tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63532656700083481572008-03-27T18:45:44.485+05:30Speaking my Mind OutShubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-5794835595678192252008-03-27T18:34:00.002+05:302008-03-27T18:45:44.516+05:30.<div align="justify">Hmm.. neither do I have a title nor a subject on which I would like to write. Just was getting bored.. wanted to do something 'idiotic'..  so watz better than this place.<br />Want to write something about what things goin on but again its against my ideology to write personal stuffs here.. hence 'll reconsider my decision and get back. :)<br /></div>Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-75762307092621009382007-10-19T09:09:00.000+05:302007-10-19T17:52:41.393+05:30Look.. who's crying!!!<div style="text-align: justify;">Monkey chants' - a non-issue blown out of proportion by guess who - the Aussie babies. There is an Indian side of story and a Aussie side - those who say nothing actually happened &amp; those who are behaving like babies - <span style="font-style: italic;">'mummy, mummy isne mujhe chidaya' (Mother, he teased me). </span>Chronologically, first Mr. Andrew 'baby' Symonds complained of some monkey chants from the crowd in Vadodra. I cannot just understand one thing - in what sense were these things 'derogatory racially' and made him believe that it was pointed at him. Only one reason comes to mind - probably he is too self conscious and have faced similar things in their domestic circuit where racism is a big problem (Reports). Can you imagine Indian junta first knowing that he is a West-Indian and then trying to relate it with monkey - absurd. No one in India have that much time. It was in his mind and he was insecure- so he just vented out his frustration by relating something with some other thing - completely different. Now, they are crying it happened two times in Chandigarh and then in Mumbai, but why do they forget - it was they, themselves, who gave it a racial overtone after Vadodra - <span style="font-style: italic;">'aa bail mujhe maar' (inviting for trouble). </span>Indian public wouldn't have known about 'monkey chants' being racial but thanks to the Aussie babies now they know it and obviously, its a common human psyche, teasing someone by things which irritate him. They themselves asked for the trouble and now they are getting it. And if Aussie do not want to be heckled, I believe they shall start playing indoors in closed rooms - it will save them from all sort of taunts. Can Indians not say that Symonds behaved in a racist manner by misunderstanding what Indians were doing to enjoy themselves at Vadodra and giving it a racial meaning...???<br /></div>I earlier used to believe Harbhajan Singh who mostly speaks without thinking a lot and therefore, I laughed at his statement -'Aussies are bad losers' but now I believe this is one of his statement which is not really funny - but a fact. They behave as if aggression, sledging, heckling, taunting etc belongs only to them and if someone else does it - its fake.<br />I would love to see how their 'sober' and 'cultured' crowd behave when Indian team visit their nation and what action they take if such incidents happen there. These fights will no doubt get murkier - unless some concrete measures are taken - it was Aussies who pointed finger at us unnecessarily and it would be better if they realize that what happened at Vadodra was misunderstanding on their part and accept it publicly. It can definitely help to boil down the things.<br />Finally, Mumbai crowd should not let the Aussies get away in the next 20-20 match - they shall repay him with interest whatever he has said about the Crowd behavior.Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-87976195632873255782007-09-11T18:33:00.000+05:302007-09-11T18:44:04.027+05:30I ain't that bad...!!!today, i'm sort of realizing that i ain't that bad a thinker. May be I'm not a good writer but atleast my ideas are not that bad. A few examples are my blog entries<br /><br />1) <a href="http://lahoti.blogspot.com/2007/03/rs-one-lakh-car.html">Tata's 1 Lakh Car </a>(a few weeks ago there was article in business world/ week or similar magazine on similar lines about which I wrote long back).<br />2) <a href="http://shubhamlahoti.rediffiland.com//scripts/xanadu_diary_view.php?postId=1140470297">Indian Hockey </a> :) (long before the 'chak de', I still had worries about hockey and indian team going downwards).Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-11827540468395760552007-08-16T16:40:00.000+05:302007-08-16T17:05:33.032+05:30Bharatin the dark hour of midnight<br />a lady was born<br />with aspirations in her children<br />foregone<br /><br />dressed in three colors<br />she was brought on stage<br />in caring hands<br />just out from the cage<br /><br />but all was not well<br />as her children fought<br />for the reasons<br />which are better not told<br /><br />as time passed<br />wounds were healed<br />but not before<br />children forgot all her needs<br /><br />today they celebrate<br />her sixtieth b'day<br />without a gift<br />which will make her real gayShubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-42568055126815153982007-08-16T13:22:00.000+05:302007-08-16T13:24:07.305+05:30poem 2<span style="font-family: arial;">in the time </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">when media is going insane</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">for the people with no brains</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">who spend their money in drains</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">i feel </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">wont it be better</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">if i was in fetters</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">away from their rubish chatters</span>Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-81189441381435716412007-08-16T13:02:00.000+05:302007-08-16T13:03:45.496+05:30life $uck... not a nice poemacting like a lame-duck<br />i always say life suck<br />'coz i ain't making big buck;<br />wish there was some luck<br /><br />everything feels muck<br />when i see those gals<br />behind the guys with big buck;<br />wish i also had some of tehir luck<br /><br />at the end of teh tunnel<br />i see some light<br />that also of a approaching truck;<br />finally, i need no more luck<br /><br /><br />comments, editing, suggection definitely invited :)Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-52533354094532763912007-04-19T11:12:00.000+05:302007-04-19T11:49:47.401+05:30Who needs Euler et al anyways...???