Author: drsriramnathan

“Look around and stay safe
You are alone and that’s your fate
Then again that’s life I guess
Start everyday with a clean slate”

With all the news and views of the Poor
doctor and the natural course of thing and events to fold. I am sure that the whole series would be forgotten soon enough and everyone will move on to the next big news even if this was not one for many…

Did you know that being a Physician and more importantly an emergency physician is one of the most stressful jobs in the world? In many lists of stressful jobs you will find medical practitioners are there high up above in the list!

Surgeons who operate also top the list! Of course amazing professionals like Military and Police also routinely feature high up on the list.

Then again why to beat the same old drums…

Then to change the mood and emotions I turned to the list of the most easiest or stress free jobs in the world! Imagine a job which does not have any responsibilities and gives you immense satisfaction and as a garnish on the chutney; gives you good money!

Did you know that there are people who are professional bridesmaids!? Well there are and they pay well! All you have to do is pamper the bride and later enjoy the cake! You can eat it too!

Then you have something called sommelier! Well that is one job I can never do (Now I do not think I can be a professional bridesmaid either but then it is not impossible!)! Sommelier is an official wine taster! For a teetotaler like me that is out of options but then for a true wine connoisseurs out there, this should be child’s play!
One of the least stressful professions on this list, sommeliers typically work in high-end restaurants as wine stewards, recommending wine selections to patrons and curating the restaurant’s wine lists! They literally DRINK on the job!

Then you have Video Game testers! Yes! and NO! It is not just playing any random game all day! Contrary to popular belief, video game testers don’t just spend their days leisurely playing video games all day. They carefully test new games before they hit the market, checking for any bugs, spelling mistakes, plot inconsistencies, or problems with the sounds or graphic! They also have to be good in gaming and communication skills and ideas!
It is not enough that you play well, you must also give suggestions for new levels or new games! But still, they literally play during work!
Imagine such a dude or gal working at home and his or her spouse screams, “Do not play games at home!” And she or he has to believe when he or she says that he or she is WORKING!

The list is big and that is the blog for another day! But hands down the easiest job in the world is to find fault and criticise others according to Dale Carnegie, the author of the classic How to Win Friends and Influence people! You can even ask Deadpool how he made Wolverine his friend! A quick sketch with my son of his choice…

“She took care of you when you were ill

To make you fit she moved moutain and hill 

Then how could a human be so evil oh my…

Could you not hear her scream or see her cry…”

This Independence day all I feel is intense sadness

A young promising doctor at the end of a 36 hour shift is raped and killed in her own hospital and there is no voice from anyone else apart from doctors and select few…

In all my medico groups I saw the support and understanding to her plight and anger and sadness but everywhere else it was just another independence day with a message with our flag. 

As a Bharatiya I am glad that we have reached this position in the world that we are treated well and especially Indian doctors are respected all over the world! but…

But there is no one to feel sad about the poor young doctor who was treated worse than an animal and I am sure that if one day if a big mob is coming for any one of us, no one will come to rescue you. 

I have understood in the life with a thousands of friends in social media, a doctor has only his or her own family and close friends. In most aspects he or she is alone…

He or she may feel bad when you are not well or do not respond to his or her treatment, he or she will suffer with you, be happy when you are happy but when he or she himself is sad, he or she must put up a smiling face and take care of your troubles.

If he or she cannot contain or control his or her emotions then he or she is known to have attitude or the common comment would come in the Google review, “He or she did not talk or behave with me properly”

With conditions of the duty room worse than a pigsty and absolute worst restrooms which is the norm for any great duty room; I am surprised that humans who are going to be doctors still carry on…

With all these I am amazed at the mental and physical strength which my juniors who are interns still have to do their job everyday with a smile and hope…

Remember that those who did this to the poor young doctor are wicked men; as Chanakya used to say, “There is poison in the fang of the serpent, in the mouth of the fly and the sting of the scorpion but the wicked man is saturated with it”

“Clean was the bed and very warm
Night was young, no cause for alarm
Lying down looking at the roof
Wondering why sleep was so aloof!”

