Difference between lateral and logical thinking

Many years ago in a small Indian village,

A farmer had the misfortune Of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender.

The Moneylender , who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful Daughter. So he proposed a bargain.

He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his Daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the Proposal.

So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let Providence decide the matter.

He told them that he would put a black Pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would Have to pick one pebble from the bag.

1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be forgiven.
2) If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father's debt would still be forgiven.
3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into Jail.


They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer's field. As They talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he Picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two Black pebbles and put them into the bag.

He then asked the girl to pick A pebble from the bag.

Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:

1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.
2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag And expose the money-lender as a cheat.
3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order To save her father from his debt and imprisonment.

Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with The hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral And logical thinking.

The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with Traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if she chooses

The above logical answers.


What would you recommend to the Girl to do?

Well, here is what she did ....

The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without Looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path Where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles.

"Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the Bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I Picked."

Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had Picked the white one. And since the money-lender dared not admit his Dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into An extremely advantageous one.

My fav quotes

[1] Regular naps prevent old age, especially if you take them while
driving.

[2] Having one child makes you a parent; having two makes you are a
referee.

[3] Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and
the other is the husband!

[4] I believe we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried - but
they wanted cash.

[5] A child's greatest period of growth is the month after you've
purchased new school uniforms.

[6] Don't feel bad. A lot of people have no talent.

[7] Don't marry the person you want to live with, marry the one you
cannot live without, but whatever you do, you'll regret it later.

[8] You can't buy love, but you pay heavily for it.

[9] Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

[10] Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get
tired.

[11] Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll
take it anyway.

[12] My wife and I always compromise. I admit I'm wrong and she agrees
with me.

[13] Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

[14] Ladies first. Pretty ladies sooner.

[15] A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always
with the same person.

[16] You're getting old when you enjoy remembering things more than
doing them.

[17] It doesn't matter how often a married man changes his job, he
still ends up with the same boss.

[18] Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address
books.

[19] Saving is the best thing. Especially when your parents have done
it for you.

[20] Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk
because they have to say something

[21] They call our language the mother tongue because the father
seldom gets to speak!

[22]Why do couples hold hands during their wedding? It's a formality
just like two boxers shaking hands before the fight begins!

[23]It's funny when people discuss Love Marriage vs Arranged. It's
like asking someone, if suicide is better or being murdered.

[24]There is only one perfect child in the world and every mother has

Here i am sitting in my office @ night.

Think about it : )




Here i am sitting in my office @ night
Thinking hard about life
How it changed from a collage life to strict professional life...

How tiny pocket money changed to huge monthly paychecks
but then why it gives less happiness.

How a few local denim jeans changed to new branded wardrobe
but then why there are less people to use them

How a single plate of samosa changed to a full Pizza or burger
But then why there is less hunger..

Here i am sitting in my office @ night
Thinking hard about life
How it changed..

How a bike always in reserve changed to bike always on
but then why there are less places to go on

How a small coffee shop changed to cafe coffee day
but then why its feels like shop is far away..

How a limited prepaid card changed to postpaid package
but then why there are less calls & more messages

Here i am sitting in my office @ night
Thinking hard about life
How it changed...

How a general class journey changed to Flight journey
But then why there are less vacations for enjoyment.

How a old assembled desktop changed to new branded laptop
but then why there is less time to put it on.

How a small bunch of friends changed to office mate
But then why we always feel lonely n miss those college frnz..

Here i am sitting in my office @ night
Thinking hard about life

How it changed.. How it changed..

India as seen by Slumgdog Millionaire

Is it a masala film ? Yes
It depicts India in a poor shape? Yes
Is life really hard in this country? Yes
Do poor really have hard life like this? Yes even harder than it showed
Don't we have rich people? Yes we have, in fact, few of the richest in the world
How come they become so rich? Few by greedy business and others by outsourcing US money
Are all rich people like this? Not all but many are. Other rich are not richest
So, Are we a poor nation? Yes
Are we a corrupt nation? Yes
Are we divided in caste and creed? Yes
Will we ever rise? May be
Will we ALL rise? No
Is our society responsible for it? BIG YES
Are we pseudo patriotic? Yes

Will this ever end? Never
Why? Don't we have intelligent people? Yes we have
Where are they? In US and UK
Why are they there? Because no one likes to be ruled by dumb asses

Who are dumb asses? We all are.. you, I and rest

The mantra to win any award

The mantra to win any award :

01. Take any famous British or Hollywood director.
02. Production house doesn't matter. A rich or famous house would be better.
03. Take renown Indian actors and give them supporting roles only.
04. The hero ideally should be a new comer but a small unseen actor would also do.

Now next two points are important -

05. Show India in a pathetic sense - a real pathetic world. Show slums, dirty people, baggers, the evils in the society and hey! don't forget to show violence done by Hindu extremists. Hindu-Muslim violence is a spicy item number. Showcasing small kids being used for heinous crimes, the drug mafia will add to the 'realism' but it is director's choice only.
06. Publicize a film based on India, played by Indians but for US/UK audience only. Releasing it in overseas than India first would be a great idea.


