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Read the story of an incredible woman who sacrificed her life for misuse of science. What led her to commit suicide? Link in my bio. #joyexcel #instagramwriters #writer #science #scientist #women scientist #writersofinstagram #bloggers #blog #personalblog https://www.instagram.com/p/BvHRha0nKuR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11z3phqdtdaxa

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Sunday evening run #running #sundayrun https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs21h4LnhF6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qqbinorgwxav

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First post of this year about how why we run and how Marathon is more than just running. Link in my bio. #joyexcel #running #healthylifestyle #health #marathon #science #lifestyleblogger #lifestyle #writersofinstagram #writer (at Mumbai, Maharashtra) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsk14rqH0DC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2umw7os9lbv3

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Let's take an oath to become fitter, stronger and healthier this year. 😎 #healthylifestyle #fitness #bodybuilding #new year #beach #bodytransformation #2019goals https://www.instagram.com/p/BsI_e5xnCWB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1emj71de4bic9

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Excited. Just got the latest book of Robin Sharma. (at IIT Bombay) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrwwAkCn5Nm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hvrag9wbbs8h

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With some amazing kids. #joyexcel, #https://joyexcel.com/2018/12/23/an-experience-to-cherish/. (at Ponda, Goa) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrvAn5YHnjs/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=2k6qzebe1h5

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On a sunny day at a beach (at Miramar Beach, Miramar, Panaji, Goa) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bru5m7Bnf4N/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=z2htrmp139dz

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'Connect Your Dots' - What Johannes Gutenberg to Steve Jobs taught us

‘Connect Your Dots��� – What Johannes Gutenberg to Steve Jobs taught us

Have you heard the famous speech of Steve Jobs at Stanford University where he said

‘You cannot connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will connect somehow in future.’

If you haven’t then first hear it here. What you think how true is that? 

 I believe it’s very true probably you too think that. But actually, how many of…

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How will be our 'Nano World'?

How will be our ‘Nano World’?

Imagine a world where disease is just an option to us, we can have access to any information without even opening Google, where we can send our thoughts or informations to anyone without using e-mail, whatsapp or phone call. 

Sounds like a great Science-fiction movie right. But these all becoming reality today and may be within 15-20 years from now you can can experience all these. But how on…

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Why One Dimensional Success is not enough?

Why One Dimensional Success is not enough?

First of all thank you so much everyone for your amazing feedback about the last weeks post. It means a lot to me. Frankly it was for me also one of my favourite posts, the subject I found very interesting and fascinating. I will definitely continue that topic. Infact I am still in the amaze of dimensions.

Later I was imagining about all those dimensions of world and suddenly a thought came to my…

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What if you could live in a 10-dimensional world.

What if you could live in a 10-dimensional world.

Have you ever thought of becoming expert in more than one field? In your childhood or teenage years, you must have thought about becoming may be a scientist, a musician, a doctor (whatever profession you like) at the same time. But alas! as you grow up you have chosen only one and take up that as your profession. It is very rare to become professionals in more than one field. 

But what if I say…

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How do you feel about people who are living far away from you, in a another country, another continent. And if you have not been outside your own country, how do you know about them? Oh come on! we are living in the internet era. Media wheather it is electronic or printing is one of the main medium to know about the people, who are far away from you. 

But what media shows us most of the time is, people are kind of strange in other parts of the world. Their lifestyle is different, they are no way similar to us. And unfortunately we believe them also. That is when you isolate yourself from rest of the world.

I have mentioned several times in my posts that “We are One”. I am always a firm believer of the fact that, people around the world are not different, they have the same needs, same kind of feelings just like you. Just because some crap media creates a wrong perception in our mind about people in other parts of world doesn’t mean they are different.

So, today I have proof to show everyone of you that what I am saying is absolutely true. There is a website named ‘Dollar street” and it is just amazing. What does a website has to do with all this ? valid question.

Imagine you are living in a street with people all over the world beside you. Isn’t it amazing to think. Dollar street has made it possible, although through photos. If you are thinking you are very different from people of U.S.A, South Africa, Germany, India, Russia, Netherland, China or any other country you can think of then you are very wrong. Here is the proof.

Zimbabwe

Philippenes

Turkey

Sweden

Zimbabwe

Philippenes

Turkey

Sweden

Burundi

Nepal

Bulgaria

United states

 The basic idea of ‘Dollar Street‘ is to arrange families from different parts of the world according to their income not by locations (from left to right income increases, people in the same column have similar lives). These are just some of the pics I have taken from their website. There are more than 30000 photos of more than 200 familes from more than 50 different countries (Woooow!). 

Not only this you can literally see what kind of toothbrushes, toys, toilets, beds etc. people use all over the world. Watch out-

Malawi

Cameroon

Indonesia

Sweden

So what does ‘Dollar Street’ teaches us-

When it comes to your daily life, your location matters less than your income. People with similar incomes have similar lives irrespective of wherever thay live. They are not different. Needs of people are same everywhere, everyone wants a  solid roof over head, a soft bed, good food, nice clothes etc. Everywhere around the world pet lovers are there. The more you explore this website, more you get to know about our world and how similar people are. 

