Was it a miracle or was it just good luck, but we did it as a nation.
Poor Past:
All of us had our apprehension about F1 race in India.
We cannot forget the fiasco in commonwealth Games held a few months back in New Delhi.
The Arrangements were inadequate and so sloppy that as a country we got a bad name.
The International committee threatened to stop the games but somehow the situation was saved by the Indian Government.
The Government has since then initiated cases against Suresh Kalmadi and others for misusing the funds.
With this background as a nation we were very nervous about F1 event, but the arrangements were really world class and the track a beauty.
The Buddh International Circuit:
The circuit is 5.14 Kms long and it has been designed by the famous circuit designer Hermann Tilke.
It has an interesting feature that cars can reach a maximum speed of 320 kmph making it the second fastest circuit after Monza in Milan, Italy.
The expected lap time around is 1 minute 27 seconds approximately and the race would have 60 laps.
Whatever we could see on the TV it really looked great and the International Committee of Car Racing has appreciated the arrangement.
Of course there was a stray dog menace just a day before the event and the same was reported in the press, which was really embarrassing as such intrusion of the dog on a race day would have caused serious accidents.
Car racing is a dangerous sport which leads to serious accidents and sometimes deaths on the track, which we have witnessed in the best of venues. We as a country have inadequate resources to cater to the injured and such accidents would have added to our woes.
The security was strong and well deployed after the fiasco of Metallica which was cancelled due to poor security arrangements.
Tickets:
The tickets were priced from Rs 2500 with 6500 seats to Rs 35000 for 20156 seats, the median being Rs 6500 for 36838 seats. The weighted average cost per ticket works out to be Rs 13062 per seat.
It is a big price to pay for an event but it is worthwhile as such events have never ever been held in India before.
The Race: 30.10.11
What a race it was, once again Sebastian Wettel of Red Bull won the race.
He was always in the lead and did not allow the second driver Jenson Button of McLaren to overtake him.
He finished the race in 1Hr: 30Min: 35.002Seconds. With Jenson doing it in 1Hr: 30Min: 43.435Seconds.
As you see it was close which is the case with F1 racing.
This was Sebastian’s eleventh victory in 17 races this season.
The third place was won by Fernando Alonso of Ferrari.
Indian Driver Narain Karthikeyan was participating and he did proud to India.
Mr. Adrian Sutil finishing 9Th for Sahara Force India and Karthikeyan finishing 17Th for Hispania.
Crash:
The crash of Felipe Massa of Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton of McLaren was unfortunate and Hamilton finished at the seventh place. He really made up for the time lost due to the crash.
Felipe Massa could not even complete the race.
Audience:
The crowd was 90000 plus and to manage this huge crowd would have been tough for the UP police.
Kudos to the authorities for managing the event without any untoward incident.
The race itself was like any other F1 race and it evoked huge clientele thro TV and other medium.
The reporters from all over the world were there to cover the event.
Celebrities:
There were many celebrities who witnessed this epoch making event.
Shahrukh Khan, SachinTendulkar, Arjun Rampal,Priety Zinta,Rowan Atkinson many other HNI’s graced the event.
Sachin had the great task of waving the chequered flag at the end of the race.
Image of India:
India now would be on the Tourist map more so because the F1 would have brought in many foreign guests and they would have savored our cuisine and our hospitality.
There would be no looking back now; India can only go ahead with such great events in future.
The Authorities need to keep the venue spick and span and good maintenance over the years is a must to ensure world class facility.
Kudos to Ms Mayavati the chief minister of UP and the Jaypee group which constructed the stadium and organized the event at Greater Noida.
Here is wishing India all The Best to manage such events in future.
We are proud to be Indians.
Mera Bharat Mahan.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
What makes Steve Jobs so Special ?
It is very rare that we come across individuals who have contributed so much to the world.
Steve Jobs has done that and even more.
Humble Beginning:
Steve Jobs started Apple Computer along with Steve Wozniak in 1976 in a Silicon Valley garage and went to make it a world’s most innovative company.
Apple1 computer was launched in 1976.
Going Public:
Then came Apple II, this became a huge success and it culminated into his company going public.
The invention of Apple II was much before (4 years to be precise) the advent of PC’s by IBM.
Then in 1984 came The Macintosh from Apple. This brought the concept of Point & Click to the masses.
Steve’s Exit from Apple:
Things soured in Apple and Steve Jobs was fired in 1985.
