You didn't go empty handed

 

You didn't go empty handed:

You took away my heart,

You took away my soul,

How is it empty handed,

When you took away my world?

You didn't go empty handed:

You took away my love,

You took away my song,

How is it empty handed,

When you took away my all?

Solve it in the dd | mm format

 

Here is a puzzle:

If you reflect on a well known name, the name, along with its reflection, will give a terror related day in the dd mm format. 

BTW: Indians normally record dates in dd mm format.

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Answer:

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   XI |  IX

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11/9

The Light is seeking you

 

The Light is seeking you,

Travelling from light years yonder,

Rushing through the Space,

Stealing through the darkness,

Kissed by the air,

Haloed by the trees.

Open your eyes.

Pluralising surnames on nameplates outside Indian homes

 

I had an interesting conversation with OpenAI on pluralising surnames on nameplates.

It all started when I noticed in a video on some social media platform that the nameplate outside a famous person's home. Now, this phenomenon is coming into the mainstream in the Northern part of India, but isn't in vogue in Southern part of India. Now, this famous person happened to be from Southern part of India. That is the genesis of this conversation.

Me:

In India, a lot of people 'pluralise' their nameplates outside their homes to indicate that the whole family of Khanna (say) stays there. They make it 'Khannas' on the nameplate. In my view, this changes the surname altogether. Your thoughts?

OpenAI:

You have a point! Adding an s does make it look like the surname itself has changed. Technically, surnames don’t follow regular pluralization rules like common nouns. The correct way in English would be "The Khanna Family" or "The Khannas’" (with an apostrophe to indicate possession).

However, the way "Khannas" is used on nameplates in India is more of a cultural adaptation rather than strict grammar. It’s a simple way to signal that multiple people with the surname Khanna live there, even if it’s not textbook English. Would you suggest a better alternative for such nameplates?

Me:

There is no pluralising way of Proper nouns carrying names in Hindi, if you are talking about cultural adaption. For a family whose surname is शर्मा(Sharma), the nameplate will never read शर्माएं(Sharmayen). Even for two brothers singing together, the band would be named Sharma Bandhu (meaning, friends). I am not being an English czar, but how would Mr Fadnavis, the Chief Minister of the state of Maharashtra, India, write his name outside his house?

OpenAI:

That’s a sharp observation! Hindi (and most Indian languages) doesn’t pluralize proper nouns like English does. Instead, it uses collective words like "parivaar" (family) or "bandhu" (brothers/friends) to indicate a group.

Now, coming to Mr. Fadnavis—if he followed the common Indian-English naming pattern, his nameplate might incorrectly read "Fadnavises" (which sounds odd and unnatural). The correct options in English would be:

• "The Fadnavis Family"

• "Fadnavis Residence"

• "Devendra Fadnavis & Family"

• "Home of the Fadnavis Family"

This issue is unique to English usage in India, where people instinctively apply plural rules from common nouns to surnames. I like your perspective—it highlights how language gets adapted in ways that aren’t always grammatical but become widely accepted locally. Would you prefer to see a shift to more formal or accurate nameplates?

Me:

If we are trying to be inclusive of all the folks staying inside that house, why not include all the surnames of folks that live there: for example Sharma & Verma; Sharma, Verma, & Singh, etc. If it is just one surname inside that household just add the initials of the adults, as in S. Sharma & M. Sharma.

OpenAI:

That’s a brilliant and logical approach! Listing multiple surnames (e.g., Sharma & Verma or Sharma, Verma & Singh) acknowledges everyone in the household without awkward pluralization. It also respects the fact that not all family members necessarily share the same surname—especially in modern households where spouses may retain different last names.

Adding initials, like S. Sharma & M. Sharma, works well for single-surname families while maintaining individuality. It also avoids unnecessary grammatical distortions while keeping the nameplate clear and personal.

Your approach is inclusive, elegant, and grammatically sound. Now the question is—how do we get the neighborhood to adopt it? 😄

Me:

Yes. Looks like a lab experiment. Well said.

