Life

SMILE....a step ahead!

2010-01-04T02:57:00.000-08:00

From past few months we all were doing... a number of film screenings to interact with other students on various socio-economic issues and people recognized our efforts , this time one of the well known film maker Stalin (maker of India untouched) wished us for what we are doing.... and this is what he wants to say..

Younginfluencers at work!

Blame on me..

2010-01-01T07:24:00.000-08:00

Wonderful song..

Hope you listening....

ATLAS’ wonderwall

2009-12-28T23:29:00.001-08:00

ATLAS’ wonderwall

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Christmas 2009...

2009-12-24T07:43:00.000-08:00

I was always fascinated by church and wanted to go there for Christmas celebrations. By the way i should mention here that my primary schooling was done in a mission school but i don't remember much of those times. Alas!

So , Now that i "understand" things , thanks to my senior colleague at TIFR Mr. Deepak Samuel I got a chance to visit church again. He took me to a Baptist church on Cuff parade, Mumbai . It was very modern with loud music and projectors . For a first timer like me it was really a experience to remember.Prayed for my family and close one. We , who went to church for the first time, were given presents by church. Really an enthralling experience.

Here are some pics..

Aik Alif- God is One

2009-12-24T07:23:00.000-08:00

A soulful composition. Fell in love with it first time i heard it. Googled for lyrics and their meaning

Just sharing!

God is One!

Merry Christmas People!

PS- Thanks Saqib for getting me addicted to coke studio...:)

Parh parh ilm te faazil hoya
Te kaday apnay aap nu parhya ee na

(You read to become
all knowledgeable
But you never read yourself)

You read so many books
to know it all,
yet fail to ever read your
heart at all.

Bhaj bhaj warna ay mandir maseeti
Te kaday mann apnay wich warya ee na

(You run to enter temples and mosques
But you never entered your own heart)

You rush to holy shrines to play a part,
Would you dare enter the shrine of your heart

Larna ay roz shaitaan de naal
Te kadi nafs apnay naal larya ee na

(Everyday you fight Satan
But you never fight your own Ego)

You are quick to attack the evil one,
yet pride is a battle you have not won.

Bulleh Shah asmaani ud-deya pharonda ay
Te jera ghar betha unoon pharya ee na

(Bulleh Shah you try grabbing that which is in the sky
But you never get hold of What sits inside you)

You grab for a star you can control,
yet fail to grasp the light in your soul.

Bas kareen o yaar
(Stop it all my friend)

Let the race end, my friend

Ilm-oun bas kareen o yaar
Ik Alif teray darkaar

(Stop seeking all this knowledge my friend
Only an Alif is what you need)

Stop trying to be the one who knows,
for 'God is One' you need to know.

Bas kareen o yaar
(Stop it all my friend)

End the race, my friend

Allah Sayyaan Allah Sayyaan
(God is the Master, God is All)

God is All we need! God is All!

Nee main jaanaa Jogi de naal

(I shall follow the Yogi {ascetic/sufi})

Follow the wandering dervish!

Jo naa jaane, Haqq ki taaqat
Rabb naa devey us ko Himmat

(Those who deny the Strength of Truth
Lord does not give them courage)

If you deny the power of all that's true,
God will not grant strength to you.

Hum Mann ke darya mein doobey
Kaisi nayya? Kya manjhdhaar?

(We have drowned in the river of Self
the boat and the flowing waters do not matter)

We are lost in this river of self,
no boat or streams are of any help.

Bas kareen o yaar
(Stop it all my friend)

End the race, my friend

Ilm-oun bas kareen o yaar
(Stop seeking all this knowledge my friend)

Stop trying to know it all, my friend.

Allah Sayyaan Allah Sayyaan
(God is the Master, God is All)

God is All we need! God is All!

- English Translation and Lyrics originally in Punjabi | English in bracket is approximate literal translation. A more poetic rendering in bold by Naomi.

Courtsey: Sadiq Alam

Taj...the new symbol of terror!!

