Kishore

Recipe and Procedure for Daliya (Salty version)

2012-01-18T23:46:00.000-08:00

After a long time I prepared some stuff in kitchen today, almost entirely... under the able guidance of my roomie! And liked it very much... so thought would save the recipe for future reference! :)

Recipe and Procedure for Daliya(Salty version):

For2 persons - in good quantity.

Keepfollowing raw material ready:

-Green peas: quantity according to your liking

-Carrot - cut in thin circular shape. 1 medium sized carrot was good for two ofus.

- If you have more veggies, go ahead and add them (in chopped form). These can be lauki (pumpkin), beans, moong (green pulses), etc.

-You don't have to WASH the daliya :)

- Haldi not really needed. I did not add.

-Daliya quantity - two kevis or mini-bowls. ('kevi' is a word in Sindhi language for serving-spoon! :)

Takea pressure cooker

Put2 Table spoons of cooking oil

Warmit up, on medium to high flame

Adda little 'rai' to it.

(warmingis for about a minute.)

Addcarrot and green peas to it.

Mix them.

Afterabout a minute, add daliya to it.

Add water - 4 times the quantity of daliya. In my case, it was 8 kevis or mini-bowls.

Addsalt to taste - little less than 1 teaspoon should be okay.

Mixit well.

Putthe lid.

4.Cooking time:

Dependingon how much time is available to you:

-we tried: keeping it on minimum flame until 1 whistle and then on medium flameuntil 2 whistles.

-If you want it quicker: you can go for medium flame all throughout, cook ituntil 3 whistles.

-Turn off the flame.

-Open the lid after a few minutes.

- Garnish with finely chopped dhaniya (corriander).

- Serve it and enjoy the delicious daliya with your buddies.

5. Give me your feedback! :)

Cheers!

eReaders' survey (as of May 22, 2011)

2011-04-10T10:53:00.000-07:00

(click on the above images, to view them clearly in new page/window)

> Very good website/blog for e-readers' reviews: http://www.the-ebook-reader.com/

e-Readers

Almost all the e-readers have audio (music), browser (for internet), mini-USB slot (for connection to PC).

Some also as micro-SD card slot.

Amazon Kindle-3:

(1) WiFi: $ 139 (Rs. 7000), (2) WiFi + 3G: $189 (Rs. 9500)

- Both 6" screen (diagonally)

- QWERTY keyboard

- Provision to make notes

- 16 levels of grayscale, makes you forget color! (Take it with a pinch of salt!)

Sony 'Reader Daily edition' (PRS950)

- 7" Touch screen (with stylus - but finger/nail also works fine!)

- $ 300 (Rs. 15000/-)

- Highlight. You can write "on the screen/pdf itself". It will be saved in 'bibliography-summary'.

- Dictionary. Select the word, right-click, click on dicitionary.

- Wireless: WiFi only (you can't download using 3G)

- Memory: expandable up to 32 GB

- Link

Onyx - Boox 60 (Boox X60)

- 6" Touch screen (with stylus).

- pdf: highlight, area-zoom, annotation

- Wireless: WiFi, CDMA, GPRS, 3G

- 16 level grayscale

- 4 models. Min cost $280 (Rs. 14,000/-)

- 300gms

- Memory: Int: 512 MB, micro-SD: 32 GB

- Link

Indian e-Readers:

1. Wink (by EC Media)

(1) WiFi: Rs. 9000, (2) WiFi + 3G: Rs. 13,750

- Both 6" screen (diagonally)

- Not 'color' yet.

- No Touch screen. QWERTY Keyboard

- Stores in Pune:

Croma, Pulse mall - I checked out the 5" (12.7cm) model. Not bad!

Koregaon Park: Reliance, Reliance Leisures Ltd, CTS No. 15/A 7/15 8/15 9/15,

Koregaon Park Near Taj Blue Diamond, Mobile/Phone No: +91-8108304945

2. Infibeam's Pi2

(Source: http://www.infibeam.com/Pi/Pi2.html?track=nl131 )

- Screen: 6", Resistive Touch, Black & White 8/16 grayscale, 600 x 800 pixels, 166 dpi, 122 x 91 mm, No backlight

- WiFi. Browser available.

- Rs. 10,000/- (as of Aug'11) + assured gift (which is 10 vouchers of Rs. 1000 each, to buy ONLY BOOKS / eBOOKS)

- Thickness: 11mm

- Weight: 235 gm

- Internal memory: 2GB

- AC adapter, 4 hrs charging time

- OS: Linux 2.6.28

- Memory: Internal memory = 2 GB (expandable up to 32 GB i.e. 10k books; micro-SD card); RAM: 128 MB

My choices:

1. Sony Reader Touch (7")

2. Onyx Boox X60 (6")

A User's Review on Sony's 'Reader' (source: Sony Reader's website):

I do wish the Sony had an option to use the digital keyboard for note-taking like you can use it for searching, etc, though. That would be nice (and more legible, as my touchscreen handwriting is atrocious!). The Sony 650 doesn't have wireless or 3G connectivity like some of the other devices out there now. This isn't an issue for me because I browse the internet more on my laptop or phone so it would be pretty redundant for me to have it on my reader as well. When put side by side, the font used on the Kindle seems to be darker with more contrast than the one used on the Sony 650. This seems like it's merely due to the choice of font style, not due to the Sony's screen being inferior in any way. As one reviewer has already mentioned, the sync software available for the reader is terrible. It crashes often and it makes browsing the Sony store very slow and cumbersome. I don't use it if I can possibly help it, not even when I had my 505. I use Calibre for my syncing needs. It syncs beautifully with the Sony reader, especially for tags and collections - all with a few clicks of a button. You can manage your ebook library, convert ebooks, download rss feeds so you can read blogs and news on your reader - it's just an amazingly useful program. One of the main reasons that I sent my Kindle back was because it was nearly impossible to make collections on it in any sensible way. Using Calibre to sync your collections saves time and a lot of headaches

For the first few days I did have a problem with my Sony 650 freezing at random times. It would always come back again when I did a reset, but it was happening quite a lot. I found out that it was due to a large PDF file on my SD card. I used Calibre to convert my PDFs to ePub format and reloaded everything onto my SD card again. Since then, I haven't had a single frozen screen, no matter how fast I try to flick the pages or access the menus. I'm assuming that one of the PDFs was just too large for the reader to handle as-is.

Right education needed (for young minds) at very early age!

2011-01-12T06:29:00.000-08:00

Today, while jogging in the evening at about 7.30pm, when it is chilling cold in Pune, I noticed 4-5 kids of the age group of 8-10 years were burning dry wooden sticks/bamboo and paper like a bonfire and sitting-n-chatting around it. I had observed them couple times earlier also in the past few days doing the same thing.

This time I could not resist going and talking to them about it. So I went and asked one of the kids, "why are you burning these sticks?" He answered: "to warm ourselves, it is so cold here". He was wearing socks and canvas shoes. I asked him why don't you go and play (you will automatically feel warm). He said "I have finished playing, and now just sitting here".

Then other guy said, "hi uncle, do you remember me? We met while playing TT a few months ago". I asked him, "do you know how much pollution you are creating?" He replied in a very casual manner - "I know all that global warming". After a pause he said "all this affects the earth, why should I worry"! I persisted and asked "why? are you living on moon?". Upon that his reply was, "jab tak jeeyenge..." (i.e. I don't care how long I stay alive, why worry about all this?) (he didn't complete the sentence). I did not leave him, and asked: "Is it not affecting you?". He shied away and knowing that it does affect him, he still said 'no' in a low tone, trying to hide away his face.

I was surprised and sad at the same time, to see such careless attitude of a 10 year old kid, who is aware of the effects of global warming, but is consciously neglecting it. I left from there with a feeling that it is not his mistake, but he has not been given right training.

It just gives me the lesson that 8-10 years is not an early age to train the kids about their responsibility towards environment, which will be for the good of their own future.

