Commonwealth games gives a glimpse of what is in the store

Go ahead: Compare what you wish:
here is the link from BBC site. Click about each country and see GDP, Population, medals etc.

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Oct. 14, 2010

Nobel prize for writing layer of pencil: GRAPHENE

This is about GRAPHENE, the new wonder material for which a noble prize has been awarded to two scientists from Manchester.

Read on: Here is the link

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नैनीताल फिल्म फैस्टिवल 2010

LINK FOR NAINITAL FILM FESTIVAL
दूसरे नैनीताल फ़िल्म फेस्टिवल की नयी तारीखें
प्रिय मित्रों,
पिछले दिनों उत्तराखंड में लगातार बारिश और भूस्खलन के कारण जान माल का बहुत नुकसान हुआ है। इसे देखते हुए हमने अपना फ़िल्म उत्सव एक महीने टालकर अब 29 से 31 अकतूबर करने का निश्चय किया है। जल्द ही इस ब्लॉग पर फ़िल्म फेस्टिवल का पूरा शिड्यूल प्रकाशित किया जाएगा। इच्छुक सिने प्रेमी दर्शकों से अनुरोध है कि नैनीताल पहुंचकर प्रतिरोध के सिनेमा अभियान को सफल बनाएँ। इस समय नैनीताल में टूरिस्टों का खासा जमावड़ा रहता है इसलिए अपने रहने का इंतज़ाम एडवांस में कर लें।

शुभकामनाओं सहित,

ज़हूर आलम
संयोजक, दूसरा नैनीताल फ़िल्म फेस्टिवल
09412983164
yugmanch.nainital@gmail.कॉम

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नीचे दिया प्रोगाम इस साईट से लिया गया है:


Day One Friday October 29, 2010

Time Programme Duration Details Synopsis

3.30-4 pm Opening Ceremony 30 minute
4-4.15 pm Songs by Yugmanch 10 minute
4.15-4.45 pm Screening of Girda and Nirmal films 30 minute
4.45 - 5 pm Felicitation B Mohan Negi and Prayag Joshi 15 minute
5- 5.30pm Release of Smarika, A short note on festival by Pranay Krishna, Zahoor Alam and Sanjay Joshi 30 minute
5.30 - 6 pm Almoriana 27 minute Directed by Vasudha Joshi for PSBT Camera person: Ranjan Palit, 2000, Hindi with EST, This is a cinematic document of the Dussehra festival in the Himalayan town of Almora in Uttarakhnad.
6 - 6.10 Introduction Daayen Ya Baayen 10 minute
6.10- 8.10 pm Screening Daayen Ya Baayen 115 minute Written and directed by Bela Negi, Camera by Amlan Dutta, Main Cast: Deeepak Dobriyal, Manav Kaul, Girish Tiwari, Aditi Beri, Bharti Bhatt and Badarul Islam, Hindi, 2010 A luxury car comes out of the blue into the life of a schoolteacher in a remote hilly village and takes him on an unexpected journey.
8.10 - 8.30 Felicitation and interaction with director Bela Negi 20 minute


Day Two Saturday October 30, 2010

10.30-11.10 am Package of short films 40 minute
11.10-11.20 am Introduction Behman Ghobadi 10 minute Moderate by Ajay Kumar
11.20-1pm Screening TURTLES CAN FLY 100 minute Directed by Behman Ghobadi Set in Ghobadi's native Kurdistan, close to the Turkey-Iran border. Soran is a 13-year-old boy who orders other children around as he installs an antenna for villagers keen to hear of Saddam's fall. Eventually, he falls for Agrin but is disturbed by her brother Henkov, who was left armless after he stepped on a landmine and who can now seemingly predict the future
1-.1.30 pm LUNCH BREAK 30 minute
1.30-1.40 pm Introduction Vasudha Joshi 10 minute Moderate by Uma Bhatt
1.40 -2.20 pm Screening FOR MAYA 38 minute Directed by Vasudha Joshi Made to commemorate 50 years of Indian Independence, the film delves into the lives of four generations of women in the director’s family, and explores the spaces they create for themselves.
2.20-2.35pm Discussion on FOR MAYA 15 minute
2.35 -2.50 pm Niyamraja Ka Vilaap 13 minute Directed by Surya Shankar Dash Interesting music video on imporatnce of Niyamgiri mountain
2.50-2.55 pm Introduction Ajay TG 5 minute
3-3.35 pm Screening ANDHERE SE PAHALE 33 minute Directed by Ajay TG A film exposes land grab activity by Mittals in Chattisgarh
3.35- 3.50 pm Felicitation and interaction with Ajay TG 15 minute
3.50-4.30 pm TEA BREAK 40 minute
4.30 pm- 4.35 pm Introduction Debranjan Sarangi 5 minute Moderate by Ajay Bhardwaj
4.35- 5.20 pm Screening From Hindu to Hinduatva 42 minute Directed by Debranjan Sarangi
5.20- 5.35 pm Felicitation and interaction with Ajay TG 15 minute
5.35- 6pm Music Videos Ham Dekhenge 25 minute Curated by Tarun Bhartiya and K Mark Swer
6-6.05 pm Introduction Ajay Bhardwaj 5 minute Moderate by Sanjay Kak
6.05-7.15 pm Screening Kitte Mil Ve Mahi 72 minute
7.15- 7.30 pm Felicitation and interaction with Ajay Bhardwaj 15 minute
7.30-7.35 pm Introduction Paresh Kamdar 5 minute
7.35- 9.05 Screening KHARGOSH 90 minute Based on story by Priyamvad edited and directed by Paresh Kamdar, Camera Vivek Shah, Main Cast:Arhan Wilson, Gauri, Sumit Sharma, Garima Srivastav and Chittaranjan Giri, 2008, Hindi
9.05-9.20 pm Felicitation and interaction with Paresh Kamdar 15 minute Based on story by Priyamvad edited and directed by Paresh Kamdar, Camera Vivek Shah, Main Cast:Arhan Wilson, Gauri, Sumit Sharma, Garima Srivastav and Chittaranjan Giri, 2008, Hindi