2009-12-17T23:46:00.001-08:00

Elephenta
Originally uploaded by surana.abhishek

26/11..The unforgettable day for every indian...this pic symbolizes that..

Here is Hotel Taj under repair after damaged done in the battle that ensued between terrorist and security forces after terrorist took over the hotel..

I think black and white mode is adding to the mood of the picture..

Kabhi shaam dhale tu mere dil mein....

2009-12-17T08:07:00.001-08:00

Originally uploaded by surana.abhishek

Sunset from TIFR...

After i took the pic..jst stood dere..astonished at the magnificence of the nature...It was high tide...but waves were in the air..

Aitebar bhee aahi jayey ga...Milo to sahi...Chalo to sahi..

2009-12-15T20:51:00.000-08:00

Have been listening to this for a while..The lyrics are so expressive... so many feelings together...Hope you like it..

One of the best songs i ever heard...

PS- Bear with the video...:)

Peace is lost somewhere...

2009-12-11T08:20:00.001-08:00

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Originally uploaded by surana.abhishek

Just got a call from home about news being flashed across channels about bomb scare in mumbai.Set me thinking...how long are we going to live like this...or it is the way we will live from now on...always on a watch...

Life!!

This pic was taken on the anniversay on mumabi terror attack . Its a painting made on wall by some artist at Marine Lines, Mumbai.

Really...Peace is lost somewhere...Lets bring it back!

Mere yaar aise naa looton mere man ka karar...ho gaya hai tumse pyaar....

2009-12-10T02:22:00.001-08:00

I was searching for faridkot's song 'laila' when stumbled upon this one on youtube. Though i have listened to the original version of this song before, this one was simply too good. Just loved it!

The voice of the singer, the music, the ammbeience...just beautiful...strings rocks!!

Lunch Time

2009-12-09T13:18:00.000-08:00

Malabar hills..buildings could be seen rising out of nowhere due to fog..exhilarating..!!

Photo was taken from my SE K550i mobile camera.So couldnt capture much detail.

Walking and chatting with people after lunch and dinner along the sea has become a routine these days. Wondering what would happen once i get back to Delhi..

My colleagues from INO group at TIFR..

TIFR, Mumbai

2009-12-08T21:21:00.001-08:00

TIFR
Originally uploaded by surana.abhishek

Looking at my second post about LHC,CERN...I never thought that i would end up doing somehting on that experiment. These days at TIFR I can see and feel what is going on at LHC with the data analysis work on CMS experiment( part of four experiment carried out at LHC) being done here.

Its how the Life is. What's in store for u ...u never know!

Hail TIFR!!

\m/

X+Y=Y+X

2009-12-08T07:27:00.001-08:00

Mallika Sarabhai and her troupe performing at Homi Bhabha Birth Centenary Celebrations at TIFR, Mumbai
This formation was part of their performance on history of science and mathematics in India.

Lonely....

2009-12-07T23:07:00.001-08:00

Originally uploaded by surana.abhishek

Checking out setting from flickr..if everything went fine wud be uploading pics daily..(try to)..

This one was clicked in front of west canteen at TIFR, mumbai...Dogs...everywhere...especially in institute of higher education..lol..and the great thing is no one object to their presence.

CERN- What a cool way to go!!!!!!!

2008-05-09T21:02:00.001-07:00

This is my first post and I am having butterflies in stomach for how it will be received. Well let me tell you why I have chosen a topic like this for the very first post .I have deep interest in particle physics and this LHC is one of the path breaking experiment ever carried out in the history of human civilization .As every coin has two sides so do it. It can also led to the end of everything what we see today. My aim of writing this blog is not to create panic or any other such sort of thing. I just wanted to let you people know that something like this is happening out there and we are not aware of it.

LHC-LARGE HADRON COLLIDIER is a giant particle accelerator getting started at CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire) at Geneva on the boarder of France and Switzerland. For the starters I would I like to tell them something about this accelerator. This massive Hadron collider is a magnetic ring 27 kilometers in circumference: Ultimately, it will collide beams of protons at energy of 14 TeV. Additionally, beams of lead nuclei will be also accelerated, colliding together with energy of 1150 TeV. The LHC will be the most powerful particle accelerator in the world.

