Friday, July 20, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
An interesting insight into Decision Making
A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track. The train is coming, and you are just beside the track interchange. You can make the train change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way?
Let's take a pause to think what kind of decision we could make................
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Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child. You might think the same way, I guess. Exactly, I thought the same way initially because to save most of the children at the expense of only one child was rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally. But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place?
Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was. This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office, community, in politics and especially in a democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable the minority are. The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was sidelined. And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him.
The great critic Leo Velski Julian who told the story said he would not try to change the course of the train because he believed that the kids playing on the operational track should have known very well that track was still in use, and that they should have run away if they heard the train's sirens. If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because he never thought the train could come over to that track! Moreover, that track was not in use probably because it was not safe. If the train was diverted to the track, we could put the lives of all passengers on board at stake! And in your attempt to save a few kids by sacrificing one child, you might end up sacrificing hundreds of people to save these few kids.
While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions that need to be made, we may not realize that hasty decisions may not always be the right one.
"Remember that what's right isn't always popular... and what's popular isn't always right."
Everybody makes mistakes; that's why they put erasers on pencils.
Thanks Darshan(my colleague) for sharing such beautiful story
-- Rajesh
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Modern Panchtantra
A good Read...
Once upon a time, there was a software engineer who used to develop programs on his Pentium machine, sitting under a tree on the banks of a river. He used to earn his bread by selling those programs in the Sunday market.
One day, while he was working, his machine tumbled off the table and fell in the river. Encouraged by the Panchatantra story of his childhood (the woodcutter and the axe),He started praying to the River Goddess. The River Goddess wanted to test him and so appeared only after one month of rigorous prayers. The engineer told her that he had lost his computer in the river.
As usual, the Goddess wanted to test his honesty. She showed him a match box and asked, " Is this your computer ?" Disappointed by the Goddess' lack of computer awareness, the engineer replied, " No." She next showed him a pocket-sized calculator and asked if that was his.
Annoyed, the engineer said "No, not at all!!" Finally, she came up with his own Pentium machine and asked if it was his.
The engineer, left with no option, sighed and said " Yes." The River Goddess was happy with his honesty. She was about to give Him all three items, but before she could make the offer, the engineer Asked her, "Don't you know that you're supposed to show me some better computers before bringing up my own ?"
The River Goddess, angered at this, replied, "I know that, you stupid donkey! The first two things I showed you were the Trillennium and the Billennium, the latest computers from IBM !". So saying, she disappeared with the Pentium!!
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Moral :If you're not up-to-date with technology trends , it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Once upon a time, there was a software engineer who used to develop programs on his Pentium machine, sitting under a tree on the banks of a river. He used to earn his bread by selling those programs in the Sunday market.
One day, while he was working, his machine tumbled off the table and fell in the river. Encouraged by the Panchatantra story of his childhood (the woodcutter and the axe),He started praying to the River Goddess. The River Goddess wanted to test him and so appeared only after one month of rigorous prayers. The engineer told her that he had lost his computer in the river.
As usual, the Goddess wanted to test his honesty. She showed him a match box and asked, " Is this your computer ?" Disappointed by the Goddess' lack of computer awareness, the engineer replied, " No." She next showed him a pocket-sized calculator and asked if that was his.
Annoyed, the engineer said "No, not at all!!" Finally, she came up with his own Pentium machine and asked if it was his.
The engineer, left with no option, sighed and said " Yes." The River Goddess was happy with his honesty. She was about to give Him all three items, but before she could make the offer, the engineer Asked her, "Don't you know that you're supposed to show me some better computers before bringing up my own ?"
The River Goddess, angered at this, replied, "I know that, you stupid donkey! The first two things I showed you were the Trillennium and the Billennium, the latest computers from IBM !". So saying, she disappeared with the Pentium!!
********
Moral :If you're not up-to-date with technology trends , it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Mumbaikerz...................
...and all Mumbaikers will love this!!! This is Bombay
Bombay has no bombs and is a harbour not a bay.
Churchgate has neither a church nor a gate. It is a railway station.
There is no darkness in Andheri.
Lalbaag is neither red nor a garden.
No king ever stayed at Kings Circle.
Nor did Queen Victoria stay at Victoria Terminus.
Nor is there any princess at Princess street.
Lower Parel is at the same level as Parel
There are no marines or sailors at Marine Lines.
The Mahalaxmi temple is at Haji Ali not at Mahalaxmi.
