Untitled Part 4 – Mr. K & The Alteration of Singularity

Link to Untitled Part 3: http://cartikvyas.blogspot.in/2013/11/untitled-part-3-ant-relativity.html

Untitled Part 4

 Some questions always intrigue human minds. There have been many great theorists and physicists in the history of mankind; however the human species has a lot of limitations. It is the most powerful species on planet earth, thanks to the gift of a comparatively powerful brain which helps it to survive against other species. But that is just earth; it is way too small compared to the universe it resides in.  There are species in this and other universes, which are far more evolved and advanced than humans, some even more than the Primes.

 Mr. K did find the trick to travel in the exclusive fourth dimension of time. Mr. K was also a human to begin with, he also had his limitations, but with new knowledge came new powers, which further unlocked new knowledge and mysteries of the universe!

 Let’s talk about singularity then. Singularity is the moment in time, rather it is the start of time. Around 13 billion years ago, when the big bang happened and this universe was formed. What is there outside the universe? Human minds cannot figure that out, humans cannot even figure out the origin of life on earth yet, humans are still a very young species who have a lot to travel and a lot to learn.

 Mr. K went back in time, and did something that helped humans traverse the extensions of the known universe and beyond. The fact is, that very fabric of life could be altered, that parallel universes could be traversed, that infinity could be defined, and yes that singularity could be altered.

 For someone with average intelligence in the early 21^st Century on planet Earth, here is an explanation. In science studies, there are four popular subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. Most science students who study them never think about it beyond the pages of their textbook. The lessons that the greats like Einstein and Newton taught us can easily be used to relate these four subjects.

 Things don’t happen automatically, there is a force, an unknown force. If you study The Ant Relativity, you will know that even humans are like Ants to some unknown, and more powerful species. A species which can see more dimensions, knows much more about the universe, and it rules the universe indeed, just like humans rule Earth.

 Coming back to Singularity Alteration, think of Physics in terms of all the laws of Physics including concepts like motion, gravity, friction, light, etc, i.e. the physical world. Think of Chemistry, as the world of Chemicals, the importance of chemistry lies in the gases which helped in formation and which support life on earth. Biology is the science of atoms, the science which basically talks about organic life. And finally the favorite of Mr. K: Mathematics. The science which is more superior and more powerful than any other. The fact that humans are not that evolved enough is because humans have not been able to do the Maths, the science of numbers, the power of numbers is beyond imagination.!

 To form life, the higher unknown, more powerful species would have to select 3 out of the above 4 forces. Physics is always there, Chemistry was added to support the Biology. Mathematics was left out. The better equation would have been, Chemistry is always there, and Mathematics added to support Physics. If you know what I mean, and if you understand what I mean, then Mr. K figured this out, and with it came the knowledge, and the power, and then the Singularity was altered.....

Link to Untitled Part 5: http://cartikvyas.blogspot.in/2014/11/untitiled-part-5-mr-k-and-7-dimensions.html  

Happy One Month Anniversary Little Sparsh!

Dear Sparsh, 

So you are now one month old. You had your first outings in the sun. You had your first family picture with mum and dad in the backyard of your lovely home. You also celebrated your first holi. You may not know, but even though I am miles away from you, I do see your wonderful sweet pictures and videos every day. Your smile, especially the one with eyes close, makes our day. You are indeed the apple of our eye.

 Today I will talk about a man. A man, who failed at business in 1831, was defeated in run for legislature in 1832, failed again at business in 1833. His fiancé died in 1835, had a nervous breakdown in 1836. He lost run for congress in 1843, lost the same again in 1848. Lost senate race in 1855, lost VP race in 1856, and lost senate bid in 1859. Finally he was elected 16^th President of USA in 1860, and he changed the course of American history.

 This is the story of the great Abraham Lincoln. He had so many failures in life, but he never gave up. He always kept trying; eventually he got the greatest achievement anyone could think of. All the failures that he had in life, only made him stronger and wiser.  

 Ups and downs are part of everyone’s life. Even you will face challenges in life. You may not be the best in everything, you may fail few times. Always remember, to never give up. Failures are just a stepping stone to success. Failures will just make you stronger, smarter and wiser. You will always have a very strong support system in the form of family and friends. Whenever in life, if you face any problems, and are not able to solve it, always ask help and opinion from mom and dad, don’t ever keep things inside you.

 Finally I would like to say, that as you are growing up, and as I see your pictures every day, I see a sense of wisdom in your eyes. You have great genes, it makes me happy, and I am sure you will do very well in life, and not encounter many failures!

Your Lovingly, 

Mamu.

Google Nexus 5...

