Applied Impact Mechanics!!

I'm very happy and proud to say that my senior colleague Dr. V Narayamurthy  who is very humble and highly knowledgeable on various subjects  has co-authored  a wonderful book on " Impact Mechanics" after putting a strenuous effort and having many sleepless nights for  about two years. He co-authored this book along with two other eminent professors in this field who are from IIT Chennai and from IIT Delhi.

This book aims to consolidate the various aspects of Impact mechanics which is the new emerging subject in the present world scenario and so far books authored by foreign professors which are very costly on this subject were used to teach to the students. I'm also proud and happy to say this that  the price of this book comes at 1/10th the price of foreign books on this subject which is in the range of  Rs.12000 to Rs. 15000.

There is one more interesting thing that needs to be mentioned is that all authors took the decision to divert all the money earned through this book to a trusty which helps the people in needy. What a wise and inspiring decision by the authors :)

This book got launched recently in the market and I'm the second person to buy it ;)

Congratulations to Dr. V Narayanamurthy  and  I wish that he writes many more books on various subjects of his interests in the near future as well.

Cheers 

Vamsi 

The Battle of longewala

I happen to visit Longewala, Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan where in 1971, an intense battle took battle place during Indo- Pak war. This place gave me goosebumps after coming to know  the exceptional bravery displaced by Indian Army and we won the battle. A monument was erected in the Honour of those who laid down their lives protecting their positions. I 'm posting some of the inspirational quotes by Indian Army which I came across the monument.

I  hope you guys like it and respect our Indian army for their sacrifice in defending the Motherland.

Jai Hind.

Thanks to Cyberabad Traffic police !!!

               Traffic in Hyderabad city requires no introduction. Its worst, as no-one would like to follow traffic rules.The below picture shows the Traffic related problem for pedestrians crossing the road at Kothapet T- junction, Hyderabad. Of course , I'm one of them and that's how  I was feeling the pinch of the problem, when everyday I have to cross the road at this junction.The picture shows the how the traffic coming from Point A and B  merges at Point C and if you have observed closely only one traffic signal is controlling the traffic coming from point A, which I think is route cause of the problem I'm going to explain below.

The actual problem arises when the only traffic signal turns RED. When RED signal is ON, it is expected that the entire Traffic coming from Point A should halt so as to make way for traffic coming from Point B to go to Point C. Alas, thats not exactly it is happening as there is only one traffic signal and people intending to go towards Point B are only stopping , while those who wants to go Point C are continuing as usual as there is no clear cut instructions that the entire traffic at point A has to halt and there is no free left available as well. This is causing a lot of problems who are crossing the road as there is no halt of traffic and the worst is , I was almost run over by passing traffic a couple of times.Thanks to God who was on my side every time.

After struggling for 2 months , I have decided on Friday i.e., on Nov 07th,2015 to do something about it. I decided to write to Deputy Commissioner of Police , Cyberabad Traffic Police  regarding this problem along with some pictures, clearly indicating the problem along with possible solution.I hoped that by bringing the problem to attention of higher authorities would solve the problem quickly.  Due to some obligation , I couldn't workout the details for this traffic grievance on Saturday i.e., on Nov 8th, 2015 and I had to function to attend on sunday as well i.e., on Nov 9th ,2015 , so  I had to postponed this work for next week. 

To reach the venue of the function on sunday i.e., on Nov 9th,2015 , I have go through Kothapet T- Junction and while  I was passing by, I was surprised and dumbstruck to see ONE MORE TRAFFIC SIGNAL INSTALLED ON LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD ( REFER PIC BELOW ) AND WHICH  ALREADY STARTED WORKING.   I was so happy to see , a newly installed traffic signal. For a moment , I felt someone had read my mind and got the traffic signal installed !!!. Anyways , now the problem for pedestrians should be resolved by this new traffic signal.

I would like to thank Cyberabad Traffic Police for installing the New traffic signal as they would have felt the problem or else someone might have already complained regarding the above said issue.

I felt so happy and that's the reason , I'm sharing this with you all.

Anyways , its good to see good things happening around you :)

Cheers
Vamsi

Goonj.. a voice, an effort

                I came across GOONJ, an NGO dedicated for the upliftment of rural areas in the Sunday magazine of EENADU paper some TWO months ago. The moment I read about their efforts for upliftment of rural areas by providing necessary items such as clothes etc, I decided, I should contribute something from my side. GOONJ which was founded by Anshu Gupta , who won  Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2015 ,has developed a unique model of using old re-usuable clothes as the centre point for overall  development of a rural area.

                                                                                                                          

After interacting with Mr. Parithosh , who works at Hyderabad Office of GOONJ, I understood the working style of GOONJ. Its simple , identify an issue in rural areas and educate them towards what needs to be done for resolving the issue. And motivate them to work towards resolving the issue and in rewards you get good clothes for your contribution. Of course many others are also given , but the prime-mover of this movement is using re-usuable old clothes as driving point. This is because ,  I was explained that rural people, though may not be rich in terms of money, but they are rich in their value system. Hence you wouldn't find beggars in rural areas except in urban areas.So, as explained earlier, get work done towards benefit of their villages and in return clothes are given as a reward for their contribution instead of freely distributing the clothes.