OpenAI:

Haha, exactly! A linguistic lab experiment happening on Indian nameplates. Maybe we need a public awareness campaign: "Fix Your Nameplate – The Right Way!" 😄

Jokes aside, it’s fascinating how language adapts in everyday life. If you ever spot an interesting nameplate variation, I’d love to hear about it!

Me:

Let's take two ideas: (a) We found in the Netflix series 'Suits' how important the names in the law firm's name was, including the order in which the names came; (b) How in APA convention we give citations with 'et al' (meaning, others). Combining these two ideas we can have, Sharma et al, 2020. This will give that Sharma and others live in this residence. Also, in 2020, Sharma was the most important person in that residence. It could change later.

OpenAI:

I love the creative blend of ideas you’re suggesting!

Using something like "Sharma et al., 2020" is a clever fusion of professional conventions (from Suits) and citation norms (like in APA). It would carry a lot of cultural weight while being both functional and a bit witty. Here's how it could work:

• Sharma et al., 2020 would indicate that Sharma is the principal figure in the household, and the "et al." could represent the other family members. It reflects both hierarchy (who's "most important" in 2020) and inclusivity (everyone else).

• The year 2020 could even change over time as the dominant household member shifts, giving the nameplate a "dynamic" aspect that reflects evolving family roles, just like changing citations over time.

It's an intriguing idea for both personal branding and a subtle commentary on family structure. I could see this taking off in creative households or in places with a deep appreciation for language and meaning.

PS: Do you notice how OpenAI mimics an actual human being in this conversation?

Only past life regression can tell

 

Have you ever wondered if Einstein after his rebirth (with the caveat that he did not attain Moksha) struggled with the equations he himself created, or if he struggled to understand General Theory of Relativity after his rebirth? Indeed, did he even remain interested in scientific pursuit in his new life?

We keep seeing and hearing about musical prodigies who sing difficult ragas like a walk in the park. And, we keep hearing from people, 'Oh! She must have carried this talent from her previous birth.' 

So, does this work for scientists, athletes, mathematicians, painters, sculptors, actors, military men and women...meaning, across the board?

Quoting from Wolfram MathWorld:

Fermat's last theorem is a theorem first proposed by Fermat in the form of a note scribbled in the margin of his copy of the ancient Greek text Arithmetica by Diophantus. The scribbled note was discovered posthumously, and the original is now lost. However, a copy was preserved in a book published by Fermat's son. In the note, Fermat claimed to have discovered a proof that the Diophantine equation x^n+y^n=z^n has no integer solutions for n>2 and x,y,z!=0.

Fermat's last theorem has still not be proven. Shouldn't Fermat in his next birth (assuming, he didn't attain Moksha), or in a later birth, have solved this theorem for us?

 Erriyon Knighton (born January 29, 2004) is an American sprinter specializing in the 100 meters and 200 meters. At the age of 18, he won the bronze medal in the 200 m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, becoming the youngest ever individual sprint medalist in Championships history. Bob Hayes, the 10 seconds wonder, at Tokyo Olympics, died in 2002. On the other hand, Knighton was born in 2004. Is Erriyon Knighton reincarnation of Bob Hayes?

Only past life regression can tell

Richter Scale dumbs down the ferocity of earthquakes

 

The Myanmar-Thailand earthquake yesterday was horrific. But do we know the scale of the horror? We generally gloss over the Richter Scale. We say it was 7.7, on the Richter Scale. But the Richter Scale dumbs down the ferocity of the earthquakes. Why? Because it is on the logarithmic scale. So, if there was an earlier earthquake that was 5.7 on the Richter Scale, the one that happened in Myanmar - Thailand would be 100 times more ferocious. Because 7.7 - 5.7 = 2. And, 10 to the power of 2 is 100. 

