One Day Trip to Kashid Beach, Alibag, Maharastra

Last weekend on Saturday, we had gone to Kashid Beach (location on wikimapia), it is a good one.

Getting Ready for the trip
My company Geometric Ltd, gives a quarterly budget, which we can utilize in our own way like going to hotel, this time we thought of going to Kashid Beach (also spelled as Kasid), Alibag, Maharastra. Few days ago itself, we decided for everything and yes we were having regular meetings to know the status.

We finalised on a 50 seater bus at around 23/- per km. We earlier expected around 40 people to go, but finally only 23 team members (and their families went there).

We had lot of snacks (like bhujia/namkeen/biscuits/choclates) purchased by my friend. Another one got the delicious Kaka Halwai "Bhakarwadi" and Kachori. She also bought the delicious idlis with nariyal-chutney.

Well we zeroed in on Saturday 22nd Dec to leave for Kashid Beach as the weather is cold this time.

Saturday 22nd Dec, Leaving Pune
The bus went through various routes in Pune to pickup few people and the bus reached office by 6:30 am. Rest of the team members caught the bus at the Hinjewadi office of Geometric, where we all started our journey at around 7:10 am.

We took the route via ExpressWay Lonavala - Khopoli - Pen and Kashid, as the route was good and we didn't want to spend our most of the time in "bus".

As the bus started, we had a lot of hulla gulla, Then idlis were served to everybody, who were just waiting something good to enter their stomachs. After eating delicious idlis, the two teams were created and the "antakshari" started. I don't know many songs, but still if some song was being sung, I was lip-synching :)

After Crossing ExpressWay
After we crossed the jam on the ExpressWay (near Lonavala), we took the Khopoli exit. By that time, the urge of having some tea/coffee started in the hearts of the guys n gals. We stopped at the dhaba to have tea, also opening few packs of namkeens to be eaten. After spending/relaxing there for half an hour, we moved on towards Kashid beach. After Pen itself, we could smell the salty water in the environment. The pungent smell of fishes was already existing there.

Reaching Kashid Beach
We finally reached Kasid beach at 12 noon (yes 5 hours journey with half an hour jam and half an hour break). All guys were ready to take a dip in the Arabian Sea. We changed our clothes, so that it was easy for us to play the games without getting the "better clothes" spoiled. We played Volleyball, flying disc, ring etc. there. Wow it looks too good to be at the sea and sitting with the waves striking at the back forcing us to be more on the sand. and again we trying to go back in the sea.

Lunch
By 2 pm, we all were bit tired and went to bus, where we had Juices to get relieved of the scorching sun. Another friend had arranged for the lunch nearby. We went for lunch and by 4 pm our lunch was over. It was a good lunch with "goli like gulab jamun) in the sweet. Papad, Rice, Mix-Veg was good. But food was 100/- per head.

Back to Sea
We again ventured in the sea @ 4 pm. Playing various games like Volleyball, flying disc was really a fun. The intensity of the waves had increased now. Everybody was ready for the snap, which my friend was taking. He knows very good photography, for which we really admire him. My daughter really liked the sea. We know this because we saw the same thing last year December, when the family had gone to Diveaghar, Srivardhan and harihareshwar from Pune.

After teams played their best volleyball, disc and other games, we looked at the sun indicating us to go back to Pune (it was sunset time). At 6 pm, the sun said bye bye to us and beach. What a big-reddish sun it was. It was seeming that Sun is letting us know that I am going but moon would be coming soon. Enjoy it. It was our last trip of year 2007.

Back to Pune
We went to the hotel, where few of us took bath and cleared our body from sand, so as to prevent sea-borne diseases being activated. We took the tea-cum-snacks @ hotel only. At 7 pm we again were back in the bus to move to Pune. This time bus driver drove fast the bus and we touched the Pune Office by 11:10 pm. We all were tired.

Few of us had our car/bikes parked inside the premises, which we took off and went to our home and bundled ourselves in the bed.

It was really a good way to enjoy the end of 2007 and the born of year 2008.

Happy New Year !! (in advance)

Weekend Trip to Mahabaleshwar

Last weekend, we all went to Mahabaleshwar from Pune. This is all about the trip. We stayed there Saturday night and were back in Pune by Sunday 8 pm. Thanks to google, as there are lot of websites about mahabaleshwar, we handpicked a few of them so that we are aware of all the points/distances.