As I was motivated by this concept, I decided to collect clothes from few of my friends,colleagues and neighbours as well. Initially , I aimed to collect atleast 100 clothes, but with help of my mom who spread out the word to all her friends, neighbours and relatives made me cross more than 300 clothes :). I was quite surprised, when after collecting the old clothes from all the generous people, the final number of clothes turned out to be more than 350.So special thanks to my dearest mom :)

The picture above is the total amount of the clothes collected and stuffed in 3 carton and 10 poly bags. I would like to extend my gratitude and thanks to everyone who contributed to this drive generously and thus helping the people in need.

The following is the list of people who have contributed to this drive. I once again thank each and everyone from my bottom of my heart for lending their hand for upliftment of society.

After two months of collection, I decided to give away all these clothes to GOONJ office in Hyderabad. So , with help of my best friend Mr. D. Venkatesh and his car, we stuffed all the cartons and polybags in his car. Initially, I was bit  worried as to whether all the items can be stuffed inside the car or not, but somehow we managed to stuff them all as you can see the picture below. The items inside the car.

We went to GOONJ office in Hyderabad and had good interaction with Mr. Parithosh regarding the working of GOONJ. Finally after submitting the clothes to them , we headed back to our homes feeling satisfied that these clothes shall be put to some good use.

Below is the receipt from GOONJ about clothes received from us. 

Click on the pic to enlarge

I would like to once again thank everyone and may God bless you all.

Stay Happy and Keep smiling 

Vamsi

P.S:  I have decided to conduct this drive of collecting old clothes once every year in the month of October ;)

Solving Rubik cube video !!!

                                   

Finally after learning how to solve rubik cube , I thought of recording a video of me solving the cube!!!.So here it is presenting to you the video;).  It took me about 8 minutes to solve. But I have edited and reduced  the video to under 5 minutes for ease of watching. I hope one day I would solve this cube within a minute:). Just watch and enjoy:)

                             

                                                                                      

Cheers

Vamsi

YES!! I AM AN ORGAN DONOR

I always enjoyed giving something to others and make their lives peaceful and happy. This brings a great joy to my heart and I always enjoyed doing it no matter whatever I need to face it on my side. In the end, I always ensure that the other person is happy. I just love giving and I'm not boastful of myself as I don't expect anything in return;). I'm sharing this on my blog because I know very well that not many read by blog ;). I just wanted to say simply that I enjoy giving without any expectations from others.

Continuing this tradition of giving ,  I wanted to ensure that I leave my legacy even when I'm gone. I mean when I'm dead. I felt the most effective way to help out when you are gone is by donating your organs to others who are in need of it.So I immediately registered myself along with my good old friend Karthik on October 23rd , 2013 to Mohan Foundation which is dedicated to inspire people to donate their organ after death.Check out their website for more info regarding organ donations.

This Donor card I always carry in my wallet

We can donate the following organs Kidneys , Eyes, Heart, Lungs, Liver, Pancreas , skin and save upto 8 lives which is a huge impact we can have after we are dead. I hope I would be helpful in the same to whatever extend possible after I'm dead. 

The Important aspect of this donation is that the consent of my family to carryout this after I'm dead. Of course , they readily agreed to me when I told them  about my organ donation. But I'm not quite sure what would be circumstances my family has to go through and get this done after I 'm dead. I hope it would bring some happiness to them after I'm gone. 

So guys here I'm pledging my organs to be donated after I'm dead and hope my family and friends would get this thing done for me. I hope it inspires you to do the same.

Here is an inspiring 21 years old boy Thota Manikanta who was  declared brain dead after  an accident and upon his family consent all his organs were donated. His organs can now save upto 8 lives!!! . This has happened on  March 7th ,2015 which inspired me to write this post. I dedicate this post to this boy who will continue to live on forever through his organs.

Here is the link below to  the news article that came in THE HINDU in which a detail description of  the efforts of everyone i.e.,Family, friends, Doctors, Police and traffic police in making sure to fulfill this boy's last wish by creating a Green Channel was executed to perfection . Hatsoff to everyone.

         "Brain dead man gives new life to 8 persons"

 

Here is a video which shows the response of the people who stood by the roadside to pay respects to this boy by showing flowers . Watch till the end.

Stay Happy and Keep Smiling 

Vamsi

P.S : All the copyrights of the video belongs to the respective owner.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

We, Indians are born to play and watch cricket. And a world cup is just a feast to everyone which comes every four years. Like every Indian, I have grown up watching Cricket and learning from it. I remember vaguely my first ever World cup which I have watched when I was in my 6th grade i.e.,1996. It was mesmerizing event for me as the God of Cricket -Sachin Tendulkar scored a massive 591 runs in all matches India. played ,though India lost in semi-final against Sri Lanka.