New Venture:
Steve Jobs was not to relent and he founded “NEXT the computer company”.
When he was away from Apple in 1985, he bought a Computer Animation Film Company from George Lucas and named it Pixar, which initially did not do well but after the release of Toy Story it went to make history in animation films production.
Later in 2006, Pixar was bought over by Disney’s.
Steve’s homecoming to Apple:
In 1997, Apple purchased NEXT the computer company and Steve Jobs was back in Apple.
In 1998, Apple introduced the iMac the first computer which had the Monitor & the computer into a single unit. By 2007 iMac became the main revenue earner of apple amounting to 47% of its total revenue.
He became the CEO in 2000.
Forays into Music:
During his second innings with Apple he was instrumental in creating iPod, iPhone & iPad.
The advent of iPod in 2001 is a good competitor in digital music and it has revolutionized the concept of music. It has done away with CD’s and CD Players and downloading of iTunes became legal.
Smart Phone:
The invention of iPhone in 2007, made him very popular in technological developments. iPhone though a late entrant in the mobile telephony has already grabbed about 19% market share. It is an iPod for music, a revolutionary mobile phone and an internet communications device. This is the smart phone.
Tablet:
Apple has made the present day computer look dull. With the advent of iPad in 2010 the concept of a computer has been re written, probably one could call this a new era in computers.
This has led other computer manufacturers to relook at their products.
This has now catapulted Apple to a place far ahead of Intel & Microsoft put together.
Apple is today no more a mere computer company, it sells everything from a computer to a mobile phone.
The company has changed its identity from Apple Computers Inc to Apple Inc in 2007.
What is the mantra of Apple?
Steve Jobs knew that technological innovations alone can make his company a leader.
Months before the introduction of iMac he said that People often did not know what they want until you showed it to them.
Steve knew what people wanted before even they do themselves.
Steve said in 1993:
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me, Going to bed at night saying we have done something wonderful…that’s what matters to me.
What makes Steve Jobs so special?
He was
Innovative
Creative
A Great Leader
Created new markets.
Obit:
Google’s Eric Schmidt has said:
He uniquely combined an artist’s touch and an engineer’s vision to build an extraordinary company, one of the greatest American leaders in history.
President Obama has said:
Steve was brave enough to think differently,
Bold enough to believe he could change the world,
And talented enough to do it.
Steve Jobs: A Great Innovator who changed the world. 24TH February 1955 -5Th October-2011.
We miss you Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs has done that and even more.
Humble Beginning:
Steve Jobs started Apple Computer along with Steve Wozniak in 1976 in a Silicon Valley garage and went to make it a world’s most innovative company.
Apple1 computer was launched in 1976.
Going Public:
Then came Apple II, this became a huge success and it culminated into his company going public.
The invention of Apple II was much before (4 years to be precise) the advent of PC’s by IBM.
Then in 1984 came The Macintosh from Apple. This brought the concept of Point & Click to the masses.
Steve’s Exit from Apple:
Things soured in Apple and Steve Jobs was fired in 1985.
New Venture:
Steve Jobs was not to relent and he founded “NEXT the computer company”.
When he was away from Apple in 1985, he bought a Computer Animation Film Company from George Lucas and named it Pixar, which initially did not do well but after the release of Toy Story it went to make history in animation films production.
Later in 2006, Pixar was bought over by Disney’s.
Steve’s homecoming to Apple:
In 1997, Apple purchased NEXT the computer company and Steve Jobs was back in Apple.
In 1998, Apple introduced the iMac the first computer which had the Monitor & the computer into a single unit. By 2007 iMac became the main revenue earner of apple amounting to 47% of its total revenue.
He became the CEO in 2000.
Forays into Music:
During his second innings with Apple he was instrumental in creating iPod, iPhone & iPad.
The advent of iPod in 2001 is a good competitor in digital music and it has revolutionized the concept of music. It has done away with CD’s and CD Players and downloading of iTunes became legal.
Smart Phone:
The invention of iPhone in 2007, made him very popular in technological developments. iPhone though a late entrant in the mobile telephony has already grabbed about 19% market share. It is an iPod for music, a revolutionary mobile phone and an internet communications device. This is the smart phone.
Tablet:
Apple has made the present day computer look dull. With the advent of iPad in 2010 the concept of a computer has been re written, probably one could call this a new era in computers.
This has led other computer manufacturers to relook at their products.
This has now catapulted Apple to a place far ahead of Intel & Microsoft put together.
