Naveen · Kumar · (नवीन · कुमार)

An amazing story uncovering an accidental discovery of lost works of 'Archimedes of Syracuse'. This story also uncovers how modern imaging techniques are helping conservationists to retrieve lost works of Archimedes from the Palimpsest.

Archimedes was the most important scientist of Antiquity and it can be argued that he "is the most important scientist who ever lived". Recent discoveries point to the fact that it was Archimedes who can actually be attributed to the discovery of Calculus, almost 2000 years before Sir Issac Newton. In fact Newton might even have been inspired from some of the works of Archimedes. One of the conservationist of Archimedes' Palimpsest once stated "The entire Western Science is nothing but a series of footnotes to Archimedes".

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Breathes there the man, with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd
From wandering on a foreign strand!
If such there breathe, go, mark him well;
For him no Minstrel raptures swell;
High though his titles, proud his name,
Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;
Despite those titles, power, and pelf,
The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust, from whence he sprung,
Unwept, unhonour'd, and unsung.

~Sir Walter Scott~

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Richard_M_Stallman_Vs._Linus_Torvalds (sorry for only the link again...:-P).

Every description of nature, world, god or any other natural phenomenon is a complete nonsense if it does not stand the rigours of description. And that is the way of science. Anything else just exists in the minds of a conscious/sentient being, either getting ready to be described rigorously, or (getting) ready to be given the status of cult or religion by those who just cannot handle uncertain knowledge in any way (anytime). We need science and research to understand our complicated nature and universe and remove ignorance and imaginary hypothesis'. Science never claims to know it all as opposed to cult and religion. Those who believe in scientific ways are even ready to embrace a cult or some form of god if it is shown with absolute rigour that it stands the most/or a more accurate description (than science) of nature, universe, god and our origins. But unfortunately they do not have such notion. Their's is a very elementary description which is probably not true. And they all play mind games which can very easily be equated with madness. Even a madman feels something. The question is how do you distinguish between madness and reality.

Further their description stands like; white light across a tunnel, state of no mind,revelations, feel good, peace of mind etc etc... some/most of which even a mind gone awry will experience. Only difference is that we send them to mental asylum. And just look at the number of lives we have lost for just these imprecise descriptions of god.

A more precise way is to learn about nature through rigours of mathematics and science. Learn mathematics, do the form of meditation(described by your religion) if necessary, describe it(rigorously). Only then it can be put to any argument. Otherwise there will be no objective description and consequently the arguments will not stand any rigours of description. We invented Language and science to describe our world in an objective way, to better ourselves than any other sentient being on this planet. Otherwise there is no difference between a society of dogs and humans. Probably (or not) even they feel about god the same way some of our fellow humans do (or they don't). The great difference is that we have the power of science and mathematics to prove and disapprove the validity of any such claims. There is no other way. Otherwise propose one...:)

Lyrics:
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/showboat/olmanriver.htm

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गरदन पर किसका पाप वीर ! ढोते हो ?
शोणित से तुम किसका कलंक धोते हो ?

उनका, जिनमें कारुण्य असीम तरल था,
तारुण्य-ताप था नहीं, न रंच गरल था;
सस्ती सुकीर्ति पा कर जो फूल गये थे,
निर्वीर्य कल्पनाओं में भूल गये थे;

गीता में जो त्रिपिटक-निकाय पढ़ते हैं,
तलवार गला कर जो तकली गढ़ते हैं;
शीतल करते हैं अनल प्रबुद्ध प्रजा का,
शेरों को सिखलाते हैं धर्म अजा का;

सारी वसुन्धरा में गुरु-पद पाने को,
प्यासी धरती के लिए अमृत लाने को
जो सन्त लोग सीधे पाताल चले थे,
(अच्छे हैं अबः; पहले भी बहुत भले थे।)

हम उसी धर्म की लाश यहाँ ढोते हैं,
शोणित से सन्तों का कलंक धोते हैं।

हे वीर बन्धु ! दायी है कौन विपद का ?
हम दोषी किसको कहें तुम्हारे वध का ?

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एक उदास शहर - पटना

शहर उदास है...कब से.
कहां गये लोग, पूछ्ता है सबसे...

जवाब देगा भी तो कौन
शान्त है दिशाये, रस्ते है मौन....

कभी देखते थे सपने ईन गलियों मे हम
अब ये रस्ते भी पूछ्ने लगे हैं की कौन हो तुम...

खिडकी से शायद कोइ झांकता है हमे...
कोइ और नही वक्त की होगी परछाई

कब तक मुह मोडे रक्खोगे यार
कौन जोडेगा टुटे शीशे और टुटती दिवार

बुढे होते माँ-बाप रह गये है कितने अकेले,
हमारे बिन वक्त की मार कबतक और कैसे झेले

लौटे नही तो हो जाएगा ये शहर जल-जल के खाक
हांथ मे पाओगे, सिर्फ उडती हुई राख...

सिर्फ उडती हुई राख...
सिर्फ उडती हुई राख...

- नितिन

I am looking for a device: Sony PRS 505 (ebook reader ), but cannot find it anywhere in Mumbai. I would have called 10s of shops, but most of the guys don't have any clue about it. Really exasperated now. Can anyone help me out with this.

Suffocation of a nation, wanting to get rid of the snake, ready to destroy them. Especially for those who want to fulfill their political aims through fake promises, mass frenzy and social/cultural differentiation. Yes, but in vain, as History has always taught us, we do not learn....

1. 
   http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=QhBbGTwM62w
   
2. 
   http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=4SzzMOVdd2U&feature=related
   
3. 
   http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=VtRJ6TNWz-c&feature=related
   
4. 
   http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=cnDCvmpoGN4&feature=related
   
5. 
   http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn2amisyTyM&feature=related
   
6. 
   http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=O7cKDo4rLo4&feature=related
   

It's a song which I liked since my school days and very close to my heart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6ArAAN0i3o

Some description available at wikipedia

Lyrics.

Link: http://202.141.152.9/matra/index.jsp

Please refer to Sasi sir's blog for more information. Currently you can expect a better translation quality than, translations (English to Hindi) provided by a famous search engine.

I really felt bad, when Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, did not have a Hindi translation.Official translation has been provided to languages Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. Therefore I was trying some hands-on with translation by translating its preamble. It is still not complete. Surely I need voulnteers. Once the entire translation work is done, I will post it on our OSSRC-wiki. I am posting some part of the translation effort. Need feedback...

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