Solar energy - some of my notes

2010-12-26T23:42:00.002-08:00

CDMA vs. GSM; and about handsets

2010-06-18T23:53:00.000-07:00

While researching on internet to decide about my new handset, I did get to know a lot about lots of terms, differences between GSM and CDMA technologies, and about the handsets. This post is under-construction, and will be updated (hopefully!). Here are some of the terms..

BREW

In short: It allows developers to write applications for CDMA handsets, and allows users with BREW-enabled handsets to download and use these applications.

Details: (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) is Qualcomm's open source application development platform for wireless devices equipped for code division multiple access (CDMA) technology.

BREW makes it possible for developers to create portable applications that will work on any handsets equipped with CDMA chipsets. Because BREW runs in between the application and the chip operating system software, the application can use the device's functionality without the developer needing to code to the system interface or even having to understand wireless applications. Users can download applications - such as text chat, enhanced e-mail, location positioning, games (both online and offline), and Internet radio - from carrier networks to any BREW-enabled phone.

BREW is competing for wireless software market share with J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition), a similar platform from Sun Microsystems. The initial version of BREW is solely for CDMA networks; later versions could be enabled for time division multiple access (TDMA) and Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) networks.

RUIM

In short: RUIM card is equivalent of SIM card used in GSM handsets. All CDMA handsets do not have RUIM card.

Details: A RUIM card (also R-UIM) or Re-Usable Identification Module, is a removable ID chip for cellular phones made for the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network. The RUIM card holds a user's personal information such as name and account number, cell phone number, phone book, text messages and other settings.

The RUIM card provides flexibility to switch phones by simply removing the RUIM card and slipping it into another card-enabled phone. The new phone would then be able to make and receive calls on the user's account without having to go through the carrier for activation.

Be Inspired

2010-03-13T03:51:00.000-08:00

Be Inspired
(Source: http://www.punemate.com/)

"The idea of transformation is most often
symbolized by the butterfly which takes
a completely different form, “trans-forms”,
from one part of its life to the next."
In its earlier form it is usually a slow, “dull”, earth-bound consumer.
By going within, into its dark chrysalis, for a period of time,
the butterfly emerges to take flight into beauty and grace.

In Norie Huddle's book, “Butterfly” she writes:

The caterpillar’s new cells are called ‘imaginal cells.’
They are so totally different from the caterpillar cells
that his immune system thinks they are enemies… and gobbles them up.

But these new imaginal cells continue to appear. More and more of them!
Pretty soon, the caterpillar’s immune system
cannot destroy them fast enough.
More and more of the imaginal cells survive.
And then an amazing thing happens!

The little tiny lonely imaginal cells start to clump together
into friendly little groups.
The little tiny lonely imaginal cells start to clump together
into friendly little groups.

They all resonate together at the same frequency,
passing information from one to another.
Then, after awhile, another amazing thing happens!
The clumps of imaginal cells start to cluster together!
A long string of clumping and clustering imaginal cells,
all resonating at the same frequency,
all passing information from one to another there inside the chrysalis.

Then at some point,
the entire long string of imaginal cells
suddenly realizes all together
that it is something different from the caterpillar.
Something new! Something wonderful!
…and in that realization
is the shout of the birth of the butterfly!

Since the butterfly now “knows” that it is a butterfly,
the little tiny imaginal cells
no longer have to do all those things individual cells must do.
Now they are part of a multi-celled organism—
A FAMILY who can share the work.

Each new butterfly cell can take on a different job—
There is something for everyone to do.
And everyone is important.
And each cell begins to do just that very thing it is most drawn to do.
And every other cell encourages it to do just that.

A great way to organize a butterfly!”

*Adapted Version of Nori Huddle’s story from her book, Butterfly.

Silhouette Photography

2010-01-19T06:18:00.001-08:00

"Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.”, originally uploaded by Amadika.

No light in the foreground,
No detail of the subject,
However... CLEAR outline/boundary of the subject.

Best timings: Dawn and Dusk.

...from Better Photography magazine.

Caption of this image:
"Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.”

Preview of MS Excel features

2009-12-28T09:10:00.000-08:00

For better view / easier reading: http://sites.google.com/site/klmkishore12345/information-management

Trust Center: Protecting yourself from malicious macros is a bit easier with Excel 2007. For example, you can disable all macros, except those in workbooks that are stored in trusted locations on your computer.

Color Schemes: Change the appearance of Excel by applying one of three color schemes that ship with Excel (Blue, Silver, or Black).
Lots of new templates: Why reinvent the wheel? Choose Office ➪ New, and you can choose from a variety of templates. One of them may be exactly (or at least close to) what you need.

Customizable Toolbar: The QAT (Quick Access Toolbar) is always visible, regardless of which Ribbon tab is selected. After
you customize the QAT, your frequently used commands will always be one click away.

Data Validation: Excel’s data validation feature enables you to set up certain rules that dictate
what can be entered into a cell. For example, you may want to limit data entry
in a particular cell to whole numbers between 1 and 12. If the user makes an
invalid entry, you can display a custom message, such as the one shown in
Figure 25.1.
Excel makes it easy to specify the validation criteria, and you can also use a formula for more complex criteria.

CAUTION: The data validation suffers from a potentially serious problem:
If the user copies a cell that does not use data validation and
pastes it to a cell that does use data validation, the data validation rules are
deleted. In other words, the cell then accepts any type of data.

Outlining: If you use a word processor, you may be familiar with the concept of an outline. Most word processors (including Microsoft Word) have an outline mode
that lets you view only the headings and subheadings in your document. You
can easily expand a heading to show the text below it. Using an outline makes
visualizing the structure of your document easy.

Excel also is capable of using outlines, and understanding this feature can make
working with certain types of worksheets much easier for you.
You can use outlines to create summary reports in which you don’t want to show
all the details. You’ll find that some worksheets are more suitable for outlines
than others. If your worksheet uses hierarchical data with subtotals, it’s probably
a good candidate for an outline.

If you create both a row and a column outline in a worksheet, you can work with each outline independent of the other. For example, you can show the row outline at the second level and the column outline at the first level. Figure 26.5 shows the model with both outlines collapsed at the second level. The result is a nice summary table that gives regional totals by quarter.

Linking Workbooks: When you link worksheets, you connect them together in such a way that one depends on the other.
When you consider linking workbooks, you may ask yourself the following question:
If Workbook A needs to access data in another workbook (Workbook B),
why not just enter the data into Workbook A in the first place? In some cases,
you can. But the real value of linking becomes apparent when the source workbook
is being continually updated by another person or group.

Excel and Internet: When you save an Excel workbook for viewing on the Web, you have two options:
An HTML file: Produces a static Web page, plus a folder that contains support files. You can create the HTML file from the entire workbook or from a specific sheet.
A single file Web page: Produces a file in the Web archive format (*.mht; *.mhtml). You can
view these files only with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser.

Previous versions of Excel included an additional option to create an interactive Web page, using the Microsoft ActiveX Spreadsheet Component. Users could perform standard Excel operations directly in the browser. This feature was removed from Excel 2007.

a. Caution: You can view single file Web pages created from Excel only by using Microsoft’s Internet
Explorer browser.

b. Opening an HTML File
Excel can open most HTML files, which can be stored on your local drive or on a Web server. Choose
Office ➪ Open and locate the HTML file. If the file is on a server, you’ll need to copy the URL and paste it
into the File Name field in the Open dialog box.

How the HTML code renders in Excel varies considerably. Sometimes, the HTML file may look exactly as it does in a browser. Other times, it may bear little resemblance (especially if the HTML file uses CSS for layout).

c. Working with Hyperlinks
Hyperlinks are shortcuts that provide a quick way to jump to other workbooks and files. You can set up hyperlinks to jump to files on your own computer, your network, and the Web. For example, you can create a series of hyperlinks to serve as a table of contents for a workbook.

Sharing Data With Other Applications:
The applications in Microsoft Office are designed to work together. These
programs have a common look and feel, and sharing data among these applications is usually quite easy. This chapter explores some ways in which you can make use of other applications while working with Excel, as well as some ways in which you can use Excel while working with other applications.

