Like Decoding.., u ought to check this.

I read the Digital Fortress by Dan Brown recently and was driven into the cryptographic world. I came to know about a book called ” Siribhoovalaya”. Its a ancient work by Kumudenu Muni. ‘Siri’ -earth, ‘Bhu’ – all existing creatures and ‘valaya’- circle. Its a work that deals with all the entities in the world into a nutshell. It is one of the mysterious works of the world which is let to be decoded.

Siribhoovalaya, is said to have around 6,00,000 verses, nearly 6 times bigger than Mahabharatha. It consists of 26 chapters and only 3 of them have been decoded. It employs Kannada numerals and has 718 languages embedded in it. It does not have any alphabet. It consists a set of frames with numerical script in it. Numbers 1 to 64 represent the letters of the alphabet in each composition. These numerals are places in a 729 squares formed by a super square of 27×27 squares ( horizontally and vertically). The numerals are arranged in a variety of patterns. As patterns are identified and decoded, 718 languages and 18 scripts can be decoded. Apart from Kannada, Prakrit, Sankrit, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi is vowen into this work. There has been a view point that works like Ramayana, Mahabharatha and Rigveda has been embedded in it. Srikantaiah, who been into working on this master piece claims that fields like alchemy, science of matrimony, atomic science, space science, information about the production of modern weapons is also incorporated in it.

Many copies of this mysterious articfact has been lost and the only copy lies in the hands of Yellapa Sastry. In 1953, the first publication of this work was released. Srikantaiah, along with Anantha Subbaraya toiled on it. In 1955, a second publication of the book was released.

Dr. S. Srikanta Sastry’s view about Siribhoovalaya: “This work is of great importance in the study of Kannada language and Literature and the literatures of Sanskrit, Prakritha, Tamil and Telugu. It throws light on the history of India and the history of Karnataka. This is an important source for the study of Indian Mathematics. It is helpful in the study of the development of Physics, Chemistry and the Life Sciences in India. It helps in the study of sculpture and iconography If the versions of the Ramayana, the Mahabharatha, the Bhagavadgita, the Rig Veda and other ancient texts can be decoded, a comparison of those versions with the present day versions would be rewarding. Some Jain works which have been lost may be recovered from this work”.

The interest and importance given to this great work is disappointing. However, the crypto addicts can check this out.

Trip or trek? I think we had it all…

It was my first trekking experience and truly it was great one. My trek started in Bangalore itself on the way to the Majestic bus stand. Reason: Awesome traffic jam 🙂 We, the bengalureans have got used to it. I got to walk with the luggage for about 2.5 km on the curved footpaths with deceiving potholes. Finally made it to the bus stand. 7 of us; myself, thejas, daya, hemanth, ravi, rahul and giri had planned to visit dharmastala, kukke subbramanya and sringeri before, but the trek to Kumara Parvatha was a last minute decision. 6 of them had already arrived at the bus stand and i joined them on time. The timing of the trip was bad tough, since many were on their way to kukke for souramana ugadi. So had to contend with the Bengaluru sarige vahana.

I thought we can experience roller coaster only in bengaluru roads, but the roads to kukke made my view wrong. We are in the last seats of the bus, and i bet u, no fun world’s roller coaster can match it. We were literally being bounced for every second and by the time we reached kukke at 5:30am, thank god, all the joints were in place.

Refreshed ourselves in kukke and had our breakfast at the Mysore Cafe. We started of the trek with loads of water, glucose and oranges. It was the first trek, so we didn’t have any idea about the needs. We walked for about 20 minutes to the KP entrance from kukke. We were greeted by a snake!. So , all of us thrilled as to what we can expect while trekking.

We started around 9:30am, within 15 minutes , everyone were tired because of the steepness. Gulped water and continued. After 55 minutes, we met a group who had climbed from the somvarpet side. All 7, energised, were now with the goal to reach a flat land. After 2 hr inside the forest with very high humidity, all sweated out, we started to feel the coolness, indicating that we were nearing the flat land. We took a break and some snap shots. The group we met said that Bhatta’s house was nearby, so we started again. It wasn’t steep now, after another 45 minutes, we reached the Bhatta’s house. It was 1:10pm. We enjoyed the appy fizz, which drove us to reach Bhatta’s house as fast as possible. Its really great that the bhatta has lived there for 30 years. We ate the lunch, Rs. 40/-, unlimited.. There were 2 more groups there, who had come from the top. They advised us to start as fast as possible so that by 6:30 we could reach the peak. Bhatta said we would find a mantapa within 30 min, so we started again.

