Counter View on Vaastu

 

Vaastu shashtra principles seem to be an interpretation of those who learnt it. When teachers explain a subject students will interpret it differently. Likewise those who learnt vaastu shashtra must have interpreted it differently. The basics of architecture are geometry. Ancient gurus might have taught geometry, architecture and everything superstitiously. The only difference is now we learn everything scientifically. Every superstition has a scientific reason too. If you think properly you can understand that some beliefs are meaningless. Vaastu purusha mandala, the earth which is a globe is shown as a square platform. Vaastu purusha is believed to be lying on the entire earth with his head in the north east and legs in the southwest. Another belief is that vaastu purusha is lying from east to west and changing position throughout the year. If so, how come a separate vaastu purusha occupies every piece of plot and every foundation of the houses? If vaastu purusha occupies the entire earth a fraction of his body will not be there in a plot or a house. Vaastu experts themselves have different opinions. When some say there is planetary influence in vaastu others say it doesn’t have. And some say vaastu flaws can be corrected by placing crystals, yantras, etc. Others say the flaws cannot be corrected by these things. They should observe and study things instead of going by superstition. These vaastu gurus make their own rules and instill wrong notions and fear in people’s brain. What they preach themselves cannot practice. They distort the geometry and make the houses inconvenient. They make architects and designers do what is not possible. Architects will get confused by the advice of the vaastu gurus and people will have fear to live in such houses which are not vaastu compliant. People seem to be more vaastu conscious these days because of these vaastu preachers. If only they understood it is geometry and it can be done how it is possible to do. It is like solving jigsaw puzzles. We arrange rooms in a geometrical design and construct the walls. Thus we will have a geometrical structure as our shelter. If the geometry is not done properly house will not be comfortable. I believe geometry defects are vaastu defects. Our aim is to make a shelter. It should be safe and comforatable and we decorate it with our creative sense to look good. Houses were built with the materials available then and how it is possible to build. If we build houses according to vaastu principles there will be only one design and the same type houses. That’s why houses of poor families are seen same type in our village. According to the culture, tradition and family profession houses were built before. Exterior designs of the houses vary from state to state and countries to countries. Architecture is evolving as everything else with ages and with the materials available. Only large houses can be built according to the vaastu principles. So vaastu is meant for the rich. Small houses and flats cannot be totally vaastu compliant. Even if you do penance standing on one leg you are not going to achieve it. These vaastu principles nullify our creative sense. Some vaastu principles that they advise are ridiculous and impractical. I believe only in geometry, not in vaastu. But I follow certain rules when I design.

Floor Plan-5-F F

West Facing Villa-3-F F

Floor Plan-5-G F

West Facing Villa-3-G F

Baby Names--13

Names starting with—V


Male                                       Female


Vatsal                                      Vandana
Varun                                      Varsha
Vallabh                                    Vallabhi
Vasant                                     Vasanti
Vindu                                      Vasundhara
Vikas                                      Vasuda
Vikram                                   Vasudha
Vijay                                      Vaaruni
Vidur                                      Vaasanti
Vinamra                                  Vijaya
Vinay                                      Vinita
Vineet                                     Vibha
Vinod                                     Vimala
Vipul                                      Vishakha
Vibhu                                     Vrunda
Vimal                                     Vaijayanti
Virat                                      Vaishali
Vivek                                     Vaishnavi
Vishad
Vishakh
Vishal
Vishrav
Vismay
Vaibhav
Vrajesh
Vyom

Baby Names--12

Names starting with—T


Male                                        Female


Tanmay                                    Tanuja
Tushar                                      Tanvi
Tejas                                        Tapti
Tosh                                         Tarpini
Toshit                                       Tara
Trishanku                                 Teeja
                                                Tushara
                                                Trupti
                                                Trusha
                                               Teja
                                               Tejasi
                                               Tejomayi
                                               Tripura
                                               Triveni
                                               Treya