Therefore I would urge you to visit and explore this website. You will fall in love with this. Finally I must tell you about that amazing person, who has bring the whole world so close to us. The concept of Dollar Street was invented by Anna Rosling Rönnlund (sweden).  It has been funded mainly by a grant the Swedish Postcode Foundation.  Her focus is as always the big picture – knowing that: what you see is what you understand.

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According to Anna  “ The news show us images from other countries. We see wars, disasters, pandemics, refugees, corruption, animals, paradise beaches and exotic ethnic groups. All these things are extraordinary! In the rest of the world there seem to be no ordinary people and no everyday life.                                                                                                Nobody wants to be described as a strange characters in a fairytale. But to get our attention, that’s how the media portray people in other countries. People from different continents, with the same income, are neighbours on Dollar Street. The way people live on the same income levels is often surprisingly similar.”  Here is her famous ‘Ted talk”   

  So, go and check out ‘Dollar Street‘ and realise that ‘We are really one”. And if you not convinced even now that we are not different, then what can I say you. Just imagine a day when aliens from other galaxy would attack us ( though I never want this to happen)  we have to unite then irrespective of caste, culture, country, continent (So why not now).    

Make the world your home. Have a great week.                                                                              Be in joy. Until next time.                                                                                                                                                                   -Joy♥ 

    The street where the whole world lives. How do you feel about people who are living far away from you, in a another country, another continent.

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Why your Time management' plan is not working?

Why your Time management’ plan is not working?

How often you have tried to make a routine of your daily life. Well, I have done it a lot at various stages of my life starting from when I was in high school till now. Making a daily routine itself has a great pleasure, you will certainly feel as if your life is going to change from tomorrow as your routine is going to change. I enjoyed a lot making those routines in a sheet of paper.

But…

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Wonders of a 'free mind' and an 'open heart'.

Wonders of a ‘free mind’ and an ‘open heart’.

Have you been in an unknown place where everyone is almost stranger to you. You met some wonderful people there who became your friends for lifetime. Isn’t it an amazing feeling how someone from complete stranger to you  become your friend. 

There must be some guys/girls in your school, college and even in your surroundings who are just excellent with people. No one seems stranger to them, they…

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Wonders of a 'free mind' and an 'open heart'.

Wonders of a ‘free mind’ and an ‘open heart’.

Have you been in an unknown place where everyone is almost stranger to you. You met some wonderful people there who became your friends for lifetime. Isn’t it an amazing feeling how someone from complete stranger to you  become your friend. 

There must be some guys/girls in your school, college and even in your surroundings who are just excellent with people. No one seems stranger to them, they…

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'Listen to your gut' and keep it healthy.

‘Listen to your gut’ and keep it healthy.

Whenever in life you are in dilemma. You ask someone trustworthy about which way to choose? or which dicision will be fruitful in future?

I am sure very often you have heard from someone in situations like this ‘Listen to your gut’. To most of us it’s just a motivational line which inspire us to listen to our inner voice or feeling. Sentences such as ‘You need guts to do this’ or ‘I have gut…

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We all are familiar with the name John F. Nash, the Nobel Prize winner in economics for his game theory in the year 1994. Atleast you must have seen one of the best movies ever made (according to me) named ‘A Beautiful Mind’ based on this great mathematicians life. How inspiring it is to know about his life, after suffering from schizophrenia (A disorder that affects a person’s ability to think, feel and behave clearly) and the way recover and finally won the Nobel prize. It is truly inspiring.

Many of us know John Nash’s  story. But how many of us have ever heard about an Indian mathematician Vashishth Narayan Singh. None or may be very few. It is very unfortunate as a country for India, as it cannot look after it’s own countries wealth. I feel this is a person everyone should know about his journey at least every Indian. 

From a village in Bihar to USA, from  the life of name and fame to the life of mental disturbance and poverty this is Dr. Vashishth Narayan Singh’s story-

Dr. Vashishtha Narayan Singh was born as the first son of Late Lal Bahadur Singh and Smt. Lahaso Devi in Village Basantpur, under Sadar Block of Dist. Bhojpur on 2nd April 1942. His father was working as a policeman in the state Police Dept.. Vashishtha Narayan Singh had his primary education in the village school. Thereafter, he went to Netarhat School in class VI. In the year 1962, he passed his matriculation examination, topping in the entire state of Bihar. 

