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India always had Zero Research and Innovation. I literally mean Zero. Indians who had bright ideas were either stopped in their tracks by the rigid bureaucracy and by fifth rate quota promotees who became their bosses or migrated to foreign countries for the same research.Every institution - the DRDO, ISRO, IISC have failed the people of India and did not fulfill their objective.The Key Difference is the way the Governments of the past handled this.The UPA Govt, The Media, The Previous Govts like the NDA Govt (1998 - 2004) - knew that India had zero research and innovation but did not talk much about it. They acknowledged their weakness silently and moved on focussing rightly on more jobs, economic development etc , believing that once we become economically strong enough we can focus on Innovation and Research (Say by 2060)(A) The Modi Govt encourages Lies and DeceptionThe Modi Govt prefers to lie to the people about the level of research and innovation in India. Instead of keeping silent - they promote mediocrity as if it was genius and every single basic experiment becomes a full blown successsful product which will revolutionize the country. Science and Technology Minister praises so called inventions which eventually never even start off.The Media also laps this up.The Result is that - you have articles daily like Indian Company discovers Revolutionary Device that can detect Cancer, Indian Company discovers Cure for AIDS, IIT Students invent a Anti Infection Fabric, IIT Students invent Nebulizer for avoiding Corona SpreadWith each such headline you have a date (Usually within 3 months, not one headline talks of years or months) by which mass production will start and the number of pieces which will be available (Usually at least 100000) and then BOOM! Second stage failure and the next headline will be different with the same result.(B) The Institutes have begun Lying and Deceiving PeopleOnce the HODs of IIT or IISC were people who never spoke to the media and if they did were always cautions.Now they lie. The HODS, Professors also happily lie. An IIT-D Professor shamelessly lied when asked “Sir when will the Anti Infection Material be mass produced”. He said “I expect within a month - we should get all permissions and begin mass producing”. Its been 2 months and the Project is a colossal failure.Look at ISRO Sivan. His Chandrayaan 2 - was a failure. It did not achieve its purpose. Sivan should have said “Chandrayaan was a failure. Its back to the drawing board”. ISRO Scientists in the past have always made brutally frank statements but Sivan started his lying talking about “98% Success” and “99% Success”. He is no longer focussing on Science of Research but literally playing to the Gallery and the Media.(C) Institutes are playing with Public Money with Zero ResultsIn the past Institutes would get funded by the Govt of India, Build their quarters, Do half baked research and stick to teaching.Today the lying is so strong that these Institutes raise money from outside, from the Private Players and Companies. IIT Delhi had a Research and Development Funding of Rs. 606 Crore in 2017. Of this money - 200 Crore came from Govt of India and other Taxpayer sources while 406 Crore came from External Sources. This is to support 512 Projects which have a duration of roughly 2 years (Meaning that by 2019 the Projects will be over and will be handed to the Army, Navy, ISRO, Govt of India or Sold to Private Players).So what happened in 2019? Nothing.Yet the institutes keep lying about their success. They claim to have given technologies to the Indian Army or Navy etc. No such Technology is either being used or continuing to be used (You always have an international player who makes 10 times better technology which Navy or Army want instead of the Local Research Innovation).CONCLUSION - R & D HAD AND IS ALWAYS ZERO. ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS THE LIES. THE STUDENTS AND PROFS LIE, THE INSTITUTES LIE. IT IS A COLOSSAL LIE WHICH BURNS TAXPAYER MONEY AND DOES NOT HELP THE COUNTRY ONE BIT.Here are some of the Miracles that IIT, CSIR, IISC and Indian Biotechnology Companies have invented since 2012 that have not seen the light of the day:-(a) Indigineous Tablet for Rs. 1099/- with same features as a Lenovo Tablet which at that time cost Rs. 10999/- developed by 3 Students of IIT Kharagpur. Came in every newspaper and Govt announced their plans to purchase the Tablet and make Indian Schools E-Compliant.Result - Boys Absconded after Project went Kaput. No further news. Six months later Tablets became Obsolete.Result - COLOSSAL FAILURE(b) Solar Panel Reflectors that can improve efficiency by 80% and claimed to reduce dependence on Fossil Fuels by 2022 by 50% at least. Claim was made by 3 Youngsters from IIT Delhi (Always Three people) and supported by many greats who made announcements. The Now Bankrupt Anil Ambani announced a Rs. 250 Crore investment etc.Result - ZERO. The Reflectors turned out to be worse than the ones currently on market. It was utterly inefficient.