This is explained in a Khan Academy video here:

https://youtu.be/RFn-IGlayAg

Do we have more such scales in everyday life? Yes. Decibels, the scale with which we measure sound's loudness is in logarithmic scale.

Selecting Candidates for an interview: e reasoning

 

This conversation with OpenAI tells us how 'e' the transcendental number, helps us to choose a candidate from many that come for an interview:

Me:

Everyday problem like secretary problem seems to be interesting, if it is not too complicated!

OpenAI:

Great choice! The secretary problem is a famous example of optimal stopping theory, and it has a surprising connection to Euler’s number $e$. Here’s how it works:

The Problem Statement

Imagine you’re hiring a secretary (or choosing a house, a partner, etc.).

• You have $n$ candidates who arrive one by one in a random order.

• After each interview, you must decide immediately whether to hire that candidate.

• If you reject someone, you can’t go back.

• Your goal: maximize the chance of picking the best candidate.

The Best Strategy & How $e$ Appears

The optimal strategy turns out to be:

1. Reject the first n/e​ (≈ 37%) of candidates—just observe their quality.

2. Then, pick the next candidate who is better than all you’ve seen so far.

Mathematically, this gives you a $\frac{\mathrm{1/}}{e}\approx$ chance of picking the best person—which is the best you can do!

Why Does This Work?

• The first $\frac{n}{e}$ helps you estimate the true quality range.

• Once you reach the decision phase, you’re more likely to find the best candidate before running out of options.

This strategy applies to real-life decisions:

• Dating: Don't settle too early! Meet ~37% of potential partners before deciding.

• House hunting: Visit ~37% of the listings, then choose the best after that.

• Job offers: If you have multiple interviews, wait until ~37% are done before accepting the first great one.

Me:

Before we delve into n/e, if I were a candidate for the interview, should I come in after the 37th of 100 people congregated for interview? If every candidate thinks the same, which candidate would come in the bracket of 1 to 37?

OpenAI:

Ah! You’re flipping the problem on its head—thinking from the candidate’s perspective instead of the interviewer’s. Brilliant! 

Let’s break it down logically.

Should You Aim to Interview After 37% Have Gone?

If you were a candidate and knew the interviewer was following the $\frac{\mathrm{1/}}{e}$ strategy, then yes, you’d ideally want to show up after the first 37% have been seen because that’s when they actually start hiring.

If you come too early (1-37%), you’ll definitely be rejected since the interviewer is just "observing."
If you come too late, they might have already picked someone.

So your sweet spot is somewhere in the selection phase (after 37%).

What Happens If Everyone Knows This?

Now, suppose all 100 candidates are aware of this strategy and try to "game" the system by arriving after 37% have been interviewed.

• Then, who would show up in the first 37%?

• If nobody comes in that period, then the interviewer has no reference point for comparison.

• If everyone tries to come later, some will still end up in the first 37% randomly due to scheduling constraints.

This means that even in a system where everyone is strategic, the first 37% will still get filled by candidates who either weren’t aware of the strategy or had no choice.

Like the stranger in a strange land

 

The wind of a land

asked a stranger,

'Why did you come here?'

The stranger's replied,

'Do you like to caress my hair?,

If you like, I'll stay,

Else, I'll go away.'

Like the wind,

You asked me, 

Why I've made your heart my home.

Like the stranger I replied,

'Ask your heart 

If it would let me stay,

Or, else, I'll go away.'

Pothayanar and Pythagoras

The following proposition in italics in going around in the Internet for sometime now. It is another proposition of solving the hypotenuse length problem which is different from what was given by Pythagoras. This has been interpreted from a quatrain of Pothayanar, a Tamil poet. 

The proposition could be true for some values, but I found that it is not true for all values of the sides of a right angled triangle. I worked out one way to contradict the proposition in the image below the text in italics:

It is a simple task to find the square of a number, but finding the square root of a number is not so easy. There is no simple formula to find the square root of a number.

