My Perspective

'Ship of Theseus' (SOT) is an awesome movie that too coming from an unexpected place, the Indian film industry known for its 'run of the mill' inane and insipid movies. SOT is a movie about three different stories united by a single narrative. Each story exploring different aspects of human existence and karma. SOT starts by posing to the audience the titular thought experiment "Theseus' ship paradox". This is to do with the question of identity

Visual perception accomplished in our brains is a fascinating process. There are many interesting features that one comes across. One of them is the visual search problem - the objective is to identify an odd image amidst a group of distractor images in the shortest time. Put differently, certain kind of symbols are more easily recognizable when placed amidst a group of similar looking symbols whilst others are not. For instance - symbol 'V' amidst symbol '^'s (inverted V) are very easy to spot. On the other hand, symbol 'S's are much more difficult to spot amidst symbol '2' (mirrored S). I could personally relate to this phenomenon while solving a 3x3 Sudoku in the shortest possible time.

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Education can have a tremendous effect on the economic development of a country. Here is my plan to encourage students to pursue a higher education degree.  "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela In evolving a plan to encourage students to pursue a higher education degree, I propose a multi-pronged approach with government, educational institutes and industry acting as key partners in this 'agenda for change'.

The third annual International Space Apps Challenge will be held on the weekend of April 12-13, 2014. NASA has started accepting registrations to participate. NASA and other space agencies around the world are preparing for next edition of International Space Apps Challenge. The International Space Apps Challenge is an international mass collaboration that takes place in cities around the world. The event embraces collaborative problem solving with a goal of producing relevant open-source solutions to advance space exploration missions and improve life on Earth. NASA is leading this global collaboration along with a number of additional government collaborators and local partner organizations. If you are interested, you could participate either at

Few folks had asked me about reference books in electronics and communication (ECE) engineering, I felt that this list may be useful to others as well.. So here it is.. the names of the Books and authors along with the publishers. Engineering Circuit Analysis - link Publisher: Tata McGraw Hill Education (2013) Authors: William H. Hayt, Jack E. Kemmerly Introduction to Electro Dynamics - link Publisher: Prentice Hall India Author: David J Griffiths Signals and Systems - link Publisher: Prentice Hall India Authors: Alan V. Oppenheim, Alan S. Willsky, (2009) Modern Control Engineering - link Publisher: Prentice Hall India (2010) Authors: Katsuhiko Ogata Digital Design: With an Introduction to the Verilog HDL - link Publisher: Pearson (2013) Authors: Morris Mano Discrete-Time Signal Processing - link Publisher: Pearson (2009) Authors: Alan V. Oppenheim, Ronald W. Schafer Integrated Electronics - link Publisher : Tata McGraw Hill Education (2009) Authors: Jacob ...

A demat account is not just for equities but also for mutual fund, bonds, debentures, nationals savings certificate and soon insurance policies! So having a demat account is necessary for each one of us. However, the Depository Participants (DP) who actually maintain our demat account charge us a  maintenance fees from anywhere between Rs.400-Rs.1000 per annum.  But as noted increasingly demat account is becoming a necessity than luxury. So to promote small retail investors, SEBI came up with the concept of "Basic Services Demat Account" (BSDA) modelled on the lines of no frills savings bank account mandated by RBI. So the good news is that if your total investments (including equities and mutual funds etc.) have not crossed Rs.50,000, then you are not liable