(c) The Indian Smartphone. An Indian Company founded by four people - two IITians and one IIM Ahmedabad called Syncotech or something claimed to develop a smartphone for Rs. 2000/- capable of being as good as I-Phone (Literally - i think it was Iphone 3 or 4). There was a Headline - Indian Company makes Iphone Comparable Smartphone for Rs. 1999Result - ZERO.(d) Invento Robotics - A Gentleman in Bangalore came up with a Robotic Company called Invento Robotics. He promised the sun, the moon and the stars. Robots will do this, do that. Then he came up with a Robot that crawled to you and looked identical to a Robot that we saw in a movie called ROCKY Part IV.Meanwhile US pumped $ 742 Million into Korean Robotics and you have nova Robots which are at least 2 generations above the Honorable Indian Toy version who in Modijis style of Hindu Nomenclature was named Mitra.The Indian Miracle on Wheels which crawled to Greet Ivanka Trump in 2018 or 2019. In my opinion looks like a Thrashcan to be very frank.Yet if you see Modiji introducing this to Ivanka, it looks like He is introducing an Advanced Terminator Type Humanoid- Robot.THE SICO Robot developed in 1985 by Doornick and Sedgecomb.A First Look would tell you that the 1985 Robot looks 10 times more advanced than the Plastic Tinpot on Wheels. 1985!!!!!! 34 years before.Now lets look at another RobotNo! This is not CGI. This is a Prototype of a Robot that they call Tito 4 unofficially. This is manned by a man sitting inside, had walked at a speed of 4mps (upto) and lifted a steel girder.Yet if you see the News and you havent seen MITRA or been to the Expo in Bangalore conducted by the company you will seriously believe Invento is going to create the next generation of Robots equivalent to Pacific Rim.After COVID 19, Robots to be Indias future (Seriously!!! I am not joking)Invento Robots to screen people from COVID 19 (A Security guard with a Thermometer is not enough huh?)Invento will be the ‘APPLE’ of ROBOTICS in IndiaHumanoids Take Over during COVID 19 CrisisYet while Invento and the Indian Media talk 10000 words with 1% success - Korea is building 10 times better and efficient robots while keeping quiet and tight.(e) Dhaman Ventilators - A proper ventilator from Korea or China costs Rs. 1.96 Lakhs. Instead Dhaman ventilators a make in India project costs Rs. 1.24 Lakhs and has 66% capacity and is utterly worthless.Gujaratis are burning with anger at these inferior ventilatorsSo What is my conclusion?Once upon a Time we were genuine. We acknowledged that we did not have R & D because …well..because we could not afford it and had to focus on feeding people. We had R & D institutes which got Govt Funding and did some tolerable second or third grade research to justify the funding kept very low profile and yet from time to time you had good guys like ISROs Mangalyaan team whose levels of smart economic innovation was incredible. What did India Do? Patted them on the back and allod Akshay Kumar to make a 200 Crore movie on it. Thats IndiaToday its all gone. Lies, Lies and Lies. Every day there is a Lie. Promise of Next Generation Products, Promises of Cancer Cures, Vaccines, Revolutionary Technology - all for NOUGHT. IITs, IISCs, Students, Media - everyone participating in the lie.Then you have the Startups. “Inventing” Second Rate Products and seeking Crores of Seed Financing claiming to create products that could take you to the moon and back when countries like China and Korea and streets and streets ahead and Israel and US are probably countries ahead. Do these Startups deserve financing? Would it not be better to invest in a Korean Company?I am not Blaming the Modi Govt here but i am saying - all this Lying and Deception of Research and Innovation happened post 2012COMMENTSA Lot of people are here talking about me being full of hatred and negativity.Why should i be?How do i care? I am 62 years old and in the final phase of my life. I am not a young man who did not get into IIT or who is jealous of someone who works at a Top CompanyThose who accused me of Hatred and Negativity - My advise is STOP LIVING WITH MEDIOCRITY. STOP HAILING MEDIOCRITYIf you have an Indian Product worthy of Praise, trust me the world will praise it. Microsoft, Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Boeing - Their demand is proof of how good they are and how important they are.The only way for Indians to create products of excellence - is to stop bragging about mediocre things and focussing only on things and innovations that have no equal anywhere else in the world.Thats what the Americans do. Thats what the Israelis Do. Even the Japanese. Only then they start talking.NASA developed a ventilator ready for production in 37 days. They said “We tried something” and have a fully functional ventilator which has already had a big demand.Anand Mahindra talked 10000 words about the miracle ventilator and made a half baked tin toy which has zero demand.