It would be used to answer few fundamental questions related to what constitute us
Matter and its counterpart antimatter exist in equal amount and completely annhilate each other if brought in contact.So the question is -why do we still exist? This mystery arises because we find ourselves living in a Universe made exclusively of matter. Didn't matter and antimatter completely annihilate at the time of the Big Bang? Perhaps this antimatter still exists somewhere else? Otherwise where did it go and what happened to it in the first place? Also why there is more matter than antimatter?
Questions pertaining to dark matter which constitute 26% and dark energy which constitute 70% of the univerese? What are they made up of?
What is the origin of mass? Why do tiny particles weigh the amount they do? Why do some particles have no mass at all?
Do extra dimensions of space really exist as speculated by string theory?

But what is most intriguing is the question of creation of black hole out of this accelerator which could lead to the end of world!!!!!!!!!!

It looks like during the experiment the CERN is starting this summer 3 things could happen:1. If all the calculations where right (and it's the first time we try this) it should give the world a BIG BANG2. If something goes wrong only one of these things (and not both together) could happen:
· A black holeJust, depending on its size, sucks us slowly or faster in and could make us changing time zone in a funny way. But finally all this universe would get sucked in.
· A wormholeThis means that an unique potential time travel awaiting. That actually has a good chance that we will time travel instantly, peacefully and in first class.

These black holes, the densest matter in the universe, will plummet to the very core of the earth, then, slowly at first, growing one particle, one quark at a time, but at an ever accelerating rate. Scientists have estimated that a stable black hole at the center of the earth could consume not only France but the whole planet in the very short time span of between 4 minutes 30 seconds and 7 minutes

That age-old question: Will our planet disappear in the twinkling of an eye?

Aurélien Barrau and Julien Grain speaking on behalf of CERN say that these "tiny black holes could offer a richer view of physics than their better known, more massive relations … It should be stated … that these black holes are not dangerous and do not threaten to swallow up our already much-abused planet."

When it was finally disclosed that this facility would actually be producing, during normal high-impact collider experiments, one black hole each and every second, numerous scientists cautioned that a public risk-assessment by non-affiliated scientists must be conducted for the CERN facility but not by the CERN scientists or the French government. To this very day the French have refused to make such an assessment of the potential dangers that lay ahead for all of humanity once the switch is finally pulled.

The scientist defend their playing at God and this potential black hole catastrophe by saying:

1. Black holes have been created by cosmic rays without incident; therefore black holes are not a danger to the planet earth.

- No instrumentation or observations have ever detected the formation of black holes in the atmosphere; It is a completely unsubstantiated theory that was fabricated solely to defend the building of CERN. Even if a black hole could be formed by cosmic rays striking atmospheric particles, it would be a glancing blow at near the speed of light, causing the resultant mass to careen off into space at a velocity much greater than the escape velocity of the earth (11.2 km/s).

While, in contrast, the CERN particles would be striking each other as in a head-on collision, causing the resultant black holes to lose their momentum; making them unable to reach escape velocity; causing them to immediately free-fall, undetected, to the center of the earth.

2. The black holes CERN creates will not be stable. “Black hole production does not present a conceivable risk at the LHC due to the rapid decay of the black hole through thermal process”. They will be unstable and will evaporate in a flash as prdicted by Hawking .The CERN facility was built under the assumption that it was a proven fact and that the black holes they would automatically create would be unstable and therefore not be a threat to the human race and the planet upon which we reside.

-No instrumentation or observations have ever detected the Hawking radiation being emitted from any black hole. By the way Black holes by their very definition are stable: Nothing escapes their gravitational pull. And that includes radiation.

I personally believe that scientist should proceed cautiously as one wrong step can lead to the end of civilization and it is not any kind of joke.

Constructive criticism invited.

Getting started

2008-05-07T10:53:00.000-07:00

Hello guys!!!!!! I have just started to take my blog seriously. Be tuned in to get updates atleast once a week.