An ancient Tamil mathematician/poet Pothayanar, who lived 800 years before the Pythagoras had given a quatrain of four lines articulating the method of finding the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angle triangle without the need to find the square or the square-root, only using the length of the sides, and simple fractions. 

Here is the English translation of the quatrain:

Divide the horizontal into eight,           

Delete one portion, and add the remaining,

to half of vertical to result you’ve got.

The answer would be hypotenuse of the triangle.  

The Tamil poem by poet Pothayanar is :

ஓடும் நீளம் தனை ஒரேஎட்டுக்

கூறு ஆக்கி கூறிலே ஒன்றைத்

தள்ளி குன்றத்தில் பாதியாய்ச் சேர்த்தால்

வருவது கர்ணம் தானே. – போதையனார்

The advantage of the ancient theorem is that  there is no need to use a square / square root function.

But before we jump to conclusions let us see how this ancient and simple formula works :

Let us take the three sides of the right-angle triangle to be A, B, and C, where C be the hypotenuse. 

Let us take A and B to be the horizontal and perpendicular 

sides respectively. 

If we are to divide A into eight parts and takeaway one eight, it would be 7/8A. 

The half of the vertical side will be 1/2B. 

Thus, the result should be :

C= 7/8A + 1/2B

Let us give some numbers and try : 

 Firstly Say A=8 and B=6

By Pythagoras theorem, C equals √ (8x8+6x6) Which is √ (64+ 36) = √100 =10.

Now, according to the quatrain :

C should be 7/8 A+ ½ B 

 7/8 of A (8) = 7 and ½ of B (6) =3 

Together they add up to give hypotenuse to be 7+3=10  

 Second let us try with taking A=28 and B=21 then 

by Pythagoras theorem C= √ (21x21+28x28)

C = √ (441+784)  

which is =√1225 = 35

According to quatrain : hypotenuse becomes 7/8A + 1/2 B.

7/8 A=7/8 (28) = 24.5 and 1/2B= 1/2 (21) = 10.5

Thus 24.5 + 10.5= 35.

 Third let us try with taking A= 12 and B= 5 then 

By Pythagoras theorem C= √ (12x12) + (5x5) = (144+ 25) √169 =13.

According to the ancient Tamil quatrain :  the hypotenuse becomes 7/8A + 1/2B

7/8(12) = 10.5 1/2 (5) = 2.5

Thus 10.5 +2.5 =13 

Pothayanar must have been a great mathematician, who got lost like fruit hidden in the foliage of the tree. 

The discoveries of the Greek scientists and mathematicians spread far and wide along with their conquests in the world.  

Unfortunately, in ancient India,  many great intellectuals, and their knowledge / findings were  lost to the world owing to various reasons and events. 

Our schools teach the  Pythagoras Theorem to our children. They should also teach Pothayanar's theorem as an alternate and easier method, as explained above.

Love of our teacher

 

Yesterday (22nd March 2025), our incredible Chemistry teacher from our school showered us with his special love on his 80th. He invited us, his students of 1974 batch from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Chandigarh, for a get together that was being organised by his wonderful family. We were all so overwhelmed. In his own words, 'The relationship of teacher and student is only after relationship with one's parents. It never ends.' And may it never end.

Tax free

 

Where the mind is without fear,

Though the financial year's end is near,

Where the mind is agnostic of tax slab reduction,

Where the mind cares little

About 80C and standard deduction,

Where we don't have a system:

Where one percent pay income tax,

And the ninety nine percent relax,

Where citizens earn to make ends meet,

And not for government's freebies sake,

Into that income-tax free regime

May my country awake.

Welcome Home!

 

Have you noticed?

When an astronaut returns to earth after some days in space people say to her, 'Welcome Home!'

When a person returns to her country after a sojourn to a different country, her countrymen and women say to her, 'Welcome home.'

When a person returns to her hometown after working in a different city in her country, people say to her, 'Welcome home.'

In other words, the notion of 'Home' depends upon from where one is returning from.