ZIP codes aren’t polygons, they’re delivery routes. Take a look at this map:The red streets all have the same ZIP code; the blue, purple, and green areas are each different ZIP codes as well. Notice how messy it is: the blue area is discontiguous, there’s a red street in the purple area, and the polygons overlap. Districts are supposed to be contiguous areas. This doesn’t cut it.Instead of trying to slice and dice the country with truck routes, the Census Bureau instead uses census tracts and census blocks to divide up the area of the United States. Those are geographic regions defined in every county of every state. For instance, here are the 2010 census tracts in central Lubbock County, TX, identified with red numbers:Within each tract, there’s a bunch of blocks—again, all contiguous regions. They’re not marked on this map because there are too many to count.Texas, at least, uses these blocks to define its districts. For instance, here’s the 2013 definition of state House District 84 from Article 2, Section 84 of Senate Bill 3, 83rd Legislature, 1st Called Session:SECTION 84. District 84 is composed of Lubbock County tracts 000202, 000301, 000302, 000402, 000403, 000404, 000405, 000500, 000603, 000605, 000607, 001000, 001200, 001300, 001400, 001601, 001602, 001702, 001705, 001708, 001709, 001801, 001803, 001804, 001901, 001904, 002204, 002300, 002400, 002500, 010402 and 010403; and that part of Lubbock County tract 000201 included in blocks 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1103, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053 and 2054; and that part of Lubbock County tract 000700 included in blocks 1012, 1013, 1014, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, …You get the picture. That long list (which I included maybe a third of) produces this district:That’s House District 84. It looks vaguely reasonable because it’s composed of census tracts and blocks—in other words, actual polygons. ZIP codes aren’t polygons.Now, notice I never said this can’t be gerrymandered. In fact, Texas is well known for its partisan gerrymandering, and that gerrymander was done in the same way as this district was drawn: census tracts and blocks. That’s because there are so many census blocks that you can assign them creatively to different districts and still gerrymander however you want.But ZIP codes don’t solve that. There are still a lot of them—almost 5,000 allocated in Texas alone. Given that no state has more than fifty or so U.S. House members—or 400 state House members, as New Hampshire has—you could still gerrymander the state easily.So ZIP codes are a horrible way to draw districts because they don’t make geographical sense. And even if they did, they wouldn’t solve gerrymandering.

This question has been around probably since the stone ages when the first manager decided to hire her/his first employee. While originally they were probably minor embellishments, many companies have resorted to using whoppers in the hope that they can attract "the best and brightest". Here are some that I have encountered over the years and the thoughts that came to mind once I heard them:NOTE: My answers are intended to be as exaggerated as the statements that were provided to me. Take them with a grain of salt."We have an open door policy here" - this is a total lie especially in bigger companies. If you think you are going to get the ear of the CEO if you have any concerns in a company bigger than 10 people, be prepared for a long wait."We have a flat organization structure here" - Trust me, if you have more than two people in a department, one will always be more senior than another one. It may not be spelled out in terms of title, but there will always be leveling."We believe in empowering our employees" -SCENARIO 1: In other words, we are ready to let you pick an icon or two on a PowerPoint deck, as long as you are ready to justify why you picked the person icon with the blue shirt versus the one with the red dress.SCENARIO 2: We will give you the awesome responsibility of taking out the trash. Since we trust you so much, we *know* you will separate the recyclables from the compostables right?"We trust our employees" - We trust our employees as long as they cc: us on every e-Mail you send and you are willing to accept "feedback" about the tone, your spelling or the fact you have a "creative" e-Mail signature (which is not company sanctioned)."We believe training is important for ongoing development" - that is, if you can flag down a colleague who has learned something and you can pin her down for a few minutes during your lunch break, we are more than happy to let you "learn"."We believe in work-life balance" - in other words, we expect you to work your entire life here and if you ask for comp time, we may give it, but don't think for a minute you can step away from your laptop or cell phone.Here are some new ones (09/02/2012)"We are a meritocracy" - that is until the boss's best friend wants to buy yet another new toy, then be prepared to be denied that raise/bonus you worked so hard to earn over the past year. Also known as "We don't play favorites here!" or "We promote from within" (see below)"We have a hands-off management style" - the only thing that we 'don't' do (yet) is monitor how many squares of toilet paper each employee uses, but that's because we don't want to look like total jerks (but in all honesty, we do - we just dock it out of your pay if you use too much)."We provide our employees the latest technologies to do their jobs" -SCENARIO 1: you mean a 486 with a VGA monitor running Windows 95 isn't bleeding edge? Go bitch to Johnson who still has a 386SX running Windows 3.1!"SCENARIO 2: yes we will give you a laptop, but it's a hand-me-down that was we forgot to return to IT during the corporate refresh from the Bush administration (41 or 43, what's the difference?)