Since 1st week of December, we all 3 couples, myself, Siddharth and Sachin (with their babies) were thinking of going somewhere around. As mahabaleshwar was near and a good one.. we thought of going there.

As we had two cars, we thought one more family can easily be accomodated with us. One of my friend's Sachin's friend was willing and so we decided to go to Mahabaleshwar on 8th Dec (Saturday) morning.

Leaving Pune
We had planned earlier to leave Pune by 7:30 am but (in actual) we left at 8:30 am :) We met together at Sinhagad Flyover and then we started our journey to Mahabaleshwar. We had tea earlier so we all were fresh.

Directly from Sinhagad Flyover we get the new Katraj tunnel, so we both I and Sachin drove at a good speed. Paying first a toll of Rs. 45/- before Narayanpur, we stopped at Reliance Petrol Pump to fill up the car's tank. We continued from there.. ghosh.. what a highway.. I was driving at 100 kmph but never felt that I was driving at a very high speed. After continuing, again we get a "ghat" and pay a toll of Rs. 13/- and after crossing ghat, we continued on the highway to Satara. At a point, where a flyover (newly constructed) exist, we took a right turn to Mahabaleshwar.

Reaching Panchgani
After few kms, we reached Wai and then Panchgani. Between Wai and Panchgani, there are ghats, so the speedometer could not touch 50 :( By the time we reached Panchgani, everybody was hungry, we stopped at one of the restaurants and ordered various snack items like Sandwiches/Dosa etc. Of course, tea and coffee were default for everybody :)

Parsi Point
After exiting Panchgani (we had paid an entry tax to Panchgani), on the outskirts of Panchgani, we saw the first "point", Parsi Point. It is a good point to have a break.. Lots of games/jhullas are there for kids, so the kids would really enjoy it. (especially if you child is around or above 2 years old. We were there for about 1 hour and really enjoyed there.

Kates Point
Then we again started our journey and drove towards Mahabaleshwar. Before entering Mahableshwar itself, there is a right turn to "Kates Point". It is around 10 kms from Main Panchgani highway to Mahabaleshwar.

Kates point does include Needle (Needal) point, Elephant's head etc. At Kates Point, you would get good carrot (gaajar), shalgam, and cucumber (kheera/kaakri). don't miss them :)

Entering Mahabeshwar (Venna Lake)
Again we proceeded towards Mahabaleshwar City. At the entry itself, we paid a "huge tax". 30/- per car and 15/ per passenger.. After paying the "entry tax" to Mahabaleshwar, we stopped at Venna lake, hardly few meters from "entry tax collection center". Venna lake is a good one. and as we were aware that boating does exist and we had make up the mind of boating, we opted for boating. The boating has two rates and are of two types

Before 4:30 pm
Rowing 120/- per boat (6 passengers can sit) - for half an hour
Pedalling 100/- per boat(6 passengers can sit)- for half an hour

After 4:30 pm, the rates are higher.

As we all were 8, we opted two boats Rowing and Pedalling, I wanted to probably shed my calories, I went for pedalling myself :) With all the passengers pedalling, it was great to venture in the lake. The water was good and my daughter enjoyed a lot.

Yes now the boating was over and we were feeling hungry for lunch, as the hour hand of the clock crossed 2 now..

Inside Mahabaleshwar
We went inside the city and parked our vehicle in the Taxi Stand. We saw a nearby restaurant-cum-hotel and we all rushed inside the hotel and had a good lunch :) After finishing our lunch, we first of all searched for the 4 rooms.. Oh that was the tough task ahead.

We first enquired ourself but were not able to get 4 rooms together. Even for the rooms, the charges were higher 500+. As it was not the peak season, we were knowing that we may get a cheaper option. Finally, we saw an agent standing near the "Taxi Stand". He took us to a number of hotels but we were not getting 4 rooms at a cheaper rate. At one hotel, we got 4 Rooms at 350/- each.. that's really cool... The room had TV, Hot Water and yes 3 beds in total. Two beds were 2*6 each and 1 bed was 4*6. So in case, you are a small family with two kids, one room might be enough :)

Bombay Point/Sunset Point
We all were tired and were looking for some relaxing in the room. But then we moved out to "Bombay Point", also known as Sunset Point. We reached the sunset point at around 5 pm. As it was fog, so it was not so clear, but we all really enjoyed it. There was horse-riding too. Yes, Me and my daughter sat on the horse. At 6:15 pm, the sun was setting, we capture the pics on the mobile and handycam we had taken along. There was a big "jam" after the sunset point. We went back to hotel took rest for sometime.