<div style="text-align: justify;">Hey... don't take me wrong guys... I ain't here to criticize these guys or question their intellect (anyways I do not have enough credentials to do that). I just wish to make you guys aware of Ancient Indian Mathematicians and Astronomers - those who existed on this Earth a millennium before these Western genius - and their priceless but 'worthless' contribution in the field mathematics and astronomy.<br />What if I ask you about the Indian contribution in these fields. Probably, you wouldn't remember anything other than the contribution of Zero. But guys, this isn't true - India's contribution is many times greater. Much before Euler et al were giving solutions to basic algebraic problems, Indian Mathematicians and astronomers had already done it. And folks, here I am not talking about some mystical things like aeroplanes or WMDs (which many - myself included - believe and claim that were an integral part of ancient civilizations, but let us not talk about this now); I am simply talking about theoretical Maths and documented results. Some of these include Solution of equations, Value of π, Use of irrational numbers, geometry, solid geometry (around14h century), etc. etc.<br />Indeed this contribution is priceless but why then I called it worthless? Because of just one reason - is this work contributed to them - No.....!!! I ask you why is this work not given their name. Something which is written, which has proof that can satisfy anyone - whats the problem in attributing it to them?<br />I have few links for those interested and wish to update their knowledge database.<br /><a href="http://www.ece.lsu.edu/kak/hist.html"><span>Subhash Kak</span></a> (detail papers)<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_mathematics"><span>Wikipedia</span></a> (in brief)<br /><a href="http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Projects/Pearce/index.html">Indian Maths </a>(Student paper)<br /><br /><a href="http://lahotihindi.blogspot.com/2007/04/blog-post_18.html"><span style="font-size:78%;">Hindi translation</span></a></div>Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-11254831251274635992007-03-28T17:04:00.000+05:302007-03-28T17:42:56.359+05:30Numerology Doubt<div style="text-align: justify;">Hi budding, novice, expert - numerologists :)<br /><br />I have a small doubt regarding a small concept in Numerology, typically wrt my own DoB.<br />I was born on night of 2nd November rather 3rd November as time was 0020 hrs. (Indian Standard Time). As per this info my DoB comes out to be 3rd Nov. But now there is a cache: if I consider the local time of the place of my birth it comes out to be slightly more than 20 mins earlier. Therefore, in such a case my ToB comes out to be something less than oooo hrs. and hence my DoB in such a scenario will be 2nd Nov (time lets say 11:50 p.m.). When I create my astrological charts etc. softwares automatically take care of such an issue as input is Local Time ans Latitude &amp; Longitude while creating it but when I talk in terms of numerology what DoB should I use 3rd or 2nd.<br />BTW what DoB a person should use if he is born at EXACTLY 0000 hrs. - just out of curiosity I wish to know how you numerologist will consider that particular case. Anyways do not forget to answer 1st question :).</div>Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-37209133086348181312007-03-28T14:21:00.000+05:302007-03-28T14:31:50.662+05:30About Me Courtesy Blogthings.comA filthy mind and 100% Scorpio in first attempt :)<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="350"><tbody><tr><td bg="" style="color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:14;color:black;" ><br /><strong style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">You are 100% Scorpio</strong><br /></span></td></tr><br /><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff"><br /><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/howscorpioareyouquiz/scorpio.gif" height="100" width="100" /></center><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/howscorpioareyouquiz/">How Scorpio Are You?</a></div><br /><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="350"><tbody><tr style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><td bg="" align="center"><span style=";font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:14;" ><b>Your Mind is NC-17 Rated</b></span></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><center><img src="http://images.blogthings.com/doyouhaveadirtymindquiz/dirty-3.jpg" height="100" width="100" /></center><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />You're mind is so filthy... you should should be washing every part of you out with soap.<br />If your thoughts can go dirty, they do. Almost everything is NC-17 to you!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div align="center"><a href="http://www.blogthings.com/doyouhaveadirtymindquiz/">Do You Have a Dirty Mind?</a></div>Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-30253925165151961762007-03-05T16:14:00.000+05:302007-03-12T11:50:55.922+05:30Rs. One Lakh Car: An open letter to Tatas<div style="text-align: justify;">Dear Mr. Tata,<br /><br />Since you have announced the plan to roll out Rs. One Lakh Car, I have been more than happy because now a large number of 'middle-class' families of this Indian land will be able to fulfill their dream of owning a four wheeler. No, no... please don't worry this letter is not regarding your legal-illegal, I don't know, land acquisition/ grabbing in Singur(W.B.) as I am in no way related to those poor farmers and your plant will give me an opportunity to fulfill my dreams of owning a four-wheeler. May be some of them have died protesting your grabbing... oh.....sorry, acquisition but it doesn't matter to me... and why the hell should it matter??? Ohhhh.... shit I am drifting from the actual topic... I am not writing to bash you for Singur-its strictly between W.B. Government and you, and who am I to question this???