Apple is today no more a mere computer company, it sells everything from a computer to a mobile phone.
The company has changed its identity from Apple Computers Inc to Apple Inc in 2007.
What is the mantra of Apple?
Steve Jobs knew that technological innovations alone can make his company a leader.
Months before the introduction of iMac he said that People often did not know what they want until you showed it to them.
Steve knew what people wanted before even they do themselves.
Steve said in 1993:
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me, Going to bed at night saying we have done something wonderful…that’s what matters to me.
What makes Steve Jobs so special?
He was
Innovative
Creative
A Great Leader
Created new markets.
Obit:
Google’s Eric Schmidt has said:
He uniquely combined an artist’s touch and an engineer’s vision to build an extraordinary company, one of the greatest American leaders in history.
President Obama has said:
Steve was brave enough to think differently,
Bold enough to believe he could change the world,
And talented enough to do it.
Steve Jobs: A Great Innovator who changed the world. 24TH February 1955 -5Th October-2011.
We miss you Steve Jobs.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
How Written Communication has changed.
A few years back people communicated to each other using Letters.
Post Offices developed throughout the world helping people send letters.
The Letters used to take one week to reach Europe and USA.
People waited patiently to receive replies from their near and dear ones.
We used to await the arrival of the Postman to our homes as we were eagerly waiting for letters.
Pen friends were developed across continents thro letters exchanged thro the postal service.
The postal work is considerably reduced as the need to write letters is no more there.
Everything has changed now.
Today is the age of Face book, Twitters, and e mail.
Mobiles have reduced the need to write e mails as well, as sms and chat over the mobiles have surpassed the use of e mails and chat on the PC’s.
The development of e mails was an interesting one.
1971: A computer engineer Mr. Ray Tomlinson used the @ sign to separate the name from the terminal he was using.
1980: AOL developed instant chat.
1989: The World Wide Web is born. Mr. Tim Berners-Lee wrote the Hyper Text Protocol (HTTP)
A language that enabled the computers to communicate hypertext documents over the internet.
1996: Mr. Sabeer Bhatia & Jack Smith launched the first E mail service and called it “Hot Mail”
Derived from HTML.
This is one of the biggest e Mail service providers today.
Later Microsoft acquired this company in 1997.
1997: Yahoo launches its E Mail service.
2004: Google is a late entrant to this facility and it is next to Hot Mail & Yahoo in users.
2004: Harvard Sophomore and Mark Zuckerberg launch the social networking site Face book which has revolutionized the concept of writing.
E mail has taken back seat and people write thro Face book.
As we see in 8 years since Hotmail was launched the e mail has become staid and social networking has taken over.
2011 Google Plus has entered the social networking site.
The invention of newer forms of communication is so fast that today we cannot write anymore but only tweet.
Post Offices developed throughout the world helping people send letters.
The Letters used to take one week to reach Europe and USA.
People waited patiently to receive replies from their near and dear ones.
We used to await the arrival of the Postman to our homes as we were eagerly waiting for letters.
Pen friends were developed across continents thro letters exchanged thro the postal service.
The postal work is considerably reduced as the need to write letters is no more there.
Everything has changed now.
Today is the age of Face book, Twitters, and e mail.
Mobiles have reduced the need to write e mails as well, as sms and chat over the mobiles have surpassed the use of e mails and chat on the PC’s.
The development of e mails was an interesting one.
1971: A computer engineer Mr. Ray Tomlinson used the @ sign to separate the name from the terminal he was using.
1980: AOL developed instant chat.
1989: The World Wide Web is born. Mr. Tim Berners-Lee wrote the Hyper Text Protocol (HTTP)
A language that enabled the computers to communicate hypertext documents over the internet.
1996: Mr. Sabeer Bhatia & Jack Smith launched the first E mail service and called it “Hot Mail”
Derived from HTML.
This is one of the biggest e Mail service providers today.
Later Microsoft acquired this company in 1997.
1997: Yahoo launches its E Mail service.
2004: Google is a late entrant to this facility and it is next to Hot Mail & Yahoo in users.
2004: Harvard Sophomore and Mark Zuckerberg launch the social networking site Face book which has revolutionized the concept of writing.
E mail has taken back seat and people write thro Face book.
As we see in 8 years since Hotmail was launched the e mail has become staid and social networking has taken over.
2011 Google Plus has entered the social networking site.
The invention of newer forms of communication is so fast that today we cannot write anymore but only tweet.
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