Names starting with—U


Male                                           Female


Ujaas                                         Ujaala
Ulkarsh                                      Udadhi
Uttam                                        Uma
Utpal                                        Urmila
Ulsuk                                        Urvara
Uday                                        Urvashi
Udaar                                      Urvi-ja
Udit
Udhyot
Upendra
Ullas
Upmanyu


Names starting with—Y


Male                                         Female


Yatharth                                   Yamuna
Yadu                                        Yashoda
Yash                                       Yashodhara
Yamini
Yogita

Baby Names--11

Names starting with—S-2


Male                                       Female


Sankarsh                                 Sanjeeda
Sanket                                    Satyabhama
Sanjay                                    Satyavati
Santokh                                  Samiksha
Sachi                                      Sameera
Sachhidanand                         Sayana
Sachet                                    Sarala
Satanad                                  Sarsa
Sadanand                               Sarsiruha
Sattam                                   Sarita
Sanandan                              Saroj
Sanat-kumar                         Saryu
Samarth                                Sarvapriya
Sameer                                 Sarvari
Sarit                                     Salika
Sarup                                   Saloni
Sarur                                    Savita
Sarekh                                 Savni
Saroruh                               Sindhu-ja
Sarju                                   Siti
Saral                                   Siddha
Saras                                  Smita
Sarvesh                              Sukruti
Salil                                    Suchitra
Sahdev                               Sudeepti
Sahal                                  Sudha
Savan                                 Sunanda
Sindhuj                               Suniti
Siddharth                            Suparna
Suchit                                 Suparni
Sudarshan                          Supriya
Sudhir                                Subhadra
Sudas                                Subhrata
Sudev                                Sumitra
Sudhesh                            Sumedha
Sudhang                            Surbhi
Sudhanshu                        Surasari
Suparn                             Surangana
Subal                               Suravati
Subir                                Suruchi
Subhash                           Surupa
Sumant                            Surekha
Suman                             Sulochana
Sumukh                           Suvarna
Sumedh                           Sushma
Surath                             Suhela
Surshreshth                     Smriti
Suruj                              Somavati
Surendra                        Swadha
Suresh                            Swamini
Sushil
Sushrut
Sushen
Suhas
Suhel
Srunjay
Sohan
Saurabh
Swet

Baby Names--10

Names starting with—S-1


Male                                    Female

Shantanu                             Shagufa
Shavur                                Shachi
Shatadru                             Shatabhisha
Shatabhish                          Shatarupa
Shatanand                          Sharanya
Shatrughn                           Shabari
Shamak                             Sharika
Sharad                              Shikha
Sharishth                           Shiti
Shivi                                  Sheetal
Sheetanshu                        Shubha
Shubhang                          Shubhangi
Shailendra                         Shailaja
Shobhan                           Shaivya
Shyam                              Shobha
Shyamsunder                    Shobhna
Shravan                            Shyama
Shreekant                         Shyamla
Shreedhar                        Shraddha
Shreeharsh                       Shreeja
Shrey                               Shreya
Shreyas                           Shweta
Shreshth

Baby Names--9

Names starting with—R


Male                                       Female


Raghunandan                          Rambha
Raghunath                              Rati
Ravi                                       Ramani
Raseel                                    Ruchi
Raghav                                  Rupa
Rajendra                               Rekha
Rahul                                    Renuka
Ranjit                                    Revati
Ranbir                                  Reva
Roshan                                 Rohini
Rohit                                    Rajashri
Rohan                                  Radhika
Rima
Reena
Roshni

Baby Names--8

Names starting with—P


Male                               Female


Pankaj                             Panchmi
Pankajit                           Pavitra
Payoj                              Padma
Parag                              Padmini
Pareekshit                       Pallavi
Pavan                             Puloma
Padmaj                           Pushya
Piyush                            Prutha
Puneet                            Paulomi
Purujit                            Pracheta
Puranjay                        Prajna
Purushottam                  Pratibha
Pururava                        Prathmi
Pushkar                         Priya
Pushkal                         Priyamvada
Purnendu                      Priyadarshini
Pruthu                          Preksha
Paush                           Prerna
Pranav                         Prathusha
Pratap                         Pranjali
Prateek
Pradeep
Pradhumn
Pradhut
Prabodh
Prabhat
Pramod
Praharsh
Prahlad
Prathush
Prashant
Pranjal

