In some religions, men are said to be greater than women, in some women are greater. Some religions like Hindu religion portrays the women as Goddess Durga and Lakshmi. But some feel that they are bad and faulted creations of the God who broke the law at the first place and ate from the ‘Tree of Information and Awareness’. While somewhere men are said to be strong and fierce and also the head of the family ‘who can bring some food home’. Women however, are said to be delicate and beautiful, and also very responsible, and hence all the household jobs are mostly done by her.

But as the globe moves, the women have come out of their homes and gave men a tough competition in the ‘outside-home’ jobs as well as doing the household works.

The world can never function without both of them. A day can’t end without both day and night, a coin is never good enough without heads and tails, and world can’t be good if even one of the two is missing because contrast is the spice of life. Should they be one of the beautiful creations, women are not as strong as men and vice versa which remains the fact. Just that way, men can be strong but they can never be as responsible as women. That is how nature wants them to be, and that is how they should be because every time human has tried to interfere with the nature’s processes, he has faced nature’s anger.

The competition goes on and so does the combination. A man will always be dependent on her for his lineage and the beauties would always charm their better halves for their security. God didn’t complete any of them so that they hold hands and maintain the rules of togetherness.

]]> http://nishant85.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/toghetherness/feed/ 0 nishant09 http://nishant85.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/paradox/ http://nishant85.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/paradox/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:17:09 +0000 nishant09 http://nishant85.wordpress.com/?p=61 ]]> Paradoxes have been around since the time of Ancient Greeks & the credit of popularizing them goes to recent logicians. Using logic you can usually find a fatal flaw in the paradox which shows why the seemingly impossible is either possible or the entire paradox is built on flawed thinking.

The omnipotence paradox:

The paradox states that if the being can perform such actions, then it can limit its own ability to perform actions and hence it cannot perform all actions, yet, on the other hand, if it cannot limit its own actions, then that is—straight off—something it cannot do. This seems to imply that an omnipotent being’s ability to limit itself necessarily means that it will, indeed, limit itself. This paradox is often formulated in terms of the God of the Abrahamic religions, though this is not a requirement. One version of the omnipotence paradox is the so-called paradox of the stone: “Could an omnipotent being create a stone so heavy that even that being could not lift it?” If so, then it seems that the being could cease to be omnipotent; if not, it seems that the being was not omnipotent to begin with. An answer to the paradox is that having a weakness, such as a stone he cannot lift, does not fall under omnipotence, since the definition of omnipotence implies having no weaknesses.

The sorites paradox:

The paradox goes as follows: consider a heap of sand from which grains are individually removed. One might construct the argument, using premises, as follows:

1,000,000 grains of sand is a heap of sand. (Premise 1)

A heap of sand minus one grain is still a heap. (Premise 2)

Repeated applications of Premise 2 (each time starting with one less grain), eventually forces one to accept the conclusion that a heap may be composed of just one grain of sand.

On the face of it, there are some ways to avoid this conclusion. One may object to the first premise by denying 1,000,000 grains of sand makes a heap. But 1,000,000 is just an arbitrarily large number, and the argument will go through with any such number. So the response must deny outright that there are such things as heaps. Peter Unger defends this solution. Alternatively, one may object to the second premise by stating that it is not true for all collections of grains that removing one grain from it still makes a heap. Or one may accept the conclusion by insisting that a heap of sand can be composed of just one grain.

The arrow paradox:

In the arrow paradox, Zeno states that for motion to be occurring, an object must change the position which it occupies. He gives an example of an arrow in flight. He states that in any one instant of time, for the arrow to be moving it must either move to where it is, or it must move to where it is not. It cannot move to where it is not, because this is a single instant, and it cannot move to where it is because it is already there. In other words, in any instant of time there is no motion occurring, because an instant is a snapshot. Therefore, if it cannot move in a single instant it cannot move in any instant, making any motion impossible. This paradox is also known as the fletcher’s paradox—a fletcher being a maker of arrows.