<br />I am writing to you to thank you for making this car and fulfilling every '<span style="font-style: italic;">aam aadmi's</span>' dream of owning a car. Wow... its great!!! Now, thanks to you, every <span style="font-style: italic;">xyz </span>(without being dis-respectful to any <span style="font-style: italic;">xyz</span> reading this) can buy a car without ever giving a damn about the fuel, traffic or parking. I want to ask you a simple question-have you really thought about the affect that your Rs. 1Lakh car will have on Indian economy, the burden this Rs. 1 Lakh car will create on the already over-loaded infrastructure of this nation. With already roads jammed with traffic, so much problem with parking, unordered traffic, won't this car make the condition worse for the poor roads. I certainly believe your motive behind this car is the profit and probably(...huh!!!), to fulfill every <span style="font-style: italic;">aam aadmi's </span>wish. But did you ever thought about the way this car will decrease our energy security or rather, increase our energy insecurity. Hydrocarbons, which are slowly joining the list of rare resources and which are now the cause of wars (courtesy Iraq :P), don't you think increase demand of it will unnecessarily burden our Nation's economy. I am saying this because people will still buy this car and in large numbers. Someone who could easily buy a bike earlier but can't think of a car will now add a few ten thousands and buy your dream car. Have you ever thought of bringing a model which is fuel efficient or use such energy-source which will cause less-pollution or be renewable. Don't you think its your duty to first solve this problem and then go for creating you dream. Besides fuel can't you even see our nation traffic and parking spaces. With this four-wheeler storming the roads, one can only expect the condition to deteriorate. Government won't do anything and condition, definitely, will go from bad too worse.<br />But still I know people will buy your cars, you will still make profit, people will definitely fight on road while driving your dream-car, traffic condition will definitely go haywire, drive for unusually long hours to travel small distances (alas!!! if you could provide them with better roads and parking spaces) and prices of petrol will definitely rise.<br /><br />Regards<br />Shubham Lahoti<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">p.s: blog after 3 months :)</span></span><br /></div>Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-16060213438328115352006-12-26T17:02:00.000+05:302006-12-26T18:33:25.187+05:30The Maths behind SEZs<p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">I always wonder if creating umpteen number of SEZs in India a decision of which general public in India can be proud of or are they just being carved out for the purpose of providing the few lucky-ones with an ample opportunity to make money on the cost of hundred and thousands of those who cannot afford to even earn their daily bread. Are SEZs really that great as promised and proclaimed or is it just that the media inputs only that much information in the public mind which the government & those few chosen-ones want the public to know. While searching for these questions, I luckily got my hands on a <a href="http://www.indiatogether.org/2006/dec/dsh-mahasez.htm/">great article</a> which not only discusses the pros &amp; cons or rather only cons of SEZs but also compares the Chinese and the Indian model. After reading this article I realized what a SEZ really is but unfortunately, I am sure, such articles and the brutal truth won't reach the general public of India. Some excerpts from the article:<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">All these exemptions will mean a revenue loss of more than Rupees 1.75 lakh crores to the state exchequer after five years. Although this staggering amount is enough to feed the country's 320 million people who go to bed hungry stomach for a number of years, or provide guaranteed employment to at least two members of each of the rural families for the next five years, this is a 'small price' that the nation must pay to keep for the royalty tag for the rich and beautiful.<br /></span><span class="contents" style="font-size:85%;">You may call it 'the biggest land-grab of the century' or term it as 'open-loot'; the powers that be are simply not deterred. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has repeatedly said that the SEZs are the need of the day. No wonder, <span style="font-weight: bold;">agricultural land</span>, which is a scarce commodity, is suddenly available in abundance. Unmindful of the fact that the per capita land holding is already at an abysmally low of 0.25 acre, the government is using the <span style="font-style: italic;">draconian</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Land Acquisition Act 1854</span> to further purchase any land that it sets its eyes on. In the first phase of clearances accorded by the government, a total of 1.25 lakh hectares of prime agricultural land are in the process of being acquired. In the second phase too, almost an equal area would be obtained.<br /></span><span class="contents" style="font-size:85%;"> One of the biggest SEZs is coming up near Mumbai. Spread over 14,000 hectares, it is coming up predominantly on <span style="font-weight: bold;">double-cropped land</span>. </span><span class="contents" style="font-size:85%;"><br /> Another major SEZ proposed in Jhajjar adjoining New Delhi is spread across 10,000 hectares and is again gobbling <span style="font-weight: bold;">double-cropped land</span>. Interestingly, both these SEZs, proposed to occupy a landmass larger than the suburb of Gurgaon, are yet to be officially approved. In Mangalore, one of the promoters is the government-owned ONGC and 2,200 hectares of <span style="font-weight: bold;">double- and even triple-cropped land</span> is being acquired for setting up a SEZ.