Baby Names--7

Names starting with—N


Male                                     Female


Nandan                             Nandana
Nakul                                Nandini
Nal                                   Nanda
Naval                                Namrata
Navin                                Nayana
Nahush                             Nalini
Nagarjun                          Navya
Nikunj                              Nitya
Nipun                               Nidhi
Niranjan                           Niyati
Nirupam                           Nirati
Nirmad                            Nirupama
Nirmal                             Nivedita
Nishant                            Nishi
Nishad                            Neeka
Neeraj                            Neeraja
Nutan

Baby Names--6

Names starting with—M


Male                                     Female


Mangal                                Mangala
Manjul                                 Manjula
Mandar                               Mandakini
Madhur                               Manjari
Manish                                Mansa
Manoj                                 Manisha
Manohar                             Manojna
Mayur                                 Mamta
Mahij                                  Mayuri
Mahendra                           Mahima
Mahesh                              Maheeja
Manik                                Mandvi
Mithun                                Madhuri
Mihir                                  Meena
Mukund                             Megha
Mukul                                Medha
Muneedra                          Mesha
Mesh                                 Meghna
Mohan

Baby Names--5

Names starting with—K


Male                                        Female


Kanchan                                    Kanak
Kapil                                         Kamala
Kabil                                         Kalika
Kamal                                       Kadambari
Kashyap                                   Kavya
Kaachan                                   Kirtika
Kartik                                       Kumudini
Kundan                                     Kusum
Kumud                                     Kruti
Kiran                                        Kruttika
Kirin                                         Krupa
Kush                                        Ketaki
Kushal                                      Keda
Krutarth                                   Komal
Krupal                                      Kaumudi
Ketak                                       Kaushalya
Kedar                                       Kshama
Keshav                                     Kshitija
Kautik                                      Kshema
Kaushal
Kaushik
Kshitij
Ksheeraj


Names starting with—L


Male                                          Female


Lakshit                                      Lachi
Lalit                                          Lata
Lav                                           Lalita
Lohit                                         Lekha
Lopmudra

Baby Names--4

Names starting with—G



Male                                           Female


Girish                                              Ganga
Gautam                                           Gayatri
Gopendra                                       GargiGirija
Greeshm                                         Girija
                                                      Gautami
                                                     Greeshma


Names starting with—H



Male                                         Female


Harsh                                      Harita
Harshal                                   Harsha
Harshvardhan                         Harshada
Harshit                                    Heera
Hrisikeah                                Hrudhya
Hemant                                  Hema


Names starting with—I or E


Male                                               Female


Ish                                              Indira
                                                  Indrani
                                                  Era
                                                  Ela
                                                  Esha


Names starting with—J


Male                                             Female


Jagdish                                        Jaya
Janak                                          Jalpa
Jayant                                         Jalaja
Jalesh                                          Jahnavi
Jihan                                           Juhi
Jehan                                          Jyoti

Baby Names--3

Names starting with letter—D



Male                       Female


Daksh                     Daksha
Dattay                     Dhanya
Danuj                      Dhanna
Dasharn                  Dagda
Dashan                   Dakshija
Dinkar                    Danu
Divakar                  Damayanti
Dinanath                 Dipti
Divij                       Dakshayani
Deepak                   Deepika
Dinadheesh             Deepshikha
Diner                      Devyani
Dinesh                    Dhutima
Dileep                    Draupadi
Duhin                     Dhani
Devpriy                  Dharni
Devvrat                  Dhara
Divesh                   Dharitri
Devendra               Dhani
Drupad                  Druti
Dwijesh
Dhananjay
Dhanvant
Dhanishth
Dhanu
Dhanesh
Dharnij
Dishan
Dheeraj
Dhruv