Day Three Sunday October 31, 2010

10.30-11.15 A short play by Yugmanch for Children 45 minute
11.15 - 11.20 am Introduction CHUTKAN KI MAHABHARAT
11.20 - 12.50 pm Screening CHUTKAN KI MAHABARAT 90 minute Directed by Sankalp Meshram A Nautanki team (a Musical folk theatre) sets up camp in a village and the whole village is abuzz with excitement and the ten year old boy Chutkan is no exception to enjoy the whole myth of Pandavas & Kauravas of Mahabharat.
12.50 -1.05 pm Felicitation and interaction with Sankalp Meshram 15 minute Agog with images of Nautanki, Chutkan sees a dream in which Shakuni Mama & Duryodhana have a change of heart after deceitfully winning against Yudhistir at the game of chausar. They confess to their villainy and relinquish all claims to the kingdom. The great Mahabharata ends even before it’s begun.
1.05 -1.40 pm LUNCH BREAK 35 minute Things take a strange turn when the Nautanki artistes behave exactly as Chutkan had dreampt.
1.40- 2.15 pm Package of short films 35 minute The film then takes a hilarious journey in to the Magical realist genre made richer by the use of folk music, theatre & lyrical passages.
2.15-2.20 pm Introduction Voices from Baliapal 5 minute Moderate by Sanjay Kak
2.20- 3 pm Screening VOICES FROM BALIAPAL 40 minute Voices from Baliapal is a film about a movement of 70,000 farmers and fishermen in Orissa, Eastern India, against the Indian Government's efforts to evict them from their land to set up a testing range for missiles. The voices of the local people, their myths, their songs about their motherland and their parodies of national politicians are used in the film to depict the ideas that have sustained the four-and half year long struggle.
3-3.10 pm Screening of Vasudha's video 10 minute
3.10-3.40 pm The Real Images of a Tragedy 30 minute Presented by Jaimitra Bisht A slide presentation by almora based photo journalist Jaimitra Bisht on recent tragedy in Uttarakhand
3.40-3.55 pm Felicitation and interaction with Jaimitra Bisht 15 minute
3.55-4.15 TEA BREAK 20 minute
4.15 -4.20 Introduction Anupama Srinivasan 5 minute Moderate by Sanjay Joshi Portrait of Indian education system covering Sikkim, Rajasthan and Tamilnadu.
4.20- 5.30 Screening I WONDER 70 minute
5.30- 5.45 pm Felicitation and interaction with Anupama Srinivasan 15 minute
5.45-6.15pm Music Videos Ham dekhenge 30 minute
6.15 -6.20 pm Introduction Jashn-e-Azadi 5 minute
6.20-8.40 pm Screening Jashn-e-Azadi 138 minute Moderate by Ashutosh Kumar
8.40- 8.45 pm Felicitation and interaction with Sanjay Kak 15 minute
8.55-9.05 Closing ceremony with songs from Yugmanch 10 minute


Curated by Sanjay Joshi for 2nd Nainital Film Festival
22/10/10

शिक्ष्या का अधिकार

shikshya ke adhikar par eak khabar BBC se:

गिरीश तिवारी गिर्दा -अलविदा

The famous poet Girish Tiwari dies in Haldwani on 22.8.2010.

हिंदुस्तान के स्वतंत्रता दिवस पर पाकिस्तानी शुभकामना सन्देश

Independence Day Greetings for India

With Courtesy from
Adil Najam, USA

कुमायूं विश्वविद्यालय में बीबीसी की चर्चा

ये discussion मीटिंग बीबीसी लन्दन ने नैनीताल में की है: बीबीसी की हिंदी सेवा का लिंक है.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/multimedia/2010/08/100813_univ_kumaon_ms.shtml

चम्पावत के बारे में कुछ और

From London, U.K. to Champawat U.K.!

१. ये हमारे परिचित अतुल के ब्लॉग का लिंक है। अतुल मई के अंतिम सप्ताह में चम्पावत में थे।

२. उन्होंने ये लिंक यू ट्यूब का भी दिया है!

नैनीताल समाचार से साभार, Year: 1300 AD

नीचे दिया गया पैरा नैनीताल समाचार (१-१४ जून, २०१०) से लिया गया है। सन १३०० के आसपास की बात है!