 To start with I would like to look back in time. It was 28th November, 2010, when I bought my previous phone. Samsung Wave 723, it served me very well for more than 3 years. It has been a wonderful journey, and I will always remember you for all that you have done for me. Your 5MP camera with LED flash, and the 5.1 surround sound were notably outstanding. However, all good things come to an end my friend, it's time for both of us to move on. 

 The date for the upgrade of the phone in my life was 3rd March, 2014. A big upgrade too, Google Nexus 5, the phone of the year in 2013, and I would be a proud owner of it. The moment it came in front of my eye, my happiness knew no limits, I was on cloud 10...(cloud 9 is very dreary) It was like a wonder of the world is in my hand. The first time I turned it on, it said Google and I was like WOW…I finally own the great legend, the great masterpiece of my time.

  

 I went outside and got my sim-card cut, so that it could fit in this one. Then I registered my google account with the phone….and the rest they say is history. It is a wonderful phone. Superfast, super slick and super light. You get a feeling of pride holding it. Touch screen is very responsive, loads of Android features and applications. My previous phone had bada OS, and not many apps available. Finally, I am now on WhatsApp! The camera of the phone is too good, it has 8MP primary, and 1.3 MP secondary. I clicked a few shots in office yest, they came out wonderful.

 I also got Android 4.4.2 Kitkat pre-installed.  One of the icon called “Play Games” was not opening, but then after the apps update, it is working fine now. One can anyways access all the Games from the PlayStore. I have bought the 16GB version, and I have around 12GB available, I would have been happy for anything above 10GB, and so I am.

 One thing I noticed, and it is a known fact that Android phones eat a lot of battery, on an average the battery lasts a day and a half max. However, the charging is also ultra quick, or may be because my handset is new.  Lot of security features are available, there are 5 ways to unlock the screen, we can do it using Slide, Face Unlock, Pattern, Pin and Password. Lot of other administration features also available.

 My laptop seems redundant now, the only time I would use it would be to write my blog, or type an email, everything else would be done from the phone now…

Finally, thanks a lot to my sister and jiju for the phone, I am really happy to have it and am enjoying it a lot!!

Another India Pakistan Thriller!

 To start with, I would have been much happier had India won this one. We came sooo close; the good old Afridi was the difference again. India out of Asia Cup 2014! :(

 So my day started early today at 6:30AM. Pretty early I would say, especially after doing late shift in office and sleeping around 01:30AM. Had to catch the 0750 Deccan Queen train to Mumbai. I was kinda already late when I left my apartment, getting an auto in the morning was also a problem. Somehow, I reached station 5 mins early, and boarded the train on time...a relief to have not missed the train.

 Reached Mumbai, went to uncle’s place. Had wonderful and lots of good delicious home food, 3 farsan and jalebi along with the wonderful lunch was too good. Meanwhile Pakistan won the toss and chooses to bowl. Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli left early, however Rohit Sharma was in terrific form, and was making batting look very easy. He made a free flowing 50 for India before getting caught, mistiming on a short delivery. Rayadu also played well for his fifty in the middle order. Jadeja finished off well for India with a good knock of 50 too. India managing 245 for 8 in 50 overs.

 245 was not a winning total but a fighting total. India had got in Amit Mishra for this match, making it 5 specialist bowlers. Amit Mishra bowled wonderfully well ended with figures of 2 for 28 in 10 overs. Match was very tight, went till the last over, it was anyone’s game. Pakistan had an upper hand for most part, but then 3 quick wickets in final overs made it very interesting.

 Pakistan 9 down, around 10 to win in last over. Afridi still there and what does he do? 2 sixes back to back to seal it off for Pakistan. What followed on facebook was a round of abuses, some for Afridi and some for R. Ashwin, who was the unfortunate bowler on the receiving end in the last over. Man of the match was Mohammad Hafeez for his knock of 75 and his 2 for 38 in 9 overs. Jadeja did well with the bat, but was disappointing with the bowl, he was bowling too quick and not giving enough flight like Mishra.

 Ne ways, winning and losing is part of the game, and part of life. India already has a, not so strong bowling attack as I said in my last post too. If batting does not click, the chances to win becomes very less. India out of Asia cup, too bad...I had high hopes. Ne ways good news is I am getting my brand new Nexus 5 tomorrow, so looking forward to that!!

The Times of Cricket

Long time since I wrote about Cricket. A lot is happening, although I am not getting a chance to watch everything live, I do keep track of the scores.

One thing worth mentioning is the rise of Mitchell Johnson of Australia. He single handedly beat England in the Ashes. He was simply unplayable. A white wash was the result, and the urn came back to Australia after 7 years. It was also a kind of resurgence of the Australian Test side, which was pretty low after the retirement of all the big guns.