Back in Hotel
At 7:45 pm, we left the hotel and as the market was very near, we entered the market and did some purchasing. We had a good dinner at one of the hotels. and were back to the room by 9:30 pm and went to good dreams by 10 pm.

9th Dec 2007 (Sunday)

Next morning, we checked out the hotel at 7:30 am. We took the cars near the market and found a shopkeeper making hot vadapaos. We all ate vadapaos and drank tea/coffee. Beware that the rates written on the menu/display might be different from what they actually charge.

Visit to Temples
As it was morning, we thought of asking God to reduce our sins, we went to 3 temples (1) Mahabaleshwar temple (2) Panchganga temple - The water there comes from 5 rivers and is very good for drinking and (3) Ati Mahabaleshwar temple. All are in same campus.

Arthur's Seat/Monkey Point
Next we left for Arthur's Seat (and other nearby points). After enquiring from various people, the way (location) and taking good breaks, we finally reached Arthur's Seat. After car parking, you need to step down to a good number of steps to see Arthurs seat and other points. It is a good point and there were a lot number of people there. I would say that if you go to Mahabaleshwar, then don't miss Arthur's seat as it is the best point in Mahableshwar. After getting clicked a lot of pics, we decided to move to PratapGarh Fort.

Pratapgad Fort
Pratapgad Fort is one of the forts of Maharaj Shivaji. To go to Pratapgarh Fort, we first need to drove back to the city (from Arthur's Seat) and then got to PratapGarh Fort. It took us around 1.5 hours to reach Pratapgarh Fort. There is a saying that there are 450 steps on Pratapgarh Fort. It had the famous "Bhavani Mata mandir", which Maharaj Shivaji used to visit before the war. We visited the temple and nearby "hastkala center" was existing, which contained very good handicraft materials. We bought a few articles.

Leave Mahabaleshwar/Mapro
Then we drove back to Mahabaleshwar and then proceeded to say bye bye to Mahabaleshwar. After we crossed the entry point to Mahabaleshwar, we had our lunch @ 3 pm. Then our cars started moving to Panchgani. In the way we saw Mapro and Mala sales counters, which were really good and was offering Juice/Toffees etc at 10% discount. We bought a few of them. :)

Balaji Temple/Back to Pune
Now Non-stop we went to catch Highway at the junction point of Satara-Pune. Before Pune (40 kms), there is a good Balaji temple. We went to Balaji temple (around 6 pm) and thanked God for making it a good trip. We all were back by 8 pm @ Pune.


It was really a good trip we all enjoyed..

Enjoy !!
Adhir

How to Reach Domestic Airport, Mumbai & Delhi

Hi Everybody,

It is a common problem for the new travellers, who are booking low-cost airlines to reach the Airport. I had same, and so I had found out the cheapest and the better way of reaching the airport of Delhi (Palam Airport) and of Mumbai (Domestic).

Delhi Airport -> With lots of maps available for Delhi Airport, I am hereby listing good options.

1. Catch an Auto from ISBT to Delhi Domestic Airport - It costs around 120/- and takes around 45 minutes.

2. Catch a Airport Bus from ISBT - The bus (http://delhigovt.nic.in/dtcbusroute/dtc/Find_Route/getroute.asp) starts from Platform No. 6 of the intra-city, behind ISBT. The bus has a frequency of every 30 minutes (charges Rs. 50). but beware it goes to International Airport. So in case, you want to go domestic, catch this bus and drop - down at Palam Chowk. The Palam chowk is very near to domestic airport and you can get a local bus (after crossing the chowk) at Rs. 3/-. The same bus also goes to New Delhi Railway Station. The route of the bus is ISBT --> Red Fort -->New Delhi Railway Station--> International Airport. The time taken from ISBT back side to Airport is around 1 hour.

3. Catch a Metro (DMRC) . As of now the Metro facility is not available directly to airport, but still there is a near point to get to Metro.

a) Catch a metro to go Uttam Nagar - Fare from ISBT is Rs. 16/-

b) Drop at Uttam Nagar and catch a taxi to go airport. Fare Around Rs. 35/- (The driver might charge you Rs. 50/- too).