Whereas the first two paradoxes presented divide space, this paradox starts by dividing time – and not into segments, but into points.

Achillis and the tortoise paradox:

In the paradox of Achilles and the Tortoise, Achilles is in a footrace with the tortoise. Achilles allows the tortoise a head start of 100 feet. If we suppose that each racer starts running at some constant speed (one very fast and one very slow), then after some finite time, Achilles will have run 100 feet, bringing him to the tortoise’s starting point. During this time, the tortoise has run a much shorter distance, say, 10 feet. It will then take Achilles some further time to run that distance, by which time the tortoise will have advanced farther; and then more time still to reach this third point, while the tortoise moves ahead. Thus, whenever Achilles reaches somewhere the tortoise has been, he still has farther to go. Therefore, because there are an infinite number of points Achilles must reach where the tortoise has already been, he can never overtake the tortoise. Of course, simple experience tells us that Achilles will be able to overtake the tortoise, which is why this is a paradox.

The unexpected hanging paradox:

A judge tells a condemned prisoner that he will be hanged at noon on one weekday in the following week, but that the execution will be a surprise to the prisoner. He will not know the day of the hanging until the executioner knocks on his cell door at noon that day. Having reflected on his sentence, the prisoner draws the conclusion that he will escape from the hanging. His reasoning is in several parts. He begins by concluding that the “surprise hanging” can’t be on a Friday, as if he hasn’t been hanged by Thursday, there is only one day left – and so it won’t be a surprise if he’s hanged on a Friday. Since the judge’s sentence stipulated that the hanging would be a surprise to him, he concludes it cannot occur on Friday. He then reasons that the surprise hanging cannot be on Thursday either, because Friday has already been eliminated and if he hasn’t been hanged by Wednesday night, the hanging must occur on Thursday, making a Thursday hanging not a surprise either. By similar reasoning he concludes that the hanging can also not occur on Wednesday, Tuesday or Monday. Joyfully he retires to his cell confident that the hanging will not occur at all. The next week, the executioner knocks on the prisoner’s door at noon on Wednesday — which, despite all the above, will still be an utter surprise to him. Everything the judge said has come true.

]]> http://nishant85.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/paradox/feed/ 0 nishant09 http://nishant85.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/sunday-morning-and-the-same-old-story/ http://nishant85.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/sunday-morning-and-the-same-old-story/#comments Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:56:48 +0000 nishant09 http://nishant85.wordpress.com/?p=49 ]]> Its Sunday morning again and again ahh! Missed my class. Was waiting for this the entire week, no certainly I was. I hope somebody believes me on that. Anyways woke up at 11. Got to sleep on my bed after a long time and after a long tiring week. Just don’t know what was tiring in the past week. Was it the labour and time I put into work or was it the emotional trauma I went through. Though one thing is for for sure , we seldom get what we want and truly deserve and aspire for in our lives. May be sometimes if seems like we are very close but we seldom are and the distance keeps on increasing no matter how fast we run . its just all the same. Its like trying to get hold of the horizon and running towards it.  Anyways a lovely morning to start with and am already sweating (god bless this  summer).  So here’s how it goes for me. A Sunday morning with nothing, absolutely nothing to do. This the reason I hate Sundays. I hope someday somebody invents a device where I can skip this day of the week.

Hope u guys are having fun. J.

There has has been a lot of complains flowing in, due the language i use in my blog, which perhaps is beyond basic understandibility. dear i took note of that.i would try and do it in as simple words as possible today.