Your orbital ways

 

I agree

Every day is not the same:

Someday it is a solstice,

Someday an equinox.

At days you are farthest from me,

Tomorrow you’ll be halfway home,

But still,

With your orbital ways,

You never will be home.

Planned obsolescence

I saw a video on 'planned obsolescence'. It said that companies are deliberately early ageing products. It all started, it seems, with the life of an electric bulb deliberately reduced from 2500 hours to 1000 hours by the Phoebus cartel:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebus_cartel

And now, companies routinely do planned obsolescence for most of their products.

'What about humans?' I asked myself. Isn't retirement age which is mandated by governments and companies planned obsolescence or 'forced obsolescence', if you will? I mean, the Indian Army, till only a few years ago, retired servicemen at the bottom of the hierarchical pyramid as young as 35. Couldn't blame the Army, though. It wanted to keep the Army young. Similarly companies got fresh blood when they fill the gaps, mostly with lesser salary than the outgoing retiree. Sometimes, they don't even fill up the void because of advancement of technology or perceived or actual cost cutting. In that sense, from the point of view of the upstream manufactured product - in this case some college and university students - they will fall through the cracks, and never make it as a replacement to the 'planned obsolescence'.

But not all folks in the service of community or God cross over to planned obsolescence. For example, Supreme Court Justices of America choose the time they want to retire; or, the Pope at Vatican can retire when he chooses; or, a King/Queen can choose when s/he wants to abdicate.

Then I asked myself, 'What about God?' Has He got some obsolescence plan for humans? When someone unfortunately gets Alzheimer's, is it planned obsolescence of Providence? A thing we often call Karma? When a person becomes a cripple after an accident, or a vegetable after a stroke, is it God's planned obsolescence?

What I have noticed though is that Government's and companies' planned obsolescence often times do not coincide with God's plan of obsolescence.

 

Snow and first rain are emotions

 

Snow is an emotion,

As is the first rain:

One awaits the reindeer sleigh,

One awaits petrichor.

Some with colours, some sans colours

 

The colour sentient,

The vision sentient,

The colour blind,

And the blind,

We wish them all

Happy Holi:

Some with colours,

Some sans colours.

Life was still a strife

 

A life so ordinary:

That it was never the topper,

Never the go-getter,

Never joined the Ivy League,

Never played the Premier League,

Was still a life,

Was still a strife.

Some mobilephones have gone silent

 

Some mobilephones

Have gone silent

Since last Holi.

Captain Elkay's had gone silent,

Now his dear wife's has gone too.

Captain Elkay

Taught me the ropes

When I joined the Army,

Bucked me up

When I sat in a lonely planet

Called picquet Khajoor.

This Holi there shall be

One less wish coming my way

On my mobilephone -

And one less wish

Is one less too many.

*Captain L K Singh(Elkay) was my senior subaltern in 19 MADRAS. He was one of the finest.

Long time since we met at the fence

 

We have drifted apart

Like continental plates.

It's been a long time

Since we met,

Even at the fence.

Tall grass has since grown

At the fence.

But some flowers

Are blooming now

At the fence,

Did you visit the fence lately?

Our meeting place

Does smell of you.

And the dewdrops on the grass?

They are so much like

Your tear drops.

Decoding the ancient Indus Valley script

 

I received this link today from a friend with a teaser whether anyone could crack the code of ancient Indus Valley script:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/asia/indus-valley-script-india-prize-intl-hnk-dst

I asked chatgpt if Google Willow be able to crack the code, or will chatgpt itself be able to crack the code. Google Willow promises to solve ten septillion year problem in 5 minutes. Still, chatgpt says neither of them can crack the code. It is an interesting conversation that I had with chatgpt. Please go through it. Will be worth your while.

https://chatgpt.com/share/6763ce8a-6fa8-8013-825a-697bce53ee96

*Start from the statement: There is a a million dollar award waiting for anyone who can crack the code of ancient Indus valley script.

