How High Will Flyovers Fly ?
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Posted:Dec 7, 2016 10:15 am
Last Updated:Dec 8, 2016 7:27 am 11786 Views
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Flyovers and Bypasses.
A considerable numbers of flyovers and bypasses have since been built in and around the city of Dhaka where I live now during last few years in a bid to find a solution to our city’s nagging traffic congestions.
However, the traffic congestions have now been shifted over to some of these flyovers from the ground as would appear from some of the photos uploaded on this blog page of mine.
Some of the overpasses, however, proved useful to the commuting citizens. I wish that these mega structures could achieve the objectives for which they were built and would not turn into burdens within years like those built in other countries!
The pictures of some of this flyovers and overpasses built in my city could be seen below.
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Do You Agree...........?
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Posted:Dec 6, 2016 9:40 am
Last Updated:May 21, 2023 4:27 am 11132 Views
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The other day I came across a comment posted on a reputed social site by some one reading as under;
“Heart is a very good fertilizer; anything we plant—love, hate, fear, hope, revenge, jealousy…surely grows and bears fruit. We have to decide what to harvest…”
Dear readers, do you agree that heart is a very good fertilizer; anything we plant—love, hope, fear, hate, revenge, jealousy--surely grows and bears fruit?
Please ponder on the post under reference if you have time to do so and kindly tell me your valued opinion on it forgetting the faith we practice or the race we belong? As we are to decide what to harvest, should we not plant love for every human being in our heart for harvesting a wonderful return when the plant would bear fruit?
Thanking you in anticipation!
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'Beard of Bees' For Promoting Apian Benefits!
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Posted:Dec 5, 2016 8:58 am
Last Updated:Feb 10, 2017 10:36 pm 10685 Views
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The Egyptian is doing it for a good cause!!
This bearded man in the photo is an Egyptian, named Mohamed Hagras, age 31, and lives in Shebin EL Kom, located in the province of Al- Al-Monofyia, northeast of Cairo, Egypt.
He is famous now for his unusual beard that does not involve any body hair! It is unusual because this gentleman, who is an engineer, can grow his beard almost instantly whenever he wants.
Hope, none will be surprised or be shocked hearing that this Engineer turned beekeeper grows his unusual beard at least once in every year! He does flaunt unusual beard every year with nothing but honey bees for promotion at his farm and to participate in competition.
He says that his goal is also to tell us that bees are not aggressive at all rather they help humans and agriculture!
How does he build his “Beard of Bees”?
To build his ‘beard of bees’ he uses bee hormones to attract the insects. He does it by strapping to his chin a box that housed the hormones of insects’ queen bee. Hagras extracts the hormones from a dead queen bee and attracts bees from the same hive which lost its queen. Same method is used by him to form a new hives for the bees.
The appended photos will show us the engineer turned beekeeper at work!
Source: Reuters
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Practical Management Lessons!
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Posted:Dec 3, 2016 8:37 pm
Last Updated:Oct 14, 2023 11:29 pm 10222 Views
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The practical examples of Management Lessons that must be avoided at all times. The Story/Joke posted here under will tell us why!
What is meant by, “Mind Changing Concept?”
In other words how conventional thinking could be changed?
Let us just read the under noted few lines of the joke that would unfold gradually;
During the time when a bank robbery was in progress, one of the Robbers shouted to everyone present in the bank, “Don’t move. The money belongs to the depositors. Your life belongs to you!”
In no time hearing the Robber, every one lay down quietly.
Could we not call this a mind changing concept followed by the Robbers?
Another Robber noticing a Lady lay on a table provocatively shouted at her,
"Please be Civilized! This is a robbery and not a ra**!"
This is called, “Being Professional”.
The Robber focused only on what he was trained to do!
The Robbers left the scene of robbery and returned to their den. After waiting a few minutes the younger Robber, who was an MBA, told to the leader who did not cross year 4 in a primary school, "Leader, let us count the loot to ascertain how much we robbed from the Bank.”