...................यहाँ एक भारी भरकम ताम्रपत्र था, जिसे तत्कालीन जिला मुख्यालय अल्मोड़ा में मँगा लिया गया था। भूमिदान से सम्बन्धित था इस ताम्रपत्र की प्रतिलिपि मंदिर के पुजारी के पास है। यह इस प्रकार है:- ‘‘कल्याण हो। श्री षाके 1345 उत्तरायण में पौर्णमासी के दिन फल्गु नक्षत्र आषाढ़ के अन्त में इस पृथ्वी पर चूंड़ामणि की भाँति जिसके युगपद सुषोभित हैं, उसी राजा के द्वारा चम्पावती कुमञां में कुन्ज को भूमि दी गई । यह ब्राह्मण जो मायासेरी का उपभोग करता आ रहा है, वह प्रसन्न हो गया। राजा विक्रमचंद्र दान देने में कल्पवृक्ष की भाँति होवे। यह भूमि पूर्व में उदारमना राजा क्राचाचल्ल द्वारा दी गई थी। यह भूमि दुष्ट लोगों के उपद्रवों से न छीनी जाए, इसलिए इसका जीर्णोद्धार कर दिया गया इत्यादि। इसके साक्षी हैं, रूदु चौंकियाल, प्रभु बीष्ट, जनु महुणि इत्यादि।’’
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वाद-विवाद प्रतियोगिता (चेन्नई से)

अनुपम ने १-७-२०१० को ए़क वाद-विवाद प्रतियोगिता में हिस्सा लिया:

"क्या भारत विश्व का नेतृत्व करेगा? "

आदरणीय अध्धक्ष्य / निर्णायक महोदय, एवं साथियों,
मुझे लगता है कि यह मेरे विपक्षी साथियों का ए़क अच्चा सपना है। ये सपना पूरा होगा - इस बात में मुझे कदापि विश्वास नहीं है। इसके ढेर सरे कारण हैं, लेकिन समयाभाव के कारण में कुछ आपको बताता हूँ:
नंबर १: भारत में अनेको तरह कि विसंतायें हैं, जैसे: धर्म, भाषा, खानपान, रीति - रिवाज , जो देश की उन्नति में बाधक नजर आते हैं।
नंबर २: साम्प्रदायिकता तथा जातीय भेदभाव कुछ और मुख्य समस्याएं हैं।
नंबर ३: भ्रष्टाचार:- भारत में हर स्तर पर भ्रस्टाचार का बोलबाला हैं जो इस देश को गर्त में ले जाने के लिए तैयार है।
नंबर ४: जनसँख्या अवं गरीबी:- निरंतर बढती जनसँख्या एवं गरीबी काल की तरह भारत के सामने मुंह खोले तैनात है। प्रतिवर्ष भारत मं 'ऑस्ट्रेलिया कि बराबर की' जनसँख्या बढती है।
नंबर ५: अशिक्ष्या:-आजादी के साठ साल बाद भी देश की आधी से ज्यादा जनसंख्या अपना नाम तक पढना -लिखना नहीं जानती है। विज्ञान के नाम पर पिछले अस्सी सालों से ए़क भी नोबेल पुरुस्कार भारत के वैज्ञानिकों ने नहीं जीते हैं। तकनीक के नाम पर "स्क्रू ड्राईवर टेक्नोलोजी" भारत की शान है। इलेक्त्रोनिकी की चिप बनाने का एक भी कारखाना नहीं है।
नंबर ६: राजनीति:- कुछ को छोड़ , बहुत से राजनेता चोर-मानसिकता से अपना घर भरते हैं, उन्हें जनता की समस्याओं से कुछ लेना -देना नहीं होता है।

नंबर ७: स्वास्थ्य:- सबसे प्रमुख है: बच्चों का स्वास्थ्य। जिस देश के आधे से ज्यादा बच्चे भूखे सोते हों, उस देश का भविष्य क्या होगा , इसका अंदाजा सहज ही लगाया जा सकता है। युवा वर्ग के स्वास्थ्य का ए़क नमूना इस समय चल रहे दक्षिण अफ्रीका में फुटबोल का विश्वकप है, जिसमें भारत का दूर-दूर तक नामोनिशान नहीं है। खेलकूद प्रतियोगिताओ में ओलम्पिक में ए़क भी स्वर्ण पदक का न मिलना इसका ज्वलंत उदहारण है।

अत: उपरोक्त के आधार पर ये कहना बिलकुल भी अनुचित नहीं होगा कि भारत विश्व का नेतृत्व करने की स्थिति में अगले १०० सालों तक तो नहीं है।

- anupam

हम उन्हें "सीखना" सिखा देंगे

"हम उन्हें -"सीखना"- सीखा देंगे"
२७ मई, चंपावत के एक स्कूल के एक छोटे से कमरे में, जिसके उपर टीन बुरी तरह से फटफटा रहे थे, प्रोफ़ेसर एम एम पंत हम सब लोगो को समझा रहे थे! सरकारी स्कूलों के उन तमाम बच्चों के साथ हो रही परेशानियों को ध्‍यान से सुनने के बाद ये बता रहे थे: इससे पहले सविद्या के सचिव प्रोफेसर हरी दत्त बिष्ट (जिनके नेतृत्व में सविद्या चल रहा है ) ने इस मीटिंग का आगाज़ करते हुए संस्था के सभी अध्यापकों, जी आई सी चंपावत के गुरुजनों और अन्य गन्यमान्य जनों, सरकारी प्रतिनिधियों का स्वागत किया.

