is Sidereal Month which is equal to the time taken by moon to complete one revolution around the earth, but with respect to the background stars which we see from the earth. This period is equal to 27.32 days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Second one is Synodic Month. Even though, moon completes one apparent revolution in one Sidereal Month, we won't be able to see the new moon just after one sidereal month is complete. This is because moon revolves around the earth and at the same time earth also revolves around the Sun. As a result, moon has to travel some extra distance so as to reach at the same place, with respect to the Sun and we get new moon again. So the total time taken, also called as a Lunar Month is equal to 29.53 days.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Visit <a href="http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/sidereal.html">http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/sidereal.html</a> for nice animated presentation explaining Sidereal and Synodic Months.</span><div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now lets understand why moon rises 50 minutes later everyday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let is assume that in a figure beside, on Day 1, a person is standing at a point A on earth and he sees the moonrise exactly at 07:00 pm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Exactly 24 hours later, on Day 2, the man is standing at the same point A on earth at the same time i.e. at 07:00 pm expecting to see the moonrise again. But in those 24 hours, moon also has revolved around the earth. Now as we have seen, one sidereal month is 27.3 days. So moon completes 360 degrees revolution in 27.3 days. So in one day of 24 hours, it moves by 360/27.3= 13.18 degrees. So for a man standing at point A on the earth on day 2 at 07:00 pm expecting to see the moonrise, moon is still 13.18 degrees below the horizon. So he has to wait for the earth to rotate 13.18 degrees to see the moonrise again. So now the moon will rise for him when the point A on earth travels further to reach point B. As we know, earth rotates 360 degrees in 24 hours i.e in 1440 minutes. So it rotates 1 degree in 4 minutes. So to rotate 13.18 degrees, it takes 13.18 x 4 = 52.72 minutes. This is the delay in moonrise everyday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This delay would have been same at all places on earth, if earth's plane of rotation around itself and moon's plane of revolution around the earth would have been co-planer with each other. Had the planes been like that, we would have seen solar eclipse on every dark moon day and lunar eclipse on every full moon day. But they are at a angle of almost 29 degrees with each other. So this delay calculated above is not the same at all places on earth and depends on the latitude of the place from where we see the moonrise but it averages out to be around 50 minutes per day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday, one of my friends called me and asked for a help in Excel. Basically he had a dump exported in Excel from SAP finance module and in that dump, there were more than 1,50,000 line items. In SAP, all debit amounts are positive (+) figures and all credit amounts are negative (-) figures. But the problem my friend faced was that when he exported them into Excel, all the figures were positive figures only, but each figure was associated with a posting key, which was a determining factor to decide whether it was debit or credit i.e. whether (+) or (-). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And those determining posting keys were in combinations of (+,-) like (40,50), (89,99) etc depending on transaction type. There were 3-4 pairs, he had at present, but in future that number was going to increase. He wanted an excel formula to change the amount to either (+) or (-) depending on the posting key. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started to look for the possible ways to do it. I tried to use the "IF" function in combination with excel functions like "MATCH", "VLOOKUP", "LOOKUP", "OR", but wasn't getting the desired results. And since the number of pairs were uncertain, I intended to give him a future ready solution. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally I was sucessful in acheiving the desired results using "IF" and "COUNTIF" functions. The solution was as under with imaginary figures and imaginary sets of posting keys. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a post about an interesting issue that I was facing since last 3 months or so. This involved interconnectivity issues between Idea and Vodafone. I wrote several complaints to the customer care teams of both the service providers, separately and jointly as well. No solution was found and both the service providers were saying that the problem is with the other network. But at last, I had to identify the problem on my own. The problem is surely from Idea's end. Now that the problem is identified, I have informed Idea Customer Care and now its up to them to fix it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am having two postpaid mobile connections. One is from Idea Maharashtra which is used by my wife and another one is from Vodafone Maharashtra that is used by me. As an example in this post, lets assume that Idea numbers are in series I1, I2, I3 and so on and similarly Vodafone series is V1, V2, V3 and so on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The problem that I noticed first was not receiving incoming SMS on Idea number from Vodafone number. So my wife was not getting any SMS from me. This means that I1 was not getting incoming SMS from V1, V2, V3 etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But V1, V2 and V3 were able to send SMS to I2, I3 etc. So it was logical that the problem was with I1 i.e. Idea number and hence complaint was lodged with Idea. They checked everything, refreshed the services and then informed me that the problem might be from Vodafone's end. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then the complaint was lodged with Vodafone using number V1. They also checked everything. During the calls from network team, they put the number V1 on server for testing and asked me to send SMS to I1. That SMS was not hitting Vodafone's server at all. So the confusion increased and I guessed that the problem might be from Vodafone, since the SMS is not hitting their server. So I kept on following it up with Vodafone. The issue remained unresolved from both the service providers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then one interesting thing happened. My wife travelled out of Nagpur for a couple of days. As soon as she left Nagpur, she started receiving SMS on her Idea number I1 from my Vodafone number V1 and from V2 and V3 as well. It was then the problem got clicked in my mind. In Nagpur, she was always on Idea 3G network. But outside Nagpur, I1 got switched to 2G network and she started receiving messages. When she came back to Nagpur, I tested the same to reconfirm by putting her cell on UMTS (3G) and GSM (2G) modes. So the problem now identified is that Idea 3G number is not receiving any incoming SMS from Vodafone numbers (on 3G and 2G as well). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have informed the Idea Customer Care team with these details and hoping them to fix the issue, since the problem is identified now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another interconnectivity issue is there between Idea 3G and Vodafone 3G. The above mentioned Idea number I1 is unable to receive video calls from Vodafone number V1 and so on. Video Calls are possible from I1 to V1, but not from V1 to I1. I had complained the same with Vodafone. Their network department called me and the executive gave me his mobile number (say V4) and Video call was successful from V1 to V4. So again the logical interpretation is that there are some issues of interconnectivity between Idea 3 and Vodafone and they are from Idea's end. Idea 3G is somehow blocking incoming SMS and incoming Video Calls from Vodafone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Both the issues of incoming SMS and Video Calls are reported to Idea for fixing it and to Vodafone for their information.</span></div>
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