Sometimes.. when you get everything.. you think its a dream..

Why does this happen? When you get what you dreamed of, you start feeling its a dream? Why? I mean, instead of enjoying the reality, we start dreaming more and more. Instead of celebrating win, we start dreaming about celebration of win. I hope I am making some sense.

But even if I dnt any sense today, its ok. Cuz m dreaming about celebration of my win today :)

I want to wish myself.. CONGRATS SHARAT!! U DESERVED EVERY BIT OF WINNING..! CONGRATS ON ACHIEVING YOUR DREAM..! :D

It may sound ego-centric, but why can't we congratulate ourselves?

Try doing this you will feel the greatness of Wishing and Winning both.. together!!

Quant: digital sum of 4444^4444

What is the digital sum of 4444^4444 ? Ans- 17

Solution:

Digital Sum implies that we keep on adding the digits of the result of 4444^4444 till we get a single digit number and that single digit number is the digital sum of the given number.

So, to find the digital sum of a given number, all we have to do is find the remainder when the number is divided by 9 and the remainder will be the required answer.

So, we find the remainder when 4444^4444 is divided by 9.

4444^4444 = (4446 - 2)^4444

Hence the remainder when 4444^4444 is divided by 9, is the same as the remainder obtained when 2^4444 is divided by 9.

2^4444 = {(2^3)^1481}*(2) = (8^1481)*(2) = {(9 - 1)^1481}*(2)

Hence the required remainder is: {(-1)^1481}*(2) = (-1)(2) = - 2 + 9 = 7

Thus, the digital sum of 4444^4444 is 7

Enjoy Maths.

Bananas and Monkeys

Original source unknown.

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Start with a cage containing five monkeys.

Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water.

After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result - all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.

Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack him.

After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.

Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm! Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked.

Most of the monkeys that are beating him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey.

After replacing all the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs to try for the banana. Why not? Because as far as they know that's the way it's always been done round here.

And that, my friends, is how company policies are made.

Indian Economics: A Study

I am trying to study Indian Economics these days. I hope I would go through it. For the starting I will copy paste some of the basic terms for my use so that I can refer to them anytime I want from here. As I am no Economist; just an Engineer, so this will be my approach.

My latest obsession is Inflation, so we'll first discuss about that. We will define "Economy" later, and "Indian Economy" will come after all such "small" terms.

So, what is Inflation?

If you search on Google, the smallest possible definition of Inflation is a general and progressive increase in prices; "in inflation everything gets more valuable except money". But, if you want to define inflation technically it goes like following: It is the Percentage Increase in WPI with respect to last year.

Here another new term has popped up: WPI.

What is WPI?

WPI: Wholesale Price Index "It is the average of weighted average of price of a basket of commodities" or it can also be described as "the price of a representative basket of wholesale goods". Some countries use the changes in this index to measure inflation in their economies, in particular India – The Indian WPI figure is released weekly on every Thursday and influences stock and fixed price markets. The Wholesale Price Index focuses on the price of goods traded between corporations, rather than goods bought by consumers, which is measured by the Consumer Price Index.
The purpose of the WPI is to monitor price movements that reflect supply and demand in industry, manufacturing and construction. This helps in analyzing both macroeconomic and microeconomic conditions.

Calculation of Wholesale Price Index

The wholesale price index consists of over 2,400 commodities. The indicator tracks the price movement of each commodity individually. Based on this individual movement, the WPI is determined through the averaging principle. The following methods are used to compute the WPI:

Laspeyres Formula (relative method): It is the weighted arithmetic mean based on the fixed value-based weights for the base period.

Ten-Day Price Index: Under this method, "sample prices" with high intra-month fluctuations are selected and surveyed every ten days through phone. Utilizing the data retrieved by this procedure and with the assumption that other non-surveyed "sample prices" remain unchanged, a "ten-day price index" is compiled and released.

Calculation Method: Monthly price indexes are compiled by calculating the simple arithmetic mean of three ten-day "sample prices" in the month.

Now, I hope above mentioned statements make some sense. If they don't, there's nothing to worry about. Since still there is a long way to go. We have discussed Inflation and now we are ready to discuss Inflation rate.

Inflation rate

The inflation rate is a measure of inflation, the rate of increase of a price index (WPI in Indian Context).

If P0 is the current average price level and P
− 1 is the price level a year ago, the rate of inflation during the year might be measured as follows:

Now, Patriotism..!

"If nobody is ready to show patriotism, why should Shiv Sainiks raise their voice on this issue? Let the Australian players come and play here."

This was Mr.Thackerey, yesterday night. I am thankful to him for being patriotic, because without it we were not safe. But as he has shown his desire to withdraw his so called patriotism, I respect that feeling too because he is an old man now with too many responsibilities.

So Mr. Thackerey, from here now we will carry the torch of patriotism in our own way. That is with peace. I wish you enjoy the much needed rest you deserved for long. I also wish you very good health and happiness.

Now, I believe Aussies take lessons from Mr. Thackerey's peaceful talks (please don't mind his earlier sayings; he is old and tired). Please stop attacking fellow Indians. We Indians believe in Non-Violence and we all pray to god for you. Please stop this hatred right now.

Thankyou :)

Cartoon On Rage.. Thats Real Fun!