<br /></span><span class="contents" style="font-size:85%;">The CPM government in West Bengal has acquired some <span style="font-weight: bold;">400 hectares of fertile land</span> for the Tatas to set up an automobile factory at Singur, near Kolkata. Technically speaking Singur is not a SEZ , but what makes the deal politically significant is that the <span style="font-weight: bold;">State government has actually acquired the land at cost of Rs.140 crores. It has then been made available to the Tatas for a mere Rs.20 crores, one-seventh of the cost price.</span> Even that can be treated as a loan for 5 years.<br /></span><span class="contents" style="font-size:85%;"> The setting up of the princely estates is being primarily justified on account of employment generation. The premise is that it will create 5 lakhs job opportunities. Does this kind of employment generation mean anything for India? This question has been conveniently ducked, and for obvious reasons. Now let us examine the ground realities. It was at the beginning of this century that some 75 lakh people, more than the population of Switzerland, had applied for a mere 28,000 lowly paid jobs in the Indian Railways. For a country, which is on a fast track information highway, this does not mean anything significant except for statistics. Even if you were to employ five lakh out of these 75 lakh, isn't that a mere drop in the ocean? <span style="font-weight: bold;">Millions of assured jobs can be created if the total amount of revenue loss - Rs 1.75 lakh crore - and the several times higher public sector investment to follow is used for employment generation.</span><br /></span><span class="contents" style="font-size:85%;"> Food security too is no longer the national priority. Otherwise, no sensible government would have at any cost tinkered with the country's dwindling ability to produce food for its own population. Our own conservative estimate shows that the nation will suffer a loss of Rs. 250 to 400 crores from the reduction in area under cultivation of food grains alone. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Foodgrain production is expected to drop by at least 4 to 5 lakh tonnes a year</span>. I remember these are only conservative estimates. In case of land under high value crops, the losses would be much higher.<br /></span><span class="contents" style="font-size:85%;">Take the case of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pepsico's entry</span> into Punjab in the 1980s. The multinational giant promised to create 50,000 jobs. In reply to a 1991 parliamentary question, the Ministry of Food Processing in acknowledged that the company had created only 482 jobs, of which 210 were unskilled workers.<br /></span><span class="contents" style="font-size:85%;"> It is therefore a free-for-all activity. If you can mobilize political support by hook or by crook, you can rest assured that you are on the right path to royalty. Whether you finally deliver what you promise is something that you can leave to the consultants to take care of. What is more significant is that nowhere else in the world will you find such a <span style="font-weight: bold;">pliable government</span> and a supporting bureaucracy like in India.<br /></span><span class="contents" style="font-size:85%;"> In China, from where India drew inspiration, <span style="font-weight: bold;">only six SEZs</span> - at Shenzhen, Shantou, Xiamen, Zhuhai, Hainan and Pudong - have been set up so far. These economic zones, all in the public sector, came after a lot of debate and deliberation, and all of them are situated along the coast. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Faced with shrinking cultivable land, the Chinese SEZs have come up only in wastelands.</span> In India, all these norms have been thrown to the wind. <span style="font-weight: bold;">World over, there are only some 400 special economic zones. If it was such a productive and useful activity, why hasn't the world woken up to the promises that Dr Manmohan Singh's government has been making?</span> The SEZs <span style="font-weight: bold;">cannot, and will not</span>, create economic magic, but this has not been the reason for setting them up. They are essentially aimed to create a series of affluent islands amidst the cesspool of poverty, hunger and deprivation. Oases, or pockets of effluence for the rich and elite, who find the poor an eyesore.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span class="contents" style="font-size:85%;"> </span></blockquote><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-1346303616761523572006-12-21T11:15:00.000+05:302006-12-21T14:38:04.468+05:30Racist Bosses of Cricket??<a href="http://www.cricketnext.com/news/icc-fines-sreesanth-for-dissent/22358-13.html"><span style="font-size:100%;">News: ICC fines Sreesanth for dissent</span></a><br />Neither I am an avid cricket fan nor it really matters to me if a cricketer is fined, but it always makes me think whenever 'sledging' is done by some Asian Player, ICC is not left behind in jumping up and grab the opportunity of fining the Asians. Yes, this time Sreesanth was not fined for sledging but for 'unsportsmanlike conduct' and 'wearing black garment under his shirt' by a Asian but couldn't the timing have been better. A day after he 'sledged' the South African racist in return of his sledging, he was fined for the above 'crimes'. Definitely, he did break some laws but were South African white men following each and every rule. Were their over appealing 'hymns from the Holy Bible'?? (A statement Sunil Gavaskar used in SA when most of the Indian Team was penalized some 7-8 years ago.) Was the sledging they do is correct as per the CoC of ICC?? Will BCCI even care and use its financial muscles to tell ICC 'enough IS enough'?? Some people say we are giving justifications for our wrong actions but then why the hell white men not even considered for the fine?? Is it not true if Sreesanth would have been punished for his dance then it could have become inevitable to leave Mr. Nel?? A similar incidence occurred after Champions Trophy wrt advertising controversy with MS Dhoni. But, as White man like Ponting had also done the same mistake no action was finally taken. ( I am not sure of of player's name but one was Indian, action against whom was due and then a Aussie also came into notice with the same 'crime', hence he was left alone)<br /><br />I do not care about Indian Team or their respect but whenever such an incident takes place it makes me feel hurt because my origin, my roots seem to be targeted. It seems my nationhood is being abused.