Nice Cute Video

A friend sent me this.. Though the theme is old..  

Dogs Can Smell Breast Cancer

Interesting: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4347304/Dogs-detect-breast-cancer-smelling-bandage.html

Khalid Masood And Bombing In London

Apparently the guy was born on Christmas Day, 1964. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/khalid-masood-london-terror-attack-family-man-turn-terrorist-teacher-father-mi5-a7647121.html

Strong Mars in fiery signs in Rasi and Navamsa, Venus in Vargottama in Scorpio. And Saturn strong in Aquarius.

Turns out to be a terrorist and killed at the age of 52..Sad.

Additional reading:
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/24/europe/khalid-masood-london-attacker-profile/index.html

Negatives Of Feeling Good

Wow.. For all those suicidal maniacs, here is something to feel good about.. http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/five_ways_feeling_good_can_be_bad_for_you?utm_source=Greater+Good+Science+Center&utm_campaign=f0fcf7463b-GG_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5ae73e326e-f0fcf7463b-51673647

Unhappy people can be good (or gooder than happy people) at something.

PG Wodehouse Quotes

A friend sent me this:

To all Wodehouse fans !  Enjoy !

"He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more."

― P.G. Wodehouse

"At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies."

― P.G. Wodehouse, Uneasy Money

"There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'"

"The mood will pass, sir."

― P.G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters

"He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom."

― P.G. Wodehouse

"I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled."

― P.G. Wodehouse, The Code of the Woosters

"She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to say "when". "

― P.G. Wodehouse

"I always advise people never to give advice."

― P.G. Wodehouse

"A melancholy-looking man, he had the appearance of one who has searched for the leak in life's gas-pipe with a lighted candle."

― P.G. Wodehouse, The Man Upstairs and Other Stories

"There is only one cure for grey hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine."

Vintage  PGW !!

One more :

It was a confusion of ideas between him and one of the lions he was hunting in Kenya that had caused A. B. Spottsworth to make the obituary column. He thought the lion was dead, and the lion thought it wasn't. 

Ring for Jeeves (1953)

"And she has got brains enough for two, which is exact quantity the girl who marries you will need".😂

Here's another

"When I see lovers' names carved on trees, I don't think it's sweet. I only wonder how many people bring a knife on a date "


The one on maturity in males and females... and the one on brains enough for two get me cracking every time.

Punjabi Farming In Tamil Nadu

Interesting. and nice...

Interesting to see Punjabis farming in a remote place in Tamil Nadu. Nice to see them farm in a dry land considered to be useless. 

Yogi Adityanath And His Religious Fanaticism

http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/is-yogi-adityanath-anti-muslim-or-victim-of-media-bias-this-fact-about-gorakhpur-math-shows-his-real-face/595295/

Additional reading:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/advani-modi-andyogi-why-adityanaths-appointment-is-a-political-masterstroke-by-modi/articleshow/57747099.cms?from=mdr

Difference Between Productive And Destructive

A friend sent me this video showing the difference between productive and destructive people. Is it so black and white as Jim And John (in Atlas Shrugged)

Just When You Thought Things Couldn't Get Any More Complex

Custody battles: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/new-york-judge-tri-custody-dad-two-moms_us_58c98486e4b0cb7d28ce5601

Get A Sharper Nose Without Surgery

Now it is easy. As per this article, people from the higher latitudes have narrower and sharper nose than those near the equator. 

If your nose isn't as sharp as it might be then claim your ancestor were Vikings. (and hence your nose ought to have been sharp.. And if it ought to have been but in reality isn't, the "ought to" overrides)

On Atheism

Nice Post. 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156030716508009&id=837878008

Six Biases That Prevent Us From Preparing For Disasters

http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_dont_we_prepare_enough_for_disasters?utm_source=Greater+Good+Science+Center&utm_campaign=d11014e4ba-GG_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5ae73e326e-d11014e4ba-51673647

Apparently these are the 6 factors:

1. Myopia (looking at short term cost than overall benefit)
2. Amnesia
3. Opimism
4. Inertia
5. Simplification (considering only certain factors and not all)
6. Herding

Indian Men Are Cheapskates

Apparently they don't want to spend much on weddings, not as much as women anyway. https://qz.com/932526/big-on-bling-but-budget-honeymoons-how-indian-men-and-women-spend-on-weddings/

Prregnant Deer Story - Management

A friend sent me this.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pregnant-deer-beautiful-management-story-n-rohith-simha

I have read other versions of it, It reminded me of another story that I first heard 30 years back.. Many people laid claims to the authorship of the piece. I don't know who really wrote the original piece. Some Indian definitely. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pregnant-deer-beautiful-management-story-n-rohith-simha

Sometimes it doesn't matter who penned something. The substance of what was said is more important. So said the Tamil Bard Tiruvalluvar

Epporul yaaryaarvai ketpinum apporul

meiporul kaanba dharivu.