The older Rubber who was the leader of the gang rebutted and said to the younger Rubber, “You are a stupid. There is so much money; it will take us a long time to count. Tonight, the TV News will tell us how much we robbed from the Bank.”
This is called "Experience”
Nowadays, experience is more important than paper qualifications!
After the Robbers had left, the Bank Manager told the Bank supervisor to call the Police quickly. But the Supervisor said to him, "Wait! Let us take out $10 Million from the Bank for ourselves and add it to the $70 Million that we have previously embezzled from the Bank”.
This is called "Swim with the Tide”
Converting an unfavorable situation to your advantage!
The Supervisor said: "It will be good if there is a Robbery every month."
This is called "Changing Priority”
Personal Happiness is more important than your job”.
The next day, the TV News reported that $100 Million was taken from the Bank. The Robbers Counted and Counted and Counted, but they could only Count $20 Million.
The Robbers were very angry and complained, “We risked our lives and took only $20 Million. The Bank Manager took $80 Million with a snap of his fingers. It looks like it is better to be educated than to be a Robber!"
This is called "Knowledge is worth as much as gold!"
Do the above indeed give examples of ‘Good Management Lessons’?
This Story/Joke has not been written by me! It has since been sent by my Asian friend from Malaysia as usual!
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The Citadel – Like Volume Rises Up............
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Posted:Dec 2, 2016 5:31 am
Last Updated:Dec 3, 2016 6:23 am 10555 Views
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Louis I Kahn and our National Assembly.
Finally, my country has received a copy of the original design of the Parliament Building, the seat of our democracy, from the University of Pennsylvania, which had stored the design in its archive.
The structure of this landmark building of Bangladesh was designed by the famous American architect Louis I Kahn in the early 1960. After the people of Bangladesh liberated themselves from Pakistani rulers, the building was transformed into the country’s Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament). The complex is one of the largest legislative complexes in the world, comprising 200 acres.
“The building was featured prominently in the 2003 film My Architect, detailing the career and familial legacy of its architect, Louis Kahn. Robert McCarter, author of Louis I. Kahn, described the National Parliament of Bangladesh as one of the twentieth century's most significant buildings”
According to a report of bdnews24.com, the copy of the design has arrived at Dhaka's Shahjalal International Airport in 41 boxes on Thursday, December 1. 2016.
It was necessary to bring back the entire design from America as some parts of the design found missing. Out of total number of around 8000 designs and documents of the Parliament building and the surrounding areas, Bangladesh needed 853 of them that were missing.
The parliament complex was formally inaugurated on January 28, 1982.
I take this opportunity to post some pictures of this magnificent land mark building for my readers to view and comment! The first photo shows 'the citadel-like volume of the National Assembly rises up from a red brick base surrounded by water.' The photo of Louis I Kahn is the fifth one.
Source; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, bdnews24.com
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Disappearing Traditional Objects.
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Posted:Nov 30, 2016 8:05 am
Last Updated:Oct 11, 2022 8:21 am 11202 Views
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Tradition and Culture!
This morning while looking for the wristwatch that was given to me on my 15th birthday by my parents, I came across something wonderful that took me back to my childhood when I used to play with it with my friends on the garden of our house, a portion of which was used for playing Badminton in the evening of the winter nights under floodlights.
The object that I found on the top shelf of the showcase was nothing but a colored Spinning Top , the one which was my most favorite! I don’t know who had kept it there along with my other things that were supposed to be kept and displayed in our parent’s house located in a district town where I grew up! I think it could none other than my mother who must have passed on those things to my wife for preservation when we started to live separately in this city!
May be, what I have stated above, could remind you about your childhood, your play mates and the games you played but no more played by your grand . I am sure, most of them are busy now on internet or with their play stations or mobile sets to play games either embedded therein or downloaded from elsewhere during their free times!
The purpose of writing the above two paragraphs is to tell you, dear readers that the traditional way of living a life is changing gradually when we are busy struggling to survive in this competitive world of ours! Our grand no longer like to play with the Spinning Tops. The majority of these are no longer interested to pass their times playing outdoor games. We all know that video games have replaced many popular outdoor as well as indoor games.