<br /><br />Anyways a nice video:<br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a_3jmsa15OY"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a_3jmsa15OY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object>Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-6280549588074513172006-12-13T18:36:00.000+05:302006-12-13T18:42:16.237+05:30No Zaire!!!!!!Ahhhhhhhh Shit... !!!! Today while browsing through wikipedia I realized one very important thing... Zaire do not exist any more.. :( Last time when I read in Geography (around 95-96) there was a Country called Zaire, but today I came to know the fact (as far as I remember, might be I read about it and have forgotten... whats wrong in writing a blog :D) that a country called Congo (DRC) has taken its place... it seems I need to keep myself updated with world happenings moreShubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-15772470851895172462006-12-13T16:07:00.000+05:302006-12-13T16:45:31.622+05:30IndoUS Nuke DealThe UPA keeps telling they have able to achieve which no previous Indian Government has been able to do: Nuclear cooperation with the Great Uncle SAM!!! To be true, I am a <span class="secondary-bf">naïve to comment on this issue which typically requires knowledge in various spheres like strategy, international relation, politics, energy need, defence etc. But as per my understanding, this nuclear deal deals with two main points: Indian Energy Requirements and Indian Nuclear Capablities. On the one hand it can <span style="font-weight: bold;">'possibly' </span>help India meet its growing Energy needs but on the other hand it can, rather <span style="font-weight: bold;">will,</span> adversely effect India's future nuclear programs, its security, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_Credible_Deterrence"><span style="font-size:100%;">minimum Credible Deterrenc</span></a><span class="secondary-bf"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_Credible_Deterrence">e</a>, etc. etc. Now it depends on the people of India and hence, unfortunately, on the politicians to decide will it <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">really</span> serve the Indian interests. Will this deal really help us meet our <span style="font-weight: bold;">Energy Needs</span> or will it just act as a check on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Indian nuclear capability</span>...???<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ibnlive.com/news/why-us-act-on-nbill-angers-scientists/28384-3-0.html">A Good Read From IBNLive </a> </span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><blockquote style="font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's categorical statement in Parliament on Tuesday that the US Act on the Indo-US nuclear deal makes 'no external interference' on India's strategic programme has cut no ice with the critics and opponents of the nuclear deal. </span> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">On Wednesday, even as reports pour in from Washington that US President George W Bush will sign the Bill on December 18, Indian nuclear experts and scientists are still telling the Government either to renegotiate the deal or tell the US to forget about it. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Department of Atomic Energy has invited senior nuclear scientists to discuss the Bill with AEC Chairman Anil Kakodkar on December 15. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">PK Iyengar, former chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission, is among leading voices from among the scientific community who have been opposing the deal tooth and nail. "This Bill makes India party to the NPT, the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)," he claims. Iyengar is particularly annoyed by the suggestion that Washington terminate civilian cooperation if India conducts a nuclear test. "It is impossible to have a minimum credible deterrent without conducting nuclear tests," he says. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Retired atomic energy chief Homi Sethna has also slammed the deal. "The nuke deal is not in India's interest. It favours USA and it can walk out of the deal any time. We should explore other sources of energy," said Sethna.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Other experts in the field also say that the Bill will restrain India's further progress on the nuclear weapons front as it completely bars further nuclear tests. So, what are the various flaws in the Bill as pointed out by the scientific community as well as political parties? </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Here is a lowdown:-</b></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>> Termination Clause: </b>The Bill indicates that the cooperation will be terminated if India conducts any nuclear test. Experts say it will be impossible for India to have a minimum credible deterrent without conducting nuclear tests. It's seen as a willful attempt to curb and contain India's nuclear research programme. The Prime Minister has been on record, saying India would make its own assessment of its nuclear weapons programme in this 'uncertain and unpredictable world'. