Can you recall, how were the telephones 100 years back ? Something like this right. Now, think about the phone we use today. Drastic change right. This is the obvious sign that how fast human civilization is prospering. Not only with telephone, if you look at other things (pictures below) also, you will realize how far we have come. Now look at another scenario. How were the classrooms in earlier days? And how do they look now? Now compare both the classrooms. Except some…
Do you remember the story of hare and tortoise? The story where the tortoise competes with the hare in a run. The tortoise moved very slowly and the hare was very fast. The hare thought to take a nap after seeing the tortoise way behind him. Finally, the tortoise won and the hare was sleeping even then. I thought the hare lost due to his arrogance and the tortoise won because of its persistence. However, what I never realized was, the tortoise needed a…
Do you know Fritz Haber? I am sure you must have heard about him. A major portion of humankind would not been able to survive without this man’s discovery. Half of the nitrogen atoms in today’s human body are because of this man. You must be thinking, what this guy is talking about? I am talking about the Haber-Bosch process, discovered by Fritz Haber which enabled to fix nitrogen from the air with hydrogen and thereby transform it to a form (ammonia), which could…
Leonardo Da Vinci once said ” There are three kinds of people: Those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see. “ It’s one of the deep and thoughtful quotes. I interpret these three kinds of people as follows- People who are ignorant are the people who do not see. These are the people who think they know almost everything. You can never discuss with them. Every discussion with them is a chance for them to prove themselves…
From where do we get the energy to run, walk and doing other stuff? The answer is obvious! From the food we eat, right. Ok, but what if I tell you to dig little deeper. Let’s recall some mechanism of our body to generate energy. You eat some food. Our body then digests that food with the help of acid and enzymes. When the body digests the food, carbohydrates in the food (starch and sugar) breaks down into another type of sugar called glucose….
A few days back I asked one of my friends, what do you want out of a relationship? His answer was ‘I want to grow with the other person together‘. Sounds amazing! Isn’t it? Just like that song, ‘I wanna grow old with you’. However, later I was thinking about that. How he is going to do that? How he is going to grow with another person who is biologically, socially and most importantly psychologically very different in nature? Think about it. Almost everyone…
I still remember the words of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray (Celebrated Indian Chemist) about research. He said ‘ Reseach is not meant to do for yourself, research is for the upliftment of people, of society.’ The story of Dr. Abhay and Rani Bang resonates exactly with the words of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray. However, the story is not same for most of the researchers, especially medical professionals working in the public domain. Dr. Abhay Bang truly said- “unfortunately, researchers often do research not for…
Hurray! I just finished my first half marathon last Sunday. It was a wow feeling really! It’s been more than one year now I included running into my life. I never thought I could run more than 10 km. In fact, I never thought about running a marathon. It was just a try to keep my body in good shape. However, when today I look back to my start I see a lot of things has changed. My mentality towards endurance running has changed,…
Who is a superwoman?This is the first thing came to my mind while starting this post. When I searched in the dictionary I found- The definition of a superwoman is a woman with superhuman powers or a woman who performs well in her various demanding roles. Nature has designed women in such a way, when it comes to certain roles women are more efficient. Like managing multiple things, playing different roles in life. For me every mother is superwoman. Imagine the different roles of…
Last week I was in Goa, the paradise for tourists all over the world. According to a survey Goa attracts six million visitors around the globe every year. But what is it about Goa that makes it paradise for visitors? Of course, it’s beautiful beaches are a major attraction but that’s not all. The environment there itself is very calm and relaxed. So much serenity everywhere. On top of that, it’s cosmopolitan culture and food makes Goa even better. If you want to see…
