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Traffic Conundrum

As indicated in some of my previous posts …, I have always believed there is a strong case for a Nobel Prize in waiting for a dissertation on the topic of Indian Traffic Congestion. So let me cut to the chase… Hello World … Listen… The Problem is this : To determine the time of arrival (t) to a location at a distance (x) using delay and travel time as Factors… Now you could laugh at the Problem statement and state that Google Maps already provides the time of commute between given Points A and B. All I can tell you is that I am going to laugh back at you. If you would take offense at my Laughter, may I request you to   type “Indian traffic” in YouTube to catch the glory   of an Indian traffic congestion. I would run out of space of this blog post and before that my limited English vocabulary to explain the cacophony. Anyway, It seems nobody has listened to my previous advice on the proposal of my Dissertation on traffic flow and since the last post I decided to embark on

Book Review :"How Mindful are you?"

“ Life   is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece…"  Nadia Boulanger “How Mindful are you?” by Gill Hasson I recently came across this interesting book . As the title suggests the book is very relevant to this World…Here is a very brief test for you from the book to check how mindful you are… ·          Often, I experience an emotion – guilt, jealousy, resentment – but I’m not aware until sometime later. ·          When I’m doing routine things such as supermarket shopping, waiting for a bus, washing up or making dinner I’m usually thinking of something else. ·          I often find it difficult to motivate myself or summon up enough willpower to do what I told myself I would. ·          I tend to walk quickly to get where I’m going and don’t notice my surroundings as I pass by. ·          I’m not usually aware of how physically tense I am at times. ·          I often feel that I’m just spinning from