The independent

2011-11-16T06:58:00.000-08:00

Aaj bhi khare hain talaab

2008-09-27T00:27:00.000-07:00

Shri Anupam Mishra, Gandhian and environmentalist is a remarkable person. He lays no claim to copyright for his own books and (similiar to open source software) it has increased the dissemination of his message. During a recent visit to his office at Gandhi Peace Foundation in New Delhi, he showed several different editions of “Aaj Bhi Khare Hai Talaab” brought out by all kinds of individuals and publishers across the country. He recounts the story of how a impoverished young person was inspired to translate it into Punjabi and get it published.

“The Radiant Raindrops of Rajasthan” is the English translation of “Rajasthan Ki Rajat Boonde”. The translation was done by Maya Jani of the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology.

Click here for Aaj Bhi Khare Hai Talaab (right click to download for saving)
Click here for The Radiant Raindrops of Rajasthan(right click to download for saving)

More about the books:
“Aaj Bhi Khare Hai Talaab” is his acclaimed book in Hindi on the traditional ponds in the villages. The book lays stress on the importance of the rural model of water management which by providing precedence for water over land, and also by tapping into the ability of the community to work for the common good provided a near perfect system of water managment. Detailed images and descriptions of rural water harvesting structures in India are collated in this book. The book serves as a knowledge bank on rural water harvesting techniques and technologies, helping in the upkeep and adaptation of the same to modern times and also to preserve the knowledge systems contained there in.

“The Radiant Raindrops of Rajasthan” is the English translation of “Rajasthan Ka Rajat Boonde”, about the traditional water harvesting and storage structures of the western desert areas of Rajasthan. Through a deep respect for the preciousness of water that informed every aspect of their lives, and ingenuinity in catching and storing every available drop of water, the people here have brought the desert to life in a way that is not true of most other desert regions of the world.

For further information or any query, feel free to contact BHUMI

Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator

2008-07-12T03:04:00.000-07:00

Symptom

When you try to open Task Manager, the following error may occur:

Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator

Resolution

This error is caused if the DisableTaskMgr restriction is enabled. To enable Task Manager, try one of these methods:

Method 1

Click Start, Run and type this command exactly as given below: (better - Copy and paste)

REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Method 2

(For registry enabling, use following command
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f Click Start, Run and type Regedit.exe

Navigate to the following branch:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies\ System

In the right-pane, delete the value named DisableTaskMgr
Close Regedit.exe

Method 3: Using Group Policy Editor - for Windows XP Professional

Click Start, Run, type gpedit.msc and click OK.
Navigate to this branch:

User Configuration / Administrative Templates / System / Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options / Remove Task Manager

Double-click the Remove Task Manager option.
Set the policy to Not Configured.

ratan-tata-will-be-a-hero-if-he-made-a-bus-like-nano

2008-01-21T01:36:00.001-08:00

http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/56973/.html

Funda of GATE Score .... (2008)

2007-12-07T22:52:00.000-08:00

The GATE score of a candidate is in the range 0 to 1000. It reflects the performance of a candidate, irrespective of the GATE paper or year in which he/she has qualified. Candidates with same GATE score from different GATE papers and/or years can be considered to have the same performance level.

The marks obtained by the candidate is normalized on the basis of the average and standard deviation of marks of all candidates who appeared in the paper mentioned on the scorecard in GATE 2008. Subsequently, this is scaled with respect to the global average and global standard deviation so as to facilitate performance comparison across GATE papers and over a block of years since GATE 2005.

GATE SCORE =

Where

m = marks obtained by the candidate.

a = average of marks of all candidates who appeared in the paper mentioned on this scorecard in GATE 2008

s = standard deviation of marks of all candidates who appeared in the paper mentioned on this scorecard in GATE 2008

= global average of marks of all candidates who appeared across all papers and years (2005-2008)

= global standard deviation of marks of all candidates who appeared across all papers and years (2005-2008)

The maximum score can be 1000.

photo album

2007-11-28T22:49:00.000-08:00

Now after lot of efforts, finally my computer is temporarily (hope so !) free of reboot problem ..and now i would be able to update my blog on daily basis.

Below are some photo of me & my family...

Really yaar, picasa web help me alot in managing my photos which were at times increasing at fast rate & too with lot of 'digital junk. Yeah, there was a time when i encountered the anme 'Picasa' through 'Hello' from google itsef around 1st year in IITD, but hen the slow connection in the hostel & little knowledge abot net forced me to dro pthe plan to have personal blog and now when google has simplified and ease our problem of remembering toooooooo many login names & equally tiresome passwds, by linking its associate services with same google account.

And further more, firefox has simplified my life with simple tabs ( not like IE7 which consumes more memory). Now i am feeling "Independent". Wish me all the best and hope that i could update my all activities & would be able to keep account of the problems which in way of doing thought so simple social work.

Itni shakti humein dena data

2007-11-14T08:40:00.000-08:00

Man ka vishwas kamzor ho na

Door agyan ke hon andhere

Too humein gyan ki roshni de

Har burai se bachte rahe hum

Jitni bhi de bhali zindagi de.......

Hum chalein nek raste pe humse

Bhool kar bhi koi bhool ho na

Strange though true, every little verse one recited in cold windy morning aseemblies standing in a longish queue have a soothening effect parallel to none other. The innocence of a kid dutifully saying his prayers becasue he believed that otherwise, "bhagwan ji naraaz ho jayeinge" squirms its way through the crass alluvium of age.

Download the song and view complete lyrics ...enjoy :)

How do camera traps work?

2007-10-20T00:26:00.000-07:00

The effective range of radio telemetry in rain forest habitat is only about 50 yards, yet tigers may roam 6 or more miles in a single day.

As a result, field biologists use camera traps to study tigers in dense forests where radio telemetry is not practical.

During 5 years of camera trapping in Way Kambas National Park, in Sumatra, Indonesia, 46 individual tigers were identified using this system.

CAMERA TRAPPING STEPS

* Field biologists start with a detailed forest map, or better yet, a recent satellite image of an area to decide the best sites to place the cameras.

* A field reconnaissance confirms that the trails are negotiable, where trails need to be cut, and where good sites for camera placement are. These trails are plotted on the map.

* About 20 camera traps are set-up along the trails, and the locations of the cameras are marked on the map.

* Each camera is equipped with an infrared beam. When an animal walks the trail, it breaks the beam, triggering an automatic focus, flash, and film advancing mechanism to take a photo and record date and time.

* Film is changed every several weeks and batteries monthly. In the Way Kambas site, field teams walked a circuit of about 50 miles, camping out for three days to service the cameras and record sign of tigers and their prey.

* As the archive of photographs increased, staff assembled a tiger mugbook in the tiger community through stripe identification.

* In the following months, the tigers were named and the locations at which they were photographed plotted on the map.

* Each tiger's home range can be determined by connecting the localities.

Courtesy: http://minnesotazoo.org/index.asp

My Residence 'map'

2007-10-17T23:15:00.000-07:00

Video of my home (before renovation in June,2007)......

My Lovely kitchen......

Morning in The Republic

2007-01-29T07:55:00.000-08:00

It starts from 5:45 in the morning, early morning. In such a cold day, one could have a nice sleep but as one has said "aaram haraam hai!!"