There are no pigs traded at Dukar bazaar.
Teen bati is a junction of 3 roads, not three lamps.
Trams used to terminate at Kings circle not Dadar Tram Terminus.
Breach Candy is not a sweetmeat market.
Safed Pool has the dirtiest and blackest water.
You cannot buy coal at Kolsa street.
There are no Iron smiths at Lohar chawl.
There are no pot makers at Kumbhar wada.
Lokhandwala complex is not an Iron and steel market.
Null bazaar does not sell taps
You will not find ladyfingers at Bheendi Bazaar.
Kalachowki does not have a black Police station.
Hanging Gardens are not suspended.
Mirchi Gully does not sell chillies.
Figs do not grow in Anjir Wadi,
Sitafals do not grow in Sitafal Wadi,
Jackfruits do not grow at Fanaswadi
But it is true that you may get fleeced at Chor (Chira) Bazaar!!!
AMCHI MUMBAI..... A City where everything is possible. Especially the impossible!!
This is Mumbai my dear, But don't fear, just cheer, come to Mumbai every year !
THINGS TO PROVE YOU'RE A BOMBAYITE.
1. You say "town " and expect everyone to know that this means south of Churchgate.
2. You speak in a dialect of Hindi called 'Bambaiya Hindi',which only Bombayites can understand.
3. Your door has more than three locks.
4. Rs 500 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.
5. Train timings (9.27, 10.49 etc) are really important events of life.
6. You spend more time each month traveling than you spend at home.
7. You call an 8' x 10' clustered room a Hall.
8. You're paying Rs 10,000 for a 1 room flat, the size of walk-in closet and you think it's a "steal."
9. You have the following sets of friend: school friends, college friends, neighborhood friends, office friends and yes, train friends,a species unique only in Bombay.
10. Cabbies and bus conductors think you are from Mars if you call the roads by their Indian name, they are more familiar with Warden Road,Peddar Road, Altamount Road.
11. Stock market quotes are the only other thing besides cricket which you follow passionately.
12. The first thing that you read in the Times of India is the "Bombay Times" supplement.
13. You take fashion seriously. You're suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.
14. Hookers, beggars and the homeless are invisible.
15. You compare Bombay to New York's Manhattan instead of any other cities of India.
16. The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.
17. You insist on calling CST as VT, and Sahar and Santacruz airports instead of Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport .
18. You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.
19. Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on your toes.
20. Being truly alone makes you nervous.
21. You love wading through knee deep mucky water in the monsoons, and actually call it ''romantic'.
22. Only in Bombay, you would get Chinese Dosa and Jain Chicken.
23. You call traffic policemen as 'Pandus" and expect out-of-towners to understand that ..
Bombay has no bombs and is a harbour not a bay.
Churchgate has neither a church nor a gate. It is a railway station.
There is no darkness in Andheri.
Lalbaag is neither red nor a garden.
No king ever stayed at Kings Circle.
Nor did Queen Victoria stay at Victoria Terminus.
Nor is there any princess at Princess street.
Lower Parel is at the same level as Parel
There are no marines or sailors at Marine Lines.
The Mahalaxmi temple is at Haji Ali not at Mahalaxmi.
There are no pigs traded at Dukar bazaar.
Teen bati is a junction of 3 roads, not three lamps.
Trams used to terminate at Kings circle not Dadar Tram Terminus.
Breach Candy is not a sweetmeat market.
Safed Pool has the dirtiest and blackest water.
You cannot buy coal at Kolsa street.
There are no Iron smiths at Lohar chawl.
There are no pot makers at Kumbhar wada.
Lokhandwala complex is not an Iron and steel market.
Null bazaar does not sell taps
You will not find ladyfingers at Bheendi Bazaar.
Kalachowki does not have a black Police station.
Hanging Gardens are not suspended.
Mirchi Gully does not sell chillies.
Figs do not grow in Anjir Wadi,
Sitafals do not grow in Sitafal Wadi,
Jackfruits do not grow at Fanaswadi
But it is true that you may get fleeced at Chor (Chira) Bazaar!!!
AMCHI MUMBAI..... A City where everything is possible. Especially the impossible!!
This is Mumbai my dear, But don't fear, just cheer, come to Mumbai every year !
THINGS TO PROVE YOU'RE A BOMBAYITE.