."We promote from within" - Sure, if you work REALLY hard, you might be able to be promoted from Junior Peon I to Junior Peon II, but don't ask us to give you a bump in salary because of that - either because "you didn't do *that* great!" or "we just don't have it in the budget this year""We give opportunities to travel" -SCENARIO 1: You travel - from the office to a customer whose office is 5 blocks away -- don't even THINK about billing us for the miles because we know where you liveSCENARIO 2: You live on the road 340 days a year, so that means you don't have any pesky distractions like family and the like. You think you will be able to come home during the weekend? Not unless you pay for it yourself and can squeeze in that free time somewhere.SCENARIO 3: Sure - as long as you take coach, are willing to take connecting flights from SFO to LAX if it saves the company more than $50 and that those frequent flier miles you earn go right back to the company - you think that you get to keep those? The CEO needs them to go first class - after all *he* is an executive and who are you again?New (10/23/2012):SCENARIO 4: Sure - you can travel - just be prepared to share a room with Johnson who snores like a malfunctioning buzzsaw, Smith who watches PPV porn in the buff and tries to expense it as a "meal", and Thompson who argues with his wife on the phone until 3AM. Now if you piss us off, we'll put you in a room with Jones here who likes to go to strip clubs and enlist some of the talent if you know what I mean (wink wink)SCENARIO 5: Sure you can travel, but just be prepared to sleep in your rental car (a microcompact) if we can't find you a room within our budget. For the record, Motel 6 is considered a "Luxury" hotel according to our CFO so be careful about where you want to stay -- that is unless you want to take it out of YOUR paycheck. Yeah, we know the CEO stays in the best suite in the Four Seasons any time he travels, but remember, HE is the head of the company... you aren't!"We have a team environment here!" - if you think that either sitting in a bull pen with 20 others who live in conference calls *all* the time even though they sit right next to each other or blindly stare into their monitors with headphones on means that they work closely together, we are a tight knit group."We want a person who wants to be a player-coach" - in other words, we want a person who will be a player while everyone else "coaches" you (demands that you turn in the TPS report yesterday)Here are some new ones (09/28/2012):"We are like a family here" - in other words, if you like working in an environment where everyone acts either like a domineering parent or a spoiled child, you'll feel right at home here!"We provide benefits that are considered the best in the industry" - you mean that our swill that we call coffee, our fine eau du tap (that's tap water for those of you who don't speak French) and our high deductible HMO doesn't excite you? Well too damn bad because the boss needs to use the money earmarked for that to pay for her/his kid's drug rehab program, her/his partner's weekly therapy sessions and her/his canine acupuncture treatments. Now don't get us started on our two weeks of "PTO" which you need to use when we shut down our office at the end of the year and guess what, whatever you don't use does NOT roll over to the following year!"We only believe in hiring the best and brightest" - that is if you think that people with single digit IQs who gloat about how drunk they got over the weekend is the mark of true genius. See also "We only have "A" players work for us!""We provide flexible work hours" - Feel free to come to the office anytime between 8:00 and 8:01 AM and stay until 9 or 10PM 7 days a week. We won't mind at all if you stay longer, but that's your choice -- everyone else will...And some more (09/30/2012):"We have a strong management team"-OPTION 1: This company was the brainchild of three college buddies who were getting drunk/smoking pot/playing World of Warcraft. One Saturday night, they came up with this "innovative" iPhone app company/social networking site and decided to drop out from their liberal arts program to make their millions. Thanks to Facebook/Twitter/etc, they caught the eye of leading VCs who decided to invest millions of dollars into the company even though they don't have a clue about how to monetize it or build a prototype that doesn't break and crash your system.OPTION 2: We have an incredible executive team but one noteworthy VPs is only 25, but he founded six companies before he was 22, sold 5 of them and 1 went public. It hasn't gotten to his head though, but he does write a blog with thousands of followers where he shares his "insightful" management advice to other millenials like "Don't hire anyone over 30 - they are too old to learn anything" or "If you don't have billions like me by now, you might as well go work at