Thursday, December 16, 2010
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
The World Famous Lungi
This is one funny article...
The Legendary Lungi
Just as the national bird of Kerala is Mosquito, the national dress is 'Lungi'. Pronounced 'Lu' as in loo and 'ngi ' as in 'mongey', a lungi can be identified by its floral or window-curtain pattern. 'Mundu' is the white variation of lungi and is worn on special occasions like hartal or bandh days, also at weddings and Onam.
Lungi is simple and 'down to earth' like the mallu wearing it. Lungi is the beginning and the end of evolution in its category. Wearing something on the top half of your body is optional when you are wearing a lungi. Lungi is a strategic dress. It's like a one-size- fits-all bottoms for Keralites.
The technique of wearing a lungi/mundu is passed on from generation to generation through word of mouth like the British Constitution. If you think it is an easy task wearing it, just try it once! It requires techniques like breath control and yoga that is a notch higher than sudarshan kriya of AOL.
A lungi/mundu when perfectly worn won't come off even in a quake of 8 on the richter scale. A lungi is not attached to the waist using duct tape, staple, rope or velcro. It's a bit of mallu magic whose formula is a closely guarded secret like the Coca Cola receipe.
A lungi can be worn 'Full Mast' or 'Half Mast' like a national flag. A 'Full Mast' lungi is when you are showing respect to an elderly or the dead. Wearing it at full mast has lots of disadvantages. A major disadvantage is when a dog runs after you. When you are wearing a lungi/mundu at full mast, the advantage is mainly for the female onlookers who are spared the ordeal of swooning at the sight of hairy legs.
Wearing a lungi 'Half Mast' is when you wear it exposing yourself like those C grade movie starlets. A mallu can play cricket, football or simbly run when the lungi is worn at half mast. A mallu can even climb a coconut tree wearing lungi in half mast. "It's not good manners, especially for ladies from decent families, to look up at a mallu climbing a coconut tree"- Confucius (or is it Conspicious?)
Most mallus do the traditional dance kudiyattam. Kudi means drinking alcohol and yattam, pronounced aattam, means random movement of the male body. Note that 'y' is silent. When you are drinking, you drink, there is no 'y'. Any alcohol related "festival" can be enjoyed to the maximum when you are topless with lungi and a towel tied around the head. "Half mast lungi makes it easy to dance and shake legs" says Candelaria Amaranto, a Salsa teacher from Spain after watching 'kudiyaattam' .
The 'Lungi Wearing Mallu Union' [LUWMU, pronounced LOVE MU], an NGO which works towards the 'upliftment' of the lungi, strongly disapprove of the GenNext tendency of wearing Bermudas under the lungi. Bermudas under the lungi is a conspiracy of the CIA. It's a disgrace to see a person wearing burmudas with corporate logos under his lungi. What they don't know is how much these corporates are limiting their freedom of movement and expression.
A mallu wears lungi round the year, all weather, all season. A mallu celebrates winter by wearing a colourful lungi with a floral pattern. Lungi provides good ventilation and brings down the heat between legs. A mallu is
scared of global warming more than anyone else in the world. A lungi can be worn any time of the day/night. It doubles as blanket at night. It also doubles up as a swing, swimwear, sleeping bag, parachute, facemask while entering/exiting toddy shops, shopping basket and water filter while fishing in ponds and rivers. It also has recreational uses like in 'Lungi pulling', a pastime in households having more than one male member.
Lungi pulling competitions are held outside toddyshops all over Kerala during Onam and Vishu. When these lungis are decommissioned from service, they become table cloths. Thus the humble lungi is a cradle to grave apparel..
(An anonymous piece) Not the Lungi - the essay.
The Legendary Lungi
Just as the national bird of Kerala is Mosquito, the national dress is 'Lungi'. Pronounced 'Lu' as in loo and 'ngi ' as in 'mongey', a lungi can be identified by its floral or window-curtain pattern. 'Mundu' is the white variation of lungi and is worn on special occasions like hartal or bandh days, also at weddings and Onam.