Reaching Domestic Airport - Mumbai From Pune OR vice-versa

1. Catch any bus service (Tours and Travels). They might charge around 500 -700 INR. and the time taken is around 4-5 hours. I found the following on internet

http://kktravels.com/coachbooking.asp

http://www.kingswaytravels.com/index_files/Kingsway_Mumbai_Airport.htm

http://www.mumbaiairportpickup.com/book-now.php

2. If you are coming to Pune from Mumbai Airport (that too in the night), there is one good option available. Outside the Mumbai Domestic Airport, come to Western ExpressWay (Auto takes around Rs. 10/-), get down near to Tours and Travels. There are lot of taxis which ply from Pune to Mumbai. They drop the passengers at the Mumbai Airport but are empty while going back. They charge Rs. 800/- (inclusive of toll on expressway) for the entire trip to Pune and drop you in the Pune city at your home :) But beware there are touts available which do charge some money. So normally, you can book the cab/vehicle paying Rs. 1000-1400 depends on your bargaining power. You can get good variety of options like Tavera, Indica, Innova to travel. They are very fast and can drop you within 3 hours (in night time). So if you are a group of 2-3, this option is really a good one.

3. If you want the cheapest option from Pune to Mumbai (avoiding late nights).

1. Catch a bus/train to Dadar from Pune. Train fare less than 100 INR MSRTC, (charges Rs. 200) is a good one as it is government backed and does not stop elsewhere.


2. From Dadar-East Railway Station - go to Dadar-West Railway Station. Get a ticket to Vile Parle. (I think it would be <>

i) Borivali - Fast train --- Does not stops at Vile Parle

ii) Borivali - Slow train -- Does stops at Vile Parle but the rush is huge.

iii) Andheri -- Best train because Vile Parle lies between Dadar and Andheri.

Travel by train takes around 20-30 minutes.

3. Get down at Vile Parle, Airport is very near. If you catch an auto it would charge you around 10/- INR. Time taken around 5-10 minutes.

So this mode requires around 5-6 hours but becomes very cheap mode of travel to Mumbai Airport.

I hope this would be useful to you.

Happy Journey

Adhir Garg

Trip to Neelkanth Mahadev Temple, Rishikesh

Hi Everybody,

I just want to pen down about my trip to Neelkanth Mahadev Temple, Rishikesh (map) on 11th Nov, 2007.

Around 20 years ago, I had visited Neelkanth temple with my parents (I was a kid and do remember very small things about it). So I thought that while going for Diwali, I would definitely pay a visit to holy temple.

Rishikesh lies in the Uttaranchal, a newly carved state out of Uttar Pradesh, lying in Northern India. Rishikesh is a holy place, where ONLY vegetarian(shuddh) food is served.

Way to Go Rishikesh : There are lot of ways to go Rishikesh (Rishikesh on wikitravel) especially if you are around Delhi region. From Delhi it is around 6 hour journey.

How to Go Neelkanth Mahadev Temple :
There are two ways to go Neelkanth Mahadev Temple
a) If you have your own vehicle, you can go via IDPL. I had my vehicle but because of risk on the hilly roads, I avoided it.

b) If you wish to take taxi (ambassador/jeep) on sharing basis, you need to go Ram Jhoola. I opted for this one. :)

In Rishikesh, reach Ram Jhoola on the left side. You can park your vehicle (I was in car). The Parking charges are 30/- for (any amount of time). The route to Neelkanth lies on the another side. There are two ways to cross the river to go other side.
1) There are regular boats which help the person to cross the river. They charge some amount. I thought it was of no use, because the second option of bridge was good :)
2) The regular Ram Jhoola, bridge is small around 500 m, and definitely you would like to cross it. It is free (as of now). It can be crossed within 5-10 minutes.

After crossing Ram Jhoola, you can enquire where do you get a vehicle to go to Neelkanth, it's hardly a 5 minute walk. (very near to Swargashram)

There are two modes of transport available from Ram Jhoola other side to Neelkanth. Both are maintained by taxi association. So need not worry, if they might ditch you. The people there are good and would help you in the best possible way.

1) Jeep - To and Fro charges - Rs. 80 and 1 way Rs. 45. I had observed, that these jeep wallahs only prefer those people who hire jeep for "to and fro". In about 1 hour, you can reach the base point where Neelkanth temple lies

2) Ambassador car - White in color :) - The ambassador car can be booked for Rs. 600/- for to and fro trip. This is a good one, if you are 4-5 members wishing to go to Holy temple.