Baby Names--2

Names starting with letter—B

Male                             Female

Bakul                             Barkha
Balark                            Barha
Balendu                         Basudha
Birju                              Basanti
Beeraj                           Bela
Bruhadrath                    Bhrahmi
Brajesh                         Bhadravati
Bhageerath                   Bhadra
Bhadra                         Bhavani
Bharat                          Bhavika
Bhavesh                       Bhavya
Bhaadra                       Bhageerathi
Bhargav                       Bhaadra
Bhargavesh                  Bhanuja
Bhaskar                       Bhamini
Bhuvan                       Bharti
Bhrugu                       Bhargavi
Bhaumik                    Bhavna
                                Bhramari


Names starting with letter—C


Male                      Female


Chandak                   Chandana
Chandrak                  Chanda
Chandrakant             Chandra
Chandrajot               Chnadrakala
Chandrabhanu          Chandraprabha
Chirag                      Chandrabala
                                Chandrabha
                                Chandrika
                                Champa
                                Chameli
                                Charuta
                                Chitra

Baby Names--1

I would like to put down some BABY NAMES on my blog. It will be useful for couples who seek names for their new born babies.

Names starting with letter--A

    Male                                  Female

Ankur                                     Antara

Angaj                                     Amba

Anjani                                    Ambari

Ambarish                               Ambika

Ark                                       Ambuja

Akshay                                 Arkaja

Akhil                                    Arka

Ajay                                      Aksa

Atul                                       Akshara

Advait                                   Atulya

Anant                                   Adi

Anil                                      Aditi

Anirudh                                Anagha

Anuroop                               Anargha

Abhay                                  Anasuya

Abhijit                                  Anupama

Abhimanyu                           Apurva

Amal                                    Abari

Amay                                   Amari

Amar                                   Amala

Amartya                               Amisha

Amish                                  Aruna

Arvind                                 Alka

Arun                                   Avanti

Avi                                     Avani

Avinash                               Ashwini

Ashin                                  Asini

Arhat                                  Ahi

Aarjav                                Akruti

Aadarsh                             Ardra

Aditya                                Aadhya

Aadil                                  Anandi

Aarav                                 Aabha

Aalekh                               Arya

Aalok                                Aarti

Aashish                              Asha

                                         Aarsha

When thoguhts become alive

Sometimes it happens just as think. I had the habit of sitting at the window turning my back against it so as to get light from behind while reading. Our old wooden window had a half curtain which I would never open since I get light from the above half. Few years ago one day as usual I relaxed with the newspaper in the mid-morning, suddenly this thought came to mind that a snake could crawl up from behind. I got up from the chair holding the paper in my hand and open the window curtain slightly and looked at the ground. I was taken aback to see a snake at the base of the window. As I drew the curtain it startled and held its head (not hood) erect. I don’t know what kind of snake was that. I stood silent as I could. In a few minutes it crawled away and hid under the stones that were heaped in the garden. Since then I gave up sitting in that position. My thoughts become alive like this often. I don’t know whether it is an intuitive power to protect me or there is something wrong with my brain.

Nature in Picture

Here are some beautiful pictures of Nature--

Carless day or Cars' day?

What is the benefit of Mumbai’s roads being carless only for a day? Is it to add one more day to celebrate which we have been celebrating a day for everything every year? I wish all days were carless days. However, cars get a holiday and rest. Cars and bikes cause more accidents. Even if a person is an expert driver, accidents may occur inadvertently. Electronic machines often play tricks. The more they make the cars electronic the more we can expect their failure. Actually Mumbai city needs 4lane roads for heavy and small vehicles to go separately. But where is the space? Mumbai’s roads make a wonderful sight as vehicles always move along brushing with one another like ants. But most of the accidents occur on highways and at night when roads become empty.

