How About A Dino Pet?

Technology changes at a fast pace and each time you turn around there are new gadgets promising a better and easier life. In today’s fast moving world many of us cannot spare time to care for a pet, but would still like to have the companionship of a pet.. For such people a pet robot would be an ideal mate.

Pet robots with artificial intelligence may serve as a good substitute for those pet lovers who do not want a biological one. These pets are designed to recognize and reason, to show emotions and also to respond to certain stimuli in the same manner as live pets.

And if you are one of those who always look for the unique ones you could have a Dinosaur.

Yes, you read it right – Dinosaurs. A robotic Dinosaur.

Pleo: My Pet!!

Pleo is a type of pet robot, he looks like a Tyrannosaur (Not to worry as he is not carnivore).

Well if we were to venture to classify him in a way that a zoologist would, you would have something like this:

Kingdom : Robotae

Division : Robotechna

Class : Pleochida

Order : Pleotales

Family : Pleotaceae

Genus : Pleo

Let me not name the species. Will leave that to you. But if you ask me.. I would go with Tyran.

By Rakesh Kishore

Irrigate, Don’t Irritate!!

Internet is like a vast ocean and there is so much that we can see with just a click of the button. As a result, we seem to be spending more and more time in front of the computer. But this convenience comes at price. Millions of people are blaming the time spent in front of the computer for dry, irritated eyes and computer vision syndrome (CVS). Even children are affected by this problem. Though many of us do not develop serious vision problems, the minor problems too can prove to be a nuisance.

So, what is the solution?

Blink your eyes!!

Yes, just blinking your eyes frequently can help ease the irritation. If we do not blink often enough, we expose our eyes more to dryness as the fluid in the eye would evaporate. Blinking lubricates the film that lies over the cornea.

Here are some easy tips to keep your eyes healthy:
· Signs:
1. Tiredness
2. Fatigue
3. Eye irritation
4. Light sensitivity
5. Tearing
6. Itching.
· Protection :
1. Use eyedrops to ease burning and redness.
2. Take frequent breaks from your screen.
3. Don't forget to blink.
· Glasses
1. Ask your eye doctor about eyeglasses made for computer use.
2. Get an anti-reflective coating on your regular glasses to cut glare from bright office light.
· Workspace issues:
1. Cover up air vents that may be drying your eyes.
2. Keep your screen at arm's length
3. Tilt the monitor down to reduce glare.

Hey, wait!!

How many times did you blink your eyes while reading this post…?

By Rakesh Kishore

The Seagull - The Story That Moved Me

When I read Anton Chekhov’s - The Seagull, I was very eager to enact this classic drama that deals with rejected love, broken trust, romantic triangles, restlessness, frustration, betrayal, and struggle for fame. This drama depicts the conflict between hope that keeps man going in all kinds of difficulties and the same hope that at times is futile and prevents a person from moving on. This drama is a blend of the contrasts in life! It is this portrayal of life that I found endearing in the play and I read it several times. When I first read the book, I did not get out of my bed until I finished reading the whole play. The suicide of Kostya (Konstantin Treplyov) at the end of the play was really tragic! The one thing that I learnt from Kostya’s character is that mere “ideals” are not enough it is only when our ideals have a touch of reality that we can use them to battle all challenges and survive all hardships

In the play Nina’s character angered me as she rejected Kostya, who was truly in love with her and was dedicated to her till the end! Nina chose Trigorin - a well-known writer, who loved Madame Arkadina, Kostya’s mother! Nina married Trigorin and faced the worst days in her life as her husband abandoned her for his former love Arkadina. Kostya, in turn, never realized an unrequited love Masha had for him! Masha despite getting married to someone else, always had love and concern for Kostya, which she never disclosed to him as she was aware that Kostya loved Nina immensely! At the end of the play Nina talked to Kostya and told him that she was forced to tour with a second-rate theatre company after the death of the child she had with Trigorin. And as she talked to Kostya she got a new confidence in herself. She compared herself to “The Seagull”, the bird Kostya would have killed long ago. Kostya begged Nina to stay with him but she was in such awful confusion that his request meant nothing to her, and she just slipped out quietly from his room. At the end of the play when Chekov describes how Kostya started tearing up his manuscript and shot himself, my eyes welled up with tears!

This is the best written play on a touching love story and a person’s tragic quest for his love! This play is so true to life and so full of real emotions that the actor in me was fascinated by it. I got the much desired opportunity to enact this play when I was 22 years old.
By Shilpa C Nangali