Monday, June 29, 2015

Potential Candidates To Exit Sensex

(William) Blackstone Commentary On The Laws Of England

The first link below (which is a detailed and loooong commentary) would be very nice to read in its entirety. But if you have some starting trouble with the language in the first couple of pages, do what I am doing. Skip those pages and continue to read.
  1. http://lonang.com/library/reference/blackstone-commentaries-law-england/ OR avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/blackstone.asp
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commentaries_on_the_Laws_of_England

Lies - White, Grey, Red And Black

I read some lovely articles about lies.


Sunday, June 28, 2015

Muslim Hindu Adoption


I am reminded of the SRK and Juhi Chawla One 2 ka 4 and also one Crime Patrol episode that I saw 2 years back where a Hindu guy adopts a Muslim boy who is (lost and) roaming in the streets and the boy's parents finally locate their son and take him away from the poor Hindu "father". What happens in the court subsequently is unbelievably poignant. Beautiful.

Pure Fun - Kids

Female And Male Orgasms

Return Of The Dead


I am reminded of one of the last scenes in the movie Talaash and the original scene in Dragonfly as mentioned in passing in an earlier post - both relating to the "almost / beyond dead" theme.

Tiny Size Houses

Anternet

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Neil Warren's 2nd Date With eHarmony.com

"How To Know If Someone Is Worth Pursuing In Two Dates Or Less": Quite an interesting book: http://www.amazon.com/Know-Someone-Worth-Pursuing-Dates/dp/0785269045 -even if he does say many of the things that I have felt for years

It's uncanny. Almost as if the author had been eavesdropping on my thoughts!!


I was thinking about the author. He is a J (as in MBTI) - imagine setting a target of TWO dates to decide, an N definitely. I was wondering whether he could be F when I came across this from his book:
KEEP REMINDING YOURSELF THAT THE TRUTH IS ALWAYS FRIENDLIER THAN ANYTHING LESS THAN THE TRUTH.
That settled it. NTJ.

And Warren's thoughts on this subject are similar to those of Helen Fisher (read this also) - in the sense that both believe that each person is inherently more compatible with certain types of people than with other types. Fisher has made it more structured and abstracted than Warren.

R Language - FAQ




Additional reading:


Blasphemy Law In Pakistani Constitution

I started reading about Simi Garewal, then went on to Salman Taseer (Pakistani Business man and Governor of Punjab and ultimately assassinated because he opposed the Blasphemy Law.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Beauty


It is very essential to believe this for all of us who neither have a pretty face nor a pretty heart or soul or mind. Better to shift the discussion towards an intangible thing like heart / mind / soul which cannot be easily evaluated from a face which unfortunately can be. We feminine people should never box ourselves into a corner on things which can be easily evaluated.

Long live the heart and soul and the mind and to heck with the face (and BTSA).

Good Stuff At Chikmagalur

Ayn Rand Novels

Monday, June 22, 2015

A Substitute For Fasting - For Weight Loss


Is this what is the basis for the various ways (South not north) Indians fast? I refer to the term called upwas / vrat.

Memory And Control

Better memory leads to or is linked to better control over impulses as per this article.

Quote from here:
"Today there is broad consensus among psychologist that memory isn't reproductive - it doesn't duplicate precisely what we've experienced - but reconstructive. What we recall is often a blurry mixture of accurate recollections along with what gels with our beliefs, needs, emotions, and hunches."

Additional reading:


  1. https://courses.edx.org/c4x/SMES/PSYCH101x/asset/Introduction_to_Psychology-Ch._8.pdf
  2. http://vbala99.blogspot.com/2015/07/brain.html

Solipsism

Recently a friend asked me what solipsism was. https://m.facebook.com/ali.moeen.nawazish/photos/a.62093899861.71316.48329504861/10152769211604862/?type=1&refid=7&_ft_=qid.6163033429318740805%3Amf_story_key.-338222454592678566&__tn__=%2As

I read about it. I wonder what the purpose of solipsism is. Where does it lead to?

Understanding The Hands

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Monsoon In India

This Norwegian site comes up in Google search when I searched for monsoon data in Chennai.