सदस्यों ने भी अपनी राय रखी. अध्यापकों ने अध्धयन-अध्यापन सम्बन्धी परेशानियों से सबको अवगत कराया। जो कुछ सुधार किये जा सकते हैं बताये। ए़क बात जो खरक कार्की के जूनियर है स्कूल के संस्था के अध्यापक ने बतायी, वह नोट करने लायक है: "कक्षा ६ के विद्यार्थियों में दो तरह के छात्र हैं, ए़क तो वो जो, संस्था द्वारा अंगीकृत प्राइमरी स्कूल (खर्क्कार्की) से पढ़े हैं, दूसरे वो, जो अन्य स्कूलों से पढ़कर आये हैं। बाहर से आये बच्चे धीमे हैं। इसलिए, स्कूल ने दो कक्षाएं चला रखी हैं!- ए़क तो सामान्य, दूसरी मैं चीजें दूबारा बताई जाती हैं.".

प्रोफेस्सर पन्त ने इस मीटिंग पर हर्ष जाहिर करते हुए "शिक्षा के अधिकार" की याद दिलाई। उन्होंने बताया कि कैसे "शिक्षा के अधिकार" एवं "सूचना के अधिकार" शिक्षा की प्रगति में सहायक हो सकता है. प्रोफेसर पंत ने इस बात पर ज़ोर दिया की कैसे बच्चों को स्कूल जाने के लिए आकर्सित करने के उपाय करने की ज़रूरत है. इसका एक उदाहरण डी हुए उन्होने अपने एक परिचित का जिक्र किया जो लन्डन में रहते हैं और अपने माता पिता को एक "ओल्ड एज होम" में रखने के बस्ते उन्हें दिखाने ले गये. माता-पिता को मायूस पा कर वो बोले: " देखिए ना, यहाँ पर फ़्रिज़ हैं, ये एमर्जेन्सी बटन है. ये देखिये सोने का कमरा कितना अच्छा है." उनकी बातों से ये लग रहा था जैसे वो माता-पिता से उस समय का बदला ले रहे हों जब उनको बचपन में स्कूल भेजा होगा.
"कि ये देखो ये पार्क है, ये क्लास रूम है, ..." . उन्होंने बताया कि "घर में उसे प्यार मिलता है , अच्छा खाना मिलता है , टीवी है , जब जो चाहे कर सकता है, स्कूल में क्या है , जो उसे अच्छा लगे ?"। जरुरत है स्कूल को एसा बनाने की, जिसे बच्चा पसंद करे।

उन्होंने अमरीकी स्कूलों का भी उदाहरण दिया और बताया कि वहां अच्छे अध्यापकों की कमीं है।

अध्यापन के कार्य को अत्यंत कठिन बताते हुए उन्होंने बताया कि " जैसे एक कक्ष्या में ६० विद्यार्थी हैं। आप उन साठों को कुछ समझा रहें हैं। लेकिन वहां पर कोई तेज हैं, कोई साधारण है, कोई धीमा सीखने वाला विद्यार्थी है। अत: सब अपने -अपने सीखने की गति के साथ समझ रहे है। असल में ६० दिमाग अपनी-अपनी तरह से ६० लेच्चेर सुन रहे हैं। इसके लिए जरुरी है, कि जो धीमी गति के बच्चे हैं, उन्हें अलग से सिखाया जाये. उन्हें ये सिखाना है कि "सीखें कैसे?"। इसलिए बच्चों को "सीखना सिखाना है "।
उन्होंने अपने अनुभव बनते हुए बताया कि कैसे एक- एक हफ्ते में धीमी गति वाले बच्चों के गणित में अंको का सुधार किया जा सकता है।

पचास साल बाद यहाँ चम्पावत के बच्चों को देश की उन्नति मन अपना महत्वपूर्ण योगदान देने की इच्छा रखते हुए उन्होंने अपना वक्तब्य समाप्त किया।

मोहल्ला से साभार : बीमार को देखने जाएँ तो क्या करें?

यदि आप किसी बीमार मित्र को देखने अस्पताल जाएँ तो पहले इसे ज़रूर पढ़ें.

चम्पावत की खबरें, Some news about champawat visit

इस बीच गर्मियों की छुट्टियों हम मैं चम्पावत गये थे. वहाँ की खबरें बिस्तार से; The first one is through this image.
Activities under Savidya: (1). Newspaper report of 5th June 2010 on the distribution of 500 dress, medicines to students of about 7 schools at Kulethi.

(2). Anupam viewing the water from a village river on the microscope in the “Science resource center. Kulethi”.

(3). The photograph (of the Algy present in the water) taken by digital camera through the eyepiece is also shown.

गुस्सा आता है ? तो ये पढ़िए जनाब!

गुस्सा आता है ? तो ये पढ़िए जनाब!

हाई स्कूल के छात्रों के लिए ए़क अच्छी राय (अखबार से)

Today there was an article for young students.

किसी को कुछ पढ़ाना मुश्किल है (Prof. Ananth's remarks at RSI)

Nothing can be taught

Introduction
I attended the inaugural of “summer program 2010’ at 9:00 AM on 5th May 2010. The program is held under the auspices of the “Research Science Initiative” Chennai, an effort by a few citizen of Chennai. This program is intended to develop an attraction for basic sciences for the high school children at this era when every parent wants his/her child to become an engineer.
This program has been led by Padma Seshadri Bala Bhawan group of schools with the support of other institutes including IIT Madras.
I was invited to the inaugural by one of my seniour colleague Prof. V. Balakrishan (we call him Bala). Bala himself is a stalwart in arranging such programs and has been one of the key figures in this program also.