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>> Gag Measures: </b> Indian experts are upset about a provision urging the US President to lobby against nuclear fuel supplies to India if Washington terminates nuclear cooperation with New Delhi. Statements of Policy, Section 103 (a) (6) states that the US shall 'seek to prevent the transfer to a country of nuclear equipment, materials or technology from other participating governments in the Nuclear Suppliers Group or from any other source" if the US terminates its exports under the US-India Act or any other US law.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>> Technology Denial: </b> New Delhi had objected to the Senate Bill's suggestion that India could not receive US assistance for enrichment, reprocessing and heavy water production. Yet the final version of the Bill retained this restriction, but re-framed the clause to highlight what is permissible rather than what is not. Section 104 (d)(4) allows the sale of such equipment only to multilateral or bilateral facilities on Indian soil intended to provide 'alternatives to national fuel cycle capabilities' or a 'proliferation-resistant fuel cycle'.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>> NPT By Proxy? </b> Experts like PK Iyengar says the Bill, by proxy, makes India party to the NPT, the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), that too as a non-nuclear weapons state. India has steadfastly refused to join the NPT as a non-nuclear weapons state. Others, however, say India has been clubbed in this bracket as "a state with nuclear weapons". </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>> Fuel Supply Chain: </b> The Bill says US will decide on the supply of nuclear fuel from members of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), while India had claimed the right to stockpile nuclear fuel for a period of 40 years (the life of a reactor). Scientists at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) say India will have a very limited advantage in purchasing American reactors without any assured fuel supply. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>> IAEA Norms: </b> India had objected to the requirement that the Indian safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency should have already entered into force before the US lifts its restrictions on nuclear commerce with New Delhi. Section 104 (b) (2) of the final version still stipulates that "all legal steps prior to signature" by India and the IAEA must have been completed, which means approval by the IAEA Board must have been secured. This now requires India to place the safeguards even before the US completes all its legal steps to allow nuclear commerce.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>> Spent Fuel Clause: </b> On the reprocessing of spent fuel too, the bill goes against India's interest, experts point out. Even after four decades, the US has the right not to allow India to reprocess spent fuel from the American supplied atomic power plant at Tarapur (units 1 and 2). While the US does not reprocess its own spent fuel, from the energy point of view, India needs to do that as its entire fast-breeder reactor programme depends on reprocessed fuel. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>> Tech Transfer: </b> India had also objected to the provision that nuclear cooperation would be automatically terminated if the country violated the guidelines of the NSG or Missile Technology Control Regime. The final version, however, retains the US 'determination' of Indian missile exports as a trigger for the termination of nuclear cooperation but incorporates an exception that would allow the cooperation to continue if the Indian Government has had no role to play in the impugned export and is taking corrective legal action. This means that India cannot export missiles with a range of more than 300 km to other countries — including those which are MTCR adherents — without triggering the end of nuclear cooperation.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>> Export Clause: </b> On the termination of nuclear transfers, the Bill also says: "exports of any nuclear and nuclear-related material to India shall be terminated if there is any materially significant transfer by an Indian person of technology or equipment." This provision holds the government responsible for the act of a single person, which is not acceptable, the scientists say. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>> Too Conditional: </b> The BJP says the deal is to bilaterally impose on India conditionalties which are worse than those in the (nuclear non-proliferation treaty) and the (Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty). This is why a slim four-page bill is now a 41-page document. They claim that the main purpose of the deal was to limit India's nuclear weapons programme by subjecting it to highly intrusive inspections. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All these now raise the prospect of rejection of the Bill by the Indian Parliament. However, if this happens, it is likely to come as a surprise for the Bush administration and the US Congress, where most of the Opposition to the deal claimed that India was being given too easy a path back to respectability within the NPT system, and that the concessions being made to India created a precedent that further weakened the NPT.</span></p></blockquote><p style="margin: 10px 0px; text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"></p>Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-14135171586549147402006-12-12T17:34:00.000+05:302006-12-13T18:27:45.074+05:30Well!!!!Well, I realized just now that most of my blogs start with well.... :)Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-33015261336083985802006-11-30T15:58:00.000+05:302006-12-01T14:36:57.074+05:30Logic: What is it<div style="text-align: justify;">Well, I am also confused about what I wish to convey/ ask but will try to put the following thoughts in the best possible way/ words as well as possible.