Observations and discoveries!

Last wk was hectic. on Thursday n fri got an opportunity to attend some really interesting lecs in a symposium 'recent trends n modern biology.'
i assure u tht am not going to give tech details :D so u can relax n go ahead n read ths post. :)
One lec was really gr8 by a scientist from NCL. Actually he is a physicist bt is working on some interdisciplinary problems.
This man is working on the IN field: nanotech. has published over 300 papers etc etc..
What i liked the best 'bout this man is that he OBSERVED!! he observed everything.. men around him, animals, non living things.. everything! We only See things. I mean at least i do so. there is difference between seeing n observing. this man n many like him watched what was happening around them n tried to immitate that. They came up with astonishing discoveries!
There is a reptile called geko. he runs at the speed of 1m/sec. I know this fact. even u know it. then what do WE do? we r AMAZED at the nature!
These men go beyond that. these nano tech people have studied the molecular details behind this process and one day we might have gloves with the properties that geko's web like feet have!
this NCL scientist did something which amazed us. He was making a nano film n due to oxidation at points, there were spiral patterns. This man once was going thr something tht related to the chit ah. N guess what?! he fund a solution for his oxidation problem. With some computational work he proved that spiral pattern was adapted cuz its like a spring which can take up certain flexibility.
There are so many examples like that..
Lets try to OBSERVE things. :)

Cricket mania!

With this post, I know I am going to be criticized by the hard core cricket fans. Even i like the sport.. it is fun to watch n play too.. I used to play cricket in school (arthatach gully Cricket!) It was real Fun! :D
Still.. There are some issues to be considered..It all began in yr 2000 or so i suppose. The business out of this sport i mean. Here I am using the word SPORT and not GAME! According to me, there is nothing wrong in doing that. Problem is realising the extent to which its to be done. Sahara has given them homes worth crores, they are in advertisements fetching lacks/crores of rupees, we spend hours sitting in front of the TV and RELIGIOUSLY watch the matches, we have all the records by heart! What must be the total amount of money that's invested in this GAME?? I don't know the figure but for sure i know its MUCH more than required.. Seriously, If all those houses are sold and whatever money generated are given to the underprivileged.. can u imagine HOW MANY villages will be benefited?!
On top of all this we have match fixing which over the time we coolly forget and start worshipping the players all over again!
Thing to consider is that, when we have ENORMOUS amount of energy and money to be spent on cricket, why don't we channelise it where it is really required??
Another thing is that why don't we focus on other SPORTS too?? Probably we have forgotten that our national sport is HOCKEY.. (!!??!!)
Any way, this is what I think.. rest is for you to figure out.
Enjoy the ICC cricket world cup! Its an exciting game!
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