To be a mentor /Lab visit

Bala had come to me while I was busy in conducting/correcting Physics II (Electrodynamics) for 641 students of B. Tech first year. He came with a question if I was available during this one month to be a “mentor” for one of the students (out of 34) they have selected. Since I was going to be away in North India during those few weeks, he wanted me to give a “lab visit” to the students. I readily agreed to it even though arranging a visit of 34 students to a sophisticated laser laboratory was a difficult task. But I was sure that the well trained Ph.D. students (Ramanaiah, Basanth, Akbar and Namboothiri) will be able to show some useful things to the students. I shall talk about the demonstration we had planned at a later stage.

Kindly remain seated:
It started with a few remarks by a 11th class girl student who conducted the proceedings gracefully like a professional TV anchor. On of the best things I ever heard as the phrase “kindly remain seated” immediately after announcing that ‘a few students will now sing a prayer “Nav ichcha teete”. It is petty unusual but people start getting up every time when there is an announcement for the prayer in any function, as if it is a national anthem. I have always felt that one could appreciate the prayer much more by sitting calmly than standing up. Anyway there were some reasons but it also broake the tradition of unnecessarily standing for the prayer!

Nothing can be taught
The director of IIT Madras, Professor M. S. Ananth has been an excellent speaker on any occasion related to education and science. I have been listning to him over a decade now. But time and again I have admired his speech on a particular topic. This time it was education-to-high school students. Ananth started by quoting a book “Science and Common Understanding” . Referring the book (without quoting it verbatim) he told that the message from the book is something like as follows: “ When we see any ancient monument, we admire the art. We do not see that the beautiful art was the ‘ordinary human effort’ with the vision and the direction given by a visionary.”

House of education:
Science learning is like a house with various rooms. Some of the rooms are complete means we understand everything; we put it in the text books of the schools. Some rooms are half done (we understand them reasonably), we teach it to the graduates and undergraduates. When the room is not at all started, we do not know how the room will look like (we do not know much about it) and that’s what we teach it at Ph.D. level.

Not to cover the course but partly uncover it:
Ananth remembered of his friends who joined IIT Kanpur when he himself joined IIT Madras, This is a famous story. His friend went to Prof. Kelkar (who was the director of IIT K) and said : Sir, I am sorry that I could not cover the full course contents of the fluid mechanics”. Professor Kelkar smiled and replied, “ Gentleman, I have not hired you for covering the full course!, I have hired you to uncover the part of it”!.

7 Principles of teaching-learning processes:
While fully aware of he fact and the requirement of good grades obtained by the students (generally by studying themselves just a month before the exam), Ananth gave a few known principles on the modern experience of the academicians :
1. Nothing can be taught: Different students learn the subject on their own (even when we teach all of them in the class, what we taught them, and in spite of what we spoke).
2. Near to far: In teaching, we should take examples from nearest places. For example, in teaching pollution control, we will take data from the city of Chicago, as for any Indian city the data was jut not available. Even if it is available, it will not be authentic. For example, in weather control, some times May 3rd will be cloudy in 1982, 1983, 1984 etc, shear by the habit of filling the records by the office.
3. Diversity of the problems
This is contrary to the exam pattern. Instead of solving several problems, emphasis should be given in solving the same problem from the different angles. He gave an example of a problem being solved by a mathematician and a physicist.
4. Repetition is essential
When a professor was told that he has repeated his point 7 times in the lecture, he said: “Did I do that? Thank god, we are supposed to tell it 7 times.” But He quoted that we definitely should tell 3 times with the following rule: “Tell them what you are going to tell them, tell them, and tell them what you told them”.
5. Right Brain and Left brain
When research was done on accident patients whose left or right brains were damaged. It was concluded tat the 2 brains of the human brain has different tasks. The left brain gathers and keeps the data, while the right brain is logical, good at step by step analysis , musical and imagination etc. That tells us an important point that many students are not really listening in the class but their left brain is working. This helps them when they are preparing for the exam and remember why professor was stressing this point again and again.
6. Experimental verification
Aristotle had said that women has less number of teeth than the men. This statement was never checked for its validity for years (and later found to be wrong). Actually Aristotle himself had two wives and never troubled himself to count the number of teeth his wives had.

7. Right to question
Habit of questioning is one of the important aspect for teaching learning process. Some one has said: “ Young people must listen to elders carefully but do not believe in it necessarily.”

Further on the necessity of ‘science and humility’, Ananth recalled a story of Ramanujam visiting Hardy in Britain. Hardy posed a difficult problem to Ramanujam. Ramanujam immediately wrote the formula on the board. The formula (as Hardy said) was too beautiful to be not TRUE. Hardy carefully solved problem onver a period of one year and found the same answer. Surprised at this Hardy asked Ramanujam: How did he guess the answer so quickly? Ramanujam answered : “Due to the intelligence and the faith in the god”.
Ananth said that Science is the most arrogant. In this ever expanding universe, inside a small galaxy, in a small planet a person thinking that he knows everything – is it not the arrogance then what is this? He concluded with a suggestion that we must always practice humility.

I shall edit this text when I shall get an opportunity. Best wishes from Champawat with the help of the BSNL mobile e-connection. 21 May 2010.

