Deepak Nair

Inside Punsari : A model Indian village 24 November 2014  , By Zubair Ahmed BBC Hindi, Punsari village, Gujarat   Punsari is among the most developed villages in India A typical Indian village conjures up images of mud houses, narrow potholed streets, with no drainage system and no running water. Unless one is talking about Punsari - a village of 6,000 in Sabarkantha district, some 90km (56 miles) from the western city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state. Punsari has been dubbed a "model village" by the state government and its young headman, Himanshu Patel, proudly states that his village offers "the amenities of a city but the spirit of a village". Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent officials to Punsari to study its development model and prepare a scheme for creating model villages all over the country. The village has also been visited by "more than 300 officials" from all over India who want ...

Steps Explained Ears (sound)  - Listen only to good talks related to God (satsangs) avoid listening to gossiping that strengthen our Ego of finding fault with others and feel us superior. Eyes (sight)  - See things that are good and create inner inspiration. Avoid sensual sights that trigger unwanted desires in us, like sexual content or material possessions. But those things that meet our basic needs of life and not that fulfills our wants (greed). Skin (Touch)  - Stimulating touch (sex) is to be avoided. Enjoy sense of touch of japa-maala (rosary beads) that helps in chanting God's name. Feel the feather soft of flowers and feel that we should show that soft compassion to others. Nose (smell)  - associate smells of flowers and scents related to Lord's pooja. Pay attention to addictive smell of food. Tongue (taste).  Eat very satwic food that does not create addiction and over-indulgence like sweets and spicy hot foods. Eat food that are healthy and natu...

Hyderabad:  Graveyards will get Wi-Fi to telecast last rites on social networking sites for relatives of deceased living abroad or out of the state. Ironically, many graveyards are encroa-ched and there is a need for compound walls now. The GHMC and Phoenix Foundation have come up with a pollution-free, greener modernised graveyard near Jubilee Hills, Road No. 45. The graveyard called ‘Mahaprasthanam’ spreading across 3.7 acres has been constructed with a budget of `3 crore which includes cafeteria, Wi-Fi, shower bathrooms, lockers and modernised electric crematorium. Commissioner and special officer GHMC Somesh Kumar said, Mahaprasthanam has been developed to provide a clean and green environment with sufficient number of piers, an electric pier, storage rooms, restrooms, washrooms, on-site traditional pandit, flower arrangement, car parking and many more facilities. Most important is the live streaming of the entire process with the help...

WiFi Basics Part 1: Frequencies and Channels In 1947, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a UN agency, designated certain bands of the RF spectrum as ISM. The idea was to have an international standard of frequencies that were reserved for Industrial, Scientific, and Medical equipment. Ironically, telecommunications was not the original purpose. Before we discuss any particulars, I just want to note that this article will be primarily based on the US regulatory domain. Different regulatory domains have specific requirements regarding transmitted frequencies and power settings. Although there are twelve ISM bands, for now we’ll concentrate on just two of them. Most people refer to them as the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. Let’s start with the 2.4GHz ISM band (2.400GHz-2.500GHz). This small, crowded set of frequencies is by far the most heavily used despite the fact that the majority of laptops, smartphones, and tablets come equipped with dual radios in the last few yea...