1. You say "town " and expect everyone to know that this means south of Churchgate.
2. You speak in a dialect of Hindi called 'Bambaiya Hindi',which only Bombayites can understand.
3. Your door has more than three locks.
4. Rs 500 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.
5. Train timings (9.27, 10.49 etc) are really important events of life.
6. You spend more time each month traveling than you spend at home.
7. You call an 8' x 10' clustered room a Hall.
8. You're paying Rs 10,000 for a 1 room flat, the size of walk-in closet and you think it's a "steal."
9. You have the following sets of friend: school friends, college friends, neighborhood friends, office friends and yes, train friends,a species unique only in Bombay.
10. Cabbies and bus conductors think you are from Mars if you call the roads by their Indian name, they are more familiar with Warden Road,Peddar Road, Altamount Road.
11. Stock market quotes are the only other thing besides cricket which you follow passionately.
12. The first thing that you read in the Times of India is the "Bombay Times" supplement.
13. You take fashion seriously. You're suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.
14. Hookers, beggars and the homeless are invisible.
15. You compare Bombay to New York's Manhattan instead of any other cities of India.
16. The most frequently used part of your car is the horn.
17. You insist on calling CST as VT, and Sahar and Santacruz airports instead of Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport .
18. You consider eye contact an act of overt aggression.
19. Your idea of personal space is no one actually standing on your toes.
20. Being truly alone makes you nervous.
21. You love wading through knee deep mucky water in the monsoons, and actually call it ''romantic'.
22. Only in Bombay, you would get Chinese Dosa and Jain Chicken.
23. You call traffic policemen as 'Pandus" and expect out-of-towners to understand that ..
An amazing sentence....
An amazing sentence....
The person who invented this sentence must be a
vocabulary GENIUS.... Read the below sentence carefully...
"I do not know where family doctors acquired
illegibly perplexing handwriting, nevertheless,
extraordinary pharmaceutical intellectuality
counterbalancing indecipherability,
transcendentalizes intercommunications
incomprehensibleness".
In this sentence the Nth word is N letters long.
e.g. 3rd word is 3 letters long,
Don't believe : then see !
I
do
not
know
where
family
doctors
acquired
illegibly
perplexing
handwriting
nevertheless
extraordinary
pharmaceutical
intellectuality
counterbalancing
indecipherability
transcendentalizes
intercommunications
incomprehensibleness
The person who invented this sentence must be a
vocabulary GENIUS.... Read the below sentence carefully...
"I do not know where family doctors acquired
illegibly perplexing handwriting, nevertheless,
extraordinary pharmaceutical intellectuality
counterbalancing indecipherability,
transcendentalizes intercommunications
incomprehensibleness".
In this sentence the Nth word is N letters long.
e.g. 3rd word is 3 letters long,
Don't believe : then see !
I
do
not
know
where
family
doctors
acquired
illegibly
perplexing
handwriting
nevertheless
extraordinary
pharmaceutical
intellectuality
counterbalancing
indecipherability
transcendentalizes
intercommunications
incomprehensibleness
The World eBook Fair (Download Free Ebooks)
Hi,
http://www.worldebookfair.com/
Project Gutenberg and the World eBook Library will make 300,000 e-books available from July 4 to August 4 at this site, which bills itself as the "first World eBook Fair." It will feature "..eBooks from nearly every classic author on the varieties of subjects previously only available through the largest library collections in the world. Now these books are yours for the taking, free of charge, to keep for the rest of your lives." There's more. Aside from the free downloads, you can also upload your own eBooks, though the site doesn't saw how yet. There's more to look forward to in future editions: half a million eBooks in 2007, three-fourths in 2008, and a full million in 2009.
N.B: Thanks Mr.Peter Griffin(From TOI) for this Information
http://www.worldebookfair.com/
Project Gutenberg and the World eBook Library will make 300,000 e-books available from July 4 to August 4 at this site, which bills itself as the "first World eBook Fair." It will feature "..eBooks from nearly every classic author on the varieties of subjects previously only available through the largest library collections in the world. Now these books are yours for the taking, free of charge, to keep for the rest of your lives." There's more. Aside from the free downloads, you can also upload your own eBooks, though the site doesn't saw how yet. There's more to look forward to in future editions: half a million eBooks in 2007, three-fourths in 2008, and a full million in 2009.
N.B: Thanks Mr.Peter Griffin(From TOI) for this Information
The top network inventors of all time
There is a article in Computer World about Top Network Inventors of all time, which Networking Professionals and other enthusiasts will definitely like to read.