Nothing

Nothing can be taught:

With reference to the following news, I shall write something:

National Science Initiative

मनुष्य रूप में मृग चर रहे हैं! (कक्ष्या ८ की किताब से )

मनुष्य रूपेण मृगाश्चरन्ति
--------------------

येषाम न विद्या न तपो न दानं
ज्ञानं न शीलं न गुणों न धर्मः |
ते मर्त्यलोके भुवि भारभूताः
मनुष्य रूपेण मृगाश्चरन्ति ||

साहित्य संगीत कलाविहिन:
साक्षात् पशु: पूच्छविशां हीनः
तृणं न खान्नपी जीवमान:
तद्भाग्धेयम परम पशुनाम||

शायद आपको कुछ पुरानी चीजें अच्छी लगें

1. FOR KIDS (in HINDI)

2. SANSKRIT ke SHLOK

3. VIDYA (HINDI)

4. Student (IN HINDI)

5. We should speak only the truth

इरान तुरान की (चंद्रू dajju से सुना हुआ )

भाइयो और बहनों ,
मैं न नेता हूँ और न अभिनेता!
अभिनेता लोग मुंबई में पाए जाते हैं....
मुंबई ए़क बहुत बड़ा शहर है.
शहर तो दिल्ली भी है!
दिल्ली में बहुत से धुप वाले चश्मे पाए जाते हैं.

चश्मे झील को कहते हैं.
झील कश्मीर में पाई जाती है.
कश्मीर ए़क बहुत की खुबसूरत जगह है.

खुबसूरत तो हेमा मालिनी भी थी.
उसकी पहली फिल्म का नाम सौदागर था.
उसका हीरो राजकपूर था.

भारतीय हीरो बहुत बलवान होते हैं.
बलवान तो शेर भी होता है.

४० सेर का ए़क मन होता है.
मन बड़ा चंचल होता है.

चंचल, मधुबाला की छोटी बहन का नाम था.
उसने बहुत सी फिल्मों में काम किया.
काम तो गधा भी करता है.
लेकिन गधा ए़क सीधा सदा जानवर होता है.

सीधा-सादा तो बिजली का खम्बा भी है.
बिजली का खम्भा लोहे का बना होता है.
लौह पुरुष सरदार बल्लभ भाई पटेल थे.
वे बहुत महान थे.
महान तो वो (whoever) भी था .
वो अपने देश के लिए बफादार था.

बफादार तो कुत्ता भी होता है.
लेकिन अगर कुत्ते की पूँछ को
टेड़ी करके जमीं
में गाड़ दिया जाये,
तो वो टेड़ी की टेड़ी रहती है.

-Prem April 14, 2010

भगत सिंह की याद में

भगत सिंह की याद में: The link follows:
"http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050724/spectrum/book6.htm">

कारवां गुज़र गया, गुबार देखते रहे !

चोर माल ले गए
लोटे थाल ले गए
मूंग और मसूर की
सारी दाल ले गए|
और हम खड़े खड़े
खाट पर पड़े पड़े,
सामने खुले हुए
किवाड़ देखते रहे,
....कारवां गुज़र गया,
गुबार देखते रहे!

[Nov. 26, 2012:  I just checked the comment and found out that these lines are by Kaka Hathrasi !]

Prem

When you go to college

With due credits from the following site (of MIT admissions).

 http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/life/workplay_balance_at_mit/50_things.shtml

"50 Things"

Dear Class of 2010,
This will be my last entry written specifically for you; beginning with the launch of our new site in early September, I'll begin focusing on the future class of 2011. I hope that you guys won't be strangers; stay in touch either in person (come visit us!) or online (please drop by the blogs from time to time and say hi).
As you begin your college experience, and I prepare for my 10-year college reunion, I thought I'd leave you with the things that, in retrospect, I think are important as you navigate the next four years. I hope that some of them are helpful.
Here goes...