After his school education, he got admission in the prestigious Patna Science College. From Netarhat to Patna Science College, in 1963, was a natural progression for him but what happened thereafter was something extraordinary. Dr Nagendra Nath, Principal of the college, also a Maths teacher, on getting complaints, one after the other about Vashishtha often disturbing the Maths classes by posing questions somewhat unrelated, summoned him to his office chamber one day. He was given a few difficult questions, much beyond the Intermediate class he was student of, to solve. Not only did he solve them promptly right in front of the Principal but also further showed his skill in solving each of them in ways more than one. Dr Nath was awestruck, stood still for a while in total disbelief for he was face to face with kind of prodigy he had never encountered before. What followed after that was even more remarkable. The Rules of the University were amended and made flexible (courtesy, Governor cum Chancellor of the university) to enable Vashishtha to straightaway take the B Sc (Maths Hons.) final year exam after his first year in college. He topped the class with distinction. At the end of his second year in college, he was allowed to take the M Sc (Maths) final exam.

In earlymid 1960’s Bihar College of Engineering Patna, was in much better shape and world class faculty members used to visit the College. There was some Mathematics Conference in Bihar College of Engineering during mid 60’s where Prof John L. Kelley, HOD University of California, Berkley(UCB) as also present. 

He had presented a list of 5 most difficult problems in Mathematics or so. Vasistha Narayan Singh solved all of them and that too in different ways.

This Berkley professor got impressed and requested him to come to Berkley for further study. Vasistha Narayan Singh told him that it would be difficult for him to come to US on his own. HOD promised all the help and kept the word. HOD arranged for visa and flight ticket and got him into UCB. He took good care of Vasistha Narayan Singh at UCB as Vasistha Narayan Singh was a shy person. Vasistha Narayan Singh did not let down HOD and did his PhD with style and went on to work for NASA. You can find his Ph.D thesis even now here.

Things were going fine with him till sometime in 1975, and what happened one day changed all that. He was found snubbing his junior for an error in a manner somewhat unfamiliar with him and much to the annoyance and disappointments of others working in his unit. Promptly he was referred to the doctor – a psychiatrist. He was diagnosed as the one suffering from schizophrenia at its early stage and was prescribed some therapeutic medicines to continue with.

By then, Singh had become a role model for the youth in Bihar. He worked at UCB as assistant professor. He was perhaps also Bihar’s most eligible bachelor of his time. Marriage proposals came from across the state. In 1972 he finally gave in to his family’s wishes and decided to tie the knot. His bride was the daughter of a government doctor from a nearby village. A month after the nuptials, the couple departed to live out their American dream.

“In America, Bhaiyya‘s wife one day found him taking some pills,” says Prasad (his brother), “and asked her father about them. That’s how we ourselves came to know about his illness.”

In 1974, the couple returned to India and Singh started teaching at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. However, he soon become “fed up with the internal politics” there and opted instead to join the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai. He later moved to the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata.

Badly shaken by Singh’s mental condition, his wife left for her father’s house, never to return to her husband. Prasad says, “We do not blame her. Not everybody can live under such circumstances.” Their divorce was finalised in 1976. “It had a huge impact on our brother. He suddenly become very withdrawn and stopped eating,” says Prasad. A few months later, he became violent. The family was left with no options, but to send him to the Kanke Mental Asylum (now Central Institute of Psychiatry, Kanke).

He was discharged from the institution in 1985, but two years later, he disappeared from home. Despite all efforts, he could not be located. For four long years, the family waited for word about him, until some people informed them that Dr Vashishtha Singh had been found loitering near a garbage dump in his ex-wife’s village like this-

“After that, we have never let him out of our sight,” says Prasad.

When I saw the above picture for the first time I just couldn’t beleive my eyes. “How on earth this is possible” was my first expression. You might is thinking the same.

Now He speaks, but only when spoken to, and he avoids eye contact while speaking. When asked about his stay in Berkeley, he says with some lucidity, “I had a very good time there. I used to live at 10/20 Vine Road or was that 20/10?” Then just as suddenly he loses his train of thought. He mumbles, “But all of that has been destroyed now. Don’t you know Russia dropped atom bombs there? America is a wasteland now. Kelly sahib is also very worried.” His nephew, Rakesh, tells him that his mentor died many years ago. Singh insists, “No, no, he is alive, I spoke to him last night. He is in Delhi.”

  I think how ignorant can be a country, above pic is just the reflection of this. A national treasure like him are treated like this. “We are not asking for any financial help from the government. All we want him to have is an academic atmosphere.” said his brother.

Compare this story with John F. Nash’s story. Almost similar circumstances he was also suffering from schizophrenia but with the support of his wife, friends and country he recovered and went on to win Nobel Prize. His story became famous. well he deserved that.

What happened here with Vashishtha Narayan Singh after being found with schizophrenia his wife left him (when he needs her most), most importantly his own country didn’t came up to support and help him.

The biggest irony is even now his own country is not giving him the respect he deserves. Probably they don’t even heard his name as media is busy spreading shit news.

But it’s our responsibility to know this gem and show some respect. Some of his pics

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The unsung mathematician from India We all are familiar with the name John F. Nash, the Nobel Prize winner in economics for his game theory in the year 1994.