Currently, Australia is on a Tour to South Africa. South Africa has the best bowling attack in the world. The likes of Steyn and Morkel are really intimidating. The supporting bowlers also do a pretty good job. They have the variety as well, left arm, right arm, fast, swing, spin, a complete attack. Batting is not bad either, even after Kallis got retired, Amla, De Villers, Grame Smith still make the batting line up look good. Not for nothing is South Africa the number one test side since a while now.

So, I did mention Kallis got retired. A great player, and the number one all-rounder in world cricket. He was a big asset to the South African team. His last series was against India. Not only did Kallis had great talent and skills, but also wonderful temperament. He had a very cool head on his shoulders. Not only South Africa, but also the cricket world as a whole will miss Kallis.

India is not doing very well currently. We were not able to win a single game in South Africa, got big time drubbing in New Zealand.Currently the Asia cup is going on. Dhoni is injured and Virat Kohli is the captain. He is in ominous form since the past one year, and has scored heaps of runs.But there are not many players to support him; he is the only consistent match winner in the team. Other youngsters like Rahane, Raidu, Rohit Sharma, Dhawan click rarely. Bowling is a big problem, and it has always been. But still, compared to other teams in the Asia cup, India is one of the favorites for me. Other one being Sri Lanka. Pakistan change their squad every six months, except Shahid Afridi, and they are highly unpredictable.

The Champ is Home!

Dear Bhanju,

 Hello buddy! You are 3 days old now and coming to your home for the first time. It is a very special place; it will be your first home. It will be a home where you will grow up. A home which is special for all of us, it is also the first home that your parents owned in US.  You being part of it just make it extra special.

 I have been there, and I know each and every thing in there has being handpicked by your parents. It is a combination of modern amenities and antiquated artifacts. To be frank, sometimes it looks like a mini museum, but so it is. You will not find such a splendid home anywhere else.

 This home where you will live in has seen loads of happiness. The 2011 World Cup victory of India, the rehearsals of Diwali events, the Birthday celebrations, and many more… and now the home will see you. It has always been a lively and buzzing place, because of all the wonderful friends your parents have. You will meet them, and their kids will become your friends. So, one thing is for sure, you will have many friends, and I can assure they would be good friends too.

 You may not live forever in this home. You and your parents may move to a bigger home, a bigger city, or may be eventually you would go to some other city like Cambridge, MA or Pittsburg for higher studies. Always remember your first home, it is very special for all of us, and it is very special for you too! There is a NASA space shuttle toy I had got from Washington DC when I was there, now it is yours. One of your first toys, and first gift from mamu. I want to tell you, you may or may not become an astronaut, but whatever you do, and become in life, be the best in it, and enjoy it!

Yours lovingly,

Kartik Mamu.

Welcome to the world, little champ!

Dear Bhanju,

 18th Feb, 2014.  That is the day you were born. A new member in our family, the next generation, and a bundle of joy and happiness. Let me introduce myself, I am your mama. This is the first letter I am writing to you, and I am sure there would be many more.

 I still remember the day your mom and dad got married. It has been more than 5 years. You are lucky to have such wonderful parents. I am confident that you would grow up to be a very well respected, and highly qualified man. I will always be there for you, I may not be in US, but you can always contact me for anything (including your homework ;) )

 We will relive our childhood days, with your childhood. We will play with you, we will study with you, we will be there for you, and be with you in every step of your life. Just remember one thing, do your homework on time, and don't watch a lot of TV.

 You are just one day old, you have a whole life waiting ahead of you. Life is a journey, never be disappointed with failure, always be patient, persistent and always listen to your parents. Your friends may tell you hundred things, but when in doubt always ask your parents. Remember they love you more than anything else, and will always be there for you.

 I would like to end with a quote. "Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments" - Rose Kennedy

Yours Lovingly,
Kartik Mamu

Lone Survivor

 I had not heard of this movie 3 days before today. I was planning to go for 'The Lego Movie', however the timings were not suiting me, so I thought to check, what else is going on?

 I saw this name, never saw any tailor or poster about it anywhere, it was unheard of. Searched online, read a couple of sentences and I decided, I gotta watch this one.

It is a true story about US Navy SEALs, how a plan to capture a terrorist turns upside down. How 4 soldiers have to face an army of al-Queda , and how against all odds, there is a Lone Survivor.