Since me and my wife were travelling, we opted for Jeep. In around 1 hour, we reached the temple.

First of all, I was bit tired and thought of taking a bath in the waterfall "jharna". This jharna is not a proper one, but there are few people who bathe before entering the temple premises. The water there is very cold. So if you have your kids, ensure that they are not in waterfall for long time, else there are high chances that they might shiver a lot or catch cold.

We kept our bag and chappals at one of the shops near the jharna. The shop-keepers do this to ensure that you buy "pooja thaali" from them. Pooja thaalis range from various prices @ 21, @ 51 , @101 etc. Depending on your choice, you can go ahead and buy whatever you want.

After bath, we entered the holy temple premises. As it was bhaiya-dooj, so the temple didn't have a huge rush. (We thought it is good, as our time gets saved). After paying obeisance to Lord Shiva, we roamed around for the beautiful sceneries around Neelkanth temple. It is really good.

It took around 1 hour for bathing and visiting temple. After an urge from the stomach, we had tea and some snacks there. Then we were back in the jeep. luckily we were the 4th passenger to come back. The driver was waiting for all passengers to come. As all passengers arrived, the jeep dashed off to its base at Ram Jhoola.

Since we didn't want to miss Laxman Jhoola, we asked the jeep driver to stop at Laxman Jhoola for short time, which he agreed. We visited the temple at Laxman Jhoola and then we moved back to Ram Jhoola, crossed the Ram Jhoola and were back in car.

So overall it took around 4 hours for our journey after car parking @ Ram Jhoola, Rishikesh.

I hope this would be helpful to you all.

Bam Bam Bhole
Adhir Garg

3 hour trip to Wonder Funkey, Near Chandni Chowk, Pune

This Saturday, 27th October, we went to Wonder Funkey (www.wonderfunkey.com) by car.
I am just writing about the various options available there.

Location : The wonder funkey is located at around 2-3 kms from Chandni Chowk, as we move towards Satara on the right side. So in case you want to avoid turn and are from/around Kothrud, you can go to Warje flyover first and then move towards Chandni Chowk, you would find it on the left side.

Parking : The parking is free for all. Thank God !!

Entry Charges : The entry charges are 100/- per head.. Oh God too costly.. One of the better option is Membership.. With Membership of Rs. 750/-, you can have 3 other guests (free of cost) for an year + T Shirt + Cap (of funkey) and Rs. 750/- worth games.

Free Items : The free items (for which you pay 100/- per head) are
(a) Puppet Show - Really a good one.. It starts whenever, there are few people around the show.
(b) Disco - Really good disco, you would enjoy if you go with GF.

Rest all items are chargeable :(

Paid Items : There are lot of playing games, especially for age group 10 - 30 years.. Car racing (in many varieties) are a good option, if you like gaming. There are some games for kids too like boxing and getting a duck down, horse, elephant etc. These cost around 10,20 and increasing. and Yes, there is Bowling too..

Being Sunday (I suppose) there was a guy who wore the dress of monkey and was trying to allure the small children. It was good, considering that monkey is one of the animal which children learn at a very early age.

How they work ??
On the basis of the number of people entering, they give a ICard (similar to what if somebody is in Software office), In the starting itself, you can "recharge" your voucher to some amount, say Rs. 100 and then you can proceed on playing games/eating/astrology/portrait. which are "debited" from your I Card. You can refill it again. Inside there are many outlets to do so :)

Eating : For eating too, there were good options. Yes, it was bit costly, but still we enjoyed it. Lots of varieties are there for the food.

I think it is ideal for going for guys to spend around 2-3 hours at the wonder funkey.. Enjoy !!

Do Husband and Wife (if happily married) tend to commanality / convergence ?

A question came to my mind, that do the husband (H) and wife (W) converge to common physical/emotional features of their life ??

Normally a wife comes from different physical background. Her nose/eyes could be very similar to her parents e.g. they could be pointed and black where as a husband comes from different background with not so pointed nose and black-blue eyes. So do after a period of time, these features come together to form a new blend (genes within themselves) even without offspring (children).


Some people say that it could be because of their same habits, like eating, sleeping at one time and doing all things in common.
But there are lots of people in the world who wake up at one particular time and sleep at the other time (say 10 pm) but are they similar.. NO ..

