Human quest for knowledge

The ultimate question to anyone is which corporate giant will succeed in today’s highly competitive corporate world. Today Walmart may be the biggest corporate in the world, but it has to buy and sell the items. It also has to do marketing of the products or services it sells. Exxon Mobil may be second largest right now but within few decades when oil is no longer available in the world or when the energy use is shifted to cleaner fuels, its revenues will certainly deep.I personally believe, it will be some corporate, which will cater to the needs of people without putting incurring much expenses. I suppose, the penultimate corporate war will be succeeded by some corporate which will cater to broaden human quest for knowledge e.g. Google Search Engine. Some might opine why not other search engines. Yes, other search engines also have the scope but until and unless they come up with some technology or idea superior to Google idea, they will be unable to match the extent to which Google is catching on with our lives.

Some will also argue future technologies such as nanotech and robotics to take over the Google craze. However, I have my doubts as these technologies will certainly help us get more technologies in life, it will make us redundant of the very purpose we are living. Yes, we look for an easy solution to everything but we don’t need something which will be monotonous. A robot certainly will fetch us the water bottle but it will never react on its own. We have to feed every instruction; it will serve us like a house cleaner and will do whatever we command her to do.

However, that will decrease the zing thing we have in our life. Human mind is complex and we get bored very easily, and that is why we have our ‘quest for knowledge’. If we did not have that Google certainly would not have succeeded in Search Engine domain. Androids and robotics may change the way we work but it will not certainly change the way we think. We are human and let us remain that way.

Who won Indian Idol?

Indian Idol a talent hunt show was won by Prashant Tamang from Darjeeling. In the second spot was Amit Paul from Shillong. Though, I am happy for both of them I loath the way Sony Entertainment handled the situation in the final stages of the show. In earlier rounds when someone is to be out of the show, he/she was given the microphone to speak a few words or were requested to sing a song.

But on the final day, after the coveted prize went to Prashant, Amit wasn’t given a chance to speak up. May be the hosts forgot his presence or the stage director didn’t had anything in the script so that the hosts could give him the microphone.

Sony Entertainment, next time please handle those coming in the second more carefully for they too must be given a chance to speak.

We ‘The Cricket Crazy’

The morning newspaper (The Times of India, Delhi Edition) depicted a front page full of celebration on India’s win at 20Twenty World Cup. Every news got sidelined as Mr. Dhoni and the party hit the streets of Mumbai. I expect a similar treat here in Delhi too when they arrive. We ‘the Cricket crazy’ Indians had been longing for this for quite a time, yet our players did not perform to their level best. Last time we hit the road to celebrate was when India were at the Lord’s.

Keep the good spirit Mr. Dhoni & Co. and keep India at the top of Cricket world for years to come. Jai Hind.