<br />I am here not to ask about the dictionary meaning of this word but let's say, the philosophical meaning behind the use of this word. When someone says- <span style="font-style: italic;">what is the logic behind 'this'?? </span>- what does he mean by it. If I give him a answer with some <span style="font-style: italic;">'vague resoning' </span>which <span style="font-weight: bold;">is</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>logic as per me, then whats the problem that majority, as per standard norms, won't accept my <span style="font-style: italic;">'this'</span>. Can't Logic be said, just as, 'Belief of the majority, which according to the present understanding of the human is <span style="font-weight: bold;">almost</span> correct'. Instead of calling a person illogical and insane(??) isn't it better to call him someone with a 'point of view which cannot be accepted in the present scenario'.<br />I, myself, generally prefer to define Logic as:<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Belief of the <span style="font-style: italic;">so-called</span> intellectual<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This definition of mine comes from the fact that whenever I have discussions with a so-called intellectual person on <span style="font-style: italic;">the</span> particular topic of 'existence of God/ Supreme Being etc.', 'Possible Existence of <span style="font-style: italic;">advanced</span> Vedic Science', 'Correctness of Astrology' etc., final point where the things ultimately end is - <span style="font-style: italic;">what is the logic behind 'this'?? </span>(Well, to prove astrology I am generally able to give some decent 'logical' explainations but still people won't accept as it is something vague and 'intellectuals can't believe such things..) Hence, lets talk about the case of the existence of Mr. God.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yes, definitely I havn't seen him, I cannot represent him in some mathematical formula (as of now) but I have, lets say, experienced him because of my 'Belief' (may be you can call it just as Blind faith or say my Brain making me to '<span style="font-style: italic;">believe'</span> that I'm experiencing him). So, I say according to my logic, which is based on my experience and definitely, Belief, God exists. But for someone like Mr. so-called Intellectual, who neither has the Belief in Mr. God ( &amp; hence wont have experienced him) nor is trying to see someone else's point of view, isn't it just that he is imposing his Belief using the shoulders of widely accepted definition of the Word LOGIC??<br /></div></div></div>Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-65769197032412824692006-11-30T11:06:00.000+05:302006-11-30T14:22:19.672+05:30Dhoom 2: Bigger and Worse FARTWell, generally I have better things to do than watching a '<span style="font-style: italic;">tatt</span>' movie like Dhoom2 & also writing a comment/ review on it but I just cant accept how such a big piece of crap &amp; shit be declared as a hit. How can even the reviewers give it more than 1 or 2 Stars ??? How the hell can I spend Rs. 120/- on it. I generally do not watch movies with big stars, Diros and banner.. (Mr. AB, SRK, KJo, etc etc.) as i believe most of the time these cant cater to my taste but this time, just because of the comparatively decent reviews & some <span style="font-style: italic;">faaltu</span> time in hand, I went to see some Action & Sex. But, unfortunately, this movie was lacking even Action &amp; later I realized that I gave 120 bucks to watch only some Indian, oh sorry, its not Indian just some Bollywood 'vulgarity'.<br />I still can't figure out why this movie was made: may be to show bikini clad gals, a smooch between Mrs. to-be-bachhan (:P) & Mr. Krishh, ad of Coke or what!!! Please tell me....<br /><br />Lets see what this movie had:<br /><ul><li>Mrs. to-be-bachhan in mini/ ultra minis and Please... her use of like in every sentence was NOT cool.<br /></li><li>Almost naked/ half naked gals dancing to some very BAD tracks</li><li>Some action which I definitely cant appreciate ( Probably, i have seen a lot of <span style="font-style: italic;">'angrezi' (Hollywood) </span>flicks in last 3-4 years</li><li>Stylish Coke Ads (pun definitely intended)</li><li>A smooch</li><li>Bipasha Basu as DCP though she got a fracture and had to be replaced by her twin who knew only '<span style="font-style: italic;">yeda'</span> in Hindi.</li><li>Mr. Neel (adi chopra) with Decent(-) comedy, which I believe was the only thing in this movie to watch.</li><li>Mr. A cant forget he was not Krrish.</li><li>British Queen who is a distant relative of Mr. A :)</li></ul>This movie cannot be watched with Family members ( atleast I cant with my parents).<br />It was a waste of time (though I was anyways wasting time when I went for this movie). And most importantly, if such a movie is called as HIT, God save the Bollywood.<br /><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">Gadhvi described the movie, to be released later this year, as “bigger, better” and “faster and more furious” than the original Dhoom.</span><br />I suggest hime to go & watch 2 fast, 2 furious to know what is meaning of fast &amp; furious.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Dhoom hi<span>gh on sexy elements: Ash</span><br /></span><span>Ma'am, does it have anything other than that??</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.ibnlive.com/news/dhoom-2high-on-hot-sexy-elements-ash/27186-8.html"><strong></strong></a><br /></span></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><span>I cant even compare this movie with Pyar ke Side</span> Effects.. leave aside 'Khosla K<span>a Ghosla'</span>Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-62587136652878593602006-11-23T11:32:00.000+05:302006-12-01T16:30:32.156+05:309/11: Was it exactly as you saw itWell, a lot has been talked about it.. conspiracy theorists, movies etc. And me adding a few lines won't affect a single thing. Still, wanted to compare a few things.. so have a look at these images & links. May be you can make something out of it...