You can read at this link
http://tinyurl.com/276ul8
You can read at this link
http://tinyurl.com/276ul8
Monday, July 2, 2007
[Solve with Me] Workouts for your Right Brain
Hi All,
Want to have some exercise for your Right Brain.It is said that we usually use much of our Left Brain and hardly workouts our Right Brain. Right Brain Workouts stimulate creative thinking, champion the pursuit of humane ideas, illustrate the benefits of thinking creatively, and urge you to exercise your creative abilities.
So if you want to stimulate your Right Brain then solve Puzzles, Sudoku Games, Learn Some New Languages(French,Japanese,etc..).
Here is one of my favorite Puzzle. Just go to below link and solve the puzzle.
http://www.freestuffhotdeals.com/hacker/1.html
This page and the subsequent pages will give you some clue to open the next page.
In some cases you have to take the help of your Search Engines(Google,Yahoo Search or MSN Search etc).So you have to solve around 21 pages and the 23rd page will give you the Congratulation Message just like the attached file.
So solve the riddle...........And yes, if incase you want any help, then I can help you to complete the puzzle.
Happy Solving!!!
Want to have some exercise for your Right Brain.It is said that we usually use much of our Left Brain and hardly workouts our Right Brain. Right Brain Workouts stimulate creative thinking, champion the pursuit of humane ideas, illustrate the benefits of thinking creatively, and urge you to exercise your creative abilities.
So if you want to stimulate your Right Brain then solve Puzzles, Sudoku Games, Learn Some New Languages(French,Japanese,etc..).
Here is one of my favorite Puzzle. Just go to below link and solve the puzzle.
http://www.freestuffhotdeals.com/hacker/1.html
This page and the subsequent pages will give you some clue to open the next page.
In some cases you have to take the help of your Search Engines(Google,Yahoo Search or MSN Search etc).So you have to solve around 21 pages and the 23rd page will give you the Congratulation Message just like the attached file.
So solve the riddle...........And yes, if incase you want any help, then I can help you to complete the puzzle.
Happy Solving!!!
Sunday, July 1, 2007
RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
Hi All,
Have you ever need for a system where you can log in and read all the news you like to read from different sections of different Magazine, Newspapers, Online News Channels etc....
I know some of you got my point. For others let me explain with a example........
Iam interested in Reading the Headlines of TOI, News from Infotech section of ET, Technology News of BBC, Education section of DNA, Job section of ET, Top news from CNN..........and many more and even few of Blogs posted by my friends...........And yes.all these without opening the sites of ET,TOI,BBCOnline or CNN etc.
The technology is all these websites provides RSS (Really Simple Syndication) FEEDS for different section of their websites. So i need one aggregator, who will aggregate all the feeds of my choice.
I just use RSS Viewer / Feeds Agregator to collect all the selected information of my choice from different website and show me in a single system. T hese Viewer or aggregator will collect updates in a regular interval and keeps me updated with latest happenings. It saves lot of time of mine; as i don't have to open number of websites for my different information needs.
Hope you liked the idea. There are number of Aggregators or Viewers and some are free. At present iam using two such aggregators, which provides FREE RSS viewing facility.
www.bloglines.com
www.reader.google.com
Even i get one article related to RSS in Express Computer Magazine,which is posted below.
RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
What is RSS?
Really Simple Syndication belongs to the family of lightweight XML (Extensible Markup Language) standards. RSS is designed to combine information from various Web sites in one place. It is a collection of XML-based Web content used by news Web sites, blogs, and podcasts for publishing on the Internet.
How has RSS evolved?
Dave Winer, the founder of Userland Software, designed his own XML format in 1997 for syndicating his scripting news weblog. RSS was created by Dan Libby in 1999 and was used on the My Netscape portal. The two RSS ancestries are RSS 1.0 that works in accordance by the set of rules described by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The RDF specification was released from RSS–DEV Working Group in 2000. RSS 2.0 was released by Harvard Law School in 2003.
How can you read RSS feeds?
RSS readers collect news in the background at intervals. A user can subscribe to numerous feeds simultaneously and save time on finding information. RSS uses software to organise the RSS feeds to get updates automatically. The active Web reader reads RSS files, organises the RSS feeds, manages the updates, and monitors the changes on the Web site that the user has subscribed to. It also searches for information. The automatic procedure to search for information on behalf of the user saves time for him as he need not visit each Web site individually. It also enables the user to avoid advertisements, menus, etc. The reader displays information in a human readable format. A powerful RSS reader built into the Mozilla Firefox browser is known as the Live Bookmark feature. RSS files have different extensions like .XML, . RSS and .RDF.