There are papers (I got an abstract only ) "Convergence in the physical appearance of spouses" which indicates the truth in my saying. http://www.springerlink.com/content/u59r1291345u048p/
http://www.springerlink.com/content/74l268g8g317456r/
http://www.springerlink.com/content/q2u612426625w110/
http://www.possibility.com/epowiki/Wiki.jsp?page=EmotionalConvergence

Here is the truth that yes, they converge to common features, this in Artificial Intelligence is called as Mutation, where one of the chromosomes get automatically changes randomly. But there is something extra also. It could be termed as "diffusion" or "osmosis", where because of different availability outside the skin environment and being in touch, there occurs some changes (metamorphis), which tends to change the behavior of the person in touch. In my case both husband and wife are in touch with different bodies, so they are going to have some change in their own bodies which is

• Customized to live in the environment.
• Get the features of the other person.
  

So, it is touch of somebody, which matters here.

Again, I researched myself and looked upon various ancient Hindu fundas, which make my theory of diffusion/osmosis stronger.

1. Maharaja Agrasen -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exogamy, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotra

It was maintained by Maharaj Agrasen that a nupital alliance could not take place in the same Gotra. That is a girl of "Goel" Gotra could not marry a "Goel boy"', but could be married in any of the other 17 Gotra. This rule enunciated by Maharaj Agrasen promoted harmony and brotherhood among all the 18 Gotra represented by state units. This facilitated promotion of unity and nationalism among the state units. http://www.bikanerguide.com/agrasen/history.html

Probably, Maharaja Agrasen (by his experience or knowledge) was knowing that there should be changes that should be in the body/behavior, so he promoted harmony by marriages between different "gotra" and moreover, the advantages of both gotra can be used to generate a better offspring.

2. Aura -- If you are not aware that what aura is, I have a link for you and the meaning of it. http://www.ladybridget.com/w/waura.html

" The aura is the electromagnetic field that surrounds the human body (Human Energy Field-HEF) and every organism and object in the Universe.
The Human Energy Field as a collection of electro - magnetic energies of varying densities that permeate through and emit or exit from the physical body of a living person. These particles of energy are suspended around the healthy human body in an oval shaped field. This "auric egg" emits out from the body approximately 2-3 feet (1 metre on average) on all sides. It extends above the head and below the feet into the ground. "







Now let's see how the aura concept comes here..




In South, the concept of touch is very big. Here the pandit ji does not touch the devotee. Is it possibly because by this the aura of the priest might change.


Probably because of mixing of partners (as shown in picture), the aura gets mixed and the common aura is shared by both, due to which more of the characteristic of the couple gets converged.






So it seems that there are old scriptures which do say the same thing that there is convergence of the features of the couple, when they are together.

Some other day, I would write more..

till then bye bye

What does Google Want To Do ??

I was browsing internet and I thought what google wants to do in future.

Seeing a "sketchup" google was letting everybody know that google has entered the business of creating and viewing 3D models too.

In the viewing section of 3D models, lots of software had entered the scene that include

1. eDrawings - created by Geoemetric Software Solutions Ltd.
2. Arbortext - owned by PTC Software, Needham
3. Acrobat (I really worry what Acrobat might do to all existing viewing softwares). Their Version 8 is wonderful. Do have a look at it

But having a look at google sketch up, it was quite convincing that google is expanding not only in vertically and horizontal direction, but in each and every direction. That's great..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products

Yahoo is going down. because it is not researching for new products.
Microsoft has no such MAJOR development after Windows, though MS surface is a good one. they have to do something major after Operating System, because I am hopeful that Google won't be left behind in OS too.

Few months ago, I got a picture of the Microsoft with all other rivals, depicting that MS is fighting in every domain with its competitors. If it was Lotus Notes (IBM), then OutLook. If it was StarOffice, then MS Office. But let's see what happens in future.. Is Google Doc/SpreadSheet going to takeover MS Word ??

The way google has expanded itself is awesome. Great Google !!