Lungi is simple and 'down to earth' like the mallu wearing it. Lungi is the beginning and the end of evolution in its category. Wearing something on the top half of your body is optional when you are wearing a lungi. Lungi is a strategic dress. It's like a one-size- fits-all bottoms for Keralites.
The technique of wearing a lungi/mundu is passed on from generation to generation through word of mouth like the British Constitution. If you think it is an easy task wearing it, just try it once! It requires techniques like breath control and yoga that is a notch higher than sudarshan kriya of AOL.
A lungi/mundu when perfectly worn won't come off even in a quake of 8 on the richter scale. A lungi is not attached to the waist using duct tape, staple, rope or velcro. It's a bit of mallu magic whose formula is a closely guarded secret like the Coca Cola receipe.
A lungi can be worn 'Full Mast' or 'Half Mast' like a national flag. A 'Full Mast' lungi is when you are showing respect to an elderly or the dead. Wearing it at full mast has lots of disadvantages. A major disadvantage is when a dog runs after you. When you are wearing a lungi/mundu at full mast, the advantage is mainly for the female onlookers who are spared the ordeal of swooning at the sight of hairy legs.
Wearing a lungi 'Half Mast' is when you wear it exposing yourself like those C grade movie starlets. A mallu can play cricket, football or simbly run when the lungi is worn at half mast. A mallu can even climb a coconut tree wearing lungi in half mast. "It's not good manners, especially for ladies from decent families, to look up at a mallu climbing a coconut tree"- Confucius (or is it Conspicious?)
Most mallus do the traditional dance kudiyattam. Kudi means drinking alcohol and yattam, pronounced aattam, means random movement of the male body. Note that 'y' is silent. When you are drinking, you drink, there is no 'y'. Any alcohol related "festival" can be enjoyed to the maximum when you are topless with lungi and a towel tied around the head. "Half mast lungi makes it easy to dance and shake legs" says Candelaria Amaranto, a Salsa teacher from Spain after watching 'kudiyaattam' .
The 'Lungi Wearing Mallu Union' [LUWMU, pronounced LOVE MU], an NGO which works towards the 'upliftment' of the lungi, strongly disapprove of the GenNext tendency of wearing Bermudas under the lungi. Bermudas under the lungi is a conspiracy of the CIA. It's a disgrace to see a person wearing burmudas with corporate logos under his lungi. What they don't know is how much these corporates are limiting their freedom of movement and expression.
A mallu wears lungi round the year, all weather, all season. A mallu celebrates winter by wearing a colourful lungi with a floral pattern. Lungi provides good ventilation and brings down the heat between legs. A mallu is
scared of global warming more than anyone else in the world. A lungi can be worn any time of the day/night. It doubles as blanket at night. It also doubles up as a swing, swimwear, sleeping bag, parachute, facemask while entering/exiting toddy shops, shopping basket and water filter while fishing in ponds and rivers. It also has recreational uses like in 'Lungi pulling', a pastime in households having more than one male member.
Lungi pulling competitions are held outside toddyshops all over Kerala during Onam and Vishu. When these lungis are decommissioned from service, they become table cloths. Thus the humble lungi is a cradle to grave apparel..
(An anonymous piece) Not the Lungi - the essay.
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Gamesa's New Turbine Models
- A 97m long next-generation rotor for low wind sites
- Cutting-edge blade technology: manufacture of lightweight blades using fibreglass, carbon fibre and prepregs
- Pitch and variable speed technology to maximize energy output
- Gamesa active yaw system to ensure optimal adaptation to complex terrains
- Gamesa WindNet® system: remote web-enabled monitoring and control system
- Gamesa SMP: Proprietary predictive maintenance system
- High-tech solutions to guarantee compliance with the main requirements for international grid connection.