This is the list of places with top rainfall in India this year (2015 YTD).

Few interesting places with excellent monsoon among those mentioned seem to be Amboli in Maharashtra (near Belgaum), Neriamangalam (Ernakulam District) and Chinnakallar (near Valparai - no wonder that). Note that the list of places will keep changing since the list is dynamic. Interestingly halfway through the monsoon (2 days beyond mid point), Agumbe is at 3397mm, Cherrapunji at 7070mm.

Good beginning to monsoon in 2015: 
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/monsoon-tracker-a-good-beginning/

As per the article India gets an average of about 880 mm of rainfall from Jun to Sep: about 170 mm each in June and September and about 270mm each in July and August.

As things stand on Aug 3rd 2015, it seems as though IMD's prediction about a deficient monsoon - about 90% of long term average (= LTA) - seems more likely to be true than Skymet's prediction (about 104% of LTA). As of today, we India seems to be at about 94% LTA.

When I got the graphs from the IMD site, one question that kept popping in my mind was whether the data was consistent across years - meaning was the LTA the same across years (or atleast only marginally different), meaning if a district got 940mm rainfall in one  year and 1340 mm in another year, it would not be considered to have normal rainfall in both the years. I would expect it to be normal in one year and scanty / surplus in the other year. 

After living for about 2 decades in Chennai, I still am not sure what the LTA annual rainfall in Chennai is. 800mm? 1200mm? 1400mm (also this and this)? I think I have seen all the figures in some source or the other.


Historical monsoon data for the last 100+ years in pictorial format is here. Unfortunately I am not able to locate historical tabular information on rainfall.

Historical monsoon data for years 2008 to 2014 taken from http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/dynamic/monsoon_report_20nn.pdf (replace nn by years from 08 to 14).


2015 till date


2014



2013

2012


2011


2010




2009







2008




Additional reading: 

  1. http://www.skymetweather.com/content/weather-news-and-analysis/southwest-monsoon-in-india-2015-news-and-update/
  2. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/IMD-Monsoon-to-be-good-through-June/articleshow/47727309.cms
  3. 1000mm rainfall in Bombay in Jun 2015: http://www.skymetweather.com/content/weather-news-and-analysis/monsoon-rain-in-mumbai-to-touch-1000mm-mark-by-june-end/
  4. http://www.skymetweather.com/monsoon-in-india/cumulative-rainfall-for-cities-of-india/
  5. http://www.imd.gov.in/section/hydro/img/seasonal-rain.jpg
  6. http://www.walkthroughindia.com/walkthroughs/top-5-indian-places-with-highest-average-annual-rainfall/
  7. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/five-wettest-places-in-india/1/445735.html

    Faceprinting By Facebook

    Faceprinting - this is perhaps the best thing FB has come up with till now. Read this. Wow

    Litle Diomede And Big Diomede - Separated By A Day

    Friday, June 12, 2015

    One Day There May Be A Tata Or A Birla Running A

    (http://www.financialexpress.com/article/economy/opinion-bibek-debroy-panel-draws-a-new-railway-dream/83675/ Link doesn't work anymore) This was an article that p in Financial Express that India may have trains being operated by Tatas or Birla in the not too distant future. 

    I had visualized something similar a few years back. That the same Tatas or Birlas may run our courts or our police stations - this was and perhaps still is unimaginable - just as any competition to Indian Airlines and BSNL was 20 years back.

    But times change. Let's look forward to outsourcing / privatization of our legal system and internal security.

    Tuesday, June 9, 2015

    Teacher Terrified Of Students

    http://www.vox.com/2015/6/3/8706323/college-professor-afraid: A teacher is terrified that he may make students emotionally upset and then...


    Quote from the link: "Emotional discomfort is [now] regarded as equivalent to material injury, and all injuries have to be remediated. Hurting a student's feelings, even in the course of instruction that is absolutely appropriate and respectful, can now get a teacher into serious trouble."


    Ain't it nice...

    Daring Escape From High Security Prison In Upstate New York - Movie Style



    Additional reading: 


    Considering what happened only a month back in New York, this article seems to take a little disparagingly against a not so developed neighbor. Hmm.