Starbucks, if you are lucky!""We have a casual dress code" -OPTION 1: Don't be surprised if you see the CEO walking around in his jammies, a bathrobe and bunny slippers - it helps him "think". Don't make any comments about it or you'll be fired faster than you can possibly imagine.OPTION 2: Sure, feel free to wear whatever you want, but those jeans better be "dressy" (Translation: cost more than $200) and a nice shirt (a $150 linen shirt will do nicely). If you wear a pair of $300 Converse All Stars (or some fancy Italian brand from your trip in Italy), you will fit right in! Just remember, we do pay top dollar, at least compared to Foxconn in China.OPTION 3: Don't mind Steve over there, he's our office nudist, but he does puts a towel on during our daily SCRUMs because we don't want to offend anyone and well... he had an accident once and we can't afford to clean the carpets AGAIN."We have an open floorplan" - we are too cheap to buy cubicles since we invested our money into fancy hardware (see above) or in a building in an area that has obscenely huge rent (SoMa, Silicon Alley, etc.), but we got a "steal" since we are sharing it with 7 other companies, including a blow dry bar, a foot massage parlor, two social networking sites, a consulting firm, a food kitchen that doubles as a performance space on weekends, a "consulting company", and an iPhone app company we bought 6 months ago for only $100MM."We have a young, hip office" - We have an amazing kitchen with a kegerator available at any time, a fridge stocked with the latest junk food from Albania, and mini-bar that would rival anything you would see with your buddies during the weekend. Fee free to partake at ANY time, after all - our chief engineer walks around wasted most of the time anyways."We have a diverse staff here" - We have people of all ages here - we even have a 35 year old guy around here somewhere - he's a little old, but we think he lends a different perspective that we would not consider."Everyone here is a coder" - Yes, even the receptionist knows how to program in at least eight programming languages, so don't feel too stupid if you only know Javascript, Java, Jython, Python, and C++."We are in the 'xyz' space" - We have a brilliant idea that is very similar to ten other companies in the market and swap employees more often than swingers change their partners!"Don't worry, this interview will be easy" - We will ask you questions based off esoteric functions that no one ever uses and expect you to build an entire application on a whiteboard in 15 minutes - no pressure!Here are some new ones (10/11/2012):"We have a work hard / play hard culture" - All employees are required to work until they pass out, but hey, it's all good because we have happy hours every Friday -- just remember to get back to work afterwards because we don't pay you to slack off!"We will be the next 'xyz'" - Our idea has been replicated so many times by so many different companies that we have lost track - but hey, the Street is stupid and they'll throw us money anyways because we put the right words in our investor presentation!"We believe in personal growth" - We fully expect you to learn the latest and greatest technologies on your own without surfing the web, taking classes and the like - after all, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger right?"We have a great healthcare package!" - We have a half filled bottle of aspirin that someone left a while back and three bandaids in a first-aid kit around here somewhere."We provide unlimited vacation days" - We plan to work you so hard that you won't be able to take any time off. If you do take a day off, be prepared to see someone else sitting at your desk when you get back.NEW (02.09.2015)"We (tend to) promote from within" - "We really don't plan to hire anyone for this job except for either the boss' best friend or transfer someone that might have the skills (like the receptionist that would be the perfect Director of Product Marketing), but we want to show the world we are a growing company.""XYZ skill is strongly preferred" - "Don't bother applying for this job unless you worked for a well known competitor, invented the technology, or are a subject/domain expert. Neither your boss nor the CEO know a thing about the subject, but we expect our less senior level employees to know everything about XYZ.""We want player coaches..." - "The CEO is the only true manager; everyone reports to him. Even if you are a VP, you won't have any direct reports for the foreseeable future (if ever)."NEW (03.12.2015):"We believe in open allocation" - The CEO and the rest of the executive team are too busy playing DOMA/counting their money they got from some gullible angel/getting drunk (or stoned)/doing cosplay/reading reddit (or 4chan)/downloading illicit torrents/surfing for porn online/going out for coffee/hitting on the interns to tell you what to do. Don't worry though, you will be given tons of money to hire a bunch of 1099 contractors (at $10/hour), to work for you."The potential income you will receive is unlimited" - You will be a 1099 contractor where you have to provide your own equipment (don't forget your health and car insurance because we can't take care of you -- the CEO on the other hand is insured for billions), pay for goodies to wow your customers, and more. Long story short, if you make $4.50/hour you are doing great!