 The movie starts with all the rigorous training a Navy SEAL has to go through, how much the armed forces cares about any of it's surviving personnel, and also there is a story of humanity. No country, no religion is bad, just that there are a bunch of people who make it look bad. A whole village in Afghanistan fought against al-Queda to save the surviving Navy SEAL, and they were all native of Afghanistan.

 It is an adult movie, there is lot of violence in it. For someone who has played Counter Strike before, this is like ultimate fantasy! Also there are a few scenes where the soldier removes bullets from his own body, it is shown very realistically, and not many people can see it. I can say whole of the movie is realistic and logical! In the end there is a tribute to the 4 soldiers, on whom the movie is based.

 I can definitely say it is another nice movie, with some similarities to Captain Phillips. I got the top most row being a weekday. There were barely 15 odd people in the hall owing to simultaneous release of Gunday.

 Did I see Gunday? Well hell yes, I see 2 movies every week!! Why din't I write about Gunday then? Well I read somewhere on facebook recently: Bollywood makes money, Hollywood makes movies! 

Ankeey Garhi – Part 2

Link to Ankeey Garhi Part 1: http://cartikvyas.blogspot.in/2014/01/ankeey-garhi-part-1.html

Ankeey Garhi - Part 2

“Tukaram Technologies Limited(TTL).  It is an IT company with only one branch. It specializes in testing the security strength of ATM machines. It has very few employees. Most of the employees are from Tukaram Institute of Technology(TIT). There are only a handful of non TIT employees.  Every year TTL holds a hacker cup, where it asks participants to hack ATM pins, the best and the brightest from all over India participate. The winner from every year gets a lucrative job offer at TTL. Sonakshi Sinha is one of the earliest winners of the hacker cup.”

Next Scene

“Sonakshi left the gym in haste. She was a very dedicated employee at TTL. Her M.Tech and PhD was sponsored from the company.  She did not even have a shower that day after the gym, despite knowing that she would not be able to have a bath at home as there was no hot water.

The route to TTL was unique. The closest major railway station was Sion. Sion is the last locality within the City limits of Mumbai. The Marathi name for Sion is Sheev , which means boundary or limit. In the 17th century the village formed the boundary between Mumbai and Salsette Island. It’s surrounded by Kurla, GTB nagar and Dharavi. One of the local historical places in Sion is a hilltop garden commonly known as Sion Fort or Sion Killa in native language Marathi. The employees of TTL had regular team outings at Sion Killa.

Sonakshi got down at Sion station from bus no. 38 she had boarded from the gym. From Sion station she took a shared auto towards Chunnabhatti. It took her 20mins in the auto to reach Chunabhatti IT Park, where her office was located. Anupam Kher had selected this location strategically, it was outside the Mumbai city boundaries, so there was less taxation, and it was still well connected to all parts of Mumbai. For employee benefit, he had also started share-auto facility from Sion station.

Sonakshi went to Tower 7, 6^th Floor South Wing. Anupam Kher was waiting in the Olive Meeting room gathering data about Google company. He was reading the Wiki page of Google. He knew it would be tough job to make a profile similar to Google company profile, that was the exact reason she had called in for her smartest talent Sonakshi Sinha.

As soon as Sonakshi  entered Olive and saw the wiki page, she immediately said to Anupam Kher. “Why don’t we create our own Wiki page for TTL?” Anupam realized, he had done the wise thing by calling in Sonakshi, first words she spoke after coming to office were like Gold. It was a Gold Idea. TTL had a portal called ‘The Gold Idea’ portal. Sonakshi was very creative, every month she would at least give one new Gold Idea for the company.  

Next Scene

“It’s a normal weekend for Uday Chopra. He along with his best friend Tushar Kapoor are playing table tennis at Bandra gymkhana. Both are best friends since school days. Both come from a very affluent family. Not many in Mumbai can afford the fees of TIT. It is located at a prime location in Bandra. TIT is a deemed university. It has its own syllabus and has a completely different exam pattern. The syllabus is focused on the products, practices and methodologies followed at TTL. All students who donate Rs. 10 lakh during admission, are also given an offer letter with 2 year contract in TTL during admission itself.

Tushar Kapoor also works at TTL. He is more brilliant then Uday Chopra, when it comes to IT. Tushar works as a DBA at TTL. He was placed in TTL without giving donation. Tushar Kapoor is brilliant in designing 3NF databases. Sonakshi has feelings for Tushar, but Tushar is a very straight forward and decent guy. He is very shy of girls. Uday Chopra loves Sonakshi, but Sonakshi loves Tushar. But Tushar  is not interested, not that he is gay, he is just not into Sonakshi yet.