1. Your friends will change a lot over the next four years. Let them.
2. Call someone you love back home a few times a week, even if just for a few minutes.
3. In college more than ever before, songs will attach themselves to memories. Every month or two, make a mix cd, mp3 folder, whatever - just make sure you keep copies of these songs. Ten years out, they'll be as effective as a journal in taking you back to your favorite moments.
4. Take naps in the middle of the afternoon with reckless abandon.
5. Adjust your schedule around when you are most productive and creative. If you're nocturnal and do your best work late at night, embrace that. It may be the only time in your life when you can.
6. If you write your best papers the night before they are due, don't let people tell you that you "should be more organized" or that you "should plan better." Different things work for different people. Personally, I worked best under pressure - so I always procrastinated... and always kicked ass (which annoyed my friends to no end). ;-) Use the freedom that comes with not having grades first semester to experiment and see what works best for you.
7. At least a few times in your college career, do something fun and irresponsible when you should be studying. The night before my freshman year psych final, my roommate somehow scored front row seats to the Indigo Girls at a venue 2 hours away. I didn't do so well on the final, but I haven't thought about psych since 1993. I've thought about the experience of going to that show (with the guy who is now my son's godfather) at least once a month ever since.
8. Become friends with your favorite professors. Recognize that they can learn from you too - in fact, that's part of the reason they chose to be professors.
9. Carve out an hour every single day to be alone. (Sleeping doesn't count.)
10. Go on dates. Don't feel like every date has to turn into a relationship.
11. Don't date someone your roommate has been in a relationship with.
12. When your friends' parents visit, include them. You'll get free food, etc., and you'll help them to feel like they're cool, hangin' with the hip college kids.
13. In the first month of college, send a hand-written letter to someone who made college possible for you and describe your adventures thus far. It will mean a lot to him/her now, and it will mean a lot to you in ten years when he/she shows it to you.
14. Embrace the differences between you and your classmates. Always be asking yourself, "what can I learn from this person?" More of your education will come from this than from any classroom.
15. All-nighters are entirely overrated.
16. For those of you who have come to college in a long-distance relationship with someone from high school: despite what many will tell you, it can work. The key is to not let your relationship interfere with your college experience. If you don't want to date anyone else, that's totally fine! What's not fine, however, is missing out on a lot of defining experiences because you're on the phone with your boyfriend/girlfriend for three hours every day.
17. Working things out between friends is best done in person, not over email. (IM does not count as "in person.") Often someone's facial expressions will tell you more than his/her words.
18. Take risks.
19. Don't be afraid of (or excited by) the co-ed bathrooms. The thrill is over in about 2 seconds.
20. Wednesday is the middle of the week; therefore on wednesday night the week is more than half over. You should celebrate accordingly. (It makes thursday and friday a lot more fun.)
21. Welcome failure into your lives. It's how we grow. What matters is not that you failed, but that you recovered.
22. Take some classes that have nothing to do with your major(s), purely for the fun of it.
23. It's important to think about the future, but it's more important to be present in the now. You won't get the most out of college if you think of it as a stepping stone.
24. When you're living on a college campus with 400 things going on every second of every day, watching TV is pretty much a waste of your time and a waste of your parents' money. If you're going to watch, watch with friends so at least you can call it a "valuable social experience."
25. Don't be afraid to fall in love. When it happens, don't take it for granted. Celebrate it, but don't let it define your college experience.
26. Much of the time you once had for pleasure reading is going to disappear. Keep a list of the books you would have read had you had the time, so that you can start reading them when you graduate.
27. Things that seem like the end of the world really do become funny with a little time and distance. Knowing this, forget the embarassment and skip to the good part.
28. Every once in awhile, there will come an especially powerful moment when you can actually feel that an experience has changed who you are. Embrace these, even if they are painful.
29. No matter what your political or religious beliefs, be open-minded. You're going to be challenged over the next four years in ways you can't imagine, across all fronts. You can't learn if you're closed off.
30. If you need to get a job, find something that you actually enjoy. Just because it's work doesn't mean it has to suck.
31. Don't always lead. It's good to follow sometimes.
32. Take a lot of pictures. One of my major regrets in life is that I didn't take more pictures in college. My excuse was the cost of film and processing. Digital cameras are cheap and you have plenty of hard drive space, so you have no excuse.
33. Your health and safety are more important than anything.
34. Ask for help. Often.
35. Half of you will be in the bottom half of your class at any given moment. Way more than half of you will be in the bottom half of your class at some point in the next four years. Get used to it.
36. In ten years very few of you will look as good as you do right now, so secretly revel in how hot you are before it's too late.
37. In the long run, where you go to college doesn't matter as much as what you do with the opportunities you're given there. The MIT name on your resume won't mean much if that's the only thing on your resume. As a student here, you will have access to a variety of unique opportunities that no one else will ever have - don't waste them.
38. On the flip side, don't try to do everything. Balance = well-being.
39. Make perspective a priority. If you're too close to something to have good perspective, rely on your friends to help you.
40. Eat badly sometimes. It's the last time in your life when you can do this without feeling guilty about it.
41. Make a complete ass of yourself at least once, preferably more. It builds character.
42. Wash your sheets more than once a year. Trust me on this one.
43. If you are in a relationship and none of your friends want to hang out with you and your significant other, pay attention. They usually know better than you do.
44. Don't be afraid of the weird pizza topping combinations that your new friend from across the country loves. Some of the truly awful ones actually taste pretty good. Expand your horizons.
45. Explore the campus thoroughly. Don't get caught.
46. Life is too short to stick with a course of study that you're no longer excited about. Switch, even if it complicates things.
47. Tattoos are permanent. Be very certain.
48. Don't make fun of prefrosh. That was you like 2 hours ago.
49. Enjoy every second of the next four years. It is impossible to describe how quickly they pass.
50. This is the only time in your lives when your only real responsibility is to learn. Try to remember how lucky you are every day.

Be yourself. Create. Inspire, and be inspired. Grow. Laugh. Learn. Love.
Welcome to some of the best years of your lives.

Ghulam ali

A nice piece of Ghazal

Double century by Sachin Tendulkar in One day match

Sachin Tendulkar today hit a double century in one day match against South Africa.   This is the first 2ble hundred in One day match.
Congratulations.

उत्तर भारत एवं दक्षिण भारत की कुछ झलकियाँ

१. ये फोटो चम्पावत से :
(चंद राजाओं के ज़माने का : करीब 1600- 1700 इसवी )

२. और ये दोनों त्रिची के NAJDIK तन्ज्वूर मंदिर से (चोलावंश, करीब १००० साल पहले)

Oh ! Nirmal Pandey !

अभी अभी स्टार न्यूज में देखा कि निर्मल पाण्डेय का अचानक हार्ट अटैक से देहांत हो गया है!  मुझे विश्वाश नहीं होता.

Here is another link.
मुझे अभी ब्रुक हिल के 4A /२ में उसकी नुक्कड़ नाटक के लिए देये निर्देश कान में गूँज रहे हैं. बुलंद आवाज, जबरदस्त शारीरिक बनावट, .....

ओह,
शांति, शांति, शांति
 About an year back, his interview in a newspaper:

prem diwana

ये कविता मेरे ए़क अजीज दोस्त ज़हूर ने उस ज़माने में लिखी थी, जब मेरी शादी होने वाली थी.    पेश है:
---------------------------------
आप से अब दोस्ताना हो गया ,
रोज मिलने का बहाना हो गया.