<br /><br /><a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/building-implosion.htm">How Stuff Works: Building Implosions </a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7677/775545125733440/1600/192923/building-implosion-1.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7677/775545125733440/400/388895/building-implosion-1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=4,0,2,0" height="300" width="400"> <param name="movie" value="http://static.howstuffworks.com/flash/building-implosion-diagram.swf"> <param name="quality" value="high"> <embed src="building-implosion_files/building-implosion-diagram.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_ Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="300" width="400"> </embed> </object><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1938137.stm">Milan Plane Crash</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7677/775545125733440/1600/222917/_1938236_scraperap300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7677/775545125733440/400/610473/_1938236_scraperap300.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.september11news.com/AttackImages.htm">WTC</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7677/775545125733440/1600/549831/WTCTowe2sequence.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/7677/775545125733440/400/275858/WTCTowe2sequence.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Falling STRAIGHT under Gravity ??????????<br /><br />I'm not talking about prophecies etc.. just SIMPLE enginnering<br /><br />But, anyways, there are always counter views.. & these seems good.. still not so convincing Yet..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/020910.Sozen.Pentagon.html">New simulation shows 9/11 plane crash with scientific detail</a><br /><a href="http://beta.blogger.com/a%20href=%22http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/cmh/simulation/">9/11 Attack Simulations Using LS-Dyna</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">God knows what really happened.. but for me there was something fishy out there</span>Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-62315631203020357202006-11-20T17:14:00.000+05:302006-11-20T17:42:28.048+05:30Life *uks ( * = f,s etc.) :(I m bored & depressed and will write anything, I can, to prove life *uks....... my biggest mistake being born as a "General Class Hindu Indain Male".. lets see why???<br />.) So called lower castes like SC/STs/OBCs have a great idiot like Arjun Singh &amp; similar minded a$$holes thinking for them.<br />.) So called Minorities have great parties & people working for their betterment.. Communists, Congress, Mr. Mulayam &amp; hell lot of other a$$holes<br />.) Women have a *ucking lady called <a href="http://www.ibnlive.com/news/act-wont-hit-good-hubbies-renuka/26051-3.html">Renuka Chowdhry</a> for them.. how d hell such people are sent to the 'Supreme <span style="font-style: italic;">Law-Making</span> Body' of the nation. I dont think this b!tch even has a family and therefore, all ready to break the basic fragments of the great indian society - FAMILY. *uck the MAN and make money - seems to be her advice to the fairer sex. According to this wh*re 98% is a small percent - <p style="margin: 10px 0px;"><b></b></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b></b></span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b></b></span></p><blockquote><p style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Karan Thapar: </b><i>The Centre for Social Research with regard to the anti-dowry law did a study after the Supreme Court judgment came out in August of 2005 and it concluded that of every 100 cases brought under the anti-dowry law, 98 per cent were false. Only two were correct. It’s not a minute percentage; the level of abuse that this could incur is phenomenally high. </i></span></p> <p style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><b>Renuka Chowdhury:</b>It’s okay.</span></p></blockquote><p style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Now I can't even think of havin an affair in this holy land, because, lets say for some reason things do not go well, I can be SIMPLY *ucked, 5-10-15 yrs after.</span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span style="font-size:100%;">But what else can I do except for writing this piece of $h!t & barking here; I would be working at the time of voting & these idiots will keep ruining this place.</span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span style="font-size:100%;">God save this '</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >bharatvarsha'</span><br /></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></p><p style="margin: 10px 0px;"></p>Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353265670008348157.post-87480525866212801792006-10-18T16:00:00.000+05:302006-10-18T16:42:07.807+05:30Chess Game-1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7677/775545125733440/1600/game.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7677/775545125733440/400/game.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />1. White to Play<br />2. Possible moves such that white wins. Assume the opponent is equally intelligent :P<br />2. Forget the timing shown :)<br />4. According to me, White is in better position???? Am I RIGHT????<br /><br />I made it comp-comp from this position & result was<br />31. Nxc6 Rxc6<br />32. Bxc6+ Kf7<br />33. Bf3 Bxa3<br />34. Bh6 Ke6<br />35. Be3 Bb2<br />36. Rg4 a5<br />37. Re4+ Be5<br />38. Bb6 Rd5<br />39. Rh4 Rb5<br />40. Be3 Rb1+<br />41. Kg2 Rb4<br />42. Rxh7 a4<br />43. Bg4+ f5<br />44. Bf3 Bf4<br />45. Rh4 Bd6<br />46. Rh6+ Kd7<br />47. Bc1 Rd4<br />48. Rh7+ Ke6<br />49. Be3 Rb4<br />50. Ra7 f4<br />51. Bd2 Rc4<br />52. Bg4+ Ke5<br />53. Ra5+ Kf6<br />54. Ra6 Ke5<br />55. Bd1 a3<br />56. Bb3 Rc8<br />57. Kf3 Bf8<br />58. Be6<br />Black Resigns<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7677/775545125733440/1600/gameend.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/7677/775545125733440/400/gameend.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Shubham Lahoti शुभम् लाहोटीhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05174599040194444371noreply@blogger.com