The energy generated by each Gamesa G10X-4.5 MW turbine helps to produce an environmentally-benign energy supply by preventing harmful atmospheric emissions. Each turbine is capable of generating enough electricity to power 3,169 households for a year, replace nearly 1,000 tonnes of petroleum equivalent (TPE) annually and avoid 6,750 tonnes of atmospheric CO2 emissions per year.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Thermax Forms Joint Venture with Babcock & Wilcox of U.S.
Thermax - Babcock & Wilcox Joint Venture for Supercritical Boilers: Offers higher efficiency of power generation in India’s mega projects
Mumbai, March 10, 2010
Thermax Limited and Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG), a global leader in power generation industry and the original Babcock & Wilcox, today announced the formation of a strategic joint venture to engineer, manufacture and supply supercritical boilers for the Indian power sector. The Joint venture will also manufacture subcritical boilers over 300 megawatts (MW) in size. The agreement was signed by M S Unnikrishnan, Managing Director and CEO, Thermax, and Richard L. Killion, President and Chief Operating Officer, B&W PGG.
Thermax will own 51% share of the joint venture while United States-based B&W PGG will have 49% ownership. The joint venture will bring to the Indian power sector Thermax’s expertise of integrating energy and environment solutions and B&W’s long history of providing proven, state-of-the-art power generation technology and world class project management capabilities.
B&W pioneered the development of supercritical boilers, and this technology will allow the new joint venture to contribute to efficient power generation in the mega thermal plants planned to meet the massive energy requirements of the country. Supercritical boilers operate at higher pressures than subcritical boilers, increasing efficiency and producing more energy from the same amount of fuel.
“We are proud to offer the services of this joint venture to support the government’s initiatives to improve the power scenario of the country. And we are happy that in B&W our joint venture partner, we have a global technology leader whose boilers generate over 300,000 MW of power around the world,” said Unnikrishnan.
The supercritical boilers will be manufactured in a new facility that is being planned. The plant, with an annual capacity of 3000 MW equivalent in the first phase will indigenize the technology and contribute to local component development.
Thermax and B&W have maintained a business relationship for over 20 years. Recently in February 2008, Thermax signed a technology transfer agreement with B&W PGG for manufacturing subcritical power boilers.
“This joint venture presents substantial opportunities for both B&W PGG and Thermax, two companies which have successfully worked together on joint ventures and licensing agreements for more than two decades,” Killion said. “This agreement also augments B&W PGG’s presence and profile in the global marketplace and presents a substantial opportunity to continue the growth of our business in India and around the world.”
The new joint venture is being established at a critical time when India’s ambitious growth plans and its dependence on coal fired power plants for power throw up tremendous energy and environment challenges. In the context of emission reduction and the need to conserve fossil fuel, energy efficient power generation is a critical requirement. This joint venture will help meet these challenges.
About Thermax Limited
Thermax Limited, a Rs. 3300 crore energy and environment solutions provider, is one of the few companies in the world that offers integrated, innovative solutions in the areas of heating, cooling, power, water and waste management, air pollution control and chemicals. The sustainable solutions that Thermax develops for client companies are environment-friendly and enable efficient deployment of energy and waste resources.
Thermax has a well established technology research and development facility. The company has 120 patents, 82 national and 16 international trademarks to its credit. Over the years, Thermax has had technology partnerships and alliances with at over 40 global organisations.
For more information on Thermax, visit www.thermaxindia.com
About The Babcock & Wilcox Company
B&W PGG is an operating unit of The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W). B&W, a subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc., is a leader in advanced energy technology innovation and service, primarily in nuclear and fossil power. Providing quality products and technical services to commercial and government customers, B&W is focused on issues such as energy efficiency, clean air, global market competitiveness, and safe and secure resolution for nuclear waste. B&W has locations worldwide and employs more than 20,000 people. The company is located on the Internet at www.babcock.com.
Thermax - Babcock & Wilcox Joint Venture for Supercritical Boilers: Offers higher efficiency of power generation in India's mega projects
Thermax Ltd and Babcock & Wilcox (B&W), a global leader in power generation industry, have announced establishment of a strategic joint venture to manufacture supercritical boilers for the Indian power sector.
