Bidyut's Chronicles

This time, Summer is becoming too hot to handle. In Chennai itself, the mercury is hovering around the 40+ mark and compounded with the high Relative Humidity, it's making lives miserable. My Final Degree Exams are about to conclude, after which I will Officially turn into an Engineer!! Another Chapter of my life is coming to an end... This was a phase filed with excitement, responsibilities and maturity. Hope the next level in life would bring the much needed solace...

I have been to "the heaven on Earth" quite a few times but this time, I had climbed all the way from Tirupati to Tirumala... A total of 3550+ steps. It was a tremendously satisfying experience. I reached Tirupati at around 3am and after obtaining the Free Sudarshan ticket, embarked on the journey to the God's abode- Tirumala. The initial steps were quite difficult to negotiate as the inclination is very high.. It is quite tiresome... Anyways, innumerable shops on the way, serve chilled cool drinks/water and snacks, which make the journey a tad bit simpler. It took us 4.5 hours to reach the summit. En route, I had an exquisite view of Deers in their natural habitat... also spotted a peacock, in his full splendour. The Tirumala hills are full of awe inspiring scenic views, breathtaking landscapes... in short a treat for an avid traveller... and to the devout, the strains of "Suprabhatam" and other mantras in the air does the magic. It seems as though God really do...

I am a Music Lover and a connoisseur of Good Music. I firmly believe in the fact that Music can help our brain to relax and to stimulate thinking. Most of the genres of Music viz., Western Classical, Indian Classical (Carnatic, Hindustani etc.), Jazz and almost anything by AR Rahman can transfix me! It is beyond doubt that the ethereal beauty of a Musical Piece cannot be always scientifically analyzed, neither do Musicians seek any Mathematical relations between them... But I , as an Electrical Engineer can't stop thinking of the fantastic relationship between Musical Notes & Mathematics. Following Facts may be surprising but are nonetheless-- facts! Most of the instruments (especially stringed ones) are made using the Golden Ratio (phi)... The frequency of notes within an octave in Harmoniums or Pianos, form a Geometric Series (the common ratio being the Twelfth Root of 2) For any given octave, the standard musical notes form a commutative group with 12 elements. It is pos...