The day after

 

The day after,

When all Her sixty crore

Sons and daughters are gone,

Is She lonely?

They took selfies,

And a part of Her

(Read, Gangajal)

Before going back.

They left behind

Only their touch,

But the waters

That touched the sons and daughters,

Are now away at sea.

Nothing remained,

Only Shiv.

Cells, immutable

 

The original cells divides,

And then multiplies,

Does it not know

Where it is going?

Some become the mind,

Some become the heart,

And those that are impatient,

At times become cancer,

Some turn intangible,

And become love,

Some remain immutable,

And become the soul.

Two words and their homophones

 

There two words in Hindi which have homophones in English:

Kash > cash

Karisma > charisma

**काश (Kash): pining, 'How I would...'

करिश्मा (Karisma): an incredible event, or a miracle

Disclaimer: Any relation to any name, event, or personality is only coincidental. 

Love has no synonym

 

Hopes and dreams

Are the same,

As if, each other's

Synonym;

The former rises

In the waking mind,

The latter 

When asleep,

But, love is the same

In wakefulness,

Or, when we're in sleep,

Therefore, I say

With wistfulness,

Love has no synonym.

Love follows no algorithm

 

The heart has gone

In a wopsy rhythm

For love

Follows no algorithm,

A little more,

Let's swoon, and swoon,

Let's not smell the coffee

All too soon.

Mirror, mirror on the wall

 

'धूल चहरे पे थी, और आइना साफ करता रहा।'

*The muck was on the face, and I kept wiping the mirror clean.

Hold an unfailing promise

 

Dear planets

Of this cosmic world,

Align yourself well,

Rise and fall in such a way

That lovers' love may swell.

And hold an unfailing promise

-Endearing and sublime-

That roses will smell sweeter,

On this Day of Valentine.

'few' versus 'a few'.

 I saw this headlines in a media online edition. I wondered if writer meant 'a few' as opposed to 'few'. When, I read the article, I was more inclined to think that the writer meant 'a few' and not 'few'.

Here chatgpt tells the difference between 'few' and 'a few'.

जैसी journey, वैसी भरनी।

 

We received this beautiful message in a Group from a senior today:

I'd think the old adage:

जैसी करनी, वैसी भरनी।

Is reinventing itself, and the new one would be:

जैसी journey, वैसी भरनी।

God, our only creditor

 

Jan is going past -

And fast,

But it doesn't matter:

We've bread with butter,

The mind without clutter,

Have opened -

All windows and shutter,

God, our only creditor,

And, we are together.

When Love equalises all over

 

How would you like

Love distributed?

Should quanta of love

Bunch up in few,

And leave huge gaps

All over?

Or, would you rather

It is evenly distributed,

In this beautiful world

All over?

How will a lover show his 

Undying love?

His love indistinguishable

From another?

Heat death of the Universe

Will happen in Googol years,

When heat equalises

All over.

Would you like similar 

Death of Love

When Love equalises

All over?

*heat death: The "heat death" of the universe refers to a state of maximum entropy where all energy is uniformly distributed, and no further work or processes can occur.

**Googol : 10¹⁰⁰

Parade of Planets: 25-1-25

 

Yesterday (25 - 1 -25), there was a parade of planets in the evening sky. The parade aligned itself along the Ecliptic line. Here are some of planets over Bengaluru night sky, captured through the app Skymap.

The Ecliptic Line

Jupiter Above Ecliptic Line

Saturn, Venus and Neptune

Only Venus could be seen through naked eyes.

Come riding the comet

 

The sky is verdant,

The planets have lined up,

There is a parade of stars,

Are you coming

Riding the comet,

Of sixteen thousand years?

Best wishes on Army Day

 

Best wishes to all of Indian Army and their families on the occasion of Army Day. The Indian Army works 8760 hours a year, and 8784 hours, every leap year. That works out to 168 hours a week. 

