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		<title>Facts not all might know about India</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mithun Chandra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, of course, this is not something that I compiled myself. It is something that has been on the internet for ages. But shamefully, I hadn&#8217;t come across it do far for many a reasons, topping the list is, ignorance.
But to save my shame, I luckily knew 60% of the information mentioned here. But the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now, of course, this is not something that I compiled myself. It is something that has been on the internet for ages. But shamefully, I hadn&#8217;t come across it do far for many a reasons, topping the list is, ignorance.</p>
<p>But to save my shame, I luckily knew 60% of the information mentioned here. But the rest of them anyday is knowledge and I, for a fact, felt immensely proud to be an Indian.</p>
<p>If this helps you in the same way then go ahead, spend 2 minutes and read this completely. For the ones who know everything mentioned here, keep it up <img src='http://cactuschords.in/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-939" title="indian_flag11" src="http://cactuschords.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/indian_flag11-300x240.jpg" alt="indian_flag11" width="300" height="240" /><strong>Facts about India</strong></p>
<p><strong>Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard (hp)?</strong><br />
A. Rajiv Gupta</p>
<p><strong>Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today&#8217;s computers run on it)?</strong><br />
A. Vinod Dahm</p>
<p><strong>Q. Who is the 4&#8242;th richest man of the world?</strong><br />
A. According to the latest report on Forbes Magazine, it is Mukesh Ambani</p>
<p><strong>Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world&#8217;s No.1 web based email program)?</strong><br />
A. Sabeer Bhatia</p>
<p><strong>Q. Who is the president of AT &amp; T-Bell Labs (AT &amp; T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?</strong><br />
A. Arun Netravalli</p>
<p><strong>Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems?</strong><br />
A. Sanjay Tejwrika</p>
<p><strong>Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey &amp; Stanchart?</strong><br />
A. Vikram Pandit, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.</p>
<p>- We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America , even faring better than the whites and the natives.<br />
There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET,<br />
38% of doctors in USA are Indians.<br />
12% scientists in USA are Indians.<br />
36% of NASA scientists are Indians.<br />
34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.<br />
28% of IBM employees are Indians.<br />
17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.<br />
13% of XEROX employees are! Indians.</p>
<p>Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA .</p>
<p>1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.</p>
<p>2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.</p>
<p>3. The world&#8217;s first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects.. The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.</p>
<p>4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.</p>
<p>5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.</p>
<p>6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.</p>
<p>7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word &#8216;Navigation&#8217; is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.</p>
<p>8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have (1999) officially published that Budhayan&#8217;s works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians.</p>
<p>9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India . Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 10 53.</p>
<p>10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.</p>
<p>11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.</p>
<p>12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.</p>
<p>13. Chess was invented in India .</p>
<p>14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India .</p>
<p>15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley ( Indus Valley Civilisation).</p>
<p>16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.</p>
<p><strong>Quotes about India .</strong><br />
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.<br />
<strong> -Albert Einstein-</strong></p>
<p>India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.<br />
<strong> -Mark Twain-</strong></p>
<p>If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India .<br />
<strong> -French scholar Romain Rolland-</strong></p>
<p>India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.<br />
<strong>-Hu Shih-<br />
(former Chinese ambassador to USA )</strong></p>
<p>ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS.<br />
BUT, if we don&#8217;t see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an ever shining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow.<br />
I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA .</p>
<p>Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.</p>
<p>image reference: http://navvis.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/indian_flag11.jpg</p>
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		<title>15 things you didn&#8217;t know about Steve Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 20:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mithun Chandra</dc:creator>
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		<title>Devdutt Patnaik on east v/s west</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mithun Chandra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Devdutt Patnaik, the Chief Belief Officer (never knew that designation existed eh?) of Future Group (owner of the retail chain Big Bazaar) gives us an insight on the vast difference in the mythologies of the east and the west.
How various myths and legends end up in affecting the business methodologies and ways. He delves deep [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Devdutt Patnaik, the Chief Belief Officer (never knew that designation existed eh?) of Future Group (owner of the retail chain Big Bazaar) gives us an insight on the vast difference in the mythologies of the east and the west.</p>
<p>How various myths and legends end up in affecting the business methodologies and ways. He delves deep into the fathoms of how mythology in the west preach about ONE and the mythology in the east preach about INFINITY and also a possible explanation to how Indians might have come to invent the number 0 (zero).</p>
<p>In this gripping discourse, there isn&#8217;t one moment that you would wonder what he is talking about as every topic and line he touches is executed with the utmost finesse. This video will be a treat for those who have a taste for mythical trivia, facts and theories</p>
<p>I hope you all enjoy this video and gain something from it, after all, we all from the east and we know exactly what the hell he means.<br />
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mithun Chandra</dc:creator>
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I do not know how many of you know of these mind blowing facts about your mobile phone. Got this by mail. Thought would share it&#8230;.. It is worth is and I have tried out the first three. They actually work. I was astonished.
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<p>I do not know how many of you know of these mind blowing facts about your mobile phone. Got this by mail. Thought would share it&#8230;.. It is worth is and I have tried out the first three. They actually work. I was astonished.</p>
<p>There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be a life saver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-532" title="nokia-6555-mobile" src="http://cactuschords.in/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/nokia-6555-mobile-150x150.jpg" alt="nokia-6555-mobile" width="150" height="150" /></p>
<p><strong>1. Emergency</strong></p>
<p>The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.</p>
<p>Also in Australia , the Australian emergency number 000 can be dialled whilst your mobile phone keyboard is locked. This is another reason why 000 receives so many false emergency calls!</p>
<p><strong>2. Have you locked your keys in the car?</strong></p>
<p>Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your cell phone.</p>
<p>Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other &#8220;remote&#8221; for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).</p>
<p>Editors Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>3. Hidden Battery Power</strong></p>
<p>Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time.</p>
<p><strong>4. How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?</strong></p>
<p>To check your Mobile phone&#8217;s serial number, key in the following digits on your phone!:</p>
<p>star-hash-zero-six-hash</p>
<p>* # 0 6 #</p>
<p>A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won&#8217;t get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can&#8217;t use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.</p>
<p>Not only the above, but also in Australia your stolen phone is added to a &#8220;Stolen Mobile Phone&#8221; database, so if your phone is found later on it can be returned to you.</p>
<p>Cheers!!!</p></div>
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