Sunday, September 8, 2013

Going to the root of problems

Every problem can be solved in a very efficient way by reaching at the root cause of problems. Whether he is an engineer, a doctor or a civil servant or a judge - he can not take apt decisions until he has speculated the root cause of problems. 
When you are a doctor, your diagnosis of the patients root cause of illness/sufferings should be correct. A patients symptoms help you in reaching the diagnosis. Until you are clear with the basics of medicine you won't be able to reach to the final result which is correct. Similarly, there are many engineers around but very few are actually capable of giving the correct diagnosis of the problems occurring in machines. But have you been able to guess why is there a difference between the person's ability to diagonise correctly and his actions to solve the problem? The answer is here. Let us take example of a NOT-VERY-GOOD-Engineer. Right from beginning of his career , he was never interested or least interested in being an engineer(for e.g.) but now he is an engineer. May be due to various circumstances/situations that may have let him to take engineering as a career. So, since his passion was not engineering, he was not doing well. Since a person's passion was not medicine, he was not a very good doctor. Since, a person's passion was not research, he could not be a very goof professor. 
Here, I will give more insight on this topic later when I speak more about Schindler's List(1993). The movie which I recently watched and I liked it very much. 
From few days I am thinking on how the livestock -cows and buffaloes can be removed from the roads of Jamshedpur where they move frequently and cause serious issues for traffic. I know the answer lies in going to the basics/root cause of this problem.

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Few basics

Match the following in JEE style

a) Andhra Pradesh          p) Political strife for the divsion of state into 2
b) Bihar                          q) chilly production in abundance
c) Nagaland                     r) frequent law and order problems
d) Uttar Pradesh              s) VAT is applicable in the state


Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Bhattaa and Blaaast Furnace !

Do not confuse by the the word 'and' between BHATTAA and BLAST FURNACE. They are the same except the mere difference that one is hindi and most widely used word in Tata Steel premises and the other word is english translation. However, IT is important to know one subtle difference between them, that when you visit villages, you may come across lot of Brick Furnaces which are used for making bricks. The word has derived from there. I remember whenever I go around my village, I see a trishul like object arching upwards in order to prevent it from getting turned into ashes due to lightning. I t serves as the best conductor of electricity as compared to the non conductor bricks upon which they are mounted. Blast Furnaces, since, are the tallest structures in any steel plant, it is no wrong to term them 'Bhattaa'. However, it is important to know that they are not made up of bricks but are steel ovens which are lined on inner walls with bricks made of magnesia. 

Bobcat

As I am a Tata Steel Engineer for more than 2 months, I have come across the word 'BOBCAT' more often during my working hours. I tried to find out the meaning of this strange word "BOBCAT" and came to know that "bobcat" is the name of a mammal found in North America and South America after which Americans opened a company which deals in the heavy equipments manufacturing products. This is the one of the largest suppliers of such moving vehicles and are widely used in manufacturing industries like steel making plants in India and other parts of world.


Failure in eyes of society

I am no Kierkegaard or Nietsche or even Socrates, who is here to comment on the failure and success. I am also not here to give you mantras ...