A great research paper on Effect of CNG on Petrol Engine and Engine OIL
Monday, December 12, 2011
Effect of CNG on Engine & Engine Oil
A great research paper on Effect of CNG on Petrol Engine and Engine OIL
Monday, October 10, 2011
On Jagjit Sings death
(1)
Dhue ka badal hai zindagi,
ujala dhundte umr kat jaati hai
lamhe lamhe ka hisab kar jita hai aadmi,
maut sabhi hisabo ko chukta kar jaati hai
(2)
Jaateein hai raaja, jaatein hai rank bhi
jaane per koi yaad kare na kare , kya fark padta hai
Dhue ka badal hai zindagi,
ujala dhundte umr kat jaati hai
lamhe lamhe ka hisab kar jita hai aadmi,
maut sabhi hisabo ko chukta kar jaati hai
(2)
Jaateein hai raaja, jaatein hai rank bhi
jaane per koi yaad kare na kare , kya fark padta hai
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
A biased mind
It seems that majority of us do not have the ability to talk or think about things without bias. In discussions the first thought is what the angle is for me and then the discussion. We hardly stop and appreciate an opposing point of view and rarely admit that the other point of view is correct.
The easiest way to stop the other guy with a different view is to gang up against him/her. If a person comes across taking an unbiased view ganging up is all the more fun.
I attended a roadshow of Gujarat government trying to promote tourism in Gujarat. There I met two Gujarati businessmen and struck up a conversation. The conversation started with talk on the progress of Gujarat and things went well. They liked me and invited me to be part of their group during lunch.
During lunch, I came to know that they were realtors coming up with developments in outskirts of Ahmedabad. Their bullishness/ ignorance could be felt by the larger group. South Indian gentlemen from ILFS who was organizing the road show joined us and chimed in with my Gujarati friends. Another person who was realtor too and had worked across several international and domestic markets expressed a view that there is tremendous supply coming in Ahmedabad and the city is at cyclical high, real estate is a cyclical business and one should be careful.
On this perfectly rational view my two friends and the banker from ILFS pounced on him. They started blaming him for not liking the government and that he was being unfair to Gujarat. On my interjecting that his view had no enmity against Gujarat but was an experienced, rational view which most RE analysts across the world are expressing, I too had it. They told me how Guajarati’s are better than Marwari’s (I am a Marwari) and that I was not convinced that Gujarat can make progress. I, a staunch believer in the results Gujarat has produced ,suddenly felt that if these are the people influencing government decisions than could Gujarat’s progress be more of talk than substance !!!
This illustration is one which demonstrates the general biased mentality which my readers too would have experienced at some point. Although this is generally harmless but the problem is that the policy makers of India too have grown in the same settings and many policies are made with a partial mind. A biased thought process stops growth, harms societies, and complicates things, result in blunders and loss of respect for the biased mind. May be this is something that international schools can change!!!
The easiest way to stop the other guy with a different view is to gang up against him/her. If a person comes across taking an unbiased view ganging up is all the more fun.
I attended a roadshow of Gujarat government trying to promote tourism in Gujarat. There I met two Gujarati businessmen and struck up a conversation. The conversation started with talk on the progress of Gujarat and things went well. They liked me and invited me to be part of their group during lunch.
During lunch, I came to know that they were realtors coming up with developments in outskirts of Ahmedabad. Their bullishness/ ignorance could be felt by the larger group. South Indian gentlemen from ILFS who was organizing the road show joined us and chimed in with my Gujarati friends. Another person who was realtor too and had worked across several international and domestic markets expressed a view that there is tremendous supply coming in Ahmedabad and the city is at cyclical high, real estate is a cyclical business and one should be careful.
On this perfectly rational view my two friends and the banker from ILFS pounced on him. They started blaming him for not liking the government and that he was being unfair to Gujarat. On my interjecting that his view had no enmity against Gujarat but was an experienced, rational view which most RE analysts across the world are expressing, I too had it. They told me how Guajarati’s are better than Marwari’s (I am a Marwari) and that I was not convinced that Gujarat can make progress. I, a staunch believer in the results Gujarat has produced ,suddenly felt that if these are the people influencing government decisions than could Gujarat’s progress be more of talk than substance !!!
This illustration is one which demonstrates the general biased mentality which my readers too would have experienced at some point. Although this is generally harmless but the problem is that the policy makers of India too have grown in the same settings and many policies are made with a partial mind. A biased thought process stops growth, harms societies, and complicates things, result in blunders and loss of respect for the biased mind. May be this is something that international schools can change!!!
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