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Sep 01

Greatest sex machine!

Everyone seems to be so fascinated with the word ‘Sex’. Our need to have sex is perhaps the only thing natural left in us. But this is not my topic for today’s blog…

Sometime back I was reading somewhere in china, a park breeds tiger, so that they can sell their meat in there restaurant. I wondered why someone will like to eat the most beautiful & fearful animal in the world. Then I came to know that Tiger’s & Lion’s genitals are costliest body parts in the Asian market (read China, Taiwan, Cambodia, Vietnam, South Korea, and few other Asian countries). They have a belief that various tiger parts have medicinal properties, including as pain killers and aphrodisiacs. In fact, the market for tiger’s testicles has driven the Asian tiger to the brink of extinction. With the result, all tigers disappeared and ended up in man’s stomach. All living tigers and lions you see are now are in preserved wildlife parks and zoos.

Well strange it may seem it has its roots in the very ability for lion & tigers to have sex many times in a day. Have you ever wondered why a lion sleeps all day and lioness does all the hunting? Simple – he has to preserve all his energies for the act of love. Now here is the more surprising part, a lion can mate 150 times in just a period of 48 hours, with as many lionesses in the pride. It may seem like he is really a sex addict. Isn’t it? Not really.

A lion has to really work hard to pass on his seeds. On an average it takes a lion to mate around 3000 times with a lioness so that she can make a cub. So now you understand why lion has always sex on his mind!

Apr 03

Roads indicates culture of the nation

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“Road indicates culture of the nation” – So true… During my recent road trip from Hyderabad to Bangalore (Bengaluru) I found this sign board at many places. Ironically, at all the places I found this sign board road were in bad condition.

I am sure that was not the intention of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), because the complete 4 lane highway is rebuilt. And believe me I am not being sarcastic. GOI is investing a lot of money on improving the road network, just look at these facts:

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is mandated to implement National Highways Development Project (NHDP) which is

India ‘s Largest ever highways project
World class roads with uninterrupted traffic flow

The National Highways have a total length of 66,590 km (41377 miles) to serve as the arterial network of the country. The development of National Highways is the responsibility of the Government of India. The Government of India has launched major initiatives to upgrade and strengthen National Highways through various phases of National Highways Development project (NHDP), which are briefly as under:

NHDP Phase I : NHDP Phase I was approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in December 2000 at an estimated cost of Rs.30,000 crore (approx. $6000 Million) comprises mostly of GQ (5,846 km) and NS-EW Corridor (981km), port connectivity (356 km) and others (315 km).
NHDP Phase II : NHDP Phase II was approved by CCEA in December 2003 at an estimated cost of Rs.34,339 crore (approx. $6868 Millions) (2002 prices) comprises mostly NS-EW Corridor (6,161 km) and other National Highways of 486 km length, the total length being 6,647 km. The total length of Phase II is 6,647 km.
NHDP Phase-III: Government approved on 5.3.2005 upgradation and 4 laning of 4,035 km of National Highways on BOT basis at an estimated cost of Rs. 22,207 crores (approx. $4441 Millions) (2004 prices). Government approved in April 2007 upgradation and 4 laning at 8074 km at an estimated cost of Rs. 54,339 crore (approx $10867 Millions).
NHDP Phase IV: CCEA has approved on 5.10.2006 six laning of 6,500 km of existing 4 lane highways under NHDP Phase V (on DBFO basis). Six laning of 6,500 km includes 5,700 km of GQ and other stretches.
NHDP Phase V: CCEA has approved on November 2006 for 1000 km of expressways at an estimated cost of Rs. 16680 crore (approx. $3336 Millions).
NHDP Phase VI: CCEA has approved on December 2007 for 700 km of Ring Roads, Bypasses and flyovers and selected stretches at an estimated cost of Rs. 16680 crores (approx. $3336 Millions).

To be continued…

Feb 21

Love = Cocaine = Dopamine

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Every time I hear about cocaine, or grass I get a picture of ‘hare rama hare krishna’ song, in short the picture of hippie culture. Feels like so much of love and passion involved.

Taling about love, it creates strong emotions & chemical reactions which results an increase in certain hormones like dopamine in the body. A reaction your brain make on making love (having sex) is similar to the brain reaction on having cocaine. In certain cases the emotion can be so strong that the person under effect can be intoxicated enough to kill someone or even self if refused love.

Dopamine is a hormone commonly associated with having pleasure, providing feelings of enjoyment and motivating a person to perform certain activities repeatedly. Well, you know what this is pointing to… People in India might be aware of ‘Bhaang’, which on consuming also results in similar behavior.

Did you also know Dopamine helps regulate movement and emotion and its depletion may cause Parkinson’s disease.

Nov 15

Calender in wood

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A tree’s annual growth rings tell more than just its age. While each ring represents another year, its thickness also serves as a record of weather conditions – thin rings indicating droughts and thick ones periods of heavy rainfall.

Nov 11

How many day you can survive without food?

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On an average humans can survive 30 days or a month without food. But thats not all… 1 month is on an average but there have been cases in history where people have survived for more than 2 months without any food..

In pre independent India, Bhagat Singh and other prisoners launched a hunger strike advocating for the rights of political prisoners and undertrials. The aims in their strike were to ensure a decent standard of food for political prisoners, the availability of books and a daily newspaper, as well as better clothing and the supply of toilet necessities and other hygienic necessities.

This hunger strike that lasted 63 days!

Nov 10

How many teeth can you shed?

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Humans shed all teeth once. If any tooth is broken, you need to go to a dentist for a replacement. But do you know Sharks shed almost 3000 teeth in its lifetime.

Sharks have tooth behind a tooth. So if a front tooth is lost, the tooth behind it is pushed forward.

Lucky sharks, they don’t need to spend money on dentists…

Oct 28

A 3,000-year-old mystery is finally solved: Tutankhamun died in a hunting accident

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Read an interesting article by Steve Connor, Science editor of ‘The Independent’ about solving the mystery behind King Tutankhamun’s death.

Speculation surrounding Tutankhamun’s death has been rife since his tomb was broken into in 1922 by archaeologist Howard Carter.

Read the article here.

Jul 16

Origin of Chess

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Chess was invented in India by Sissa, a scientist.

Raja Balhait, somewhere in western India, had asked his advisers Sissa to create a game that demonstrated the values of prudence, diligence, foresight, and knowledge. Sissa brought a chessboard to the raja and explained that he had chosen war as a model for the game because war was the most effective school in which to learn the values of decision, vigor, endurance, circumspection, and courage.

ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaturanga

Jul 13

Singapore – Roots from India

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The name Singapore was derived from the Sanskrit word, Singapura which means Lion City.

Jul 13

Shivpurana defines 'Law of Conservation of Energy'

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The ‘Shivpurana’ is a set of texts devoted to the history and description of Shiva - a Hindu God.

One of the lines says-“He is Shakthi(meaning energy or power)…. He was never created, he is never destroyed. He exists, and is seen in many forms by us.”

In this quote, if one substitutes ‘energy’ instead of ‘he’, it suggests the Law of conservation of energy. It is said in the beginning that ‘he is shakthi’ there could clearly be no other meaning implied. This is amazing, to know that such a law that was discovered in a comparatively later age (latter half of second millennium) was known even in the ancient ages in India.