Proud to be part of a History....

Another milestone for Indian Space agency ISRO by launching GSLV Mark III rocket. But unlike other ISRO missions in the past, this time it's not just a joyful moment but also a proud moment for me personally. For my Engg. project work, I was fortunate to work on an assignment for HAL, Bangalore. This project was outsourced by ISRO to this mighty Aerospace division of HAL

My Project: The assignment was to Design a Weld Fixture to weld a bimetal adapter and a flange for the Liquid Oxygen (LOX) tank used during Cryogenic stage. Considering the heat transfer rate and the different thermal properties of mild steel and aluminium materials and the fixture’s ability to arrest all the six degrees of freedom of workpiece. The crux of this assignment was to add a dummy between the bimetal strip which can absorb the heat before reaching the other lower thermal property material.

Few days ago, after hearing about the launch of this mission, recollected those wonderful days spent at HAL with my friends, where we all were about to complete our graduation…. Nostalgic! Thank you HAL for giving us an opportunity work with you. Take a bow!

Just-is Denied

37years are good long days to live one life, but if this has to be spent in a place of no interest to you and without a company of friends and family may sound insane. Here is a case where a person called Jagjivan who hailed from the land of Lord Shri Rama, was kept behind the bars for 37 years without even being trialed.

People living larger than life either gets the privilege of paroles or to defend their cases with the aid of best lawyers in the business, even though having known to themselves and the world that they did the crime for which they are being trialed. But what a poor can do in such scenario, who normally survives battle everyday for the livelihood of self and his dependant family.

Whether the person in question was guilty or not is totally a different case altogether, but firstly he should be bestowed with the fundamental right of “Right to speech” to under go trial before being convicted. This might not be a one-off case, and with Digital media becoming very vigilant in bringing all truth in the public domain, many such heart touching stories may be revealed.

We blow our trumpets in the name of world’s largest democratic country, but do we really rejoice the fruits of democracy? Digital technology can play a major role to encounter injustice or denial of justice. If each case is trialed on merits…say in ‘Points’ basis. The most heinous crime ranked (baseline points against each IPC section) above a crime committed which had less impact to society or an individual’s life. Similarly the weight age of a crime committed in the past should score more than the one’s committed in the recent time. The algorithm of many such parameters should gives us the merit list which law has to follow for fair and transparent trial.

Since law is just one example here with many such cases in it like 'Malegaon blast' case where trial is yet to commence for the accused even after 5years ; technology can improve the quality of every life by having it across various systems and hence giving a Fair, Transparent, and Swift solutions. 

'TATA - AirAsia' -- the next big thing

In this self-obsessed world nobody is spared, and the competitors would go to any extent for their survival, specially in a dynamic market like India. It's no different in TATA-AirAsia case, which is expected to conclude soon as narrated here. It is so shocking to believe that even federation of Indian Airlines was also involved in this game. May be the federation forgot their ancestor TATAs who launched  India's first airlines - TATA Airlines in our country and later Government took over (sic) to make it a public enterprise and named it Air India, and ultimately ruined it.

Air India has accumulated losses of around Rs 15,000 cr over last 4 years; and 60% of overall airlines industry debt of $14.5 billion. It's no rocket science to make out that the netas VIP treatment had a major role to play. Amul's troll below is a humourous way to convey the arrogant behaviour of the men in khaadi.

For the TATAs, a return to aviation marks an “emotional” reconnect with a business they had pioneered; but for their rivals, it’s a bleeding business.

Wish to see TATA-AirAsia flying high and God bless them the strength to render great services not just to the citizens of India but also globally.

Flying will no longer remain a dream for middle and lower middle class citizens (atleast) once TATA-AirAsia becomes reality. As the AirAsia tagline in the above pic says "Now Everyone Can Fly" :)

P.S: I have stopped following BJP's Subramanyam Swamy on FB, for his efforts in objecting the deal. End of the day it is all about believing and following like minded people.