Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Ride safely- How the eyes control the brain on the road

Don’t try it at home..ahh.. on roads…

Discovery channel showed a series on human senses and brain- how eyes (one of the senses) control brain and vice versa. Neurologically, when a person repeats an action, his brain cells learn and percept that action, and after some time these actions are completely and automatically controlled and performed by other five senses. Unknowingly- yet knowingly, it is interestingly amazing.

One example- when I started riding my bike in Singapore, the control on the road was mostly by the brain. While eyes give directions and view of surroundings to brain, brain gives controlled feedback signals to hands, legs to control the clutch, throttle, gear and brakes. Eyes continuously look around, forward, side mirrors, back view mirrors, blind spots.

It is true that Speeding kills! However, riding slow doesn’t mean you are riding safely. I daily ride my bike to and fro to my office which in total is about 55kms traveling on Singapore express highway (PIE), at an average speed of 80km/hr and so far maximum of 110 km/hr.

When your brain is busy in something else, it trusts on its learning and pass on the control to its most trusted sense- eyes.

Today my eyes took control of bike while I was riding back from office to home. It was drizzling all the way, and I was too busy in thinking about some issues and I never realized till I was 5 kms away from home that how and when I reached to that point.

It is highly risky and never recommended to be in such situations when someone is waiting for you at home and you are riding at 90-105km/hr without your brain in full control….

Ride safely...

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Friday, June 20, 2008

Emotion

The Bhagavad Gita, a 19th century manuscript.

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

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Friday, March 21, 2008

Happy Holi

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Kholo kholo darwaze



Kholo kholo darwaze
Parde karo kinare
Khutey se bandhi hai hawa
Mil ke chudao saare

Aajao patang leke
Apney hi rang leke
Aasmaan ka shamiyana
Aaj hamein hai sajana

Kyun is kadar hairaan tu
Mausam ka hai mehmaan tu
Duniya sajee tere liye
Khud ko zara pehchaan tu

Tu dhoop hain jham se bikhar
Tu hai nadee o bekhabar
Beh chal kahin ud chal kahin
Dil khush jahan teri toh manzil hai wahin

Kyun is kadar hairaan tu
Mausam ka hai mehmaan tu

Baasi zindagi udaasi
Taazi hasney ko raazi
Garma garma saari
Abhi abhi hai utaari

Oh zindagi to hain batasha
Meethi meethi si hai aasha
Chakh le rakh le
Hatheli se dhak le ise

Tujh mein agar pyaas hai
Baarish ka ghar bhi pass hai
Roke tujhe koi kyon bhala
Sang sang tere aakash hai

Tu dhoop hain jham se bikhar
Tu hai nadee o bekhabar
Beh chal kahin ud chal kahin
Dil khush jahan teri toh manzil hai wahin

Khul gaya aasmaan ka rasta dekho khul gaya
Mil gaya kho gaya tha jo sitara mil gaya

Roshan hui saari zameen
Jagmag hua saara jahaan
Oh udne ko tu aazad hai
bandhan koi ab hai kahan

Tu dhoop hain jham se bikhar
Tu hai nadee o bekhabar
Beh chal kahin ud chal kahin
Dil khush jahan teri toh manzil hai wahin

Oh kyun is kadar hairaan tu
Mausam ka hai mehmaan tu


-by Prasoon Joshi for movie "Taare Zameen Par"

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Kiwi!