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More About Me

I'm passionate about

Renewable energy and its world wide development and implementation.

An idea worth spreading

Thinking more and more about alternate sources of energy from now onwards to extract our energy needs from the nature itself.

Talk to me about

Renewable energy, Sci fi movies, caricatures, gas turbines and any dark humor

People don't know that I'm good at

Making superfast caricatures.

My TED Story

I have been inspired a lot by watching dedication of various TED speakers for the good of humanity. This life is worth only if we can think about future and making it better by spreading ideas.

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  A comment on Talk: Karen Thompson Walker: What fear can teach us

  Jan 2 2013: All fears are wild imaginations, the more we try to push them away, the more haunt us. Their acceptance is the only way to live with them and as she suggests, thinking bit scientifically, they may guide us in the right direction too.

• A reply on Conversation: To have control on print and electronic media, making it mandatory to publish some percentage of "any" positives happening around

  May 9 2012: If you have understood my intentions, I would request you to suggest something in this direction, leaving things as they are, is not the solution. May be you can also suggest to rephrase my question.

• A reply on Conversation: To have control on print and electronic media, making it mandatory to publish some percentage of "any" positives happening around

  May 9 2012: I am moved by your thoughts and words. I do and will keep trying my level best to see these changes. I shall also try rephrasing my question for the same... Thanks a lot for your help and guidance.

• A reply on Conversation: To have control on print and electronic media, making it mandatory to publish some percentage of "any" positives happening around

  May 9 2012: Ohh I am sorry, You got it completely wrong and I would say its height of misinterpretation and then also it is going into an endless argument.
  
  The gist of my story is NOT "to ban what I don't like", let them publish they are already doing, its all about asking a dedicated space to bring forward something positive everyday.. its not about blocking anything.. where did I say to filter the news?
  
  I feel sorry for myself that I fell short of words to explain my idea. Blocking something is worst thing that can be proposed, and here in India, I am part of group who are protesting against the ban on social media!
  
  Gist of my story is : To have a dedicated space for positives, its all about adding something..I am not advocating deleting-blocking or any kind of filtering.
  
  By saying media is enslaved, I mean, there is some section of media which presents the rosy picture always against the misdeeds of some influential people.
  
  To summarize:
  -- I am completely against any kind of blocking or filtering of news that is being interpreted by you, the idea I proposed here is to open a dedicated department in media houses to bring forward the positive things happening at very small levels and that too on a regular basis.
  
  May be you can suggest better words to frame my questions, any contribution is welcome whole heartily.

• A reply on Conversation: To have control on print and electronic media, making it mandatory to publish some percentage of "any" positives happening around

  May 9 2012: Dear Krisztian, I have never opposed anything you said, I just proposed one idea. and when you say aggression, I leave it to readers discretion for all above arguments. I asked for kinder words because you started your answer with "strange double mindset you have", which obviously seem judging somebody and imposing your judgement on them. You have every right to dislike, but passing your own perceptions about others, is what I find very uncalled for.
  
  For me, you are seeing things from narrow perceptive or may be from the perceptive of a developed country. If you explore more about Indian media, you will come to realize it is already enslaved and may be my idea is not suitable considering the wider audiences.
  
  I beg your pardon for this, but I am not a self proclaimed person, who can insist that I have most positive mind set ever. There are certain limitations to put forth your arguments, be it TED or be it any other platform, your comments and your personal thoughts reflect that its not the "most positive" outlook.
  
  If you could had understood the gist of the message I wanted to convey, we could had extracted something fruitful and meaningful out of completely negative statement, but you chose otherwise.
  
  Believe me mate, its just an idea, not going to imposed on you, you have every right to disagree, but throwing so many question marks to the person who is starting the argument, is not going to help anyone. I expected constructive discussion, destroying life is the last thing I can think of. Just go through what Yubal has written, he also opposes the idea, but he fetches respect from whosoever read it.
  
  Thanks for your contribution.

• A reply on Conversation: To have control on print and electronic media, making it mandatory to publish some percentage of "any" positives happening around

  May 9 2012: I honestly admire your views, and also got deep insights to the problem from the things you have shared. I am also partly convinced that forcing something is not the wisest idea around, but what can be other way out? Do you see any other thing apart from controlling it forcefully? Preaching these things to media houses is of no use, I have tried many times escalating the false and utterly misleading information being published by them. I feel helpless at times, when I see no control over it. Even in the end of any news, we have been left with the option..."Do you like this story?"..... Can social media be useful in protesting against this?
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  A reply on Conversation: To have control on print and electronic media, making it mandatory to publish some percentage of "any" positives happening around

  May 9 2012: If you will start looking at something with completely negative mindset, you will find hundred flaws in and ignoring even simple goods. I am not trying to play with words, just trying to convey my thoughts with the limited linguistic skills I have. You are an adult and you are sane enough to decide what's best food for your mind, but why do you want to ignore rest of the population, who is getting crazier day by day because of bombardment of negative information on them? Don't they have right to read positives in the same news.
  
  I am sorry Krisztian, but with your mindset, your conclusions are completely valid for you, but they can't be generalized, and believe me there is always a scope for improvement, no matter if it is not my way or if it is your way, but there has to be something. Its same like google added positive psychology section to its news columns. The basic thought is to prevent the influence of negative information around us, if it seems like an armed robbery to you, I would appreciate better ideas from you instead of leaving things as it is.
  I have also added a talk by Peter Diamandis in which it is discussed initially. Again, I am just asking you the way to prevent it, rebutting is perfectly fine, but I will appreciate kinder words.
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  A comment on Talk: Peter Diamandis: Abundance is our future

  May 9 2012: When I see negativity and problems all around, this talk is amazing that "we" are doing good and can do better!
  
  Thanks Peter

• A reply on Conversation: To have control on print and electronic media, making it mandatory to publish some percentage of "any" positives happening around

  May 9 2012: Intrusion in personal space for good reasons and with honest intentions shall not be taken otherwise. We all are outcome of what we consume, and it is true for information also. Mandatory is just a word used here, and not a forced law. What I have proposed here is an idea and not a law. You have every reason to rebut, but it can help us if you have something to bring forward in the form of any improvement. What's your idea to curb this menace? I have very examples to site here, but can't because of word limitations, where these so called "news" are tempering the way we treat others. Specially in India, the suspicious nature that every human has developed in them towards other is the result of this so called "news". Please take my idea in broad perceptive, its not all about using force, there is something positive also in it, which can be discussed seriously instead of completely writing it off.

• A reply on Talk: JP Rangaswami: Information is food

  May 9 2012: Hi Yubal, I have started a conversion closely around the same topic, will appreciate your views on it.
  
  http://www.ted.com/conversations/11303/to_have_government_control_on.html