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Book Review #6 - The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

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Good Day, The Fountainhead By Ayn Rand "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand is a page-turning, thought-provoking philosophical fiction in which the author has knitted her perception of an ideal man and his crusade against a world which is so different from him. Summary: Howard Roark a young, brilliant architecture student who has a gift for designing structures based on the need of his customer and simply not just emulating the architectural styles prevalent, yet he manages to get expelled from his college, decides to work for an architect,Henry Cameron whose zenith had eclipsed leaving him with little work and alcoholism. From here he begins his career as an architect. In this book there are characters who find Roark to be an abomination to the the profession of architecture. They consider his indifference as arrogance, his radical style of building as his ineptitude and his integrity as lunacy. Will Howard succeed in his endeavor in bringing about a ...

Book Review #5 - Fire on the mountain by Anita Desai

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Good Day, Fire on the mountain By Anita Desai The book can be aptly described by the hindi phrase 'Chhota packet bada dhamaka'. It is very concise yet it has a robust and vivid description of Kasauli. Story: Nanda Kaul, widow of Vice-Chancellor is an old lady who seeks solitude in her house on the Upper Mall named Carignano. She doesnot invite and entertain any guests, even the postboy walking up her street itches her eyes. Nanda is content with her house and the view which she enjoys from Carignano. But one day her daughter Asha sends her a postcard, Asha wanted her grandchild to live with Nanda. Despite being not happy with desicion she was not able to deny her daughter. Raka was a curious child who much like her great-grandmother wanted to be left alone. She was always upto some secret adventure and busy in exploring the hills of Kasauli. Ila Das an old friend of Nanda comes to visit her. Ila had a ravenous voice. Das was the only person who kept in touch w...

Book Review #4 - We the living by Ayn Rand

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Good Day, We the living By Ayn Rand " We the living" by Ayn Rand is a very depressive story giving us the touch of reality of that period in Russia, after the Revolution. Story: Kira Argounova is the sun of the book. In times when all your decisions were made by the party, no freedom of speech or thought was to be exercised by the citizens and party was the supreme force not to clash with. She was the kind of person who had her own philosophy, values, and dreams of becoming an engineer, she knew what she wanted rather she was a perfect iconoclast, a maverick of bourgeois decent yet she had to surpress her traits for love. She belonged to an opulent family which lost everything owing to the nationalization after revolution. So the story changes when she comes across a very handsome stranger on a very ugly street. Leo Koval ensky was his name, son of Admiral Kovalensky.  Admiral was involved in counter revolution which led to him being blinded and exec...

Book Review#3 Animal Farm by George Orwell

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Good Day, Answer to last blog's riddle is   The old lady of course. After helping the old lady into the car, I give the car keys to my best friend. And then i go in the bus with my childhood love. Animal Farm  by George Orwell George Orwell has yet again pinpointed the oppressive nature of mankind and also shown its reckless desire of subjugating inferior beings in his book 'Animal Farm'. Story:  An Alcoholic Farmer named Mr Jones of Manor Farm is shown to exploit his farm animals by compelling them to do his chores which the animals felt were a superfluity. Conditions at the farm were getting worse as Mr Jones was dealing with his problem of alcoholism. His men were very indolent, they completed the work which enthralled them, it resulted in animals left unfed, crops were not taken care of etc. Farm animals were not able to bear this injustice any longer and pigs instigated a rebellion. Animals were successful in subverting the owner and his men, t...

gadgets#2 Microsoft Hololens

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Good Day, Answer to last blogs Riddle is diamond. Microsoft Hololens Have you seen movies with holograms? YES it is possible now with the help of Microsoft Hololens. Just wear this simple glasses and you will see a whole new and very enthralling virtual plus holographic world. It is like a computer in itself, it process and depicts hologram in front of you. You connect with other users and collectively watch a single view . Specs: Processors Intel 32 bit architecture Custom-built Microsoft Holographic Processing Unit (HPU 1.0) Power Battery life: 2-3 hours of active use Up to 2 weeks of standby time Fully functional when charging Passively cooled (no fans) Memory 64GB Flash 2GB RAM (2GB CPU and 1GB HPU) OS and Apps Windows 10 Windows Store Weight 579g Optics See-through holographic lenses (waveguides) 2 HD 16:9 light engines Automatic pupillary distance calibration Holographic Resolution: 2.3M total light points Hol...

Fitness#2 The Most Important Drink

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Good Day, Answer to last blog's riddle is given below A eunuch who did not see well saw a bat perched on a reed and threw a pumice stone at him which missed. The Most Important Drink Water, it would certainly be the most important drink for a fit and healthy lifestyle . Water has been bestowed as gift to human kind with overabundant uses.  I would suggest two rules, follow these rules like Gita and reap the maximum benefit of it. Drink at least 4 litre's or more of water every single day or a better measurement of you being hydrated is that your urine should be clear. Every Morning when you wake up drink at least 1 litre water. Benefits of Staying Hydrated: Helps to lose weight by boosting metabolism. Healthy Skin It helps in getting rid from toxins in the body. It also reduces risk of cancer. Drinking  5 or more glass of water and reduce your  risk of getting colon cancer.   You will su...