Understanding Data Sharing
Excel can import and export a variety of different file types. Besides sharing data
using files, you can also transfer data to and from other open Windows applications
in several other ways:
Copy and paste, using either the Windows Clipboard or the Office Clipboard. Copying and pasting information creates a static copy of the data.
Create a link so that changes in the source data are reflected in the destination document.
Embed an entire object from one application into another application’s document.

This chapter discusses these techniques and shows you how to use them.

Protecting Your Work: Excel’s protection-related features fall into three categories:
Worksheet protection: Protecting a worksheet from being modified, or restricting the modifications to certain users.
Workbook protection: Protecting a workbook from having sheets
inserted or deleted, and also requiring the use of password in order to
open the workbook.
VB protection: Using a password to prevent others from viewing or
modifying your VBA code.

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Water baloon

2009-10-11T12:48:00.001-07:00

Blob, originally uploaded by Lars Preben Sørsdahl.

Blob

Gelled flash behind the balloon on camera right. Gridspot and gobo to prevent flare. Softbox on camera right to light the hand. Manual exposure on camera, iTTL on the flashes.

Needle in the left hand, trigger in the right hand....push the trigger when inserting the needle. There were no problem synchronizing the event since the water is quite slow and the flashes pretty much freezes the water. I got the action in over 90% of the attempts.

Uploaded by Lars Preben Sørsdahl on 8 Oct 09, 11.38AM PDT.

Rare composition

2009-10-09T12:07:00.001-07:00

A time for a coffee, originally uploaded by ~ielle.

"A time for a coffee"

There is smth special / rare in this pic.
Will ponder upon it sometime..

Capturing colors in a photo

2009-10-09T10:06:00.001-07:00

On a Mission, originally uploaded by subhasish.

Seul à Paris

2009-08-21T23:12:00.001-07:00

Seul à Paris, originally uploaded by Fabrice Erba Photographie.

This pic doesnot have its subject on any of the 4 grid points - if you divide the screen into 3 rows and 3 columns, you get 4 grid points. Generally when you place your subject at one of these, depending on the compostion, the picture comes out to be good.

But here is the pic which doesnot follow this convention, and has come up nicely.

Uploaded on Flickr, by Fabrice Erba Photographie on 21 Oct 08

kid's photography - how to's

2009-08-20T20:24:00.001-07:00

, originally uploaded by jaosvi.

jaosvi Pro User says:

No post-processing for this one. Two consecutive shots taken for the same frame about 3-5 seconds apart with same exposure settings.

10 Beautiful Messages from Him.......

2009-07-18T06:07:00.000-07:00

1. QUIT WORRYING:

Life has dealt you a blow and all you do is sit and worry.

Have you forgotten that I am here to take all your burdens and carry them for you? Or do you just enjoy fretting over every little thing that comes
your way?

************

2. PUT IT ON THE LIST:

Something needs done or taken care of. Put it on the list. No, not YOUR list. Put it on MY to-do-list. Let ME be the one to take care of the
problem. I can't help you until you turn it over to Me.

And although My to-do-list is long, I am after all... God. I can take care of anything you put into My hands. In fact, if the truth were ever
really known, I take care of a lot of things for you that you never even realize.

************

3. TRUST ME:

Once you've given your burdens to Me, quit trying to take them back.

Trust in Me. Have the faith that I will take care of all your needs, your problems and your trials. Problems with the kids? Put them on My list.
Problem with finances? Put it on My list. Problems with your emotional roller coaster? For My sake, put it on My list.

I want to help you. All you have to do is ask.

************

4. LEAVE IT ALONE:

Don't wake up one morning and say, "Well, I'm feeling much stronger now, I think I can handle it from here." Why do you think you are feeling
stronger now? It's simple. You gave Me your burdens and I'm taking care of them.

I also renew your strength and cover you in my peace. Don't you know that if I give you these problems back, you will be right back where you
started? Leave them with Me and forget about them. Just let Me do my job.

************

5. TALK TO ME:

I want you to forget a lot of things. Forget what was making you crazy.

Forget the worry and the fretting because you know I'm in control. But there's one thing I pray you never forget. Please, don't forget to talk to
Me - OFTEN! I love YOU! I want to hear your voice. I want you to include Me in on the things going on in your life.

I want to hear you talk about your friends and family. Prayer is simply you having a conversation with Me. I want to be your dearest friend.

************

6. HAVE FAITH:

I see a lot of things from up here that you can't see from where you are.

Have faith in Me that I know what I'm doing. Trust Me; you wouldn't want the view from My eyes. I will continue to care for you, watch over you,
and meet your needs. You only have to trust Me.

Although I have a much bigger task than you, it seems as if you have so much trouble just doing your simple part. How hard can trust be?

************

7. SHARE:

You were taught to share when you were only two years old. When did you forget? That rule still applies. Share with those who are less fortunate
than you. Share your joy with those who need encouragement.

Share your laughter with those who haven't heard any in such a long time. Share your tears with those who have forgotten how to cry. Share your
faith with those who have none.

************

8. BE PATIENT:

I managed to fix it so in just one lifetime you could have so many diverse experiences. You grow from a child to an adult, have children, change
jobs many times, learn many trades, travel to so many places, meet thousands of people, and experience so much.

How can you be so impatient then when it takes Me a little longer than you expect to handle something on My to-do-list? Trust in My timing, for My
timing is perfect. Just because I created the entire universe in only six days, everyone thinks I should always rush, rush, rush.

9. BE KIND:

Be kind to others, for I love them just as much as I love you. They may not dress like you, or talk like you, or live the same way you do, but I
still love you all. Please try to get along, for My sake.

I created each of you different in some way. It would be too boring if you were all identical. Please, know I love each of your differences.

************

10. LOVE YOURSELF:

As much as I love you, how can you not love yourself? You were created by me for one reason only -- to be loved, and to love in return. I am a God
of Love. Love Me. Love your neighbors. But also love yourself.

It makes My heart ache when I see you so angry with yourself when things go wrong. You are very precious to me, Don't ever forget.

(Thanks Sandeep for sharing such beautiful, encouraging, life-making truths.)

Smoke-Art Photography

2009-06-11T12:09:00.001-07:00

cOlOr Play, originally uploaded by ♥ Cishore ♪♫.

there is a link given for a tutorial on how to do this type of photography and post-processing using photoshop..

enjoy

Photography / STEPS

2009-05-21T01:52:00.000-07:00

http://www.rannieturingan.com/exhibits/the-too-explicit-injustice-of-kind-population/whippersnapper29/

s t o p ' n d g o

2009-05-15T06:50:00.001-07:00

s t o p ' n d g o, originally uploaded by Gerard74.

My comments:
- nothing special!
- nothing is in 'sharp' focus
- May be the sepia makes it look good

Old Jeans, New Pencil

2009-05-13T00:51:00.001-07:00

Old Jeans, New Pencil, originally uploaded by Digital Focus.

What an innovative way to picture colored pencil...

Uncoloured Pencils

2009-05-03T00:14:00.001-07:00

Uncoloured Pencils, originally uploaded by Sheepycow.

More compositions of colored pencils.

The bride ....Explored

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The bride ....Explored, originally uploaded by rakesh chandra.

princess

Kiss kiss ko kiss karu

2009-04-18T13:29:00.001-07:00

Kiss kiss ko kiss karu, originally uploaded by Hitesh Mulani.

A very beautiful moment... one which can be treasured for the lifetime.

Right decisions with peaceful mind

2009-04-10T10:05:00.000-07:00

When we are to do some task/project, in the process of doing that, we take small small decisions. When the mind is peaceful, we take right/most-appropriate decisions, and the work done is of good quality, done in the most efficient way (i.e. in minimum possible time for that quality.)

IIT ke RANGeele

2009-03-01T03:09:00.000-08:00

(Note: This mail was composed on 2nd day of KD.)

Since yesterday, many thoughts are coming to my mind. I want to share with you all. May I?

I feel wonderful that I am a part of RANG.
I wish to start with the people of RANG team...

