S. Venkatachalapathy

It was a Saturday evening. My son, a very bright mechanical engineer had come for the weekend and just wanted to go out for dinner. On the way he asked his mother whether we can buy a microwave oven. From the driving seat I replied that an offer like this should never be made to ladies since there is absolutely no likelihood for a ‘No’. One could guess what could have been the reaction. My son started feeling that I am a little old fashioned and a hurdle in modernising the kitchen. My wife didn’t want to loose the pride of owning a microwave oven. I tried to reason out my objections for two reasons. 1.Since the demand for the oven had not come from the lady who is supposed to use it, there is every likelihood that the equipment may not receive the attention that is required to put it to effective use. 2.I have not made any literature survey about this technology and do not have information about the mechanism, the advantages, the power consumption, the running cost and finally the ef

A simple boon for common man Gayathri Manthra is the prayer of United Smart Soft skills and I would like to put on this blog why at all we chose this. The verse dates back to Rig Veda period when no religion was conceived. This was dedicated to this world by Brahma Rishi Maha Maha Viswamithra. This is a basically a prayer and exercise to enhance the intelligence and increase the awareness, the fundamental requirements for soft skills. How both are achieved by this manthra? Is it scientific or miraculous? When the mechanism of a miracle is understood it can be catagorised as scientific. The manthra has four lines including the prefix called vyahruthi, the first line of vedic manthras. OM BHUR BHUVA: SUVA: THATH SAVITHUR VARENNYAM BHARGO DEVASYA DHIMAHI DHIYOO YO NA: PRACHODHAYATH. The literal word by word meaning is as follows. OM- The pranavam Bhur- wake state Bhuva: - dream state Suva: -sleep state Thath Savithur- That Savithur( SUN GOD) Varennyam- the best be