Is there a licenced version of RSS?
Licenced RSS 2.0 is offered by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at the Harvard Law School. The author of this document is Dave Winer.
What's the technology used in RSS?
To enable RSS, six essential technologies are used: Aggregator Engine, MyST-X Scripting Engine, MgST Persistence Service, My Smart Channels, MyST XSL Transformation Service and MyST Click Director. These provide specific support to the RSS that contains up to 15 items parsed using Perl, Java and other open source software. RSS gathers information from multiple channels at one place called Aggregator. Aggregator Web sites share common goals. One of the major advantages of RSS feeds is that it makes the content from various pages available at one place. RSS also provides tools and solutions to the user to customise feeds and minimise integration efforts. It is mainly used to subscribe to weblogs and news Web sites, and can also be used to attach multimedia files. Web sites like BBC, CNET, CNN, Disney, Forbes, Motley Fool, Wired, Red Herring, Salon, Slashdot, ZDNet and many more are among its users. RSS is adopted on weblogs such as scripting.com. Many Web sites have discovered that RSS and XML can easily promote traffic to their sites and are switching over to this technology.
— Thanks Garima Grover
For more information visit www.newarchitectmag.com/archives/2000/02/eisenzopf/
Have you ever need for a system where you can log in and read all the news you like to read from different sections of different Magazine, Newspapers, Online News Channels etc....
I know some of you got my point. For others let me explain with a example........
Iam interested in Reading the Headlines of TOI, News from Infotech section of ET, Technology News of BBC, Education section of DNA, Job section of ET, Top news from CNN..........and many more and even few of Blogs posted by my friends...........And yes.all these without opening the sites of ET,TOI,BBCOnline or CNN etc.
The technology is all these websites provides RSS (Really Simple Syndication) FEEDS for different section of their websites. So i need one aggregator, who will aggregate all the feeds of my choice.
I just use RSS Viewer / Feeds Agregator to collect all the selected information of my choice from different website and show me in a single system. T hese Viewer or aggregator will collect updates in a regular interval and keeps me updated with latest happenings. It saves lot of time of mine; as i don't have to open number of websites for my different information needs.
Hope you liked the idea. There are number of Aggregators or Viewers and some are free. At present iam using two such aggregators, which provides FREE RSS viewing facility.
www.bloglines.com
www.reader.google.com
Even i get one article related to RSS in Express Computer Magazine,which is posted below.
RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
What is RSS?
Really Simple Syndication belongs to the family of lightweight XML (Extensible Markup Language) standards. RSS is designed to combine information from various Web sites in one place. It is a collection of XML-based Web content used by news Web sites, blogs, and podcasts for publishing on the Internet.
How has RSS evolved?
Dave Winer, the founder of Userland Software, designed his own XML format in 1997 for syndicating his scripting news weblog. RSS was created by Dan Libby in 1999 and was used on the My Netscape portal. The two RSS ancestries are RSS 1.0 that works in accordance by the set of rules described by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The RDF specification was released from RSS–DEV Working Group in 2000. RSS 2.0 was released by Harvard Law School in 2003.
How can you read RSS feeds?
RSS readers collect news in the background at intervals. A user can subscribe to numerous feeds simultaneously and save time on finding information. RSS uses software to organise the RSS feeds to get updates automatically. The active Web reader reads RSS files, organises the RSS feeds, manages the updates, and monitors the changes on the Web site that the user has subscribed to. It also searches for information. The automatic procedure to search for information on behalf of the user saves time for him as he need not visit each Web site individually. It also enables the user to avoid advertisements, menus, etc. The reader displays information in a human readable format. A powerful RSS reader built into the Mozilla Firefox browser is known as the Live Bookmark feature. RSS files have different extensions like .XML, . RSS and .RDF.
Is there a licenced version of RSS?
Licenced RSS 2.0 is offered by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at the Harvard Law School. The author of this document is Dave Winer.
What's the technology used in RSS?