The scientific and technological advances that took place during last fifty years have transformed our world to such an extent that our traditional way of living is vanishing rapidly too. The objects that we have been using traditionally in our day to day life are disappearing one by one, perhaps, every where in the world! Some of these objects have totally gone extinct during the last half a century.
For example, let us examine some of the traditional objects that have disappeared from the country where I live now. These objects are no longer used as before as replacements are easily available to us. I live in Bangladesh which was known as Bengal before the British Rulers left the subcontinent for good leaving it divided! We became fully independent after we could finally drive out the occupying Pakistani Armed Forces in the year 1971.
Our traditions, cultures are based on our rural settings. Those of us who have been living in the cities in this country could not forget our rural based cultures and traditions related to lifestyles, crop- production, vehicles, food, and religious beliefs etc completely.
However, some of the traditional objects are on the verge of disappearing completely. Recently, I read an article in the local Newspaper listing some of the disappearing objects to remind us how fast our lifestyles are being changed gradually much against our wishes!
The list of some of the traditional objects that are going to disappear completely in the near future are posted here under with a short note on each along with pictures. Those who are intereste
1. Palki (Palanquin): This is a wheel-less boxlike vehicle carried on shoulders of six men called the Beharus! The Landlords used this transport while traveling by road from place to place in the earlier times. Later on, Palki was used to transport the new bride by road from her father’s home to her in-law’s depicting the transition of the girl to womanhood. Even today, we may see palki being used in the remote villages as an ornamental addition in weddings. Palanquins began to fall out of use after rickshaws (on wheels, more practical) were introduced in the 1930s.
2. Dheki It is an agricultural tool used for separating rice grains from their husks. It has multiple uses! A Dheki is operated by two or three women. One can still find Dhekis in remote villages though husking machines and automatic rice mills are now used extensively everywhere. It is a heavy wooden liver and at the one end of the lever, there is a vertical wooden cylinder, which functions as a pest
3. Kupi There were days when electricity was not available anywhere in the world. People had to use various lamps after fire was invented to shed light around. Kupi was such a lamp used here in this country. Kupies used to come in variety of colors and designs! I think Kupis have done their duties and may go to disappear completely as the kupis are now replaced by solar powered lamps, Charger lamps or electric lights.
4. Tal Pankha (Handmade fan made of palm leaves): It is our tradition to keep and use this hand made fan from time immemorial. I remember having seen varieties of such beautiful fans being used in our house even when electric connections were available in our home. I have posted some picture of these colorful fans so that readers can form ideas about them.
5. Latim (Spinning Top): I have mentioned in the main text of the blog that I was very fond of playing games with Latim (Spinning Top) when I was a . The Latim or the Spinning Top is made of wood and sometimes of iron! Many of the readers know how wonderful it looks when a Top spin at its own! “A rope is twisted around its axis that causes a rapid unwinding when pulled quickly – setting the top in motion.” or aged boys are now rarely found playing with Latim!
Thanks for reading this article!
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The Latest One From Syam!
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Posted:Nov 29, 2016 5:10 am
Last Updated:Nov 28, 2021 10:32 pm 11010 Views
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Syam, my friend, has sent me another joke this morning from Kuala Lumpur which I like to share with those who would like to read it without any reservation!
The Australian Poetry competition held in Sydney Opera House had come down to two finalists;
The University Graduate
An Old Aboriginal
They were given a common word, and allowed two minutes to reflect on the word and recite a short four line poem that contained the word.
The word they were given was, TIMBUKTU
First to recite his poem was the University Graduate. He stepped to the microphone and recited his lines closing his eyes;
Slowly across the desert sand
Trekked a lonely caravan
Men on camels two by two
Destination: Timbuktu.
The crowd went crazy! No way could the old Aboriginal top the poem of the University Graduate, they thought.
