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May 10, 2017
I was watching the movie ‘Ramanujan’ – the person who knew infinity. I enjoyed the movie. It very well captured history.
One thing that touched me more than Ramanujan was his wife Janaki. She just waited and waited and after his early death at age of 32, she completed her life as a widow.
I was not sensitive to this aspect of gender inequality.
May 10, 2017
While we all light up our houses, do spend some time today to light a few lamps inside you and sit in silence with your eyes closed…
Light the first lamp inside you and let it burn away your anger and/or jealousy that you may have for any one till date; see it melt away…
Light the second lamp and let it burn away unwanted greed and desires… Feel happy and content with what you have been blessed with.
Light the third lamp and let it fade away all your insecurities that you may have in your mind related to anything or financials. Just believe that God has given you life and he will surely give you enough to survive.
Light the fourth lamp and carry that lamp to each part of your body; let it burn away all your diseased cells or any diseases in making. Feel healthy as this lamp travels to each part of your body and illuminates each organ.
The fifth lamp is a miniature of the sun… Nothing but the divine light… Light it in the centre of your body and let it fill you with its warmth and love inside your whole body… Feel one with the Divine… Let the love and warmth that’s filled inside you ooze out of you through your smile, eyes, speech and body. Carry this love with you throughout the day.
Wishing you a happy Diwali!
I visited the Brihadeeswarar Temple or the Tanjore Temple near Trichy. Normally, we go on a temple from temple visit but this temple was more of an architectural marvel. In my perspective, it can match the architectural creation of the Taj Mahal since it was created six hundred years before the Taj Mahal.
A few observations
- The largest Siva Temple with integrated Brahma and Vishnu structures. The lingam is a monolithic and 29 ft. tall.
- Fully constructed without any binding material like cement or its equivalent.
- 1000 year structure built by granite slabs, cut and interlocked to create this masterpiece.
- The nearest quarry of granite stones is over 80 kms. Thus, all granite was transported 1000 years back at that time with the available transportation technologies.
- The structure is vertically aligned i.e. the center of the Lingam is perfectly aligned to the center of the top stone, a perfect zero degree. The stone at the very top at 200 ft. weighs 80 tons.
- This structure was created in just 6 years in 1010 by Raja Raja Cholan.
- Tanjore is famous for its unique gold leaf paintings, music and dance and bronze sculptures.
May 9, 2017
In all living forms, science has discovered genes – which is the encoding of repeating itself.
Question – Is there something in all living forms that says, “I am different”?
My observation is that ‘I am different’ is not only a characteristic of humans but also in the lowest of the living form – plants.
- Each plant has different shapes of leaves. This differentiation is not required for producing food.
- A few plants grow vertically and other grow horizontally. This differentiation is not required for survival.
- Every flower produces a unique design of flower – from the shape of sepals, petals or arrangement of sepals or petals, even colour patterns are unique. This differentiation is not required for reproduction.
- The fruit produced by each plant is unique with different textures and tastes. This differentiation is not required for anything except the ‘nature of giving’.
All of the above 4 elements are not required for repetition or reproduction. Each plant or tree need not express so differently to reproduce themselves which is related to gene theory.
I want to know if there is anyone working on the Theory of being different.
May 9, 2017
Kishore Moghe is doing a brilliant job in energising self-empowered villages in Yavatmal district. He is closely associated with Mission Samriddhi.
A few observations on his work
- Building leadership skills at the village group level.
- Educating them on constitutional powers under the forest act.
- Forming design teams to understand the village’s resources using scientific methods like satellite pictures of the area (ISRO website), taking large visible printouts and mapping existing resources with potential.
- He engages gramsabhas in visioning exercises by conducting large workshops involving the youth as well all the gramsabha.
- He helps them prepare a detailed plan with actionable suggestions.
This is a very holistic development of our tribal villages.
May 9, 2017
Yesterday, I visited Varanasi for the inauguration of Utkarsh Small Finance Bank. We are their complete digital core banking technology partner.
Few observations about Varanasi and around
- One of the oldest cities with a somewhat recorded history from 1100 BC
- Birthplace of the Indian scriptures
- Birthplace of Jainism and Buddhism
- Very talented craftsmanship
- Very old architecture of large temples
- It’s on the bank of the Ganga river with lots of water and fertile land for agriculture giving 3 crops per year.
- Even in the modern era, Banaras Hindu University and Allahabad University are much earlier universities in the State, including IIT Kanpur nearby.
This translates into the
- Rich intellectual capacity of the city
- Rich culture of learning as a society
- Rich natural resources
This combination is the ultimate recipe for a highly developed city as well as the ‘world’s greatest tourism spot’ in line with Paris or Rome.
My question to this group is – what is holding back this city of Varanasi to flower and fruition?
The purpose of this curious question is not to blame anyone but to try and understand the
- Elements of social and economic development
- Elements of individual and social thinking
- Role of vision vs. contentment
Wheat grain scales to over 1000 times in just 120 days from seeding to leafing, flowering and fruition.
How is each stage planned and executed in a perfect manner each time across all geographies?
That’s nature!
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Hello, my name is Arun Jain. I am a design thinker living in Chennai, India. This is my blog, where I post my thoughts, technology trends and tips about the fintech world and many more.