Kejriwal gets slapped because people can.

Just yesterday I & Dad were discussing, why is Arvind Kejriwal getting slapped & not the corrupt politicians? & today I read this on Yahoo! News.

It's part of who we are. Think of it like this: You won't hesitate to bargain with the poor vegetable vendor over a kilo of tomatoes, but will meekly pay up in the fancy store where the sign over the counter says 'fixed price'. You will abuse the hell out of the rickshawallah who cuts in front of your car, but will suck it up in silence if the offender is driving a high-end vehicle. Kejriwal is the Aam Aadmi - the vegetable vendor, the rickshawallah; he is us. And we are never so mean as when we deal with our peers.

We are like this only. And maybe we will never change.

And who knows - maybe the next government will be just as bad as the previous one. But at the least, don't forget to vote - it is the one time you get to make your voice count, for whatever it is worth.

Wonders of the World : Bank that credits Rs. 86,400 every day!

There is a bank account that credits your account each morning with ₹ 86,400. Think of it, a bank giving away ₹ 86,400 everyday, without fail till the day you are alive. 
There are just 2 caveats : 
1. It carries over no balance from day to day.
2. Because it carries over no balance, it pays no interest. 
Every night the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw / invest every paisa, of course? Not even leave a single rupee in that account, right?

To know how to open an account with this bank, please scroll down.

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How a Mother Nurtured her Son's Hidden Genius

This Mother Tore Off Labels And Nurtured Her Son’s Hidden Genius

By Stephanie Broadhurst/The Mother List
Here’s an incredible story about a mother who totally disregarded what experts said about her son and threw off the label that was slapped on him as a toddler. Instead, she followed her own instincts – with astounding results.
Kristine Barnett’s son Jacob was diagnosed with autism when he was 2, and doctors said he would never speak. She tried special education programs and therapies aimed at addressing his limitations. When teachers told her there was no hope, she rebelled and took her own path.
“A lot of people thought that I had lost my mind,” she recalls.
Instead of focusing on Jacob’s limitations, Kristine nurtured his interests. Now her 15-year-old son is on track to win a Nobel Prize for his work in theoretical physics.
Relying on the insights she developed at her in-home daycare, Kristine resolved to follow Jacob’s “spark” — his passionate interests. Why concentrate on what he couldn’t do? Why not focus on what he could? This philosophy, along with her belief in the power of childhood play, helped her son grow in incredible ways.
“He liked repetitive behaviors. He would play with a glass and look at the light, twisting it for hours on end. Instead of taking it away, I would give him 50 glasses, fill them with water at different levels and let him explore,” she says. “I surrounded him with whatever he loved.”
The more she did that, the more it worked. Then one night, as he was being tucked in, Jacob spoke. “It was like music … because everybody had said it was an impossible thing,” Kristine recalls.”I would tuck him in every night and say, ‘Goodnight, baby Jacob, you’re my baby angel, and I love you very much.’ One night he looked me straight in the eyes and said, ‘Night-night baby bagel.’ All along he must have thought I had been calling him a bagel!”
Jacob is now a student of theoretical physics at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, with an IQ measured to be higher than Einstein’s.
Kristine chronicles her son’s incredible journey and breakthrough in her book “The Spark: A Mother’s Story of Nurturing, Genius, and Autism.”
When she talks to other moms who have children on the spectrum, ADHD, learning disorders, or other disabilities, she tells them: “It’s really important that when you have a label, you don’t let that label define you. What are your children good at? Let that define them. Create motivations that are self-driven. Let them pursue what they love.”
“As parents, we know in our hearts what our kids need,” she says, “and we need to trust that a little more. Even if that goes against what others are saying.”

Reblogged via : The Mother List

Why buying a car is a bad decision?

Cars are depreciating assets. In fact, if you buy them on a loan, as far as I am concerned they are a liability.

Suppose you want to buy a car today.
It will cost you approximately Rs. 5 lacs (assuming a small size medium range car)
5 years down the line value = Rs. 2 lacs (at best)

Instead, if you invest the same money in an asset (anything from FD or PPF to Gold or Bonds)
Investment today = Rs. 5 lacs
Assuming a 8% ROI & neglecting taxes,
5 years down the line, value = 7.34 lacs

Difference = Rs. 5.34 lacs that is you have a difference sufficient to buy a new car. (Not that you should)

Jewelry is a better expense than cars anyday, as it has some inherent value attached to it, but I still don't recommend jewelry as an investment.

So, if you have a good public transportation system, use it. You can save a lot of money by not buying a car.
& that is what I want anybody who is seeking my vote in the coming election, to do. Make a good, reliable, safe & hygienic public transportation system in Jaipur.

What has humanity come down to?

Today I was crossing the road & there was this poor lady (who looked physically distorted) trying to get passerby's attention.
But so many people passed her without even looking at her.
She wasn't begging for money, she was asking someone to buy her an asthma medicine (an empty bottle of which she held in her hand)
& people passed by as if she did not even exist.

What has mankind fallen to if we are not compassionate to fellow human beings?

Why don't Mac & Windows agree on some basic keyboard shortcuts?

Such as

Opening a file

Renaming a file

Going to a parent folder

Going to a child folder

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It would make life so much simpler. & they can still keep their fancy things such as pinch to zoom & multi finger swipes in Mac & alt-ctrl-del & the windows key in PC.

Why Learning is Important when you can Google Everything

Most of us can remember formulae, etc., or google most of the stuff we talk about in class. But the one thing you cannot google is how to think.
- Professor Kaul