Check the link for Press Release.
Cheers
GVK
Check the link for Press Release.
Cheers
GVK
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Thermax Settles Dispute with Purolite
Its done finally...
Thermax has entered into an amicable settlement with Purolite International ending an outstanding legal dispute regarding its ion exchange resin business in the US. As per this out-of-court settlement, Thermax will pay Purolite four installments of USD 9.5 million each, spread over the calendar year to settle the litigation.
The two parties will now be joint co-owners in perpetuity of the information and technology in dispute. The agreement permanently resolves all claims and counterclaims. There will be no further financial obligations on this account. While the terms of the agreement are confidential between the two parties, Thermax is following all norms of corporate disclosure and has promptly informed the stock exchanges where it is listed.
Thermax had been regularly reporting the lawsuit in its annual reports, but decided not to make any further public statement as the matter was sub judice. On the basis of the facts of the case, report from a renowned technical expert in the US and feedback from its US attorneys, the company did not expect any serious liability from this case. The case, involving a series of inter-related claims and counterclaims, was to be judged at a jury trial in March in a US district court.
However, there was an unexpected turn of events last month, where the US district court passed an order that three production processes (for certain kinds of ion exchange resins for applications in water treatment) in dispute, constituted Purolite`s trade secrets. Thermax then evaluated its options: One, to continue with its defense at the jury trial and beyond, by way of filing an appeal, should that trial be unfavourable or, two, to resolve the matter out of court.
The board of directors along with the management leadership team chose the latter option after taking a long-term view of potential risks of significantly higher liabilities, given the uncertainties associated with jury trials, as well as the costs and time involved in protracted litigation. Thermax has tremendous growth opportunities; and therefore the decision was to settle this at a level that is less significant as compared with its future growth prospects.
Thermax is confident that, given the situation, this decision is in its best interest. Beyond a one-time impact on the balance sheet, the settlement paves the way for Thermax to move on and focus on growing and strengthening its energy and environment business.
So..it ends!!!:)
Thermax has entered into an amicable settlement with Purolite International ending an outstanding legal dispute regarding its ion exchange resin business in the US. As per this out-of-court settlement, Thermax will pay Purolite four installments of USD 9.5 million each, spread over the calendar year to settle the litigation.
The two parties will now be joint co-owners in perpetuity of the information and technology in dispute. The agreement permanently resolves all claims and counterclaims. There will be no further financial obligations on this account. While the terms of the agreement are confidential between the two parties, Thermax is following all norms of corporate disclosure and has promptly informed the stock exchanges where it is listed.
Thermax had been regularly reporting the lawsuit in its annual reports, but decided not to make any further public statement as the matter was sub judice. On the basis of the facts of the case, report from a renowned technical expert in the US and feedback from its US attorneys, the company did not expect any serious liability from this case. The case, involving a series of inter-related claims and counterclaims, was to be judged at a jury trial in March in a US district court.
However, there was an unexpected turn of events last month, where the US district court passed an order that three production processes (for certain kinds of ion exchange resins for applications in water treatment) in dispute, constituted Purolite`s trade secrets. Thermax then evaluated its options: One, to continue with its defense at the jury trial and beyond, by way of filing an appeal, should that trial be unfavourable or, two, to resolve the matter out of court.
The board of directors along with the management leadership team chose the latter option after taking a long-term view of potential risks of significantly higher liabilities, given the uncertainties associated with jury trials, as well as the costs and time involved in protracted litigation. Thermax has tremendous growth opportunities; and therefore the decision was to settle this at a level that is less significant as compared with its future growth prospects.
Thermax is confident that, given the situation, this decision is in its best interest. Beyond a one-time impact on the balance sheet, the settlement paves the way for Thermax to move on and focus on growing and strengthening its energy and environment business.
So..it ends!!!:)
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