Enjoy !!
Adhir

Religion and C++

I am working on C++ since 5 years and studying Bhagavad Gita for a period of 4 years. I found a lot of similarities between religion and C++ (a computer software language) . Just wanted to discuss a few of them

OOP (Object Oriented Programming)

As in C++, we have OOP i.e. Abstraction, Encapsulation, Polymorphism and Inheritance, similarly in Religion, there are concepts.

a) Abstraction -- hiding data that are not needed. In Religion, the hiding of the data is done by suppressing those information/data which are not required e.g. Surya Grahan/Chandra Grahan. As these being specific cases, they are not dealt with in every scripture.

b) Encapsulation --grouping together of data and functionality. In Religion, grouping of the data/functionality is done. For clarity, various specific books like Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda and Atharva Vedas are there. For kids, who would be more interested in stories, there are various Puranas related to various gods.

c) Polymorphism -- allows a single name to be reused for several related but different purposes (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C++_Programming/Polymorphism) In Religion, there are various gods like Hanuman ji (for strength representation and devotion to God), Lord Rama and Lord Krishna (God's avatar at Earth). Goddess Kali/Durga for girl/women. There is a single God. Even other religion also say that god is one for all. In Hindu dharma He is ParamAtma, in Islam He is Allah and in Christian religion, He is God.

d) Inheritance -- Inheritance is one of the feature, which Hindu dharma has provided, the extension of the religion. Hindu dharma is not confined to texts. According to the times, the religion gets inherited and is transformed to various forms. Some people say that religions like Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism are modified transforms of Hindu religions. Not sure about the saying, but picking up few points about each of them

d.1 ) Sikhism --> Sikhism has lot of relations with Hinduism (Sanskrit) like the meaning of the word Sikh, their religious symbol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism) .

d.2 ) Jainism --> They believe in shraman i.e. ascetic behaviour in the elderly times. Jainism paid more interest in "Ahimsa", which is again one of the key feature in Hinduism.

d.3 ) Buddhism --> Puts key interest in meditation and Middle Way, which somehow derives from Hinduism as at that moment, hinduism was the "known" existing religion.

Now other than concepts, some other day I would write comparison between the actual "code-writing" of C++ and religion.

Enjoy !!

Adhir Garg

Marriage Registration Pune STEPS

STEPS FOR Registering the Marriage in PUNE

For helping the guys who wish to register their marriage at Pune, I am listing out steps.

Some 2 years ago, I had registered my marriage at Pune.

I am telling u the procedure I adopted.

The location of marriage beaureau is
http://wikimapia. org/#lat= 18.522708&lon=73.87081&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2

Near SBI Main Branch (it is a very important pointer).

Steps

1. The forms for registration are available from the beaureau (at a very cheap price or free). I got it from one of my friend. I think they are available through internet too.

2. We need to fill the form (including the photograph/DOB/ Address of couple + Address Proof, with DOB + Photos for 3 witness). At that time, priest signature was not required. Or I had done some "farziwara". Need to make sure that all documents are attested. In case, they are unattested, there are lot of vendors outside, who put their attestation at around 5/- per verification. Take your Wedding Invitation Card too.

3. On Thursday evening, I had given the form for updating the details in their computer. I suppose you need not give any money to agents there. They would ask for a preferred date, which I had given as Saturday morning 10:00 am .

4. On Saturday, you need to go with your spouse, 3 witnesses with their attested pics and documents. and pay around 150/- (as I remember). Depending on the number of copies, you desire, you need to pay more.

5. You get married (officially) .

So it takes a maximum of 3 days (Thursday to Saturday) with total time of around 2 hours.

Thats All I remember .......

Enjoy !!

My First Blog ..

Hi Everybody,

This is my first blog.

This morning I had discussion with my morning tea friend. Yes, in office early in the morning. We had discussions about the old fundas of Hindu scriptures

1. The eclipse, which our elders used to ask us not to venture out as some demons would be ready to eat us :) The reality is that there are some rays, emitted by the planets sun/moon, which cause danger to the human body cells, so there are chances that the person might be getting some new disease (say cancer).

2. The Ram Setu, the present government is still undecided what to do now. Sometimes, it says that Ram is NON-Existing and sometimes the opposite. The existence of Lord Rama is known by scriptures (written in wonderful language Sanskrit). Similarly, how do you believe any religion is existing. Do you know any person in current 2007 who had met Jesus or who had met Mohammad. NO. There are some scriptures like Bible and Quran which ask people of their religion to read them and have faith in them.

3. I had read a news in rediff http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/sep/14death.htm about death of pilgrims. It was the fault of the kanwariyaas that they came in the mid-way of the train (if the rediff report is right), why should the public property be destroyed ?

Let me stop here for the time being....

Enjoy !!
Adhir Garg