What is the intention of everyone buying a car nowadays? Is it for one’s own convenience or luxury or a status symbol to brag about—mere paas gaadi hai, bungla hai, tumhare paas kya hai? Designers are at fault. New designs and technology attract youngsters. Even school children want to drive. It is a thrill for these youngsters. But their thrill will not last long. If all cars were ambassadors not many would have wanted to drive. Some things should not be made attractive. Sita Devi’s desire to get a golden deer made her life miserable. I cannot help laughing every time I see the Fiat Linea ad. The ad shows the real behavior of a dad and kid. When toys at the shop’s window fascinate kid, dad drags him from there to walk along and when the Fiat Linea at the show room fascinates dad, kid gets irritated and pulls him from there.

I had a maid long ago. She would say proudly that her truck driver man would drink country liquor daily. Surprised, I asked her why he wanted to drink. She said it was for confidence and to calm the mind while driving. I suspect the same in Nooria Haveliwala’s case whether she was drinking for confidence for not being an expert driver. Otherwise, why should she want to drink while driving? Seeing her face doesn’t seem she would do such things arrogantly. It was foolishness on her part. I feel rather pity than hatred for her. These youngsters ape such a life style ignorantly despite having enough knowledge of everything. Not being modern and adventurous is a shameful thing for them. Whom to blame when we live on the edge? Messenger of death comes disguised as beautiful vehicles.

Appendix and its Purpose

Read this article that was published in the Mumbai Mirror on January 20-2010.

Appendicitis may be related to viral infections

Can you catch appendicitis? And if you do, is it necessarily an emergency that demands immediate surgery? Yes and no, according to a new study by UT southwestern Medical Centre.
The researchers evaluated data over a 36 year period and concluded in a paper appearing in this month’s Archives of surgery that appendicitis may be caused by undermined viral infection or infections, said Edward Livingston, chief of surgery at UT Southwestern and senior author of the report.
Appendicitis is the common reason for emergency general surgery. It was first identified in 1886. Since then, doctors have presumed quick removal of the appendix was a necessity to avoid it bursting, which can be an emergency. Because removing the appendix is generally safe, it became standard practice in the early 20th century.
But this latest research studying appendicitis trends from 1970 to 2006 suggests immediate may not be necessary. Evidence from sailors at sea without access to immediate surgery and from some children’s hospitals, whose practice did call for emergency surgery, hinted that non-perforated appendicitis may resolve without surgery.
In undertaking the study, researchers screened the diagnosis for admissions for appendicitis, influenza, Rota virus and other infections. They found that seasonal variations clustering of the cases support the theory that it may be a viral disease, like the flu.
In addition, researchers uncovered some seasonal trends for appendicitis, with a slight increase in cases during the summer. They have also been able to rule out flu and other common infections as a cause. Appendicitis afflicts about one in ten people during their lifetime.
“Though appendicitis is fairly common, it still remains a frustrating mystery,” Livingston said.
“While we know removal is an effective treatment, we still don’t know the purpose of the
appendix, nor what exactly causes it to become obstructed.”

Appendix must be a valve to reduce pressure when waste pass from the small intestine to the large intestine in mass, just like the vacuum flask valve does. It can be filled with stool when having loose motions and cause infection.

Several years ago I took a relative to my family doctor for prolonged stomach pain. He presumed it appendicitis and referred for further tests. Her X-ray showed appendix was not infected. But during his treatment suddenly bleeding started from her bowels, so he thought appendix had burst and got her admitted to hospital in emergency and she had undergone a surgery unnecessarily. The medicine he had administered must have caused the bleeding. Still she suffers prolonged pain and has to take medicine daily for digestion.

Again once I had uncontrollable vomiting he confirmed it was appendicitis and waited to get me admitted to the hospital for surgery at midnight. I told him I would be all right by morning and took some medicine he had prescribed. I had no pain or any discomfort in the lower abdomen. X-ray had taken and further tests had done in the morning. My X-ray report showed appendix was not filled with barium. Since appendix was not visible in the X-ray I asked my doctor where the appendix is, to clear the doubt. At first he said, “It is in the back side, then said, it is not visible because it is infected.” How can we trust doctors who talk like that? However, I escaped surgery and further complications related to it.