The Mysterious '0'

Zero(0). If one is asked just one sentence about 'zero' the common replies can be : zero is zero; zero means nothing; zero maane laddu ha ha ha ha; zero comes before 1 etc. A cleverer answer will be something like : a whole number which is not a natural number.

A Bollywood Actor : Zero pyar hai, vishwas hai, apnapan hai, insaniyat hai aur jiske paas zero nahi uske paas kuch bhi nahi.

A psychologist :When a person listens a natural number then his positive attitude dominates and when he/she listens negative number his negative attitude is predominant. Zero comes in between these, so zero means neutral attitude thus leading to neutral

A physicist :

A chemist :

In comes a mathematician :
1. Zero, when used a divisor, always gives a quotient of infinity. Define infinity and zero will be exactly opposite to it.
2. Try removing the decimal from a natural number and spell the number. If you can do that, I'll tell you the exact definition of zero.

D Dream UnInterpreted...

14th feb. 2008,

There was a temple nearby my college, which I had not visited in the 3.5 yrs. So, I planned to go there with two frndz. We started, bt were struck somewhere in the way when we met a frnd. My friends accompanying me dropped the plan to go to the temple but I went on. I reached the place & got blessings from God.

In an adventurous mood, I thought of continuing my journey and to discover the new place. I went along the side road which was cutting the main road and going through the nearby village. I started the next part of my journey towards the village. The village was a bit far away. After I crossed the vllage, I saw the road continuing ahead and people coming from that side. I continued my journey. After some time, I got a mini bridge(Kalbhat). I stopped there for a moment and saw a few guys playing in the nearby ground. The road thereafter was a bit sloppy, around 30 degrees. I could possibly see the road ending as a branch of a temporary road. I thought of going to that point. I could walk very easily. I saw a few cycle riders coming from the other side.

I went on till I had to stop suddenly as there was a gadhdha ahead. Its height was almost 10 feet. The virtual end of the road was just near, where I could see none now. As there was no way of coming out of that gadhdha, I thought of returning. I turned back and was surprised. Cricket is a game of uncertainty but eventhen you can guess one of the three possibilities, one being the rare. But here, I had no clue on how the road changed its shape(slope) without any prior notice. The slope was almost 75 degrees!

As I had been left with no other option, I started my journey back. I took the help of nearby bushes to 'climb' the road. It was a tough call but I managed to reach almost three fourth of the height without facing much problems. There I saw a bicycle overtaking me as easily as it does in a plain region! I had no clue on how it was possible. It was just in time, I realised that the bush supporting me is going to surrender. I was about to fall when I just got hold of its neighbour. I restarted again for the top. I, somehow, reached the mini bridge which marked the end of the horrible part of my small but, quite possibly, meaningful adventure.

I could feel the sense of satisfaction when I found the road ahead unchanged and the guys still playing.

That was the most appropriate time to wake up from that horrile dream. From that day, I am wondering what could be the interpretation of that dream of mine. Was it a wakeup call from God? or was it just a message from the Almighty to keep cool? or as most of you are thinking, Was it just a DREAM...?


Umesh Majhi
PYTHON