CLOUD AND ITS EMPIRE

As it happened when god created the mighty humans lesser did he know that from being uncouth, barbaric race they would emerge to become the finest creature that ever lived. And if anything here is to be taken as quintessential for lending voice to the aforesaid remarks then the ongoing 21^st century stands testimony to it. Gratitude to globally recognized giants who put their hands up to be counted, that being likes of Microsoft, Google, and Apple. And soon the steady revival of the innovation in tech realm begun and everything is conceivable today. Professionals from across the globe keep beating the pre-exiting ones and try to bestow us with yet robust and dependent technology at our fingertips. It was 7-8 decades ago that a 1 MB hard drive would be heavy enough to be carried on a truck with another 4-5 persons lending their helping hands to see it move. It would be so enormous in size and turn out to be quite a costly affair in the bargain. Needless to say, it was a nightmare for the user as long as it wasn't meant for some corporate office. Years breezed past and humans sought comfort and elegance everywhere. It was the field of technology where the world saw an influx of most progressive ideas on a broader gauge. 

Today the storage hard disk has been reduced to a chip, or say ultra minute drives, which has not only ended the load tethering but is cost effective too. Thanks to the VLSI and chip technology where the massive Integrated Circuits has taken over for those bulky metallic components, and gave a massive break in designing smart objects, so feathery light yet so capable. Today zettabytes of memory can be housed in a case aptly fitted in our palm.  But even this was too much to ask for most of us and in this era presided by Hi-speed internet, and technology reaching unprecedented heights carrying a baggage bothers us much as does our ill fitted cloth. And this has actively or passively bred the technology pronounced as cloud storage which is a virtual storage in the world of internet, all you got to do is take the pain to remember the password of the relevant online account. Lest it slips out of mind, links to forgotten passwords are always in the reckoning.

If I were to discourse this thing in a strictly technical terminology then it is a model of data powerhouse where digital data is housed in logical pools, whose physical environment is typically owned and managed by the host companies. It can be accessed through collocated cloud computer services which apparently is a web service application programming interface. Though it was discovered in the 1960s but it was reborn by a second proposal in 2006 notably by amazon web services and since then has come a long way with most of the MNCs using this technology as a platform to compute their tasks and keep a tab of everything and store everything online. With the likes of employee database, in process details, documents and other vital information being saved so easily, it is such an asset indeed. Plus the sync option grants us the luxury of not uploading every bit of information, all you got to take pain is ensure a healthy internet connectivity and rest can be taken care of subsequently. Of late the clients to these vendors have shown tremendous nerves to acknowledge the technology and have adapted to it quite efficiently. The likes of Google and Apple have also accorded us with a big option in Dropbox, drive, and icloud. In the premature stage, they help us with some prescribed storage data and later the enormous amount of the same can be purchased varying the requirements.

There are not much of cons except for a couple of pressing concerns in hacking and if possible then poor internet connectivity. Well, internet connectivity has cloaked the lengths and breadths of the globe but yet the flamboyant speed and flawless connectivity cloud technology seeks is still a distant dream as anything less than a Hi-speed broadband would suffice its cause. A wider sharing of data too can lead to it being compromised. Next, being the biggest threat of cyber realm is unethical hacking. And here data encryption can evade the possibility of erroneous action and bug activity and further leakage of information can be mitigated. Lest self-caution and spiked acumen always remain the basics.

And as regards the pros much has been aforesaid. But again if I were to put it short and crisp I would go with parting lines like it has been such an asset to our us and blah blah blah. no seriously, what we saw earlier was that internet turned the globe into a village here cloud reduces everything to an apartment. Go ahead and share an unlimited amount of fun with as many people you want. And let it rain clouds !!!

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Have we made it… At last ??

When one of my friends messaged me a picture on Watsapp on 1^st of January 2014 which was an assortment of dates in the form of Fibonacci, Palindromes and unusual pattern suffixing and prefixing the weekend holidays, mostly sought after by a 10-6 working employee of IT sector, it left me quite bemused as these hypothetical stuffs hold sense to me and the life I lead, but the thing which grabbed my attention at last was the line which read that calendar of 2014 resembles that of 1947. Apparently the quoted incident is a thing of past but somewhere a part of my smaller brain got occupied with the last phrase and when the results of 16^th Lok Sabha elections were out I had all reasons in the world to fathom the foresaid. Infact I confess that I haven’t even checked for its legitimacy, but given the series of pleasant and metamorphic events unfolding and a heartening present advocating the vibrant future, I concede that I've started believing in those unusual forarded messages.
When we (Indians particularly) entered 2014 a sense of euphoria accompanied us along into the new year. Perhaps it was too long that we licked our wounds and were ready for one of the biggest change ever occurred in the peninsula after independence. Yes finally it came down to one man show when BJP announced Mr. Narendra Modi as prime ministerial candidate. As I write this he has been coronated as 15^th Prime Minister of the union of India. Words evade me when I merely ponder over narrating the exciting times, the war of words, bounty of murky comments and allegations hurled against one another and politicians who have virtually grown that thick membrane around, paying deaf ears to them. But this time around an edge was always there with the saffron wielders and even though everyone knew that to outdo someone as powerful as Gandhis, who have become immune to staying in power with passing decades , they needed a prominent mascot which can be flashed in their election campaign and who else could have been a better bet than the person himself who endured all their scrutiny and tantrums for the past decade yet came out unscathed amidst all those prying eyes. He chose to hit on their lean patch and expose the unexposed realities. Therefore, I at last feel no hesitation in paying the much deserved tribute to the man himself who was nucleus of 16^th general elections, Hail MODI !!!