ROHAN
He was the first person who comes to my mind when I think of Rang. (But gradually my perception of RANG has changed, and it seems to me like a collage of so many people of Rang team.)
Do I have the freedom to list down the points?!
-He speaks gently, thoughtfully and smilingly ki koi bhi iski baat pyaar se sun lega yaar.
-I hardly saw him in nbd.
-He is a well organized person.

... and he dances well- just saw yesterday!

H-12 Art Exhbition would not have been what it was without his ideas. In my first discussion with him about exhibition, I discussed my ideas with him sitting in H-6 garden for nearly an hour. He helped on how to go about collecting the exhibits, arranging people to help execute. I remember he suggested to keep the date on the festive day of Dassera. He came to H-12 twice to see the venue, and helped plan out the venue decoration, publicity (the idea of scarecrow was his :)

GYANI (I call him Gyanu)
-I never felt he is INSTI-secy, he was always involved in DOING the work, ALONG with co-ordinating the events. He kindly accepted the late entries from h12 for KD.
-He has this excellent sense of humour. I can never forget our outing to Marine Drive.
-Modest banda hai - kal maine Gyani ko ek baar (jaldi mein) 'aap' kahke bulaya, he caught me! and asked me never say it again.

PONDI
-Earlier I used to think why everybody in Rang talks so much about Pondi (Pondi ko itna bhav kyon dete hain sab log?!) Gradually I came know he is THE Person. I learn from him - his expression of ideas when he talks, and his art work is outstanding.
-I came to know a lot more yesterday night when all of us were sharing our nostalgia.
Although I don't know him more than you guys, but I hope we'll keep in touch. I want to learn a lot from him.

SONI
Soni ke toh kya kehne. He gels with everyone so quickly - chahe freshie ho yaan PG.
I met him first at our outing to South Bombay. It was a memorable time spent.

TEJI & PRADY
Of course, can't separate them even while writing about them!
They exude excitement, and bring smile to everyone's face in the group.
Teji has that glint in her eyes like that of a child. Her rangolis are simply beautiful - the 3D rangoli of Aishwarya in last KD and of Shivaji this time are masterpieces.
Resilient: She was in tears when her POP-and-themocol artwork got into pieces after falling from wall. And after some time, we saw her singing out loud with Prady - famous the H-10 Marathi Idols.
Prady's eyes say it all. I don't know if she practices classical dance - the eyes of classical dancers are generally very beautiful.
And when she says : "Parate main nahin aa rahi hoon", it means woh NAHIN aane wali hai :P

SOHAM
Whatever you all guys may say, he is a nice person. He has his own way of thinking. Of course we all learn with time. And I see a lot for us to learn from him too - however for that we need to tune in to his frequency!

PARATE
It seemes to me that there are practically 2 Insti FA Secy's - Rohan and Parate. I can say for sure, whenever you need any info or have doubt about anything FA-related, and if Rohan's phone is busy (sometimes he gets really hooked up to his phone :P) then you can peacefully contact Parate.
His FA work is also awesome. I remember his GC painting where he used calligraphy pen nibs for his painting. Infi creativity hai yaar...
Parate rocks..

So many more people are integral parts of RANG team:
Nitin, Dev, Jitesh, Vaibhav, Aaquib, Gaurav, Shamit, Achin, Vikas, Radhika, Mugdha, Shahu

Radhika
I just observed only twice (correct me if I am wrong) that she has had power packed presence. She gets 'involved' in her FA-giri whenever she is there in the sessions. I think she's is a good time manager and given the opportunity she can lead very well. She is aware about her priorities. Her quick and clear talking is her asset.

Swarna
Another super-active member of Rang... found in every Rang event, doing FA-giri, orgainizing, and talking :P

Shahu
I believe he has done wonderful work all throughout; and is a down to earth person. Nice to have him as friend.

-----
RANG
Rang mein kuchh hai yaar... woh kya kehta hai - jaadu hai.

I met Jango once, during our informal session at coffee shack. I could not believe he is alumnus. Koi alumnus apne group se itna connected rah sakta hai, that he comes all the way to insti for spending time with all - it was a pleasant surprise and very touching.

Listening to nostalgic moments yesterday (after enjoying the delicious chocolate cakes)... I can sure say Rang mein jaadu hai...

I came to know about more people yesterday - Shiksha, Pai D, Shintre, Malpani...

We saw tremendous enthu from freshies this time during KD preparation.

-----

My life at IITB:
In my BTech days, did NO extra currics. Coming to IIT I have LIVED my college life. I am grateful.
-I was in H12 dance team Gyrations
-Represented my dept (EE) in Chess & Triathlon in PG sports.
-Had co-ordigiri stunts at an International conference (in IIT), and then at dept tech festival (Aagomani).
-Ran in marathons - Varsha Run and Mumbai Marathon.
-H-12 Art Exhibition is one event I got divine experience with.
-Photography is one thing I am developing my passion in.

Bus ab ek baat reh gai hai. Ek tamanna hai - papers publish karne ki. At the start of my MTech, I dreamed of publishing at least 5 papers at national/intl levels. I am yet to open my account! Pls pray for me..

Shukriya
Aapke apna Kishore...

P.S.:

APOLOGIES
-I had this differentiation in mind between RANG & PIXELS. I feel extremely sorry especially to Gyani.
I thought over this and this is what came to me: In FA events, we all used to gather at a place (hostel canteens, or shack..) while Photography GC's had entries to be e-mailed - although we had couple of group sessions (one of them at lake side) but it had remained an activity at individual level. I agree that even FA is actually very much individual but there have been enough group sessions. Any ways it does not make a difference if we all meet - be it FA or photography.
And in any case, I stand corrected.
Once again, Gyani, pls pardon me.

-Apologies to many people I have missed above.

Yesterday you gave me the gift of paint brush and color. I don't do painting, but have enthu. I'll start with this gift of RANG to me. I observed that the color given to me is GOLD - and we know gold represents permanance... I pray that I am connected to RANG from heart forever.

Thank you all..

[27/365] sunny winter leaves

2009-02-03T03:24:00.001-08:00

[27/365] sunny winter leaves, originally uploaded by Chocolate Geek.

Man, something to learn for me from this shot. Simple situation, good composition, and a beautiful title... "sun-kissed leaves, ... when did the winter pass by?" rather than saying -ve, something like "the winter was hardly there this year.."

In motion

2009-01-10T05:55:00.001-08:00

Evvvaiiii!, originally uploaded by La Uale.

I want to try out such a compoition:
motion + ONE color enhanced (rest all in near gray scale)

Mum...where are you?!

2009-01-10T05:47:00.001-08:00

Mum...where are you?!, originally uploaded by La Uale.

Caught 'the' moment..

I'm dancing and I don't care who knows it

2008-12-30T08:40:00.001-08:00

I'm dancing and I don't care who knows it, originally uploaded by fd.

nice composition..

Beautiful blue sky ruined by....

2008-12-26T22:54:00.001-08:00

Beautiful blue sky ruined by...., originally uploaded by [OP].

Discuss the composition with somebody.
The photo looks a bit unreal!

Long exposure - wonderful example

2008-12-21T01:10:00.001-08:00

Day 288: Serenity Now!, originally uploaded by Gods Emerald.

Self Portrait - multiple me in 1 photo

2008-12-21T01:01:00.001-08:00

Day 228: Diligence, originally uploaded by ~Bunny~.

Something NEW...

The best UNIFORM capture of sun light

2008-12-09T02:01:00.001-08:00

A Sea of Humanity, originally uploaded by Ashish T.

Smiley in the sky!! ... ONCE in 500 Years!!!

2008-12-09T00:28:00.000-08:00

My Research Assistant!

2008-12-01T12:00:00.000-08:00

Photo blog (day 2) (1st on orkut)

2008-11-28T11:04:00.000-08:00

Google International Search

2008-11-23T01:34:00.000-08:00

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/our-international-approach-to-search.html

Few excerpts:

In previous posts in this series, you have read about the challenges of building a world-class search engine. Our goal is to make Google’s search be relevant to all people, regardless of their language or country. As my colleague Amit Singhal described, we use statistical data as the basis for making sweeping algorithmic changes. Many of these changes can be rolled out across all languages we support, but in some cases the unique characteristics of each language require some algorithmic considerations and tuning. And to make things really interesting, there are cases where the same language is different across countries. Obvious examples are "color" in the U.S. vs. "colour" in the U.K., or "camião" in Portugal vs. "caminhão" in Brazil.