It’s been 5 years living in Calcutta what they call the city of joy, and from time immemorial I realized that I was nowhere near my place or indeed anywhere else I had been before. time flew by just like that. college got over. was a graduate then and now a post graduate. A mba or an icfai finance(thanks to someone who gave us that credential). but this is not all i have got in this short stint of mine in this city. so what facinates me about this city?? nothing really. a metropolitan with a soul of a village. those tea stalls at every corner, adda as they call it.a great night life where lights go off at the strike of ten. move out on the streets and suddenly you hear a loud cry “bhombol” yes thats a pet name . bengali moms have taken an oath to beat up the etire reputation of their kids right at thier inception by giving them brave and audacious nicknames.imagine something like your name is indrajeet and correspondingly your nickname boils up to poltu. no matter what you achieve in life, thats gonna haunt you and no one ever is going to take you seriously. now the favaurite food here., no points for guessing that “fish”. i remember how i managed to eat it the first time. trust me that was the last time too. a government which ceases to change and so is the state of the state. hunger strikes right in the middle of the city, gheraws are a common feature here. this city has given some of the greatest leaders to our current cradle of politicians. yes i am talking about mamata di. hats of to you mam. you are a living proof of how to be in the opposition and still manage to dictate terms….

to be continued…..

Q1: What can you hold in your right hand, but not in your left?

Q2: How many birthdays does a typical woman have?

Q3: If a plane crashes on the Indian/Pakistan border, where do you bury the survivors?

Q4: A cowboy rode into town on Friday, spent one night there, and left on Friday. How do you account for this?

Q5: Is it legal for a man to marry his widow’s sister?

Q6: Why can’t a man living in Delhi not be buried in Mumbai?

SECTION 2: PARADOXES (Coming soon)

Are we alone in the universe?

Is there life after death?

Who am and what am i?

Am i the centre of the universe?

yes i know these are abstract and doesnt bear any meaning in light of rationality. but the last one is even more a twisted tale of my existance.

you might think its egotistical, but break it down. I know I am real, I think and feel and see and hear and touch and taste, I experience it all, I know that, it is 100% true, its fact, its real, its undeniable.

but what about you? I don’t know you are real? I don’t know if you think or feel, see or hear, touch or taste. I can only take your word for it that you are.

what if YOU are the centre of the universe and I’m just a part of your life. thats it .think about it.

The list is based on the following parameters: huh……no parameters just love these..and that’s the reason they r here>>>>>

1. P.S I Love you:

People change in time, relationships change in time; Love doesn’t. A man expresses his feelings of his love to his wife, through several shocking surprises after his death. This movie would tell why love is the only power that connects people, if no one could tell anymore what it really means. Hey wait.. enuf of descriptions……just watch it urself and I am sure u would agree with the reason I have put it on the top of the list.

2. When Harry met Sally:

“men and women can’t be freinds” yes! thats what the theme of the movie is. offcourse with some amendments at the end. Rich in both comedy and drama it explores the long building friendship between a man and a woman over the course of many years and many loves. When Harry Met Sally will have you believing in fate and taking a second look at those who enrich your life. The most famous line of dialogue, “Men and women can’t be friends because the sex part always gets in the way,” became a frequent topic of talk show discussions, magazine articles, and dinner table conversations and even some of our canteen discussions . After raising the issue, the film spends the rest of its running length challenging it, and it’s up to the viewer to decide whether the premise is proven or disproven by events. After all, although Harry and Sally become fast friends, their relationship does not remain platonic.

3. The notebook:

The Notebook was a great romantic tale about 2 young lovers who come across each other at a small-town carnival one night. The girl’s parents disapprove, and it becomes a struggle right away for the relationship to get off the ground. When war hits the country, Noah is called off to war, and Allie is left wondering if she will ever see him again. Not hearing from him, she decides to get married to another man, and the story really begins there. the dialogue the made the movie really special was: “I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I’ve led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who’s ever lived: I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, this has always been enough.”

4. Pretty woman:

What can I say that hasn’t been said? This immensely popular, modern fairy tale romance is a fantastic ‘feel good’ must see. I can’t resist watching it every single time it comes on TV. To tempt you if you haven’t seen it…it’s the story of a feisty, good hearted hooker named Vivian Ward, who is hired for a week by a wealthy businessman, Edward Lewis, to serve as his escort at a number of business related social functions. Needless to say, the relationship doesn’t stay ‘just business’ for long.

5. Serendipity:

I will just write a few lines and m sure you couldn’t wait to see this one.

