Climatic changes and my hypothesis.. [I am no scientist and its just my logic]

Last night as soon as I hit the bed, I had the most engrossing thought.. I love to think a lot and visualise it too. What was I thinking.. You'll roll laughing the moment you'll know the extent of my thinking and visualisation.. I was wondering about the sudden change in the climate..

Everyday in the newspaper, this concern over erratic rains and the sudden change in climate is voiced.. The prime focus of everyone, whoever wants to show he/she is important and thinkful, is the climatic changes.. The actors, socialites, fashion designers and the politicians [the finance minister and the home minister and many more] are all talking about it.. No, I am not trying to show off by talking about it.. I am seriously concerned and the extent of my thinking would make you believe, but it may sound funny to some though..

The entire scientist community across the globe is trying to understand these changes, their extent, their impact and ways to revert them.. I was reading in the newspaper that with these erratic and unpredictable rains we are in for grain shortage.. Rice is the staple food grain and we are expecting a fall in the production of the grain because of scanty rains this year.. So we are to import some millions of tonnes of rice [that's the concern of the finance minister and later ours].. The water level in all the major reservoirs is also less than 41%, which indicates a water shortage and a fall in the electricity production too in the near future.. Oh!! what a ghastly picture..

But, the recent downpour did bring in some relief.. The level of water in the reservoirs have risen to 45% and a few more days of rain can ensure good supply for the year.. The recent rains are good for the Kharif crops and would thus ensure a better production.. This year Indian mainland received 19% less rainfall and thus there is 20% decline in the overall production of Kharif crops, but the recent rains have salvaged the standing kharif crop.. The rains start receding by 1 September but these rains have not only helped the kharif crops but yet to be sown Rabi crops.. Thus, we are expecting enough of wheat now..

Too much of data for you to handle?

Well, what I was thinking last night is not these figures, of course they disturb me sometimes, but hope things will be fine.. I was analysing the climatic changes recently.. Last year the winters came in a little too late.. Then they lasted a little after Holi.. So the summers too arrived late and then the rains were late and they aren't receding [thank god! they aren't..] so soon now.. Thus I concluded that the change is just in terms of time shift and not duration shift.. Thus, I imagined myself presenting my theory in a conference covered by the global media..

My Hypothesis..

As we all know that the Earth's tilt is responsible for different seasons we have.. The equator thus doesn't experience no winters and almost daily rains.. While Antartic and Artic are just so unbearably cold.. So my theory revolves around this central concept.. I was wondering if it were to do something with the Earth's tilt..

The obliquity of the ecliptic is not a fixed quantity but changing over time in a cycle with a period of 41,000 years. It is a very slow effect known as nutation, and at the level of accuracy at which astronomers work, does need to be taken into account on a daily basis. Note that the obliquity and the precession of the equinoxes are calculated from the same theory and are thus related to each other.. [Source - Wikipedia]

Moreover it was there in the newspaper too some years ago during excavation in the ancient world Mesopotamia.. [I know I read a lot of newspaper]..

I thus made earth's tilt the culprit in my theory.. Its a quite thought of hypothesis.. So I took upon the task of finding more about my hypothesis and found this..

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17657-global-warming-could-change-earths-tilt.html

An excerpt:-

Warming oceans could cause Earth's axis to tilt in the coming century, a new study suggests. The effect was previously thought to be negligible, but researchers now say the shift will be large enough that it should be taken into account when interpreting how the Earth wobbles.

We need to conserve the environment and maybe we could slow down the process though dreaming of reverting the change is a fantasy..

By the way, congratulate me on arriving at the conclusion of the study while I was trying to sleep.. I can't be credited for it, but still I have a brain to come up with this.. [:)]

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Rickety bus ride ...

Take any pubilc transport means to commute and you would know what I am trying to say... I took a bus from the bus stop near my house to visit my friend.. As I boarded the bus, I found myself in a damp and suffocating atmosphere.. Thankfully, I got a seat in the much crowded bus..

There are specially reserved seats for women and elderly in all the means of public transport here in India, but what was a very displeasing sight was to see men sitting on women's seat and then delibrately looking outside the window while an elderly woman tried to persuade them to vacate a seat!! They tend to turn deaf and blind at the same time as the rest themselves on these reserved seats.. Most of the time young women hardly try to confront these shameless men but they shouldn't turn a deaf ear to the plight of an elderly person who needs to sit down while these young and fit men stand!!

As I heard the woman, I vacated the seat for her so that she could sit while these shameless Indian men took a sigh of relief till they would be confronted again by some other elderly woman.. the problem is in the mindset of people here.. They lack respect for women and elder and their inner conscience never forces them to take a little pain so that they could be seen as model men.. They them complain of the immorality prevalant in the society.. You immoral men form the society and then point to the collective term used for you all...


The elderly woman I offered my seat to soon realised that I wasn't getting down at that stop and a sudden guilt engulfed her and she started apologising for taking my seat and offered to stand while I take that seat.. I couldn't believe the generosity of the old lady and asked her not to bother herself much as I can stand.. But what was worth noticing was that none of the men occupying the lady's seats felt like ending this silly you sit, you sit conversation by offering a seat...

A few minutes later I got a seat.. How?


Well we women have this sisterhood and try to help each other.. A girl who had witnessed the entire scene called me and offered me her seat as she deboarded the bus to leave.. And finally the old lady felt relieved as I was seated again ...:)

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why is there so much of fuss over it!!

I jst dont get this much ado about the decriminalisation of honosexuality.. We dont raise so much of hue n cry about two adult heterosexuals living together n getting married, then why so much of fuss if two adult homosexuals wanna live together n marry.. Its their personal choice, let them make it .. They are adults n thus are responsible for their lives n their own decisions.. Suddenly all the people are not comfortable with the idea.. Some religious leaders in India are so offended by the verdict of the Hight Court scrapping the section 377 of the IPC on 2nd july that they have resorted to illogical comments like "homosexuality is a Disease n can be cured by practicing yoga and medication"!!! How offended the people belonging to the community would be is not their concern.. They otherwise preech to love n respect other human beings n not hurt anyone.. I dont know how they themselves forgot that they repeat 24x7 on tv.. These religious leaders are now giving interviews to the media that they would pressurise the political leaders to again present a bill in the parliament and again impose a ban on such unions.. people have already filed a petition again the verdict of the high court in the Supreme court and the joys of people is again put on hold..

It was on 29 june 2008 that I first came to know about the efforts that were taking place in India demanding the section 377 of the Indian Penal Code to be scrapped!! I was thrilled at the modernaity and tolerance the Indian Society was showing!! There was a Queer Parade in Delhi on sunday, 29th june, 2008, that was arranged to protest peacefully against the imperial law.. It ws peaceful and no bad incident was reported...the otherwise Indian Society suddenly looked so modern.. The consecutive year, on Sunday, 28th june 2009, the parade was arranged again n now on a larger scale in various major cities of India - Mumbai, Chennai, bangalooru n others... Then came the much awaited verdict from the Delhi High Court on 2nd July, that decriminalised homosexuality.. People celebrated the modernaity that this new law brought with it, the tolerance n the freedom... It was followed by the conservative Indian society hitting back.. They have filed a petition in the supreme Court to oppose the decriminalisation of homosexuality n demanding restoration of the section 377 of the IPC citing moral grounds..
Its happening in all parts of the world.. Its legalised, thn the law is taken back n people are left to wonder when the debate about a person's personal life would be over...!!!