And here you go .... nominations, laurels, awards, applauds.. may be a nomination for the academy awards and everything else you can imagine. Isn't it the simple formula??

Microsoft Releases Windows 7 Beta as a Free Download

LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft's excitable CEO Steve Ballmer showed off Windows 7 -- the slick, fast, user-friendly successor to the much-maligned Windows Vista -- and said it will be available as a public beta on Friday.

Unveiled by an intense Ballmer during his keynote address on the eve of CES 2009, Windows 7 will offer better performance on underpowered machines such as netbooks, support for multitouch interfaces, and simplified home networking.

Ballmer said that this would be the "best version of Windows ever" and pointed out features that implicitly acknowledged the problems with Windows Vista.

"We are putting in all the right ingredients -- simplicity, reliability and speed -- and working hard to get it right and to get it ready," said Ballmer.

Ballmer's keynote is his first at the big, prestigious CES show since the departure of Microsoft founder Bill Gates a year ago. He showed no signs of stage fright, bounding onstage in a maroon pullover, rubbing his hands together and grinning eagerly.

Microsoft is also eager to get Windows 7 into people's hands given the negative reaction to Windows Vista, which was widely panned. Released in 2007, Vista annoyed many customers with its hunger for computing resources and its seemingly incessant security notifications. Those notifications were such a defining characteristic of Vista that they were even satirized in Apple commercials. Despite the criticisms, Microsoft sold 20 million copies of Vista in the first month, and there are now an estimated 300 million users of Vista worldwide.

According to Ballmer, Windows 7 will be available to developers immediately, and to the general public on Friday, January 9. It will be a free download from Microsoft's site.

Windows 7 has been widely anticipated since developers got the first glimpse of it at a Microsoft conference earlier this year. Microsoft promises that the new OS will have faster startup and shutdown times, fewer security alerts, and will provide better power management leading to improved battery life on laptops.

Microsoft showed off Windows 7's support for multitouch interfaces, simplified home networking, and easier management of peripheral devices such as cell phones and digital cameras.

In addition, the OS will have an updated Taskbar, new animated desktop effects, context-sensitive menus and a smarter desktop search tool. And it will be svelte enough to run on a netbook with as little as 1GB of RAM and a 1GHz processor, Microsoft has promised.

This is the only public beta of Windows 7, a company spokesperson confirmed. The company did not announce the exact date of Windows 7's commercial release.

Windows 7 is only one part of Microsoft's three-pronged strategy to provide software for what Ballmer called the "three screens" -- PCs, phones and TVs.

"I believe windows will remain at the center of people's technological solar system," Ballmer said, touting the company's efforts in the mobile, online, and home entertainment markets.


For instance, Ballmer announced that its online software suite, Windows Live Essentials, will be coming out of beta as of tomorrow.

The company announced several Windows Live partnerships, including one with Facebook, which will allow Facebook users to share content that they've uploaded into their Facebook accounts with their Windows Live accounts. Similar interconnectivity already exists between Windows Live and Flickr.

Also, Dell will be preloading Windows Live Essentials on its computers, replacing the Google Toolbar.

Ballmer promised a new version of Microsoft's OS for smartphones, Windows Mobile, to come in the first quarter of 2009. This OS will include support for Adobe Flash-based apps, including the video players used on many sites, such as YouTube.

After Ballmer, Microsoft's Robbie Bach took the stage to tout the company's Xbox 360 and Xbox Live products. According to Bach, 28 million Xbox consoles have been sold to date, and there are 17 million active users of the Xbox Live service.

The company will also be releasing two new Halo games in 2009, including Halo Wars, a strategy game that will ship on March 3, and Halo 3: Orbital Drop Shock Trooper.

Wrapping up the keynote, Ballmer and another Microsoft executive gave a demo of a futuristic multitouch application for students that made use of many technologies from the company's R&D labs, including automatic document summarizing and highlighting of key points, organizing notes along topical timelines, and collaborating with other students on a Microsoft Surface-type touch-sensitive table. They also showed what they said was a prototype flexible display, although the image shown on the bendable plastic did not seem particularly dynamic.

- wired.com

New year resolution

Ah!! Its new year again and so is the time to make new resolutions. Many do so but i don't like making resolutions on specific days. There should not be any particular day when one can make resolutions for good, instead it should be an ongoing and lifetime journey for good.

Also, i don't like the concept of new year. For me and theoretically too, every day is a new year as the same day would come only after an year. So for those who believe in making resolutions at the start of year they can make it any day ~~

Even then, I would like to wish the citizens of the world a 'happy new year' and i wish this year we see less crime, terror and there is peace, harmony and joy in everyone's life

Ameen !