Panchtantra

Modern Panchtantra Story [ IT HUMOR ]
Once upon a time
, there was a software engineer who used to develop programs on his Pentium machine, sitting under a tree on the banks of a river. He used to earn his bread by selling those programs in the Sunday market.

One day, while he was working, his machine tumbled off the table and fell in the river. Encouraged by the Panchatantra story of his childhood
( the woodcutter and the axe )
He started praying to the River Goddess. The River Goddess wanted to test him and so appeared only after one month of rigorous prayers. The engineer told her that he had lost his computer in the river.
As usual, the Goddess wanted to test his honesty. She showed him a match box and asked, "
Is this your computer ?
" Disappointed by the Goddess' lack of computer awareness, the engineer replied, " No."

She next showed him a pocket-sized calculator and asked if that was his.
Annoyed, the engineer said "
No, not at all !!"

Finally, she came up with his own Pentium machine and asked if it was his.
The engineer, left with no option, sighed and said "Yes."

The River Goddess was happy with his honesty. She was about to give him all three items, but before she could make the offer, the engineer asked her, "Don't you know that you're supposed to show me some better computers before bringing up my own ?"

The River Goddess, angered at this, replied, "I know that, you stupid donkey! The first two things I showed you were the Trillennium and the Billennium, the latest computers from IBM !". So saying, she disappeared with the Pentium!!

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Moral: If you're not up-to-date with technology trends, it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're a genius than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

From an e mail

Examination

Examination System (A suggestive note to brig an over all change)
The present examination system does not cater to the needs of the learners and
the society at large. If we look back in the past, we find that it served the purpose well and as such the learner and the society were fully satisfied with the system.
It was so because the Certificate/ Degree awarded after the completion of a term
was a guarantee of learners’ achievements, No, one talked about percentage of score at that time. Then learners were merely asked about the division they obtained.
After that there was no other examination before joining a job, a higher branch of studies or even an specialization.
The present set up has laid more provisions for evaluation than learning. As such examination, ultimately Certificate? Degree is always at the focus. Real learning has gone to a secondary place, resulting in creating a disbelief in the authenticity of these certificates/ Degrees. Now they do not carry any such guarantee about the acquired knowledge.
The changed circumstances gave birth to a second line of evaluation, where the
employer out of his disbelief re-examines the applicants to ascertain their achievements. Now look at the fun a promissory note carries more weight than a
Certificate / Degree obtained from a reputed government institution or university.
So every time one goes to a new job or a special branch of studies he will have to
take a new examination. Even the Government does so, what to mention about other agencies.
All this is done in the name of competition. Well and good, thus you can justify the existence of examinations at all entry-levels. How would you then justify the need of examinations at the terminal levels. At that level it automatically becomes superfluous.
By this article I just want to draw the attention of the readers and to make them think and evolve a system that eliminates this duplicate examination system and emerge with a new system where the learners are not exploited in the name of examination.
By N.P. Tiwari
To be continued….

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New Year (Hindu Calender)

Vikram Samvat (hindu Calender) Entry for April 08, 2008
The Vikram era, or Vikram samvat is an Indian calendar starting in 57 BCE. The date is supposed to mark the victory of king Vikramaditya over the Sakas, who had invaded Ujjain. To the new era was established to commemorate this event. Alternatively, it is thought to correspond to the Azes era, of the Indo-Scythian king Azes I.



Kalakacharya and the Saka King (Kalakacharya Katha-Manuscript,Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai

The story is described in "Kalakacharya Kathanaka", a work by a Jain sage called Mahesara Suri (Probably circa 12th century CE). The Kathanaka (meaning, "an account") tells the story of a famed Jain monk Kalakacharya. It mentions that Gardabhilla, the then powerful king of Ujjain, abducted a nun called Sarasvati who was the sister of the monk. The enraged monk sought help of the Saka ruler, a "Sahi", in Sakasthana. Despite heavy odds (but aided by miracles) the Saka king defeated Gardabhilla and made him a captive. Sarasvati was repatriated. Gardabhilla himself was forgiven though. The defeated king retired to the forest where he was killed by a tiger. His son, Vikramaditya, being brought up in the forest, had to rule from Pratishthana (in modern Maharashtra). Later on Vikramaditya invaded Ujjain and drove away the Sakas. To commemorate this event he started a new era called the Vikrama era.

Bhoja, another great Indian king also wanted to start a calendar on his name. But his wise ministers and courtiers denied him the right to start an era, because he could not equal Vikramaditya's greatness. Vikramaditya's greatness was measured by the fact that nobody in Vikramaditya's rule had any debt or loan, i.e. all the public was debt-free during his reign.


[edit] References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikrama_Samvat

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N U C L E A R P O W E R, A L L C R A P ! !


( THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT TOOK PLACE INFLIGHT, SEATS JUST AHEAD OF OURS ) )


A Stranger was seated next to a little Girl on the Airplane, when the Stranger turned to her and said, 'Let's talk.

I've heard that Flights go Quicker if you strike up a Conversation with your fellow Passenger.

The little Girl, who had just opened her Book, closed it slowly and said to the Stranger,

'What would you like to talk about ?'

'Oh, I don't know', said the Stranger. ' How about Nuclear Power ? '

'OK,' she said. 'That could be an Interesting Topic. But, let me ask you a Question first. A Horse, a Cow, and a deer, all Eat the same stuff, grass. yet, a deer excretes little Pellets, while a Cow turns out a Flat Patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass ............... Why do you suppose That is so ?'

The Stranger thinks about it and says, ' Hmmm, I have no Idea ! '

To which the little Girl replies, ' Do you really feel Qualified to discuss Nuclear Power when you don't know .........

C R A P ? ? '





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