The Old Aboriginal calmly made his way to the microphone and recited his four lines keeping his eyes open:
Me and Tim a huntin’ went
Met three w***n in a pop up tent
They were three and we were two
So I bucked one, and Tim buk tu.
The crowd again went crazy. The Aboriginal won pants down!
The End Hope, none felt offended! Regards.
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The Lawyer and his New Car!
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Posted:Nov 28, 2016 3:00 am
Last Updated:Feb 19, 2017 4:31 am 10010 Views
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This joke has many versions. I am sure that some of you must have already read it or heard it.
But I was not that fortunate so long until recently I heard it from a friend of mine who likes to tell jokes whenever an occasion presents itself. I may assure you here that this joke is not being reproduced below as an attempt to make you smile forcibly when you finish reading this article! However, if anyone does not feel like smiling after reading it, then the reader may cast an angry look at it and leave the page cursing me.
However, as I guess that the story has a moral, and as such, I would expect that some one of my readers would like to tell me what the moral is!
The latest version of story goes as under;
One day, there was this lawyer who lived in somewhere across the Atlantic Ocean and practiced law for a living, just bought a new car, and he was eager to show it off to his colleagues. While trying to imagine what could be the reactions of his colleagues when they would see the car, he was driving without bothering to watch the traffic behind following his new car! Then suddenly the accident happened! All on a sudden, an eighteen wheeler coming from behind took of the driver’s side door of the new car and dragged it to some distance before stopping. I am not going to describe what happened during next few minutes after the accident and until finally the Cop came by, and the lawyer ran up to him yelling, “My new car door just ruined by some foolish driver!”
“You are a lawyer, aren’t you?” asked the police man.
Yes, I am, but what does this have to do with my new car?” the lawyer asked the Cop irritated.
‘Ha, you lawyers are always so materialistic! All you care about is your possessions. I bet you didn’t even notice that your left arm is missing, did you?” the cop disgustedly said to the lawyer.
The agitating lawyer looked down at his side and exclaimed, “My Rolex!”
End of the story or the joke which I have reposted deleting the name of the lawyer for obvious reason!
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Monsoon Blues and Dhaka colors!
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Posted:Nov 26, 2016 8:57 am
Last Updated:Feb 10, 2017 10:36 pm 10387 Views
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Life in a rain soaked mega city.
Perhaps many people do not like monsoon. Because, during monsoon season they suffer from some kind of mood disorder that is known as monsoon blues! The symptoms are almost common to those who dislikes rainy season! Some may feel gloomy and others may feel lazy when it rains for a longtime! But I am different. There are many like me who eagerly wait for welcoming monsoon! Reasons for doing so may vary from person to person. If anyone asks me why I like monsoon, my answer will be that monsoon rain sweeps clean everything that I consider dirty! Yet I have captioned this blog as Monsoon Blues and Dhaka colors! May be, because I am now suffering from a Seasonal Affective Disorder due to sudden disappearance of the Monsoon Season!!
Here below Ten Pictures of Rain Soaked City of Dhaka are posted for those who like to view them. These photos were not taken by me therefore all credit goes to the photographers who have taken them after or during a rainfall! Photo credits: Arnob Antor, Shadman Ali, Md Sohanul Hoque, Shiekh Shahriar Ahmed and Hasnat islam Rizon.
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Father and
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Posted:Nov 25, 2016 2:02 am
Last Updated:Feb 23, 2017 3:20 am 10289 Views
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Just for a change to forget a stern warning!
Almost an hour back I was advised sternly by someone on WhatsApp, not to utter the name of one Reynolds under any circumstance while communicating with her, because Reynolds does not exist. I received another message from someone else accompanied by a joke soon after that reads as under and made me laugh loudly. Maybe, many of my readers read it before yet I feel like sharing it with those who are yet to hear the joke.
Here it is:
Soon after installing WhatsApp, Mr. Reynolds sends a message to his , “Post me a Joke”.
The replied back, “Dad, I am studying now”.
Mr. Reynolds responded,” Good one, . Send me one more.”
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