...

Initially, the international search improvements were done by Search Quality engineers who were passionate about their languages and countries: Lina from Sweden improved our parsing of compound words in German and Swedish; Dimitra from Greece introduced diacritical support; Ishai from Israel worked on transliteration corrections for Hebrew and Arabic;...

...

We learn some things from our users, so as people start using our search engine, we can improve the way we rank in that language. Here are few examples:

* Diacritical marks: Many languages have diacritical marks, which alter pronunciation. Our algorithms are built to support them, and even help users who mis-type or completely ignore them. For example, if you're a resident of Quebec, Canada and would like to know the weather forecast in Quebec City, we'll serve good results whether you type with diacritical signs [Météo à Québec] or without [meteo quebec]. Czech users can read the same excellent results for a popular kids' cartoon by searching for [krtecek] and [krteček]. On the other hand, sometimes diacriticals change the meaning of the word and we have to use them correctly. For example, in Thai, [ข้าว] is "rice," with completely different results than [ข่าว], which is "news"; or in Slovakia, results for "child" [dieťa] are different than results for "diet" [diéta].

...

Another way of avoiding the inconvenience of switching keyboard modes is by typing the phonetic sounds of the query in Latin characters. Recreating the correct query in the target language isn't trivial, since there might be many possibilities.
...

Huh... Google is doing stupendous job...
Hats off to Google.
....

Visit for full blog:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/our-international-approach-to-search.html

ancient india

2008-11-22T01:56:00.001-08:00

karnatak, originally uploaded by krt_dalvi.

nice view

ancient india

2008-11-22T01:54:00.003-08:00

karnatak, originally uploaded by krt_dalvi.

Situation of ancient indian structures.

karnatak

2008-11-22T01:54:00.001-08:00

karnatak, originally uploaded by krt_dalvi.

Situation of ancient indian structures.

Interesting Readings (kishore)

2008-11-06T20:33:00.001-08:00

Interesting Readings (kishore)

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Light (my entires for 'Color de Vita', which I submitted late!)

2008-03-20T00:21:00.000-07:00

2008-03-08T06:20:00.000-08:00

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
Arnold H. Glasow

All some folks want is their fair share and yours.
Arnold H. Glasow

An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.
Arnold H. Glasow

Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope.
Arnold H. Glasow

Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance.
Arnold H. Glasow

Improvement begins with I.
Arnold H. Glasow

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.
Arnold H. Glasow

Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to.
Arnold H. Glasow

One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.
Arnold H. Glasow

One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.
Arnold H. Glasow

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.
Arnold H. Glasow

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.
Arnold H. Glasow

Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.
Arnold H. Glasow

The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.
Arnold H. Glasow

The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.
Arnold H. Glasow

What the country needs are a few labor-making inventions.
Arnold H. Glasow

2008-02-29T10:26:00.000-08:00

Project Related Theory & Points from papers:

The fundamental problem, which Dennard noted in his paper, is that all device voltages can’t
scale; in particular, since kT/q does not scale and leakage
currents are set by the transistor’s threshold voltage, there is a
limit to how low one can make a transistor’s Vth. With Vth
fixed, changing Vdd simply trades off energy and
performance. The net result is that from the 130mn
technology forward, Vdd has been scaling slowly, if at all.

This poor future power scaling, combined with previously
applied aggressive performance scaling techniques, has made
power the number one problem in modern chip design.

Sakurai & Nose: Optimization of V D D and VTH for Low-Power and High-speed Applications

From the calculation using these formulas,
it is shown that VTHopt (optimum VTHmin) is not a strong function of either the
clock frequency or the logic depth but strongly depends on
the activity.

It is shown that a simple guideline for power optimization
is to set the ratio of the maximum leakage power to the total power around 30%.
Note that the maximum leakage power is observed at the highest temperature and
at the lowest VTH corner in process variation.

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From paper (mailed by Angada) : Device-Aware Yield-Centric Dual-Vt Design Under
Parameter Variations in Nanoscale Technologies
BY: Amit Agarwal, Member, IEEE, Kunhyuk Kang, Student Member, IEEE, Swarup Bhunia, Member, IEEE,
James D. Gallagher, and Kaushik Roy, Fellow, IEEE

HALO DOPING IN NANOSCALE DEVICES:
In nanoscale technologies, high- devices can
be obtained by increasing the peak halo doping [24].
This higher halo doping reduces the subthreshold leakage
exponentially, however, it results in signiﬁcant junction
BTBT current [23] (note that gate leakage is insensitive
to halo doping proﬁle, Fig. 2).

NUMERICAL MATH USEFUL
Since circuit leakage follows statistical distribution under
parameter variations, any dual- design technique that
considers either worst case or best case leakage will suffer
from an overly pessimistic or optimistic approach. A good
dual- design should target probabilistic minimization
of leakage considering the effect of process variation on
the leakage of different devices (high- devices will have
large ).

MOSFET Scaling:
1.Increased S,D resistance; Vt roll-off, increased DIBL, increased Isub, reduced Ion/Ioff ratio, GIDL.
2.Higher doping -> higher E-field across p-n junctions.
3.BTBT leakage : tunneling of electrons from valence band of p-region into conduction band of n-region.
4.GIDL-not a dominant component during regular operations of the circuit.
5.Major leakages during NORMAL mode of operation: Isub, Igate, BTBT-leakage (Ibtbt)

6. Delay & lkg currents in a device depend on:
a. the transistor geometry (Lg, Tox, width, doping profile,"halo" doping concentration, etc.)
b. flat-band vtg
c. Vdd

7. Variance: A measure of the expected deviation from the mean.
Standard Deviation: The square root of the variance is the standard deviation.

-----------------------*****************

Fujitsu's New Technology

Source: http://www.fujitsu.com/global/news/pr/archives/month/2007/20070618-01.html

1. New annealing technology

Fujitsu researchers found that forming shallower source and drain regions is an effective way to reduce leakage current (Figure 2). However, simply making them shallower also increases resistance at the source and drain regions, thereby degrading transistor performance. To counteract this, Fujitsu researchers developed a new annealing technology called millisecond annealing (MSA). Compared to previous annealing, Fujitsu's millisecond annealing technology uses higher temperatures thus enabling reduction of resistance, and because the annealing time is brief it possible to form shallow sources and drain regions and thereby reduce leakage current.

2. High-performance interconnects

Fujitsu researchers used nano-clustering silica (NCS), which has a dielectric constant (k) of 2.25 - the lowest of any insulating film reported to date - in a lower interconnect region suitable for the smallest interconnect spaces.

NCS is an insulating material pocked with miniscule holes, enabling both a low dielectric value and high mechanical strength simultaneously. Fujitsu introduced NCS on a partial basis beginning with the 65nm generation. However, for the 45nm generation, the company is using NCS not just within a given interconnect layer but also between different layers to further reduce interconnect capacitance.

2008-02-29T10:21:00.000-08:00

SDevice Manual > Physics in SDevice > Hydrodynamic Model
The form of the abovementioned current density equations appears because the well-known Einstein
relation is applied. The relation defines the carrier diffusion coefficient as , but it is known that
this is valid only near the equilibrium. Therefore, Sentaurus Device provides an option for the user to
modify this relation and, thereby, to modify the carrier diffusion. This option allows users to represent
the carrier temperature used in Eq. 34 and Eq. 35 as a superposition of a solution for the carrier
temperature Tc and the lattice temperature T. This can be useful in devices where the carrier diffusion
is important and the new temperature can be expressed as follows: gTc + (1-g)T . The coefficient 'g'
for electrons and holes can be specified in the ThermalDiffusion parameter set.