Magic happens, if you let it; and sometimes even fate or destiny– or whatever you want to call it– steps in to lend a hand. But when it concerns love, and finding that special person you’re going to spend the rest of your life with, should you risk tempting fate with a test of that love or what is seemingly meant to be, or should you just follow your apparent destiny and embrace it? Such are the questions two people must face and answer. And this movie surely deals the topic quite well.

If u like this piece do comment and lemme know. And watch out the list the for thrillers and action will be up there soon.

this is for all those who have been making rules and the some poor souls are abiding by it…

Please note … these are all numbered “1″ ON PURPOSE!

1. Birthdays, Valentines, and Anniversaries are not quests to see if we can find the perfect present yet again!

1. Sometimes we are not thinking about you. Live with it.

1. Don’t cut your hair. Ever. Long hair is always more attractive than short hair. One of the big reasons guys fear getting married is that married women always cut their hair, and by then you’re stuck with her.

1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want. Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!

1. We don’t remember dates. Mark birthdays and anniversaries on a calendar. Remind us frequently beforehand.

1. Most guys own three pairs of shoes – tops. What makes you think we’d be any good at choosing which pair, out of     thirty, would look good with your dress?

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That’s what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are   for.

1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.

1. Check your oil! Please.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 24 hours.

1. If you think you’re fat, you probably are. Don’t ask us. We refuse to answer.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.

1. Let us look. We are going to look anyway; it’s genetic.

1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions, and neither do we.

1. The relationship is never going to be like it was the first two months we were going out. Get over it and quit whining to your girlfriends.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colours, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a colour. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. We are not mind readers and we never will be. Our lack of mind-reading ability is not proof of how little we care about you.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say “nothing,” we will act like nothing’s wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don’t want an answer to, expect an answer you don’t want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, mind your dressing, i surely would not take you out otherwise. Really.

1. Don’t ask us what we’re thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as, the offside rule, investments, sports or cars.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. Foreign films are best left to foreigners. (Unless it’s Bruce Lee or some war flick where it doesn’t really matter what the hell they’re saying anyway.)

1. It is neither in your best interest or ours to take the quiz together. No, it doesn’t matter which quiz.

1. BEER is as exciting for us as handbags are for you.

1. I’m in shape. ROUND is a shape.

Thank you for reading this; Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know we really don’t mind that, it’s like camping.

Everything that had to be said about it has been said. But not by everyone. I had refined from commenting on it during the tournament – partly because I was too engrossed watching it – so I shall state it now.

It is said that societal behavioral habits take years to change. I defer on that statement. These are the societal changes I have observed take place in our country in flat 45 days!!

TV Remote is with the man again. Yes,it’s true in case of Bengali men too!! In fact they might hold on to it longer considering that Euro has started off.

‘Short’ and ‘Instant Delivery’ are buzz words. Most of the good things in today’s life are short and instant; SMS, Relationships, Sachin Tendulkar…… As a matter of fact, Twenty 20 was very much like the cheerleader’s skirt – short and instant enough to grab everyone by their eyeballs. This format is perfect representation of our changing patience levels. Instant gratification!!

Cheerleaders will be used more often. With every saas-bahu serial completing it’s 100th episode, or political party completing its 5 years, or MET department being successful in predicting India’s monsoon, we will see them do the jig. As a nation, we now want to celebrate our victories.

We, like British, love our royalty. Why else would 4 out of 8 teams have some mention about it. (Rajasthan Royals, Super Kings Chennai, Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers). Out of the remaining four, Mumbai Indians is the only name that appears creatively challenged. After a complete cycle, we have started taking pride in our royalty again. One more thing. Money can’t buy everything (read creativity) but then that’s more for Mukesh Ambani.

The reason for success of IPL lies elsewhere. Inherently, we always wanted to ‘openly’ cheer performing sports person from competing teams but swallowed it to nurse our national, patriotic pride. It’s not that we are any less democratic as a country, but it’s our own jingoist fervour that stopped us from doing so.

