Vazhai, the liveliness of humanity

The days now down this earth has become so sick, with everybody pushing and pulling every other to pull/push himself up and up above the layers in order to get the feel and the illusive wealth and health through various means. But, even in this worser picture, there does exists hope, light amidst the darkness for the sick, slumber and helpless to guide and lead them to the doors of relief, a satisfaction in the basic components for the survival.

These words seem to be flowery, but truly from heart, NO. "VAZHAI", serving as light over here for few really backward places around here in Tamilnadu is doing a good job. Here is where they operate their mission from:

VAZHAI: Nurturing Generations www.vazhai.org/index.htm

A recent analysis revealed that there are lot more places where people are not provided with proper education, no proper means of basic amenities, not challenging for the survival and they fall to the thrashing of growing needs and greeds. There would obviously exists places where situations has been even worser, blunderous rather, i do agree. Its just the practicality we need to think of in analysing all these.

One small piece of thought, one small piece of favour, could make a few feel happy, feel satisfied down at their heart isn't? There are more in building a nation, its not all about the value of currency, the edge in advancing technologies, or rather in the strength of the security that we have and being proud to ourselves. But, its all like painting your house outside, and spitting inside the hall! We got to improve, its not about the population and the competition that one can argue for all these under developments, its all about taking the situations in hand and moving about to make a change.

One can say, the poverty, illiteracy and other things would be just like this. But why can't one push himself to see what makes all these? Why can't we make a change and try to correct them? If one's house is dirty, he tries to clean it (if at all he is sane) isn't? Is it not same with his country too? Its all in the hands of us, volunteering and coming forward to make a change, to help others, to make them stand as we are now.

Dreaming of a new nation, to serve for the Mother land, to serve for the Humanity! Jai Hind.

Fork Bombing!

Try this in BASH if and only if you are really _free_.

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The above command is nothing but in short known as “Fork Bomb”. Looks so cute, or rather so innocent, or mysterical, isnt? It makes your system run out of resources! If only if you’ve let your processess limit to unlimited in BASH (unfortunately!). Here is a good explanation of what it does:

Fork Bombing

Though an old technique, interesting because of its "cuteness" :) Ofcourse, this wouldnt work if you had set limits on the number of processes that could be forked.

HARD time with SOFT drinks

This is a recent story about the analysis done on the pesticide and other compound levels in some of the softdrinks like Pepsi, Coke etc. Ofcourse, the results are shocking indeed. Read the story here:

Pesticide cocktail in Coke/Pepsi

Today's story@The Hindu: Pesticide levels too High : CSE Report

But this is not a new issue indeed! This was raised a couple of years back too. But the amazing part is that after that issue, the amount of pesticides and the carcinogens found in the samples has increased! Why does this happen so? As usual, the manufacturing association claiming that they comply to the BIS standards, why should such an analysis be presented?

BIS standard seems to have been set a couple of years back to standardize the pesticide levels in the softdrinks. But, the problem is that the BIS standard for softdrinks was finalized only by October last year and even now, it's not announced, though the final standards was formally confirmed by the May, this year.

One reason is that the base water that they use for softdrinks is indeed pesticided, and the cleaning of it to the core is going to just increase their investment on the softdrinks. Here are few more links that would give an idea about BIS:

CSE: Press note on BIS action

Pesticide in Coke/Pepsi

BIS Homepage

As a supporter of Softdrinks myself, felt shocked, rather ashamed to see the recent reports. An action has to be taken from our side, the consumers of soft-drinks to control the mutation of the drinks. The best action is to stop consuming so that the manufacturers realize the importance of hygiene. Hope they come to some compromise between the market/money and public hygiene sometime.

Above all, it seems that the new BIS standard for the soft drinks that has been finalized is in par with the world standards. We do realize the work done by the Union of Health and Family Affairs but its also on our part to take an action, to realize that its responsible for us someday to hold the broom to clean up the parts of our place that are dirty.

Dreaming of a new INDIA!