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Are Electric Vehicles (EVs) sustainable?

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This December marks my completion of four years of being an ‘EV user.’ Boasting myself as an early adopter of technology, I bought the e-bike in the B.C. (Before COVID) era. The excitement or euphoria of being the torchbearer of the Green Technology triumphed over the initial teething problems with the EV. However, after using it extensively for four years, particularly, when many people have adopted EVs in the last couple of years for their daily commute, I can say that electric is the future of the mobility sector at least in the two and three-wheeler segments in India . But then the most important question comes, how sustainable EVs or electric mobility is? When the world is seriously talking about SDG (Sustainability Development Goals) and corporates mulling over ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) issues globally, sustainability is the keyword for the future of mobility.  The recent COP 28 summit in Dubai also aims to reduce emissions through pragmatic energy and create

आपको हमारी कसम लौट आईये.. (Aapko hamari kasam laut aayiye)

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  P.S.- When Pathan crossed 1000 Cr. Worldwide, I had written a blog, so for  Jawan , ‘ Ek  blog to  banata   hai ’  😊 'Ek Raja tha, ek ke baad ek jung haarta gaya, bhuka-pyaasa, bahut gusse me tha..' The description suits SRK who has delivered back-to-back blockbusters in a single year and may give another blockbuster with Dunki. After Pathan, now Jawan is on the verge of crossing 1000 Crore Worldwide collections. Whosoever has watched Jawan in theatres, has something to say, be it good or bad. You love it or hate it but you cannot ignore it. I have watched Jawan with family and surprisingly my teenage son and little daughter also liked  it . You can call me a fan of SRK, but the fact is that I am a fan of Aamir’s acting. I liked SRK in Baazigar and he won my heart with DDLJ. That was the era of romance and SRK established himself as the King of Romance with back-to-back romantic superhits like DTPH and KKHH. When eloping from home was cool, he convinced the couples with a p

I am not a Bhakt, I am a Proud Hindu!

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  ‘INDIA, India’ Irfan came shouting into my study, as Ronjoy and Amitabh were already sitting beside me discussing the funding strategy for their start-up. ‘What happened Irfan? Which match have we won?’I asked. ‘It’s not a cricket match Sanju sir, but a political tournament. And now the poster boy of INDIA will soon be seen in the parliament.’ Irfan explained with ecstasy. ‘I don’t think that it will make any difference to the election result. Because it is not India, but I.N.D.IA.’ Amitabh clarified. ‘But will it make any difference to the common man, if the government changes?’ I asked. ‘Definitely sirjee.’ Ranjoy screamed with fury, ‘Can’t you see what’s happening in our country? Every now and then there are incidences of violence in Bengal. And what to say about Manipur and Haryana riots!’ ‘So do you think that the poster boy of INDIA will change that?’ Asked Amitabh. ‘He may not change it completely, but he will at least discuss the issues that really matter to a common man.’ Ir

यारी मे उधारी..

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भारत देश के सभी निवासी इस वर्ष आजादी का अमृत महोत्सव मना रहे है। और इसी वर्ष से भारत देश अमृत काल में प्रवेश कर चुका है. अमृत काल के प्रथम वर्ष के अवसर पर मैं एक बहुत की महत्वपूर्ण विषय पर हिंदी में ब्लॉग लिखने की चेष्टा करने का साहस कर रहा हूं । अगर कोई त्रुटी रह जाए तो क्षमा कर देना। दुकान के सामने लिखी हुई यह पट्टी UPI के जमाने में ज्यादा नजर नहीं आती। मगर दोस्ती यारी में उधारी लेना सदियों से चलता आ रहा है और शायद आगे भी चलता रहेगा। इसी प्रकार एक सज्जन की जरूरत को देखकर तीन साल पहले मैने यारी में केवल पांच हजार रुपए उधार स्वरूप दिए लेकिन ना उस सज्जन ने आज तक वो पैसे लौटाए ना ही कभी मेरा फोन उठाया। बल्कि एक मौके पर जब वो मेरे सामने से गुजरा तो पहचान दिखाने से भी परहेज की। दूसरे एक सज्जन ने इसी प्रकार 'आज देता हूं कल देता हूं' करके पूरे दो साल बाद मुझे मेरे बचे हुए कुछ पैसे लौटाए । लेकिन उधारी का ज्यादा तनाव लेनेवालों की बजाय देनेवालों को ही रहता है । क्योंकि उधार लेनेवाले को लगता है की देनेवाले के पास अतिरिक्त पैसा है इसीलिए उसने उधार दिया होगा। जबकि देनेवाला कभी तो दोस्ती

तोडो नहीं, जोडो...(Don't break, but join)

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A couple of months back, in a small accident, I fractured my shoulder. The independent person in me suddenly found myself restricted by many boundaries. The smallest things like driving a car were impossible for me due to this which confined my movements. Also, the extra outfit called the shoulder immobilizer acted as another hurdle while going out. Still, I could manage a trip during Diwali with my family and another Trip to Alibaug with office buddies. However, such things impact the psyche of any person in a subtle way even though others may not be able to see, on the face of it. The fractured shoulder made me realize again how it's very easy to break something but difficult to join. It would have taken hardly 30 seconds for the left humerus of greater tuberosity to fracture, but it will take more than three months for the bone to join completely. Since this is a bone, it can join and heal with time. But there are certain things that cannot join once broken, like relations or fr

National CCPP- a case study on Lean Project Management

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  Last month, one of the coordinators at the authorised training centre of C-DAC called me. For those who are not aware of C-DAC, let me tell you that C-DAC is a premier R&D organization set up by the Government of India in 1988 to build Supercomputers in the context of the denial of import of Supercomputers by the USA. The training wing of C-DAC is the Advanced Computing Training school (ACTS) that conducting advanced training programmes in IT since 1993 through its authorised training centres (ATC). So, the coordinator of this ATC and I were talking over the phone  after  almost a decade. He told me that he is not as active on social media like me, but follows most of my posts. He also mentioned that in his twenty years-long association with C-DAC, he found a couple of C-DAC placement coordinators a pleasure to work with and I was one of them. He clarified that he is not saying it because he wants any favour from me, but because he felt a connection with me. (Moreover, I am separ

The r-EV-olution in India

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It’s been two years now that I have been using an EV (an electric bike, rather the first e-bike of India) and a lot has changed in the last two years in the electric mobility space which can be called a revolution. From the last couple of years, COVID 19 had adversely impacted the penetration of EVs in India and so the rEVoution which was supposed to take place by mid-2021 is visible now. The automotive industry is going through a transition switching to alternative and less energy-intensive options of mobility due to two reasons: first the rising fuel prices and then the environmental concern. I haven’t seen such excitement for electric vehicles as I am seeing right now. At the start of 2020, there were hardly any EVs on the Pune roads, whereas in 2022, I could see at least a dozen vehicles with green number plates plying on the same roads in Pune. However, there’s still a long way to go. EV demand got a fillip of late as fuel prices soared, making many buyers of conventional vehicles