Your Kids Should Not Be The Most Important In The Family - Contrarian View

A friend sent me this..

Interesting.

Love Affair In North Korea

https://matadornetwork.com/read/love-affair-north-korea/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MatadorNetwork+%28Matador+Network%29

RTO Districts In Kerala

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RTO_districts_in_Kerala

Most Dangerous Zodiac Signs

http://dailyoccupation.com/2017/03/07/fbi-shares-statistics-zodiac-signs-dangerous/

Women Rather Cagey About Revealing Age

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10208666642363781&set=a.1573145528866.2075790.1242378913&type=3&theater

Of course the smarter among us would round off the year of birth 1986 to 1992. We women follow a different rounding off system and hence others consider us to be mathematically challenged.

Pest Laid Plans

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/pest-laid-plans/article17454613.ece

CBSE Makes Changes

http://www.hindustantimes.com/education/cbse-makes-six-subjects-mandatory-for-class-10-board-exams-from-next-year/story-W9T1g2yisrjBIRpR1kFZ0L.html (Look for BT)

Dopamine, Oxytocin And What Not

http://www.livemint.com/Science/Bstf8rekb7Dn16yCPCf3mM/Work-on-brains-reward-system-wins-scientists-a-million-euro.html - As per  the article, Dopamine makes our brain want to go after rewards.. 

And what is reward for you may be different from what it is for me. I wonder what the rewards are for sanyasis. 

And I am fairly sure Mars, Venus and Saturn play a major part in determining what we go after in life. Does Jupiter play a part? I wonder.

Are Women More Ethical Than Men

http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/are_women_more_ethical_than_men?utm_source=Greater+Good+Science+Center&utm_campaign=d94df6eb02-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5ae73e326e-d94df6eb02-51673647 - an excellent article on whether are more ethical than men...

Only yesterday I was irritated hearing another article / cliche about women being great mothers, wives etc, it being Women\s Day. But there is nothing cliched about this article.

When We Feel Good We Do Good - Canine Impact

http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_dogs_help_people_get_along_better?utm_source=Greater+Good+Science+Center&utm_campaign=d94df6eb02-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5ae73e326e-d94df6eb02-51673647

Mom Teaches Principal

https://stuffhappens.us/boy-at-school-snapped-her-14307/

Cycling In Goa

https://goacycles.wordpress.com/you-asked/

Which Wolf Wins?

Whichever we feed..

A friend send me this video... I have watched it before.. Still...

Cute Boy Frustrated

Enjoy..

Street Food In Calcutta, Madras, Bombay

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/fresh-off-the-streets/article17398877.ece

Frogs Can Identify Colors In The Dark

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/frogs-can-see-colours-in-the-dark/article17390441.ece

Get Schedule Of Public Transport Between Two Places

https://www.google.co.in/maps/dir/vasco/margao/@15.3348565,73.8991327,11z/data=!4m8!4m7!1m2!1m1!1s0x3bbfc7f3635e9997:0x5f896b7ce330450e!1m2!1m1!1s0x3bbfb3e651007787:0x17665ce1d538c84a!3e3 - this is a useful utility from Google Maps

Street View Software

https://www.instantstreetview.com/@22.513216,88.348867,287.55h,8.94p,1.92z

How To Comb A Girl's Hair - 101 (Gorgeous)

https://www.facebook.com/NTDTelevision/videos/1443522822356490/ - Some men get it right.

ATM Service Center RBI

Today I got a call from 9122530512. A softspoken voice told me in English that my ATM card was blocked.. The person said he was from ATM service center RBI. He asked for my ATM card number. 

I asked him what my card number was. He said he wasn't sure. I asked him whether I could report him to the police. And in the same soft voice he switched to profane language in Hindi. 

Seems like the phone is registered to Uninor or Airtel from Bihar or Jharkhand.

Please do not reveal your ATM card number or PAN card number etc to unauthorized parties.

Additional reading
http://www.livemint.com/Money/FRA8Vg45i5qY2vm2LclkbI/You-could-be-responsible-if-your-money-is-stolen-Thats-the.html - nice article

Dubious Colleges In India

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/betraying-the-oath/article17362851.ece?utm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication&grqid=SOglFJgd&hl=en-IN About medical colleges. Why is that we hear so much negative news about UP, MP and Bihar - the Hindi belt?