पहले मिलते थे फकत इतवार को,
अब तो हर दिन आना जाना हो गया.

दो घडी देखूं नहीं तुमको अगर,
यूँ लगे जैसे जमाना हो गया.

देख कर ही उनको भर जाता हैं पेट
उनका आना मेरा खाना हो गया.

हर अदा पे उनकी में लट्टू हुआ
दिल चकरघिन्नी दीवाना हुआ.

वो भी चल निकला हैं अब बाज़ार में,
नोट जो कुछ था पुराना हो गया.

आई हैं गट्ठर के गठ्ठर चिट्ठियां,
घर हमारा डाक -खाना हो गया.

यार अपना फूल कर कुप्पा हुआ,
जो था तम्बू शामियाना ho gaya.

अब तो हमसे उस तरह मिलते नहीं,
आशु औ आलम बेगाना हो गया.

बस सिलिंडर ही सिलिंडर हो जहाँ,
प्रेम तेरा आशियाना हो गया.

                                 ०००  आलम-ए-ज़हूर (१९९३)

(इस सन्दर्भ में ये बताना जरूरी है कि उन दिनों मैंने कुकिंग गैस सिलिंडर से सम्बंधित ए़क -आध कवितायेँ (dekhen april 2009 ki pravistiyan ) लिखी थी.  'असली कविता' वाले मेरे दोस्तों ने   इसे "सिलिंडर शैली" का नाम दिया था.  असर ये, कि ये कविता उसी शैली का ए़क नायाब नमूना है.- प्रेम , फ़रवरी ७, २०१०).

Solar Eclipse at IIT Madras

Longest solar eclipse of the century. A lot of time to try quite a few designs. This one has eyes made of the image of the sun through the ordinary reading lens.

A child gave the name 'the kutti sun' (through leaf holes).

Eclipse could be seen throughout the campus through the pin holes of the tree leaves (known as Leaf canopy)[Ref 1]. A reading lens of 1 diopter (the first reading lens one needs at the age of 40 years) can make things pretty bright.  Among many images through leaf-canopy, two bright semi-circles are images of the sun through a reading lens.

[Ref 1: "Forest Cover as a Solar Camera: Penumbral Effects in Plant Canopies" by Margaret C. Anderson and Edward E. Miller, Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Aug., 1974), pp. 691-697

ए़क शहर और दूसरे के बीच सांस्कृतिक खाई

After landing at the Chennai airport, I hired a prepaid taxi (Rs. 250) for my home. Taxi was running on the road pretty soon, when suddenly the driver peeped out and said " Hello, Hellooo!, Pod podum... Pod podum solle".. I understood that he was indicating towards a two wheeler pillion rider that the SARI was hanging down. "Thank you" said a pleasant smiling lady while holding the portion of the Sari in her hand. The two wheeler went off. I became emotional as I remembered the behaviour of a taxi driver in another city about 48 hours back!

The another city I went for a meeting was without carrying much luggage. I thought I should take a running taxi without waiting in the prepaid Que. I came out and looked around. A taxi approached me and I sat inside (after agreeing with the driver on the meter) relaxing that it will take about an hour to reach my destination.

1. Within a few seconds the driver pulled out a chart " please have a look into the chart,at how much you will pay, as the meter will show about 21". I glanced through the chart, 21 was too much! It was showing some number which did not seem to be acceptable to me as I was exactly at the same place about 4 months back with MERU Taxi (city code+44224422). I understand India was changing fast, but this speed was unacceptable to a cautious mind. I immediately objected and asked the driver to stop as this was too much! he immediately changed his position and said " Oh, by mistake I have given you the NIGHT chart; the day chart is ..this." he gave me the other one, which even showed almost the same price, a bit less though. I just felt comfortable that we know each other a bit better.

During the travel, he was not comfortable with the traffic signals. He drove pretty rough. (From right to left, without following the lane discipline etc.). He made a few comments, such as " I am local (and not from UP , BIHAR)". "This city has changed a lot". "There are 10 or 20 vehicles in one house here!" "too much of Road Jams", etc. From his conversations (on his mobile phone), I could see that he had to drive about an hour or more, even though he was promising the person to be there in next half an hour (we still had to drive half hour to our destination).

2. We reached to security, where I showed my I-card. Then I entered his name (I forgot) and TAXI number MH01G23-- (last 2 numbers I forgot again) and gave the slip back to the driver as he would use it for out gate. We reached to the guest house. Without even looking into the meter, he said " it is 350 sab, I will give you 150..." I said how, show me the meter! By the way, the meter was covered with an opaque plastic, which did not allow me to see any thing during my journey from the airport to the guest house. I saw the same chart and it was about Rs 325/= I agreed that I should pay him 350/-
Even though I had the change of 350/= since he offered 150/- I handed over a 500 rupee note quickly and placed the 150 in my purse. While I was doing this he said "What is this?" He showed me a 100 rupee note in his hand, indicating as if I gave him this note! I took back the note and gave him the change I had.

It is a different thing that I immediately had suspected that there was something wrong, but was not even thinking about it as I had to check-in and it was becoming late etc.
After about 30 minutes when I called my wife and asked her if she had seen a 500 rupee note in my purse (we discussed the money before I left), she said yes!

I learned that still the old dirty tricks are popular in the city. My colleague who had arrived from Kolakata told me (another story) and why he is afraid of taking the vehicle from the road in the city!