The parameters , , , , , and are accessible in the parameter file of Sentaurus Device.
Different values of these parameters can significantly influence the physical results, such as velocity
distribution and possible spurious velocity peaks. By changing these parameters, Sentaurus Device can
be tuned to a very wide set of hydrodynamic/energy balance models as described in the literature, from
Stratton to Bløtekjær [12][13][24][28][29]. The default parameter values of Sentaurus Device are:

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what matters in life..

2008-02-23T10:22:00.001-08:00

A truly intelligent person is...

2008-02-17T21:17:00.001-08:00

A truly intelligent person is not one who can simply spout words and numbers; it is someone who can react 'intelligently' to all the opportunities, stimulations and problems provided by the environment. Real intelligence means engaging your brain with every aspect of life - you play sport with your brain, you relate to others brain-to-brain; you make love with your brain. All of life is, in fact, lived Head First!

Winners r simply ex - losers who got mad.....

2008-01-13T20:44:00.000-08:00

Winners r simply ex - losers who got mad.....

Flickr

2007-11-17T05:32:00.001-08:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

2007-10-23T10:20:00.000-07:00

PROJECT

> Charge Steering : the process of transferring the charge from the i/p node to the o/p, under the control of gate voltage. (Think: Pass-tr ckt OR Transmission gate)

> A basic rule of interconnection of MOS switches: The o/p of a p- or n- channel switch should not be connected to control the i/p of another switch of the same type, -- this is b'coz the o/p of a switch could produce a weak s/g which might be inadequate to turn on the tr whose gate is connected to it.

What is Research ?

2007-08-24T14:47:00.000-07:00

http://niketanblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/what-is-research.html

Linux Cmds

2007-08-22T03:00:00.000-07:00

1. yppasswd
to change password when u first login.
2. ls
ls
ls -l
ls -lt
ls -ltr
ls -a
ls -latr
3. cd
cd
cd -
cd ~
cd /var/log/
4. cp
cp src dst
cp -a src dst
cp -r src dst

5. mv
similar to cp..
no need of -r/-a switches

6. rm
rm -i
rm -r Dir
rm -rf Dir
rm /home/srinivasg/file.pdf
7. mkdir
mkdir
mkdir -p
8. du
du
du -sh *
du -sk */ du -sh /path////
du -sh ~

9. cat
cat filename.whatever
cat filename.txt

10. df
df -h

11. alias
alias rm="rm -i"

12. tar
tar -cvf out.tar file1 file2 file3
tar -czvf out.tar.gz file..........
tar -cjvf out.tar.bz2 file..........

tar -xzvf out.tar.gz

13. locate
locate somefile

14. grep
grep pattern filenames
filenames could be *, /path///
grep -R pattern /path/

15. finger
finger user@sharada

16. man
man ls

Others:

* ssh/scp
ssh user@10.107.24.12 -Y
scp -r user@IP:~/path .
scp -r user@IP:~/path ~/backup/

* vi/vimtutor

'timestep too small' error (in Spice)

2007-07-31T06:20:00.000-07:00

"Time step too small" is one of the more common SPICE errors.

The only thing it tells you for sure, is that SPICE ran into trouble somewhere in its transient simulation.

As you probably know, SPICE simulates by solving at several discrete points in time, one after another. When it runs into trouble at a timepoint, compared to the previous point, it realizes that something happened between the two points and that it may be trying a timepoint too far in the future. So it backs up (uses a smaller time interval) and tries again. If that too fails, it backs up yet again. Eventually, it usually gets a good solution for the next timepoint, and the simulation proceeds. This can happen a lot, especially if you have waveforms with sharp points (PULSE or PWL sources, or bi-stable oscillators). Each one of these corners may cause SPICE to "back up and try again" as it marches past it.

Sometimes, however, it keeps backing up (making the time interval smaller and smaller) until the time interval or "time step" goes less than some pre-set limit (which is usually extremely small!), and then SPICE gives up, with the error message you saw.

Unfortunately, the causes and remedies for "time step too small" errors, are usually not at all intuitive and may bear no relationship to what you may think.

Occasionally, it may happen because a transistor model you are using, has an ill-defined region (a discontinuity, or a region where the equations don't overlap smoothly), and you just hit that region. Short of fixing the models, you may have some luck by randomly changing things in the circuit. If you're lucky, you may get SPICE to march right past the ill-defined region.

Sometimes it happens because you're using a component in a way it wasn't intended to be used ... say if you've got its terminals hooked up backwards.

Sometimes all the major portions of your circuit work fine on their own, but SPICE doesn't work right when you hook them up together (they work fine in real life, but not in the simulation). It's one of those mysteries.

There are lots of "tricks" that people try. Depending on your SPICE program, and your familiarity with its .OPTIONs, you may try playing with some of them, especially those affecting convergence, or accuracy (tolerances). If there's an option to limit the voltage change from one iteration to the next, try it. That's one of those things that is entirely non-intuitive, but sometimes works.

Some SPICE vendors claim their programs are so much enhanced that they eliminate most errors like this. Don't believe it. While they may have improved many things, "time step too small" still happens.

Well, that's my generic answer on the "time step too small" error. I haven't looked at your screenshot yet. Don't know if I'll have anything better to say after I do (if I get time to, that is).

Good luck! Sometimes it's not easy.

Andy

(Got this from archive of a yahoo grp I joined)

A P J Abdul Kalam Departing speech

2007-07-26T02:04:00.000-07:00

"When you wish upon a star,
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you"

Friends, I am delighted to address you all, in the country and those
living abroad, after working with you and completing five beautiful
and eventful years in Rashtrapati Bhavan. Today, it is indeed a thanks
giving occasion. I would like to narrate, how I enjoyed every minute
of my tenure enriched by the wonderful association from each one of
you, hailing from different walks of life, be it politics, science and
technology, academics, arts, literature, business, judiciary,
administration, local bodies, farming, home makers, special children,
media and above all from the youth and student community who are the
future wealth of our country. During my interaction at Rashtrapati
Bhavan in Delhi and at every state and union territory as well as
through my online interactions, I have many unique experiences to
share with you, which signify the following important messages:

1. Accelerate development : Aspiration of the youth,

2. Empower villages,

3. Mobilize rural core competence for competitiveness,

4. Seed to Food: Backbone for agricultural growth

5. Defeat problems and succeed,

6. Overcome problems through partnership,

7. Courage in combating calamities,

8. Connectivity for societal transformation,

9. Defending the nation: Our pride and

10. Youth movement for Developed India 2020.

Now let me share with you each of the messages.

Accelerate Development: Aspiration of the youth
While there were many significant events during my tenure, a
question from a little girl Anukriti of Sri Sathya Sai Jagriti Vidya
Mandir School, of Darwa village from Haryana, during children's visit
to Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 22, 2006, rings in my mind ever after.

Anukriti asked me "why India cannot become a developed nation before
the year 2020". I appreciated the question and said it was indeed a
thoughtful question and assured her that that her dream would be taken
to the highest institution of the nation and we would work for it to
achieve before 2020. This question reflects how the desire to live in
developed India has entered into the minds of the youth. The same
feelings are echoed by over fifteen lakh youth, whom I have met so far
and who represent the dream of the 540 million youth of the nation.
The aspirations of the young to live in a prosperous, safe and proud
India should be the guiding factor in whatever profession we
contribute.

Empower Villages
Friends, I recall my visit to Nagaland on 26th October 2002, soon
after my assuming office as President. It was a unique experience for
me at Khuzama village to meet tribal village council members and
discuss with them the village progress and the dream of village
citizens. I was very happy to see the empowered village council
functioning with financial powers and taking decisions. I saw a
prosperous village with fruits and vegetables production. However,
there is a need for providing physical connectivity in Nagaland
through quality roads for enabling faster movement of products from
villages to the market. That meeting gave me a powerful message about
the transformation which can take place to the 600,000 villages of
India, if all the villages are empowered to deal with their
development and are well connected among themselves and with the urban
societies.