After playing table tennis, both go to Tushar’s place for lunch. Tushar is a foodie, her mom cooks wonderful food. Every Saturday Tushar invites Uday at his place for lunch. On that day lunch was Dum Aloo Kashmiri, Veg Kolhapuri, Undhyu, Basundi, Puri, Dal Fry, Jeera Rice and Chaas. After lunch they play games on Sony Playstation 3. Their favorite games are FIFA, Cricket and NFS. Uday Chopra is very good in sports and games, he always wins against Tushar. Tushar never stops trying, he tries to improve every time. 

Uday gives some tips to Tushar everytime about gaming, and Tushar in return gives him some tips on Sudoku and Crosswords. Their friendship is very strong, however Uday does not know that Sonakshi has feelings for Tushar, how long before he knows? How will it affect their friendship when he comes to know?

END OF PART 2

Ankeey Garhi – Part 1

Preface

I love reading Dan Brown novels. I always wanted to read Digital Fortress, many of my friends suggested, I would like it, but I never got the time. Finally I got one and started reading. It is breathtaking, already finished 50 pages of it!

As a tribute to the novel, and as a tribute to my amazing creativity and magnificent writing skills, I decided to write the script of Bollywood remake including the star cast of Digital Fortress. The name of the film is ‘Ankeey Garhi’ , it is the actual translation of the English words ‘Digital Fortress’. Another piece of awesomeness from me after the highly successful,  ‘Untitled series’.

First scene starts now:

“Anil Kapoor is seen struggling on the roads of Dharavi. He is almost about to die, lot of people gather around him. They do not take him to hospital as this is a police case. The inspector of BKC police station is informed via phone, but he is at an awards function and does not give a damn about it…”

Next scene:

“Sonakshi Sinha is doing workout in Gold Gym. There are 3 trainers, and 2 body guards around her. She has a personal DJ while doing workout. Also she uses a voice to text speech software to use Whatsapp simultaneously while doing her exercise.

Sonakshi Sinha. She is a Computer Science B.Tech graduate from IIT Kharagpur, she has done her M. Tech from IIT Bombay in Analysis of algorithm(specializing in bubble sort algorithm), and she has a PhD in Crytography (her thesis area was how to optimize the time complexity of bubble sort algorithm to sort a series of 2 digit numbers).

Sonakshi Sinha is working for 'Tukaram Technologies Limited' as a Test Engineer. Her job is to test the time complexity to decipher 4 digit ATM pins of Vilasrao Bank using Brute force method. She is a lovely 35 year old women, with wonderful hair, and a good sense of style. She is the only female worker at Tukaram Technologies.”

Next scene:

“Uday Chopra is taking an English teaching class. He is a developer at Tukaram Technologies. He has done his Engineering from Tukaram Institute of Technology, and got placed on campus for the job. His package is more than that of Sonakshi Sinha. However currently he is on bench as there is no development work in the company.

Uday Chopra met Sonakshi Sinha on his first day at cafeteria. Sonakshi Sinha wanted pure veg food, and was new to Mumbai.  She did not know what to eat, and she did not know Marathi. Everyone speaks Marathi in Tukaram Technologies, sometimes they even do coding in Marathi(whenever they get some work, or they do coding as part of internal elevation program). As Uday Chopra is currently on bench, he “tries” to solve Sudoku and the Crossword of The Times of India. Every week, he tries to solve at least one of each.”

Next Scene:

“Anupam Kher is the founder and CEO of Tukaram Technologies. He is a very intelligent and powerful person. In reality Tukaram Technology is not what it looks for outside. It works for a big unknown, unheard organization. It works for an organization called 'Tarbuch Aadmi Party'. Tarbuch Aadmi party is a newly found political party, which wants to free India from corruption.

All the employees at Tukaram Technologies have no idea about the hidden, and undercover projects that they do. It is all done in the name of ‘Elevation Program’.”

Next Scene:

“Suddenly the battery of Sonakshi Sinha’s phone gets over. It is a Saturday, such things never happen on a Saturday. Sonakshi is a very critical resource at Tukaram Technologies.She immediately contacts Anupam Kher  via landline at Gold gym, that her mobile will be unavailable till next couple of hours, she was on call that day.

Anupam Kher tells him, a new project from a new client is in the pipeline. She will have to reach the office by afternoon 2PM, to design a fake powerpoint profile of Tukaram Technologies, it should be as good as the Google company profile. He also promises her, she will get 2 VadaPavs for lunch and one Misal Pav for dinner on company expense. Sonakshi Sinha immediately stops her workout and heads to office in bus number 38.”

END OF PART 1

Link of Ankeey Garhi -Part 2: http://cartikvyas.blogspot.in/2014/01/ankeey-garhi-part-2.html