Some misadventures and Thol!

What a wonderfully eventful morning, it turned out to be  today! I visited the Thol Bird Sanctuary after a long time. Started late from Ahmedabad and had to wait at a railway crossing for two trains to pass. I decided to do what I always wanted to! Take pictures of the moving train. 

A monsoon trip to remember...

Steve Irvin.....Austin Stevens.....Jeff Corwin....rings a bell?? All you 'Animal' (Planet) Fanatics out there, I am sure you would get an adrenalin rush just by listening to those names!! I am not lying when I say I had an action packed weekend! I have always wanted to experience wild creatures in their true habitat and I thank Vipul Ramanuj and his Bike N Hike team for making it possible.

In this boring room.....

Staring outside from this boring room...

I see the rain coming down, washing the earth below...

At a distance, the grass looks greener and trees more fresh...

All that I can imagine is this, sittin in this boring room....

People moving about, doing their work, oblivious to my state...

No one bothers as I stir from my slumber and walk towards the closed window... 

Zindigi ki rahon mein aksar aisa hota hai........

Zindigi ki rahon mein aksar aisa hota hai.. 
kuch lamhe dil ko chuu jaate hai.

Aksar ye lamhe rahan mein chav bankar aate hai ..
zindigi se dhup mita jate hai.

Par tum,inn lamhon ke sahare jeena chod do..

Zindagi inn lamhon ke bina bhi haseen hai, 
jara haske dekhlo..

Free your mind !

A free mind is a brilliant thing. When at its peak, free thinking gives a adrenaline rush to the system. It's almost like floating in empty space with no apparent end, no visible horizon. Once you get addicted to it there is no looking back. 

So now the question arises, what do you do to get a free mind?  Can I get it from the counter no. X of the Y mall? You can try looking. These days, anyways, anything from diaper to cars is easily available and that too in installments at a mall near you!

Now, here's my guide to a free mind....just one word ....W A L K !!

Lets talk Nanotech!

For a change, I have decided to write about a serious topic. Few people would believe that I am capable of such a thing, but prepare to be surprised! In any case I will keep this post brief.

Nano Technology is the next great leap for mankind. It is set to change healthcare, manufacturing and virtually every other industry known to man. 

To start-off for those who are unaware of the term Nano Technology, (for my precious few geek readers) nano means a billionth or  factor of 10⁻⁹ or 0.000000001 and for the rest of you (non-scientists) it means small. Basically Nano Technology (affectionately called Nanotech) involves the manipulation of matter at the molecular or atomic level(pasted from Wikipedia). 

Just imagine what man can accomplish from this technology! It will be like magic, the kind we have read about in Harry Potter books. Materials and manufactured items will be so modular, even more advanced than those robots from the movie Transformers. Nano robots are said to be a revolution in the medical field where doctors can perform critical surgeries without touching the patient! Nano robots (some call them as nanobots) can be deployed in the most difficult environments. These can be used in war(to dismantle or malfunction enemy weapons without detection) or to even operate(mend tissues & make micro stitches) on our body!

Book cover courtesy: http://www.webidz.com 

However, its threats to health and environment cannot be downplayed. The Nano particles if let lose in the environment can create unprecedented damage. For a more terrifying view of the problem read a novel called 'Prey' by Michael Crichton. Those who believe in reality rather than fiction read this article in Asian Age: Nano tech can poison man, environment (just browse through Wikipedia for additional links). 

So the technology is indeed a great leap for mankind, but the picture is not as rosy as it looks. As an uncle of a great American superhero has said, 'With great power comes great responsibility'.