Mobilizing rural core competence for competitiveness
Now I would like to talk about the initiative of Periyar Maniammai
College of Technology for Women, Vallam, Tanjore of Providing Urban
Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) complex involving 65 villages with a
population of 3 lakhs. This includes provision of three connectivities
- physical, electronic and knowledge - leading to economic
connectivity. Periyar PURA has health care centers, primary to post
graduate level education and vocational training centers. This has
resulted in large-scale employment generation and creation of number
of entrepreneurs with the active support of 1000 self-help groups. Two
hundred acres of waste land has been developed into a cultivable land.
The villagers are busy in cultivation, planting Jatropha, herbal and
medicinal plants, power generation using bio-mass, food processing and
above all running marketing centers. It provides a sustainable
economic development model for the whole region.

During the last eight months, people of Periyar PURA villages
technologically supported by Periyar Maniammai College of Engineering
for Women have worked with experts from Japan External Trade
Organisation (JETRO) on various products, for which core competence
and raw material are available in Thanjavur district. They developed
internationally competitive prototypes for 55 life style products with
support of JETRO specialists and feedback from exhibitions at Delhi
and Tokyo. This co-operative venture has enhanced the innovative
ability of the people of all the 65 villages enabling them to develop
and produce internationally acceptable products. I have seen similar
type of PURA being established in many states. The whole country needs
7000 PURA to bridging the rural - urban divide.

Seed to Food: Backbone for agricultural growth
Let me now share with you, the enriching experience I had, while
meeting more than 6000 farmers from different States and Union
Territories visiting Rashtrapati Bhavan. They evinced keen interest in
the Mughal Gardens, the Herbal Gardens, the Spiritual Garden, the
Musical Garden, the Bio-diesel garden and the Nutrition Garden and
interact with the Horticultural specialists. Recently, during my
address to the agricultural scientists while participating in a
National Symposium on "Agriculture Cannot Wait", I summarized the many
practical suggestions given by farmers. We have to double the
agricultural production with reduced land, reduced water resources and
reduced manpower and improve the economic conditions of the nation
through the principle of "Seed to Food" since agriculture is the
backbone of the nation. We should empower the farmers to protect and
nurture the fertile land for second green revolution. Meeting the
Scientists and the Farmers has given me the confidence
that the nation is poised to increase the agricultural GDP growth by
atleast 4% per annum through the partnership of farmers and
agricultural scientists and industries particularly for value
addition.

Defeat the problems and succeed
On the evening of February 24, 2007, at Coimbatore, I had a very
beautiful experience. As I got ready for meeting the first person out
of twenty appointments, a wheel chair was in sight with a smiling
person probably in his late fifties; unfortunately he has no hands and
legs. His radiant face was revealing his happy state of mind. He
introduced himself as Vidwan Coimbatore SR Krishna Murthy. I greeted
him and asked him how this had happened. He smilingly said that it was
from by birth. He thanked God, his parents, teachers and many others
for giving him confidence, training and help. I asked him, what I
could do for him? He said, "I don't need anything from you. I would
like to sing in front of you". I readily agreed. He sang melodiously
the Saint Thyagraja's pancha ratna kriti entharo mahanubavulu in
Sriragam giving me a glimpse of his talent. I was quite touched. What
is the message? Despite being physically challenged, the latent talent
of music could blossom in this
person with his positive attitude and perseverance, encouraged by the
parents, teachers, academics and rasikas. Now he wants to give, give
and give his art to inspire others. Of course, by his merit of music,
in July 2007, he performed in the Rashtrapati Bhavan art theatre.

Overcome the impact of disaster through partnership
I had the opportunity to experience the Indomitable Spirit of the
people and children of Jammu & Kashmir even as they were just
recovering from the devastating earthquake in 2005. I visited Urusa
village on 26th November 2005 which has been adopted by the Western
Air Command, Air Force for providing relief and medical aid to the
residents of that area. When I went there, I found that the school
building had been severely damaged. I met all the school children and
the village citizen of Urusa. The villagers apprised me of their
losses and had all praise for Army and Air Force role in rescue and
relief operations along with state government. I appreciate the
courage of the people of Urusa in defeating their problems. They have
actually become the master of the problem rather than allowing
problems to become their master. Despite the severe loss due to the
earthquake, the children and the members of the village participated
in the relief operation with the Armed Forces
bravely and were smiling when I went to meet them. They interacted
with me and said that the school was functional in the temporary
tents. Here, I also witnessed the participation of acting Chief
Justice of Jammu & Kashmir along with State Government authorities in
on-the-spot settlement of relief grants to be provided to the victims
whose houses had been damaged in the earth quake. I have experienced
many such acts of courage from our citizens when faced with severe
challenges.

Courage in combating calamities
In 2005, I met the Tribal Council Leaders, Students, Children of
Chuckchucha village during my visit to Car Nicobar Islands. While
various reconstruction and rehabilitation activities were in progress,
during the discussions with the members of tribal council, I realized
the unique trait among the Car-Nicobar islanders. Even though there
were many human losses due to the Tsunami of 26 Dec 2004, the tribal
islanders had taken possession of affected victims as their children
and there is nothing like orphanage in Car-Nicobar Islands. Touched by
their courage, I composed few verses called "Sea Waves" which reads as
follows:
Sea Waves

We are the children of Sea waves,
Sea waves are my friends.
When they become angry,
Sea waves give the challenges.
God has given the courage,
To challenge the sea waves.
And we will succeed,
We will succeed
With Almighty's grace.
All the members who were gathered in the village sang the poem with
me and exhibited lots of courage and enthusiasm even though they had
gone through severe suffering during the Tsunami.

Connectivity for societal transformation
I addressed the Pan African Parliament on 16 September 2004, at
Johannesburg, South Africa. This was attended by 53 member countries
of the African Union, where I proposed the concept of Pan African
e-Network for providing seamless and integrated satellite, fiber
optics and wireless network connecting 53 African countries at an
estimated cost of US $ 100 million.

As part of the project 12 universities (7 from India and 5 from
Africa), 17 Super Specialty Hospitals (12 from India and 5 from
Africa), 53 tele-medicine centers and 53 tele-education centres in
Africa will be connected. The pilot project on tele-education and
tele-medicine in Ethiopia has already been commissioned. Indira Gandhi
National Open University has taken up the MBA Course for 34 Ethiopian
students of Addis Ababa and Harmaya Universities. As regards,
tele-medicine, the specialists from CARE Hospital, Hyderabad are
providing one-hour live tele-consultation to doctors in Black Lion
Hospital, Addis Ababa in Cardiology and Radiology since November 2006.
Using the Pan African network the Heads of the State in all the 53
countries will be connected for instant communication. I am extremely
happy that Indian experience in bringing the benefits of technology to
the people has enabled us to work with Africa to bring societal
transformation in the African continent.

Defending the nation: Our pride
I visited KUMAR in Siachen Glacier located at 17,000 feet altitude
held by the Indian Army, had a memorable underwater journey in INS
Sindhurakshak and flew in a Sukhoi-30 fighter experiencing 2.5 g. In
these three experiences, I personally felt proud of our ever vigilant
Soldiers, Sailors and Air Warriors performing their tasks beyond the
call of their duty even in the most adverse circumstances natural and
man made. During the last five years, I had an opportunity to present
colours to many regiments, participate in number of passing out
parades, meet the troops who were going to undertake peace missions
and interact with the family members of our Defence Forces. Our
Defence Forces are in a beautiful mission. When the nation sleeps
during night, Members of our Defence teams are awake to guard us and
remain vigilant to counter any threat. The Nation cherishes the
valour, commitment and devotion to duty of our Defence Forces.
Similarly, I had opportunities to interact
with members of our para-military forces, central and state police
personnel including internal security forces who are making immense
contribution in augmenting the safety and security of our citizens
under difficult conditions.