As IPL was not about any nationality, it liberated us from that moral restriction. It was acceptable to cheer Shaun Marsh or Shane Watson beat the s&%t out of Indian bowlers. Admit it you had always wanted to openly cheer Shoaib Akhtar bowl out the batting line up. It is only post IPL that we have really started enjoying cricket more as a sport!!!

And It’s my opinion that IPL now socially stands for India Patriotically Liberated

DISCOUNT RETAILERS:

It makes sense that, as budgets feel the strain of an economic downturn, people turn to the stores that offer the most for the least. Discount retailers like Big-Bazar, Subhiksha, Wal-Mart in the west are ones that may appear to do well at any time, but this is not entirely true. They often suffer in good times as people flush with money buy higher-quality goods at competing outlets. To remain competitive, they are forced to upgrade their product lines and change the focus of their business from thrift to quality. Their profits suffer from either lost sales or less margin on the goods they sell.

In hard times, however, these retailers excel by going back to core products and using vast economies of scale to give cheap goods to consumers. Designers and producers of lower-end products also see an upswing as more people jump from brand names to make their paychecks go further. People may not like discount retailers, but in a recession most people end up shopping there.

SIN INDUSTRIES:

A personal favaurite for a worshipper of bachhus like me ,but hold on theres lot more to the industry and its rightly said that in bad times, the bad do well. Although it seems a little counterintuitive, people patronize the sin industry more during a recession. In good times, these same people might have bought new shoes, a new stereo or other, bigger-ticket items. In bad times, however, the desire for comforts doesn’t leave, it simply scales down. People will pass on the stereo, but a nightly glass of wine, a pack of cigarettes or a chocolate bar are small expenditures that help hold back the general malaise that comes with being tight on cash.

Be warned, though – not all sin businesses prosper in a recession. Gambling, with the exception of the truly troubled gamblers, becomes an extravagance and generally declines during recessions. In fact, casinos do their best trade when the economy is roaring and everyone feels lucky. The most prosperous businesses in this industry are the purveyors of small pleasures that can be bought at a gas station or convenience store.

SELECTED SERVICES:

Expect a downturn in the service industry as a whole, as companies and families are willing to do more themselves to save money. A certain class of service providers will see an upswing during hard times though. Companies that specialize in upgrading and maintaining existing equipment and products see their business increase as more clients focus on working with what they have now rather than buying a newer model. In the real estate industry, they say renovators hire as builders fire, and this holds true for many other industries as well.

THE STATICS:

In a recession, simply carrying on with business as usual can be an achievement. Pharmaceuticals, healthcare companies, tax service companies, gravediggers, waste disposal companies and many others are in a category that, while not jumping ahead during a recession, can plod along while other companies suffer. This is simply because people get sick, get taxed and die (not always in that order) no matter what the economy is like. Sometimes the most boring businesses offer the most consistent and, in context, exciting returns.

THE BENEFITS OF RECESSION:

The biggest benefit of hard times is that companies get hurt for inefficiencies that they laughed off in better times. A recession means general fat trimming for companies, from which they should emerge stronger, and that’s good news for investors.

One of the best signs is a company in a hard-hit industry that is expanding anyway. For example, McDonald’s continued to grow in the 1970s downturn even though restaurants generally suffered as people cooked rather than going out to eat. Similarly, Toyota was opening new American plants in the 1990s downturn when the Big Three were closing theirs due to falling sales for new cars. A recession can be a blessing for investors, as it is much easier to spot a strong company without the white noise of a strong economy.

WAITING/WATCHING IT OUT:

Although it is good to know which companies excel in a recession, investing according to economic cycles can be difficult. If you do invest in these industries during a recession, you have pay careful attention to your investment so you can readjust your portfolio before the economy rebounds, stemming the advances the recession-proof industries have made.
Some of the companies performing well in a recession will also perform well in a recovery, and more will change their business to take advantage of it, but many will be passed by their toughened-up brethren that race ahead in bull markets – financials, technology firms and other faster-moving industries. With the proper timing, however, these industries can provide a buffer within your portfolio while you wait for your high fliers to take off again.