What does Google think of famous Indians?

I am sure, you might have come across Google Auto-Complete feature. While you type the search keywords, this feature predicts what the keywords could be. According to Google, functionality of this feature is

“As you type, Google's algorithm predicts and displays search queries based on other users' search activities. In addition, if you're signed in to your Google Account and have Web History enabled, you may see search queries from relevant searches that you've done in the past. All of the predicted queries that are shown in the drop-down list have been typed previously by Google users”

Today, I received an email that spoke of interesting results that auto-complete feature gave, when the names of current Indian Politicians are typed. So, I thought of doing a little experiment to verify what are people searching about famous Indians. Note, I am not logged using my Google account during this experiment, hence the results are not impacted by my past searches.

(Btw, I think, the researchers working on social behaviour of people on Internet must take a note of this. I wonder if any research papers are written on this).

Current Politicians:

(Seems like nobody searches the name of Leader of Opposition)

Some freedom fighters:

Some Indian Hindi Movie actors:

 

Some talented Indians:

(This is seriously embarrassing. How come Indians aren’t searching about Ramanujan. When I search Srinivasa Ramanujan, no instant results!)

Chlorella : Reproduction captured using Microscope

Few days back, we were fortunate to capture the asexual reproduction of Chlorella, a type of algae. Below are some microscopic captures and video of the same.

Bronchioles in Human Lungs–Microscopic Captures

Bronchioles: We all know that, when we breath, the air goes to our lungs and from thereon the oxygen from the air is extracted and carbon-dioxide is released. However, contrary to common perception, air (which we have inhaled) is not passed to lungs via a large pipe. When we inhale, the air goes inside via Trachea, which is generally 4-5 inches long. Subsequently, the trachea merges into bronchi pipes or Bronchus. The bronchus branches get diverged into smaller tubes, where each tube is referred as Bronchioles. There are millions of such Bronchioles in each Human Lung.

This below microscopic capture is the cross-sectional view of a Bronchioles.

PS: The above shots were captured by my sister (Ayesha Batul), who is currently doing Pharmaceutical Engineering. I have been pressing her to start a blog, however, she doesn’t listen to me. 

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Complete submission to the will of God

It’s been a while since I blogged and the absence was intentional. I wanted to take some time off to understand life. Fortunately, I got to spend lot of time in isolation. I spend about two months in Sydney and Brisbane and another month in Mumbai. Every time, I was alone, I kept asking God, a very simple question. “Why?”

Why am I so deeply in love with a lady, whom I have met only five times? Why do I keep thinking about her all the time? Why do I keep praying for her well-being? Why do I miss her so badly? Why do I feel so committed to her?

Even after months of serious thinking, I have found no answers for these questions. I guess, that’s how life is. I guess, that’s how the feeling of love is. You don’t know the destination until you arrive at it. In this age of social networks, the fact that I have no idea where she is… itself indicates the tragedy of my life. Honestly, I don’t even know whether she is married or unmarried now. Whenever I get this thought, I just look up to God for an answer.

Sometimes my heart says, if everything was simple, then I wouldn’t have been happy with life. And all these differences, circumstances, etc. are all test of time. The fact that, I am not giving up hope even when all odds are against me, makes me feel very happy. Maybe, this has helped in solidifying my relationship with God. The God, who has created me, has also created her. The best solution is to accept the decision made by God. The essence of my religion is ‘complete submission to the will of God’… And this feeling of love has taught me exactly that. Complete submission to the will of God.

In my next post, I shall post about some research ideas that I have been working on.