Since then I have become an ardent fan of cricket watching every match possible.Lately after World cup 2011 in which India won it and with the advent of T-20 format of the game, it has become too much for me to take.  With too much cricketing tournaments every now and then had made me lose the zeal to watch them with interest.But nevertheless , I'm a supporter of my Indian Cricket Team and wish them to win this time too. 

During our school days, I remember how we used to play cricket every weekend with our seniors with a bet of Rs.10/- with each member of team contributing to Rs. 1/- . If we won the match a reward of Rs. 1/- shall be offered and in total your amount goes to Rs. 2/- per match which is huge amount in those days. Now whenever I think of this , it puts on a smile on my face. Those were some of the best days of my life and I have to come in terms with life that gone are those days. 

Coming to present World cup 2015 which is hosted jointly by Australia and New Zealand from 14 February to 29 March 2015 made me bring back my interest to watch cricket once again. Defending Champions India will have tough time to retain cup this time. But Indian team is very well prepared and equipped with right strategies and individuals to deliver the best.  I'm sure this time it will be tough for any one to take cup away from India.

 Having said this , the Indian team supporters and advertising agencies have come up with some really funny way to convey support to our team. I'm sure this is one of the best advertisements I have seen so far campaigning support to Indian cricket team. I 'm sure after watching this you would agree with me too. 

Here , I'm going to present to you these advertisements in sequence to the matches being played by India. 

The Indian Cricket team started its first match on Feb 15th , 2015  with arch rivals Pakistan whom we have beaten every time we met them in world cup. Here is a advt pertaining to it which is quite funny. Watch it and enjoy.

The match with Pakistan was completely dominated by Indians and India won it comfortably beating Pakistan once again. ( Just keep in mind the person in this advt.)

The next match India played was with South Africa whom we were never able to beat in the World cup and following are advts related to it. 

And in response to this advt , Indian supporters made this really funny advt.

South Africa never won World cup so far which is what is conveyed in funny way in the above advt .

And on the Feb 22nd 2015 , the two teams met on the cricket ground to settle the scores for once and for all. And it was Indian team once again who has dominated the South Africans and comfortably won the match. Way to go India.

With Indian team next match with UAE , Here is a funny advt depicting this scenario in a hilarious way .

Remember the Pakistani guy in first advt , he seems here so desperate to make India lose at any cost and would support any team who has potential to defeat India. Though all this is on lighter side, not really intended to hurt anyone's intentions. 

I'm really enjoying these funny advts and campaign to support India Cricket team , I'm sure with all this support, our team would eventually win this world cup too. Cheers to Indian cricket team. 

I hope to see this World cup trophy 2015 with him like this. All the best Dhoni team. 

Stay Happy and keep smiling 

Vamsi

P.S : All the videos and images used here belongs to their respective owners .

Top Five Movie Scenes of all time for me ;)

I was thinking for a very long time to share this , finally I got the time to share my most and all time favourite movie scenes from Hollywood.So here is the list and of no particular order.

 

1. The Godfather Opening Scene

Perhaps people who know me would have guessed it. Yes, indeed this scene is finest in terms everything you ask for.

 

2.The Dark Knight Rises Ending 

The words spoken here of Charles Dicken are best I came across and wish I could feel the same way before I die . Here is the entire dialogue for you

"I see a beautiful city and a brilliant people rising from this abyss. I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy. I see that I hold a sanctuary in their hearts, and in the hearts of their descendants, generations hence. It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.” 

Hans Zimmer music along with ultimate sacrifice that batman does and the small twist in the end  gives me goosebumps whenever I watch this scene.

3.The Dark Knight Rises Prison Escape Scene

"Why do we fall ? 

So that we learn to pick ourselves up"

 What a message this scene conveys. No matter when the odds are very much against us and though we dont know the outcome of our effort, we must make always make one  final attempt with all we got and with a leap of faith. and success will surely hug us. This scene always inspires me a lot. As always Hans Zimmer does magic with his music.  

 Deshi Deshi Bashara Bashara Deshi Deshi Bashara Bashara ( He rises, He rises ) who has faith in himself.

4.Man of Steel :Oil Rig scene

This scene from Man of Steel conveys a very powerful message of selfless help towards others when you have the power to do it. I wish to be like this one day ;)

 5.The Dark Knight Ending  Scene

 And finally to this scene from Dark knight in which Batman took upon the blame for the good of the people.

 "Sometimes, truth isn't good enough, sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded." A very powerful message from a selfless man.

 He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight.

So here is my top list of scenes which I feel, inspired me a lot. 

Hope you guys like it and do share your comments if any and let me know your favourite scenes too.

Stay Happy and keep Smiling 

Vamsi