    Gangs In Tihar Jail

    Sunday, June 7, 2015

    Romantic Love

    I was always interested in romantic love. And here is a good article on it.

    Another one here by the same author Helen Fisher.

    Travel Photos, Amritsar And North India

    This is a lovely collection of travel photos mostly from India and one each from Thailand, Australia, Switzerland. Includes photos from Leh (Ladakh) and Kapaleeswarar temple (Chennai) built 2000 years back.

    An article about a one day trip to Amritsar. Here is another article on Punjab travel.

    This article is about cold in North India this winter.

    Rishikesh, Kedarnath, Nanda Devi In Uttarakhand

    Kedarnath:
    1. http://www.sacredyatra.com/kedarnath-location.html
    2. http://www.kedarnath-info.ru/eng/travel2.htm
    Nanda Devi:
    1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanda_Devi_National_Park
    2. http://travel.india.com/badrinath/places-to-visit/wildlife-nanda-devi-national-park
    3. http://www.tourism-of-india.com/nandadevi.html
    4. http://www.uttarakhandguide.com/parks-and-sanctuary/nanda-devi-national-park/
    5. http://gmvnl.com/newgmvn/nandadevi.aspx
    Chandigarh to Nainital by train: (There is no station at Nainital)
    http://indiarailinfo.com/search/1440/0/950?date=0&dd=0&ad=0&co=0&tt=0&ed=0&dp=0&ea=0&ap=0&loco=&drev=0&arev=0&trev=0&rake=&rsa=0&idf=0&idt=0&dhf=0&dmf=0&dht=0&dmt=0&ahf=0&amf=0&aht=0&amt=0&nhf=-1&nht=-1&ttf=0&ttt=0&dstf=0&dstt=0&spdf=0&spdt=0&zone=0&pantry=0&stptype=undefined&trn=0&q=

    Interesting titbit:
    At 7:55PM on Jun 7th 2015,
    Weather at 
    1. Nainital: 23C
    2. Rampur (100 km away): 37C (given below places en route)
    3. Haldwani in Uttarakhand: 28C 
    4. Rudrapur (UP): 30C
    5. Bilaspur (UP): 33C
    Additional reading:
    1. Walong, a town in Arunachal Pradesh, is near the border of China and Myanmar and apparently the eastern most town in India at 28N and 97E.
    2. Vijoynagar in Arunachal which is surrounded on three sides by Myanmar.

    Kolkata Agartala Bus Service Via Dhaka

    Evil Effects Of Mars

    Saturday, June 6, 2015

    I3, I5, I7 Processors - What Are They

    The Kind Of Student That A Teacher Can Have An Impact On

    Loong Distance Relationship

    Kangna

    Actress Rescued From Prostitution

    A Bollywood actress was rescued from prostitution ting in Goa as per this article. The actress mentioned that she got into it for financial stability...

    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Actress-rescued-from-prostitution-racket/articleshow/47521167.cms?intenttarget=no&utm_source=TOI_AShow_OBWidget&utm_medium=Int_Ref&utm_campaign=TOI_AShow

    Do things ever change in India?