This morning is really good. I found it funny rather. Saw a cartoon in Time of India which makes a slapstick remark on Mr.Thakarey (He is my favorite these days). In the cartoon he slashes Australian and Indian Cricket teams (for his amusement I guess). No, He doesn't slashes both the teams, but Indian Players (as he is always fond of doing) and asks them to quit playing against aussies. To this, a Marathi Manoos tell him that, Aussies have never attacked any marathi down under. After hearing this, Mr.Thakarey gets softer towards Kangaroos and starts thinking if he can start Shiv Sena Cricket Club in Australia.

Wow Mr. Thakerey, Thats why I love Times of India. Sooner or later you will taste your own feet.

Enjoy the Sunday.. :)

Rage Down Under, what’s wrong in it?

Since past 6 months we are listening to the news from Australia, where Indians are being beaten up and treated with rage. And India has grown its voice; they have made it clear that this won't be tolerated. Still many cases are coming every day. Amidst this a statement came from a Political Leader in India Bala Saheb Thakarey, the chief supremo of Shiv Sena (A political Association in Maharashtra), which says that they won't let Aussie Cricketers put their feet on Maharashtra's land because Australia is not taking care of Indians who are there. He also said that Indian cricketers don't play for the country anymore they only want money. I respect Bal Thakerey's gesture that he is showing his sympathy with the Indians who are being ill-treated in Australia. He is so kind that he is the only one who is standing up for the country. His men, I am sure will do anything for his statements to be correct. They will go to any extent to make sure that Australian Cricket Team will not have a good time in India. Indeed they deserve a punishment.

But, I want to ask him Isn't Maharashtra and Australia same? I mean, In Maharashtra people from Bihar, UP, South India are not safe because of Shiv Sena and MNS's terror (yes, terror is the word which explains what they are doing there.), they don't let any exams happen which involves other state's people. And they say that other states people come inside Maharashtra, make money, get settled, do all kind of parties, enjoy every bit of vada Pav and never ever pay back. Also people from rest of India are stealing their jobs. Why they are able to? Because they are work harder, ready to do anything what it takes to make a good living. Same thing what Indian's are doing in Australia. So , If Maharashtra's terror is justified, I think we don't have a point against Aussies. They are doing what everybody will do if someone intrudes in to their house and steals their bread.

My next question is who does he really want to save, Marathi's or Indians? Since, there may be a lot of Marathis in Australia who may be beaten up. And the kind of treatment their party shows to the rest of India doesn't reflect that they are bothered about Indians. They are bothered about Votes. Oops, Sorry Mr.Thakarey I guess you are bothered about Marathis who are the only people in India who may give you votes. But you see, neither Indians are fools nor Marathis, I have to mention this because you don't think that they are same enough to live in same place, to make a living at a same place. Mumbai is for Marathi's and everyone else should be kicked out. So, you must explain to the Indians and Marathis why are you referring to them as Indians now? May be because he is not in a good frame of mind or his tongue may have slipped. May be he is no more worried about Marathis but Indians. May be since Elections are over in Maharashtra, that's why he thinks that there is no harm in saying good things about Indians.

My third question is why he is only worried about Indian Cricketers' too much. Isn't Sania Mirza playing in Australian Open? Didn't Karnam Malleshwari won bronze in Sidney? Aren't people going there to make movies? Why he wants to target BCCI every time he speaks? It is because; Sharad Pawar is the president of BCCI and Maharashtra thinks BCCI is their puppet. Thakareys think themselves as Tendulkars of politics. But it is not. They are only good in terror spreading. One spread terror against South Indians in 70s other is spreading heat against North these days. This is a perfect strategy to get the votes. Since they think locals will follow them if they start accusing people from other states for the unemployment in Maharashtra. Dhirubhai Ambani wasn't a Marathi. Amitabh Bachchan is not a Marathi. Shahrukh Khan is not a Marathi. The queue will go on. By spreading such dividing thoughts he is sowing the seeds of hatred. By pointing towards Sachin Tendulkar he did one of the biggest mistakes of his life. And the country responded well against him for this. Even Australia will thrash him if they ever get their hands on him for this mistake I think. Why is he doing all this is not understandable. Why can't he motivate people, make them comfortable in Maharashtra, start spreading peace? But it doesn't bring votes, does it?

Last question, How does is feel Mr.Thakarey to be called a leader of a Militant group? You just matched yourself with Osama Bin Laden. I am not the one who is saying this. If you ever read newspapers (other than marathis) you will soon realize that The Sun from Australia has quoted you as a militant for your Jehadi thoughts. This was in long coming. I always wondered why Government Of India doesn't ban the likes of MNS and Shiv Sena. Why you are still free there? You have enough followers to back you up there. I was laughing when I read the headline "Militant Hindu group Shiv Sena says Australian cricketers would not be welcome in parts of the country until attacks on Indian students in Melbourne stopped". I know Australians are not doing good things there and I am not their advocate. But I think we should first watch our acts before pointing a finger on others. We can always make amendments to our act from the time we realize our mistakes.

I personally condemn the violence against Indians in Australia but I am in no mood to forgive and forget MNS and Shiv Sena too for their behavior against rest of India. This type of communalism will prohibit India to become a successful and developed nation. We can't expect Aussies to behave best against any countries unless we behave in nice manner with our fellow Indians. If you are fighting with your family members, how are you going to stand up against others? Just think about it.