Fruit for Thoughts

Mayan Calendar If we have to believe a tweet dated 12th of June 2020, our earth will end in the next 4 days i.e. 21st of June’2020 will be the last day for our beloved earth. So far in 2020 mankind has witnessed COVID -19, Wild/forest fires, cyclones, earthquakes, volcanoes, locust attack, aviation disasters, geo-political unrest among various countries - is there anything left in this dreadful year to be witnessed by mankind or we are done?  As per the newly spun conspiracy theory, the worst is yet to come - it will come in a form of a planet colliding with earth and reducing it to bits and pieces and this is due to happen on the 21st of this month.   Dooms Day As per the theory put forward by Paolo Tagaloguin - the scientist claiming that the world will end on 21st of June’2020 - the mystery/logic behind this theory is in the efforts of mankind put together about 268 years ago while switching to Gregorian calendar from Julian calendar. Almost the entire world is us...

एक वैज्ञानिक के ट्वीट के अनुसार आज से पाँच दिनो बाद  यानी 21 जून को दुनिया का अंत हो जायेगा ।   वर्ष 2020 में अभी तक मानवता ने कितना कुछ देखा - कोरोना वाईरस , जंगलो की भयंकर आग , भूकम्प , टिड्डी दल का आतंक , ज्वालामुखी विस्फोट , चक्रवाती तूफ़ान , विमान हादसे , सामाजिक व राजनीतिक उठा पटक - अभी हाल ही में भारत व चीन के बीच बढ़ता तनाव जो कभी भी युद्ध का रूप ले सकता है । इन सब ने मिल कर मानवता को घोर निराशा व अंधकार के भँवर में डाल दिया है ।     क्या बस हमें इतना ही झेलना था या अभी भी कुछ बाक़ी है ?    क्या मानवता पर अभी कोई अन्य बड़ी विपदा आना बाक़ी है ? एक नई थियोरी के अनुसार जो की माया कलेण्डर के   पुनः विश्लेषण या कहे पुनः   गणना   पर आधारित है   जिसके अनुसार 21 जून 2920 को दुनिया का अंत हो जायेगा । अपनी इस कथन के समर्थन में उस   वैज्ञानिक का अपना तर्क भी है । तर्क   के   अनुसार आज से लगभग 268 वर्ष पूर्व   कलेण्डर में किये गये बदलावों में इसका रहस्य छुपा है ।   पाओलो तागलोगुइन ( जिस   वैज्ञानिक न...

मेरे पिछले ब्लोग (जीवन का खेल व इसके नीयम - 1 )   https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8690807551965942861/4010363514785029537  में हम ने सिक्के का एक पहलू - समस्या को देखने का    प्रयतन   किया ।  इस ब्लोग में हम सिक्के के दूसरे पहलू - समाधान को देखने का प्रयतन करेंगे । हम ने इस बात पर चर्चा की थी कि अनिश्चिताओं से भरे आज के समय में , जहाँ हम सब कुछ अपने काबू में नहीं कर सकते - सब कुछ अपने अनुसार नहीं कर सकते - वित्तीय स्वतंत्रता या आत्मनिर्भता बेहद जर्रूरी है । यदी आप वित्तीय रूप से  आत्मनिर्भता हैं तो आप काफ़ी हद तक सुरक्षित हैं ।  वित्तीय  आत्मनिर्भता बेहद ज़रूरी है । यह बात किसी से छुपी नहीं है कि आज हम सभी एक ऐसे समय में जी रहे है जो  अनिश्चिताओं से भरा हुआ है । इस बात से कोई फ़र्क़ नहीं पड़ता कि आप आज क्या कर रहे है , आप कितना अच्छा कमा रहे है - आप आने वाले समय के प्रती १००% आस्वस्त हो कर नहीं रह सकते । अगर मै कहूँ कि आज हम सब कम ओ बेस उस कगार पर हैं कि रोज कुँआ खोदो तथा रोज पानी पियो, तो कोई अतिशयोक्तिपूर्ण बात नहीं होगी । ...

T he above picture is an illustration that we will use to understand the game of life & its rules.  Let's try and understand the picture in detail, the chess pieces on top of tables represents the various responsibilities that we all try to handle and fulfill.  Some of these responsibilities are big and important, while others are small and petty. Some responsibilities are short term while others are either medium-term or long term.  Responsibilities like buying a new dress for your loved ones or taking them out for a dinner or movie are short term responsibilities. Paying for the education of your kids, getting someone treated for some ailment in the family or buying a house can be considered or termed as medium-term responsibilities. Feeding your family and taking care of your loved ones, may appear to be a small responsibility, but actually are long term responsibilities.    There are two tables in the picture, one has o...

As per latest news China has allocated US $ 178.6 billion making a 6.6 percent increase from the 2019 budget of US$ 1.77.5 in 2019. This move of China triggers a question that amid COVID-19 epidemic, when whole world is under sever threat, world economy is under pressure and when China’s economy itself is not doing very well, how come China can allocate such a huge amount to its defense budget. After not getting the desired results in terms of economic boost, what China was expecting, is China going to play its last card of traditional war? China sharing borders 14 countries and maritime borders with another 7 countries and have border issues with countries like Japan, India and Vietnam. With this increased budget, that too when world experts, seriously doubt about the true numbers reviled by China about its defense expenditures, is China, planning to set the ball rolling for WW3? The chances of a full scale war or a conflict with India can be ruled out outright. ...

Is it time to have a fire line against China? Before we try and find an answer to this lets first understand what is a fire line, then it will be easier to decide that we really need it or not? FireLine is a strip  of open land in  forest  or  prairie , to  arrest  the advance of fire another name for a firebreak . When there is a wildfire and all the other measures of arresting the fire are exhausted or not delivering desired results fire line or firebreak comes into play. In this technique a gap is created between the areas under fire and area free form fire. In this effort the Firefighters do allow some part of wildfire forest to burn down to ashes. Though in this technique we lose some part of the forest but at the same point in time save a larger part. Now if we look at the current world scenario China instigated a wildfire, with a hope to create a market for its products, assuming that the world will buy what it produces. But fortu...