TROPICAL CYCLONE 02B PHAILIN PATH -Updated

Path of Phailin (Cyclone 02B)

View Larger Map

Legend

Speed: 1 Knot = 1.852 Km/hr
In 2013101212Z the two digits preceding Z indicate time.

2013101212Z
2013	Year
10	10th Month
12	12th Day
12Z	12 Hours Universal Time

Data Source : http://www.usno.navy.mil

Helplines

Odisha Central Control Room	0674-2534177
Puri	06752 223237
Ganjam	06811 263978
Gajapati	06815 222943
Nayagarh	06753 252978
Mayurbhanj	06792 252759
Keonjhar	06766 255437
Khorda	06755 220002
Jagatsinghpur	06724 220368
Cuttack	0671 2507842
Kendrapara	06727 232803
Dhenkanal	06762 221376
Jajpur	06728 222648
Bhadrak	06784 251881
Balasore	06782 261674

Here is a good resource providing info on #phailin (I will try to update but chances are I will be offline after the landfall !)
 http://aamjanata.com/cyclone-phailin-information-page/

Looking for someone in the region ? try http://google.org/personfinder/2013-phailin/

Posted By Danish 8:40 PM

0

Continue Reading

Juvenile Delinquent Or Psychopath Gone Lucky ?

The Juvenile Board’s decision of sending one of the key accused in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, to a reform house for 3 years, has left overwhelming majority of Indians outraged. The brutality, with which the victim was violated shook the nation's conscience, with this juvenile being the most violent of all, according to media reports. One cannot imagine how the family members of the victim would feel to first having seen the intense agony one's daughter goes through and then see the perpetrator go to a reform home for 3 years. In this case, justice itself becomes casualty as the outcome has been determined not by the merit or demerit of the case but by a mere technicality.

Posted By Danish 7:07 AM

0

Continue Reading

Jungle Follows Its Law, Beasts Among Us Don't

The expression law of the jungle is often used to describe the unjust, chaotic world of violence where the weak perish and the stronger survive and thrive. It particularly refers to what happens in the wild, every animal has to kill something smaller than itself to survive. My favorite contemporary Indian author Devdutt Pattnaik uses  the Sanskrit phrase matsya nayaya to describe this, his illustration makes the concept a lot more clear to understand.  In human society this phrase is used mostly pejoratively to mean absence of law from the society. Yet recent event forces one to question if it at all we can condemn it anymore.

Posted By Danish 12:00 AM

0

Continue Reading

Herding Proles The Only Hope ?

Recently, Chetan Bhagat published an Open Letter to Indian Change Seekers on his Times of India column which I found quite out of sync with reality and to be brutally honest, completely absurd and insensitive if not diabolic. I did comment there but character limit prevented me to actually refute his "theory" though I had written it. What I ended up doing is criticizing without giving appropriate reasons which is not very mature thing to do. Further, attacking a person instead of his argument violates the rules of rhetorical logic so I am not even writing a reply,only refuting his argument.

Posted By Danish 2:00 AM

0

Continue Reading

Facebook Takes The Next Step With Graph Search #in

Few hours back Facebook introduced Graph Search which could truly be the biggest innovation Facebook has introduced since its inception. Graph Search will provide a unique way to find information on people, places, photos etc. What excites me is the fact that it doesn't seem to challenge Google in a big way. Of course, the feature was introduced only few hours back and is not available to general users so it may be too early to make such statements but it is the respective motto of both the Internet giants that suggests it. While Google has always said its aim is to "organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful" Facebook says its mission is to make the world more open and connected. Of course neither is being truthful but the fact remains that Google has always wanted to organize information, Facebook wants to connect people, their interests, places.

Posted By Danish 3:00 AM

0

Continue Reading