First thing first, a noticeable development which couldn’t escape my apprehension was the grand congress that took place at the Rashtrapati Bhawan courtyard to elevate the incoming PM. Outline of the event remained the unprecedented gathering present at the ceremony representing all walks of life, be it art, science, cinema, spiritual leaders, politicians (of course they were the most prominent), or foreign delegates. It somehow resembled our conventional wedding ceremony where guests become testimony to the union of two souls. This event too was a testimony to the most famous and eye catching swearing in ceremony of the PM of the union of India. And as far as I and some of my friends are concerned, we never watched the result declaration or for that matter swearing-in ceremony with such anxiety. But the story this time around was entirely different as we were subjected to watch the gala event by a curious self. Truly, it was beheld with so much of excitement and glee. However it was the critical part of my cerebellum that tossed in a few question like : what was the need after all of making such prodigal arrangements and flushing in such huge sum of money. Plus it raised that 1 % security issue with such a big crowd amassed out there. But then it was our PM’s oath taking ceremony and for the first time a vibrant character who happens to be one common man among us was at the paramour, which provided a liberal overtone to it.

 Yes, this election will go down into the record books for the kind of battering the veteran party received, also known as grand old man of India, a party that saw India to its glory and helped her attain the much needed independence from the Britishers. Also this elections will be remembered for being such lopsided contest when INC were reduced to such meagre numbers that they can’t even make a formidable opposition, and we may see a coalition of opposition for the lower house. This election will be remembered for vengeance, wrath, active participation of the people from the largest democracy of the world who shed the comforts of their mansion only to embrace the scorching 40 degrees plus temperature outside and voted for a better change, a change which was desperately sought, they voted by rising above all the barriers of caste, creed, language, and hierarchy only to choose the man from a modest background, whose deeds spoke more than anything, who himself is a gizmo and has connected more efficiently with the youth, and an efficient manager who maneuvered his resources near to perfection. A well versed orator who is so spontaneous, witty and well versed.

We all know the stark truth behind the demise of the congress empire, so I won’t waste my energy probing and analyzing them, rather I will talk about the challenges posed and the to dos. The clear mandate only makes things tougher and sets up a higher difficulty level for the NDA government led by the man sporting a billowed 56 inch chest. There won’t be furrowed brows and muscle flexing neighbors anymore, as unfortunately in past decade we surrendered the fate of our country into the hands of a person who was merely a pawn into the hands of a mistress leading a petticoat government. India is here to espouse the fundamentals of camaraderie and preach goodwill gesture amongst its boundary sharing acquaintance, and what could have been better than our premier inviting theirs’ to the swearing in ceremony where all the premiers of the SAARC and other members of subcontinent made it a beautiful spectacle with their presence at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. In a way which proclaimed the kind of foreign relations and policies the newly formed government would exercise. Making a goodwill gesture Pakistan and Sri Lanka set some of our fishermen free held captive by them. Further strengthening bilateral ties and engagement over high level diplomacy have been the so called important outcomes of the meet. A discourse on these vital issues on day 1 of his 5 year tenure underlines the fact that, here is a statesman in making who will pioneer wisdom and instill full proof governance in our country.

Next in the series comes fair bit of realization and working on the more grievous concerns plus things that has eluded him so far. According to the stats BJP got 33% of the total votes that were casted across India, what about the rest 67%, I would have him ponder and re realize the things which have been overlooked so far.

Having said that, bridging this prolonged gap and instilling love, trust and lost faith among the Muslims will be a task cut out for the PM.

When I happened to watch most of his interviews given to prominent reporters and TV channels of the country I noticed him emphasizing on quick upliftment of handful of cities in northern India which will be a breather to the national capital. The places included prominent cities from Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal, Orissa and Assam. Converting them into well equipped smart cities will be another serious challenge posed. Another prominent subject of his concern has been Indian Railways which happens to be the biggest source of employment as well as revenue in the country. And it calls for some serious attention. A better connectivity by means of sophisticated trains among the top cities should be in the list of to dos.

We have already had ample of money and food distributing schemes in our country but I am afraid that the fund entitled for grains are actually making the accounts of Swiss bank beneficiary swell rather than reaching the needy hands. Task at hand will be to ensure zero tolerance in corruption, well functioning of the huge schemes and resource allocation in proper place. Procurement of vandalized and deserted mines and seeing them to proper functionality will be another issue to be paid attention to.

Amidst all the talks of development, infrastructure, investment and growth, a thing of grievous concern will be seeing the article 370 off peacefully and much deservedly, which has made the residents of J&K feel like an alien in their own country even after 67 years of independence. It has eluded state and its citizens of many rights which rest of India enjoys authoritatively. Induction of uniform civil code where all the religions will be tried under one law shall be another uphill task for the UPA government.

With everything said and pondered, the newly formed government has started Mekong headlines with some prominent roadmaps to the development. But it will be too early to take a call on it. Blabbering alone hasn't seen any mortal to the path of glory. And India shall wait to see another renaissance take place.