Youth movement for Developed India 2020
Recently, in Hyderabad, I met a group of citizens who are putting
into practice the motto of transforming of our youth into enlightened
citizen. The Lead India 2020 Foundation created by Dr. N.B. Sudershan
at Hyderabad is training thousands of students in many districts of
Andhra Pradesh in partnership with the District Administration.
Particularly, I happened to know the transformation which has taken
place among the students of Medak district. As per the district
authorities the impact of the training on the students is visible in
terms of self-discipline, love for their parents and teachers shedding
of stage fear and recognition of their duties towards the nation. I
talked to Ms. Padma, a student leader from Andhra Pradesh Tribal
Welfare School, Nalgonda who related how she weaned her father away
from smoking after imbibing the spirit of the 10 point oath from the
Lead India Training Camp. This gives me an assurance that the youth of
our country are on the right path
through this mission oriented programme. With the ignited minds of
the 540 million youth below the age of 25, which I consider is the
most powerful resource on the earth, under the earth and above the
earth, we have to empower the youth through value based education and
leadership.

Conclusion
I was touched by the variety of Indian panorama, emotional content
of the tune, cultural diversity and unity of minds in the vast land of
ours. I have cited these examples just to give a glimpse of the
richness of our tradition and effort being taken by different agencies
to preserve it. There are also many new adventures by institutions and
individuals. I have experienced many of them and learnt a lot about my
country and our people. Even while pursuing our economic growth, we
need to do a lot to preserve the rich and diverse treasures of our
culture and civilization. It is our duty for our future generations.
This has to be done in a much larger scale through countrywide
participation of multiple institutions. Our country is blessed with
natural resources, has shown considerable progress in the last sixty
years, and above all we have hard working people particularly the
power of the 540 million youth of the country. Every sector of our
country has given me the
confidence that India can become a developed nation well before 2020.
Whomsoever, I met they constantly ask what they can give to the
nation. We should constantly strive to empower such members of the
society. With this spirit, I am extremely happy that we are on the
right path. Here I am reminded of a famous poem:
"When you wish upon a star,
Makes no difference who you are,
Anything your heart desires,
Will come to you"
This poem is true to all of us, and particularly for our youth and
if they aim great, I am sure they will reach close to the target or
the target.

My dear citizens, let us resolve to continue to work for realizing the
missions of developed India 2020 with the following distinctive
profile.

1. A Nation where the rural and urban divide has reduced to a thin line.

2. A Nation where there is an equitable distribution and adequate
access to energy and quality water.

3. A Nation where agriculture, industry and service sector work
together in symphony.

4. A Nation where education with value system is not denied to any
meritorious candidates because of societal or economic discrimination.

5. A Nation which is the best destination for the most talented
scholars, scientists, and investors.

6. A Nation where the best of health care is available to all.

7. A Nation where the governance is responsive, transparent and
corruption free.

8. A Nation where poverty has been totally eradicated, illiteracy
removed and crimes against women and children are absent and none in
the society feels alienated.

9. A Nation that is prosperous, healthy, secure, peaceful and happy
and continues with a sustainable growth path.

10. A Nation that is one of the best places to live in and is proud of
its leadership.

Finally let me thank each one of you for showering your love and
affection on me throughout the last five years by your cooperation and
support.

Dear Citizens, I conclude my address by sharing with you my mission in
life which is to bring connectivity between billion hearts and minds
of the people of India in our multicultural society and to embed the
self confidence that "we can do it". I will be always with you, dear
citizens, in the great mission of making India a developed nation
before 2020.

May God bless you.

Jai hind.
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
www.presidentofindia.nic.in

Malani's Search Engine

2007-06-07T11:56:00.000-07:00

Static Power OR Standby Power..

2007-06-04T04:20:00.001-07:00

Q. Is there any difference between the two?

Q. Are there any 'components' of static power?

Q. What do we mean by 'lkg power in Active mode' and 'lkg power in Standby mode'?

Q. What would be the exact (or most possible accurate) formula or method of measurement of Pst?

A. I don't know!!, but...
according to my present knowledge, following points/factors should be considered while calculating/measuring Pst:

1. Vth variation (esp in the deep sub-micron technology nodes, like: 180nm and below) .. within die, from die to die (on a wafer).

2. Difference in mobility-degradation of nmos and pmos transistors.

3. Various (leakage) currents:
a. pn junction (bet drain and substrate, bet source and substrate)
b. source to drain leakage current
c. gate leakage current

(to be contd..)

Jam.. jam.. jammy ;-)

2007-05-23T04:50:00.000-07:00

Jam.. jam.. jammy
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.. .. ..
Rose.. rose.. rosy
tin tin tinanana...

Spoonerisms

2007-05-21T01:03:00.000-07:00

Spoonerisms are words or phrases in which letters or phrases get swapped, and make funny (short) sentences. These are named after a warden of some 'New College, Oxford', who was notoriously prone to this tendency.

Egs:
> It's roaring with pain (It's pouring with rain)
> Rental Deceptionist (Dental Receptionist)

From Wikipedia:
.. his angry address to a student, "You have hissed all my mystery lectures, and were caught fighting a liar in the quad. Having tasted two worms, you will leave by the next town drain" (intending to say "missed all my history lectures," "lighting a fire," "wasted two terms," and "down train," respectively). He supposedly remarked to one lady, during a college reception, "You'll soon be had as a matter of course," when he meant to say, "You'll soon be mad as a Hatter of course."

For more on this, you can visit: here

Resources

2007-02-25T19:36:00.000-08:00

Beautiful site for basic Physics and Math:

http://id.mind.net/~zona/index.html

... more resources on my site: http://kishore.malani.googlepages.com/bookmarks

Links

2007-02-25T05:49:00.000-08:00

...more links on my site: http://kishore.malani.googlepages.com/bookmarks2

Story (Farmer, corn)

2007-02-15T19:38:00.000-08:00

(I recvd this story as an email-fwd, which I am copy-pasting here as-it-is.)

Story:
There was a farmer who grew superior quality and award-winning corn.

Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won honor and prizes.

One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learnt something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors'.

"How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked.

"Why sir, "said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior, sub-standard and poor quality corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn.

If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn."

The farmer gave a superb insight into the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves. So it is in the other dimensions! Those who choose to be at harmony must help their neighbors and colleagues to be at peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well. The value of a life is measured by the lives it touches.

Success does not happen in isolation. It is very often a participative and collective process. So share the good practices, ideas, new learning's with your family, team members & friends

Semiconductor Physics (e,h)

2007-02-13T11:35:00.000-08:00

(the answers reflect my understanding)

Q.1. Why electron mobility is greater than hole mobility?

A. Ue (read as "mu-e")is the mobility of "loose" electrons which are thermally generated. While Uh ("mu-h) is the mobilityof motion of 'valence' electron from one atom to another (while remaining BOUND to an atom at any given time) i.e. it is motion of "net positive charge (on an atom ... due to absence of electron)" (this net positive charge is termed as 'hole')
Now it is easy to imagine that mobility of bound electron would be less than mobility of a free/loose electron.

Q.2. Why elec mobility is degrading faster than hole mobility

A. (NOTE: This may not be a complete ans!)

The "loose" electron now faces many bumps in its ride i.e. it suffers many collisions with other "loose" electrons and other atoms... hence its mobility degrades (also in case of MOSFET or MOS-capacitor, the interface of Si-SiO2 is very rough which also contributes in reducing the mobility of "loose" electron.)
While for the electron in valence shell, there are no such problems. (answer to be completed! I donot know why its (hole's) mobility degrades if it doesn't face any collisions? )

Q.3. What is the definition of mobility?

A.
(can you answer?!)

Kishore

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kid's photography - *how to's*

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s t o p ' n d g o

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The bride ....Explored

Kiss kiss ko kiss karu

Right decisions with peaceful mind

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I'm dancing and I don't care who knows it

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Long exposure - wonderful example

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The best UNIFORM capture of sun light

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Fujitsu's New Technology

1. New annealing technology

2. High-performance interconnects

what matters in life..

A truly intelligent person is...

Winners r simply ex - losers who got mad.....

Flickr

What is Research ?

Linux Cmds

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A P J Abdul Kalam Departing speech

Malani's Search Engine

Static Power OR Standby Power..

Jam.. jam.. jammy ;-)

Spoonerisms

Resources

Links

Story (Farmer, corn)

Semiconductor Physics (e,h)

kid's photography - how to's

Light (my entires for 'Color de Vita', which I submitted late!)