To enable RSS, six essential technologies are used: Aggregator Engine, MyST-X Scripting Engine, MgST Persistence Service, My Smart Channels, MyST XSL Transformation Service and MyST Click Director. These provide specific support to the RSS that contains up to 15 items parsed using Perl, Java and other open source software. RSS gathers information from multiple channels at one place called Aggregator. Aggregator Web sites share common goals. One of the major advantages of RSS feeds is that it makes the content from various pages available at one place. RSS also provides tools and solutions to the user to customise feeds and minimise integration efforts. It is mainly used to subscribe to weblogs and news Web sites, and can also be used to attach multimedia files. Web sites like BBC, CNET, CNN, Disney, Forbes, Motley Fool, Wired, Red Herring, Salon, Slashdot, ZDNet and many more are among its users. RSS is adopted on weblogs such as scripting.com. Many Web sites have discovered that RSS and XML can easily promote traffic to their sites and are switching over to this technology.
— Thanks Garima Grover
For more information visit www.newarchitectmag.com/archives/2000/02/eisenzopf/
Vote For Taj
Hi,
You must be aware there there is a voting system going for selecting the New 7 Wonders of the World. Its World's First-ever Global Vote. Our "Taj Mahal" built in 1630 A.D. is competing with 20 other Heritages around the world.
If you want to see The Taj Mahal in the final 7 wonders then all have to vote it in the official site go to New 7 Wonders Foundation to pick your favorite monuments(along with The Taj Mahal) and vote.
A Brief List of 21 Monuments........
*************************************************************************************
Acropolis of Athens (450 - 330 B.C.), Alhambra (12th century) Spain; Angkor (12th century) Cambodia; the Pyramid at Chichén Itzá (before 800 A.D.) Mexico; Christ Redeemer (1931) Brazil; the Roman Colosseum (70 - 82 A.D.) Italy; Statues of Easter Island (10th - 16th century) Chile; the EiffelTower (1887 - 89) France; The Great Wall of China (220 B.C and 1368 - 1644 A.D.) China; the Hagia Sophia (532 - 537 A.D.) Turkey; Kiyomizu Temple (749 - 1855) Japan; the Kremlin and Red Square (1156 - 1850) Russia; Machu Picchu (1460-1470), Peru ; Neuschwanstein Castle (1869 -1884) Germany; Petra (9 B.C. - 40 A.D.), Jordan; the Statue of Liberty (1886) U.S.A.; Stonehenge (3000 B.C. - 1600 B.C.) United Kingdom; Sydney Opera House (1954 - 73) Australia; Timbuktu (12th century) Mali; Pyramids of Giza, Egypt and of course, the Taj Mahal (1630 A.D.) India.
The Pyramids of Gizaâ€"the sole remaining Seven Ancient Wonder of the Worldâ€"has been designated as an Honorary New7Wonders Candidate. Hence only six of the 20 active monuments will be chosen by people across the globe.
Complete article
-- Rajesh Subudhi
You must be aware there there is a voting system going for selecting the New 7 Wonders of the World. Its World's First-ever Global Vote. Our "Taj Mahal" built in 1630 A.D. is competing with 20 other Heritages around the world.
If you want to see The Taj Mahal in the final 7 wonders then all have to vote it in the official site go to New 7 Wonders Foundation to pick your favorite monuments(along with The Taj Mahal) and vote.
A Brief List of 21 Monuments........
*************************************************************************************
Acropolis of Athens (450 - 330 B.C.), Alhambra (12th century) Spain; Angkor (12th century) Cambodia; the Pyramid at Chichén Itzá (before 800 A.D.) Mexico; Christ Redeemer (1931) Brazil; the Roman Colosseum (70 - 82 A.D.) Italy; Statues of Easter Island (10th - 16th century) Chile; the EiffelTower (1887 - 89) France; The Great Wall of China (220 B.C and 1368 - 1644 A.D.) China; the Hagia Sophia (532 - 537 A.D.) Turkey; Kiyomizu Temple (749 - 1855) Japan; the Kremlin and Red Square (1156 - 1850) Russia; Machu Picchu (1460-1470), Peru ; Neuschwanstein Castle (1869 -1884) Germany; Petra (9 B.C. - 40 A.D.), Jordan; the Statue of Liberty (1886) U.S.A.; Stonehenge (3000 B.C. - 1600 B.C.) United Kingdom; Sydney Opera House (1954 - 73) Australia; Timbuktu (12th century) Mali; Pyramids of Giza, Egypt and of course, the Taj Mahal (1630 A.D.) India.
The Pyramids of Gizaâ€"the sole remaining Seven Ancient Wonder of the Worldâ€"has been designated as an Honorary New7Wonders Candidate. Hence only six of the 20 active monuments will be chosen by people across the globe.
Complete article
-- Rajesh Subudhi
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