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India's Q3 GDP hits double digit figures - 10.4%

How awesome !!! am just exited. This should certainly wake up our political friends in North America and the EU. Everyone has to think about strategies for India now. I hope our country can become a prominent player in the Asia - Pacific region, which for the rest of the world consists of China, Japan, Singapore and Australia.

It finally rained in Bangalore, what a relief. Even though the showers didnt last long, they gave a respite to us Bangloreans from the shooting temperatures. Hope it rains more in the coming days.

A butterfly

Location : Bandipur National Park
Equipment : Nikon Coolpix 5700

The Disappearing Sparrows

I have been staying in Bangalore ever since my childhood. The city has been my home. I have seen Bangalore transform into a megapolis from a small time town. During the course of this transformation, what I have noticed is that there are no more sparrows in Bangalore. They used to be in such abundance when I was a kid. My mom used to throw some rice in our balcony and these cute birds would come by chirping to peck on the rice. They built nests in our compound and it was so thrilling to see those young sparrows emerge from the nests. But now, 15 years later all these birds are gone. I was chatting with one of my friends in this regard. He is a bio-tech guy and has incidentally done some research into this aspect. According to him, the reason for the disappearance of sparrows is the carbon monoxide pollution. It might sound obvious, but how the pollution is linked to the sparrows is interesting. The young sparrows are fed with a particular breed of 'bug' that is rich in protein. For the first three days after birth, these bugs are the life of the young ones. Apparently, vehicular pollution has killed these bugs and that has led to the death of several young sparrows. As a result, their population has diminished or they have migrated to other safe havens. The same phenomenon has been observed in all major cities of the world, and London is the foremost example. May be it was all meant to happen like this, but I certainly miss those cute birds.

A documentary on Hampi

I want to make a documentary on Hampi ruins. This documentary should start with the current day Hampi ruins and then trasform to the olden glorious days of Hampi (somewhat like the Titanic ). It should be a total historical anecdote of the glory of the empire. I want to highlight everything from the architecture of the palaces to those beautiful women to the brutal wars. Its like a digital makeover of the entire ruins into a fabulous empire.

Movie running time: 1 hour.

Equipment needed:
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A good movie camera (to start with, a digital camcorder),
A good digital camera (SLR or SLR like)
A powerful desktop ( Pentium IV 2.8 ghz or an Apple 1 GHz or more )
Movie editing software.


Equipment I can manage to get:
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The camcorder, digital camera and the desktop.

What I dont have any clue about is the movie editing software. I dont know the head and tail of movie editing. As far as I know Apple's I-movie is a good choice but it costs a fortune. I will be glad if I can get the apple equipment for hire.The problem with me is, this josh wont sustain for long and it will all end up as a half baked cake.

Half Dome - Yosemite National park

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Found a list of oxymorons on a fellow blogger's site. Though the list is quite old, I would like to make another addition to the list.

JOB SATISFACTION.

Inner peace

People nowadays are speaking mostly of giving up on material pleasures, searching for 'inner peace' and all that. Thousands of books have been written on this aspect and there is a whole industry that thrives on the 'inner peace' philosophy. Like many others, I was also drawn towards understanding what 'inner peace' means. To give up this material world and go in search of peace. Eventually I figured out that I dont need to go anywhere to look for peace. I dont need to give up any material wealth and I dont need to leave this 'samsara'. Its all here and its here to experience. Most of the direction to these thoughts came from Swami Vivekananda's complete works. (There are 21 volumes ) and am still reading the second volume. Some of the guidelines which he has laid out for leading a 'peaceful' life in this material world are thought provoking. Some simple things when I learnt to follow in day to day life has made me feel a lot more peaceful.

Be punctual
Be committed to your words.
Have a heart for charity. ( Atleast, do something good for the underpriviliged. Not necessarily in the monetary form).
Look at things from more than one perspective.
If you get angry, its fine, get over it soon.
Attachment is a norm, dont try to go away from it. The more you try, the more u get attached.
Dont crib about anything.

I dont have to look elsewhere.