It was almost 1 hr, no traces of mantapa at all. We saw an infy group climbing a very steep peak.. So all were pumped up to race them. But, the steepness drained all the energy we had. What meant to be 30 min trek to manatapa acccording to bhatta, took us 2.5 hr! It was almost 5pm, only 4L of water remaining. So decided to stay in the mantapa for the night. The clouds started to form. It was a deadly experience. We hadn’t taken enough blankets, all shivering. To add, daya started to narrate the horror stories. Thejas shared his new found methods of meditation. A lone tree near the manatap feared me the most, all throughout the night. Myself and thejas gaurded the mantap while others fought for the space to sleep. At around 3 am, the sky was so clear that stars were so clearly seen. The brainies started to recognise the constellations. It was the most gruelling night i had in my life. We started to feel why were we trekking? we could have enjoyed the rock and fashion show of Utsav, BMSCE. Everyone were expecting to see the morning. Everyone were happy to see again the blue sky. Rahul, on imitating daya’s pull up’s in the mantapa broke the rock which fell over his hands and was injured. All thought, lets save our lives, lot of things to be achieved yet, so we didn’t go up further. We were disappointed as we couldn’t make it to the peak. We started to descent at 6:30 am. Getting down the steeps was also the difficult part of the trek. We were suprised that we had climbed such steeps. We reached the bhatta’s house, had our breakfast, took some snap shots and started our trek back to kukke. We were again greeted by the snake which fell on the path from the tree. Finally, made it to the starting point at around 1:30pm. Then cooled ourselves at the kumara dhara river and got the darshan at kukke. We left for dharmastala and then Sringeri. It was really a wonderful experience that i had in my life with the super sevens team.

Anyday we are in difficulty, we remember KP trek, we get the feeling that the difficulty is nothing!!

Super Seven rocks!!!!! yoooo…..

( Rahul, Ravi, Me, Hemanth, Thejas, Daya, Giri)

Kumara parvatha:

F1 pit stop.

F1 race is a co-ordination of car, driver and pit crew. The electronics that goes into the car is highly sophisticated. The mechanics and the dynamics of the car are also important. However, the pit stop plays a crucial role in the race.

A view of F1 pit stop.

US visas, a lottery!!

Getting a job in US has now become a lottery. The H1B visas are given to the outside professionals working in US companies and also graduates from the US universities. The quota for the number of visas for highly skilled workers is 65000. According to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the applications have exceeded the limit. This seems to be the reason for the authorities out there to hold a lottery while approving the visas. The lottery is carried out by a computer generated random selection process with all details of the applicants fed in prior.

In addition to the professionals, the graduate applications which is restricted to 20,000 has also exceeded.

Let me get you through how this affects the Indians in specific.

Indians are highly skilled which is the reason why the US companies fish around the IIT’s, NIT’s and also the engineering colleges to get the best talent. Its not only the talent that the company is gaining, but also the lower costs for the labour. This has indeed forced companies like Microsoft, Oracle etc. to hire the Indian professionals. But with the US govt. putting a cap on the US visas has put not only the companies at risk but also the Indians will not be able to expect a clear future. The lucky one in the lottery gets the job! Well, the quality of professionals getting into US will reduce encouraging the off-shore increase. I think this would have a impact on the mindset of the Indians going to US to seek a job in a longer run since there is no job security. This would definitely help India. Well, i am highlighting the brain drain scenario that is evident presently. This would plug it.

The number of Indians going to US to pursue higher studies, be it MS or MBA has increased substantially. Its the technology, the depth of research and of-course the job that drives an Indian to pursue higher studies. Well, after spending tens of lakhs on higher studies and the commitment, do we want to put student’s future into a lottery?? The US has done that. The future of outsiders in US will be bleak in the coming years. The unemployment rate would increase in US. The 20,000 visas allocated to such students will be put into a lottery. Those who fail to get, will be put into the remaining 65000 visas for highly skilled workers.

Hope the talented students and skilled workers get justice in US….