    Tuesday, June 2, 2015

    Songs Recommended To Me By A Malayali Friend Few Years Back

    Mostly Yesudas' songs.
    1. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Classical_Vathapi.mp3
    2. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Sargam_Sangeethame.mp3
    3. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Sargam_RagaSudhaRasa.mp3
    4. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Ganam_Manasuloni.Mp3
    5. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Swathi_Thirunal_Kripaya_Palaya.Mp3
    6. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Bharatham_Gopangane.mp3
    7. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,RakkuyilinRaagasadassil_GopalayaPahimam.mp3
    8. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Vachanam_neermizhippeeliyil.mp3
    9. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Kudumbasametham_Neelaravilinnu_Ninte.Mp3
    10. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Classical_KrishnaNee.mp3
    11. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Dhwani_Rama_Rama.Mp3
    12. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Soory_Gayathri_Alila_Manchalil_M.Mp3
    13. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Kshanakkathu_Aa_Ragam.Mp3
    14. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Bharatham_SreeVinayakam.mp3%7C
    15. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Tharattu_Ragangale_Mohangale.Mp3
    16. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Kadinjool_Kallyanam_Pulari_Viriyum.Mp3
    17. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Thenum_Vayampum_Ottakkampi_Nadam.Mp3%7C
    18. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Devadasi_Padarenu_Thediyananju.Mp3%7C
    19. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,UnnikaleOruKathaparauam.mp3%7C
    20. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Soorymanasam_Tharalitharavil_Mayangiyo_M.Mp3
    21. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Artham_Syamambaram_M.Mp3%7C
    22. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Pavithram_Sreeragamo_Thedunnu.Mp3%7C
    23. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Kizhakkunarum_Pakshi_Souparnikamrutha_M.Mp3
    24. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Pakshe_Sooryamsu_Oro_Vayalppoovilum.Mp3
    25. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Kamaladalam_Sayanthanam_M.Mp3
    26. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,HisHighnessAbdulla_Pramadavanam.mp3
    27. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Adwaitham_Ambalappuzhe.mp3%7C
    28. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Sargam_KrishnaKripaSagaram.mp3
    29. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Anthiveyilile_Ponnu_Bhoomithan_Sangeetham.Mp3
    30. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,NeeyethraDanya_ArikilNee.mp3
    31. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Thoovalkottaram_Adyamayi_Kandanal.Mp3
    32. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Ottayal_Pattalam_Mayamanchalil_Ithuvazhiye.Mp3
    33. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Thulavarsham_Yamune_Nee_Ozhuku.Mp3
    34. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Nakakshathangal_Areyum.mp3
    35. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Varavelppu_DooreDoore.mp3
    36. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,NjanGandharvan_Devanganangal.mp3
    37. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Njangandharvan_devi.mp3
    38. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,KrishaGudiyil_PinnayumPinnayum_F.mp3
    39. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Ayal_Kathayezhuthukayanu_Etho_Nidrathan_M.Mp3
    40. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Chiriyo_Chiri_Ezhu_Swarangalum.mp3
    41. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Nanma_Niranjavan_Srinivasan_Kannikkavadi.Mp3
    42. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Aranyakam_Athmavil_Muttivilichathu_Pole.Mp3
    43. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Amina_Tailors_Adima_Nalam_Mangala.Mp3
    44. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Achani_Ente_Swapnathin.Mp3
    45. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Mazhavilkkavadi_Mainakaponmudiyil.Mp3
    46. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Thrishna_Mainakam.Mp3
    47. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Thoovanathumpikal_Onnamraagampaadi.mp3
    48. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Ragam_Ivide_Kattinu_Sugandham.Mp3
    49. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Thanmathra_Kattuveliyithe.Mp3
    50. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Moonnampakkam_Unarumee_Ganam.Mp3
    51. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Soory_Gayathri_Alilamanchalil.Mp3
    52. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Aranyakam_Olichirikkan_Vallikkudilunnorukki.Mp3
    53. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Chottanikkara_Amma_Manasu_Manasinte.Mp3
    54. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Minimol_Keralam_Keralam.Mp3
    55. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Megham_Vilakku_Vakkum.Mp3
    56. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Summer_Oru_Rathri_Koodi2.Mp3
    57. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Sidhartha_Chandran_Mohiha_Penne.Mp3 - From Guide
    58. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Nivedyam_Kolakkuzhal.Mp3
    59. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Panitheeratha_Veedu_Suprabhatham.Mp3
    60. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Rasaleela_Neeyum_Vidhavayo_Nilave.Mp3
    61. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Thumboli_Kadappuran_Kathil_Thenmaza.Mp3
    62. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Amaram_Azhake.mp3
    63. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Madanolsavam_Sagarame_Santhamaku.Mp3
    64. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Soory_Gayathri_Thamburu_Kulir.Mp3
    65. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Aham_NirangalePadu.mp3
    66. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Vishukkani_Poovili.Mp3
    67. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Koodevide_Adiva_Kate.Mp3
    68. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Keli_Tharam_Valkkannadi_Nokki.Mp3
    69. http://www.devaragam.net/vbscript/WimpyPlayer2.aspx?var=,Dhanam_CheeraPoov.mp3

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