168 hours a week is a bit more than the QR (Qualitative Requirement) set out by L & T. It's a hope that L & T will upgrade its QR, inline with the Indian Army. 

How to make life hunky-dory?

 

How to make life hunky-dory?

Just बाँध लो love की डोरी।

बन जाओ जोड़ा- जोड़ी,

जम के मनाओ बिहु, शंक्राति, लोरी।

Quake happens at the fault lines

 

Quake happens

At the fault lines,

And, no one is faultless,

So you will shiver,

And, you will quake.

You can't cover

Your fault lines,

You can't hide your love,

When it's ten

On the Richter Scale.

Ninety hours week for India in order to become a developed country

There is a debate in India about ninety hours work per week. So, I asked myself what is the goal of a ninety hours week? Is it to make India a developed nation faster than our stated goal of making her developed by 2047? Seems to be a fair goal. So I asked chatgpt about this goal. In other words, I asked chatgpt by which year would India become developed if her citizens put in ninety hours week.

Of course, I didn't ask it directly, but I built up my final question with questions like what is the total hours of work done by Indians currently. I also asked chatgpt about work hours devoted to art and literature.

Here is chatgpt's answer:

https://chatgpt.com/share/67815276-12c0-8013-aaf3-26baffab9f43

Then, I asked myself: after India becomes a developed country, should we slow down? Should the fruits of the labour done by the current generation be enjoyed by future generations?

Your thoughts?

Digipin India

 

What is DIGIPIN?

Per https://www.indiapost.gov.in/VAS/Pages/digipin.aspx

The Department of Posts is advancing an initiative to establish a standardized, geo-coded addressing system in India, ensuring simplified addressing solutions for citizen-centric delivery of public and private services. The Department had collaborated with IIT Hyderabad for developing a National Level Addressing Grid-based addressing system, named as Digital Postal Index Number (DIGIPIN). This system will act as a strong and robust pillar​ of Geospatial Governance, leading to enhancements in public service delivery, faster emergency response and a significant boost to logistics efficiency.

The indiapost webpage says that digipin will eventually replace the extant six figure PIN code system of India Post(for example, the Pincode of GPO Delhi of 110001).

Some things of interest could be the following:

(a) The code doesn't contain numbers/alphanumeric that could be confused with binary or hexadecimal numbers. That is, 0, 1, A, B, C, D, E, F have been omitted in the addressing system.

(b) Resolution of 4m x 4m is the finest grain.

(c) Unlike previous Pincode system, even India's territorial waters have named addresses.

(d) Real time address is given by the system. This means we can find the path we are taking by reverse mapping the addresses accessed with a static digital map.

(e) If addresses are separated vertically, say, we are looking for a particular flat in a multi-storied condominium, we will have to add qualifiers to address that particular flat.

You still have a twinkle

 

Winds have blown away your tracks,

And birds have feasted

On your breadcrumbs too,

But you still have a twinkle though,

That you may yet become a star.

Then, once you become a star,

Sometimes on cloudless nights,

And when nights are lightless too,

Rise above the shade, will you?

That I may find my way to you.

Let's talk a bit about 2024 also, Mathematically

 

I received this 2025 greetings.

#2 isn't accurate.

I think, the year 2024 would also give a run for Mathematical money:

First, 2024 was a leap year, which 2025 isn't.

Second, we have additions and subtractions, formulae, and even multiplications in 2024:

Sum of all cubes from 2 to 9:

2³ + 3³ + 4³ + 5³ + 6³ + 7³ + 8³ + 9³ = 2024

a² – b² formula:

= (a+b) x (a-b)

45² – 1² = 2024

=(45+1) x (45 – 1) = 2024

2024 is the first leap year after 2020.

Also,

 

When the square of 1 is subtracted from the square of sum of all the

single digits we get 2024:

(1 + 2 + 3 + … + 9)² – 1² = 2024

Also,

(20 + 25)² - 1² = 2024

Also, how about this?