There was a time when posters in the room were the means to get you up and going! Now of course they are memes and reels! One such poster had words like, “Money can buy you a comfortable bed but it cannot buy you sleep!”

I have often felt that if anyway it cannot buy you sleep, it is better to be sleepless in a great mattress than on the floor!

Did you know that one of the most costly material for the mattress is actually a charity or hand me down by a duck!?

Now before you think, what the…duck! Read on!

Sleep is a luxury and lucky are those who can sleep at the drop of a hat!
In my college days I know of people who could sleep while sitting or even standing! There was one guy who could sleep at any time of the day and all he needed was the book in front of his eyes!

I am one of those who need a good bed and a good mind to sleep! Of course if you are really tired then sleep is natural and comes soon enough!

But then if the place is new or the bed is not comfortable then after sometime the sleep just refuses to come back! Some people prefer soft mattress or bed while some others like it hard! A balanced bed is what is recommended!

As far as I am concerned, the most important for me is not even the bed but the pillow! Because of my neck issue, I prefer the neck support pillow and that is the only way I can get a good sleep which itself is a luxury most of the time because of a million things running in the mind! The ability to simply switch off your thought process and sleep is a God given gift which only a few can have!

When we were in army quarters the beds were the rope ones which used to get soft after sometime and our Bhaiyya used to come every three months or so and make it tight! If not for him, the bed would start sagging so much that it used to resemble a hammock!

Later on we got the coir or cotton or spring mattress!
When our parents used to get new beds or mattresses then we used to feel very happy since then we would be getting theirs!

Then when I reached my medical college with a thin bedding…well, that is a blog for another day!

So of all the materials for the bedding, this is a material found in the nest of a duck and is supposed to be very expensive!

It is called Eiderdown, sometimes referred to as the “down of the gods,”.
This exquisite natural filling is world-renowned for its prodigious quality and unparalleled softness!

Eiderdown, or eider down, comes from the Common Eider Duck, a large migratory sea duck. The common eider duck ranges along the northern coasts of eastern Siberia, Europe and North America. Approximately 85-90% of the worlds eiderdown comes from Iceland, 10-15% comes from Canada!

As a bedding material, what sets eiderdown apart from other types of bedding, is its amazing softness and its distinctive insulating properties. Each tiny cluster of this down possesses an intricate and unique structure that creates tiny pockets of air, allowing it to trap warmth more efficiently than any other material while remaining very lightweight. This extraordinary fusion of qualities provides a level of insulation unrivaled by almost any other material, natural or synthetic!

It also has a natural resistance to moisture and dust mites which cause allergies. It is thought to promote a cleaner, healthier sleeping environment, if cared for properly!

Harvesting must be timed precisely to ensure ethical practices while not disturbing the birds or compromising their nests or habitat. Moreover, Eider ducks are meticulous nest builders and use their own down to insulate and protect their eggs and chicks against the harsh Arctic cold. This means that only after the ducks have completed nesting and have abandoned their down can it be collected ethically!

The amount collected is also closely regulated by governments and then carefully hand-sorted based on quality. Due to these factors, coupled with limited nesting areas, and concerns around the decreasing population of the ducks, eiderdown becomes an extremely scarce resource!

Now I have never slept in an Eiderdown mattress but I would rather have a good pillow! Good reminds me of the good or Bhala dialogue by celebrity of the day Kanhaiyalal which goes like, ” Kar bhala, so ho bhala”!

Now select your mattress or pillow properly if you want a good sleep!
Shubh Ratri!

“She did not want to break his heart

So she spoke in a tongue apart

Lil did she know that lingo didn’t goal!

Cause that was da one closest to his soul!”

There are some people in the world and I would like to add myself in that list who know and speak more than three languages and they are called Polyglots!

Officially a polyglot is someone who has a deep love for languages, and is able to speak, use, and understand several of them. The term “polyglot” is often used to describe people who can speak more than three languages. If you speak two languages you’re bilingual, if you speak three you’re trilingual. If you speak more, you may be considered a polyglot. Polyglots are certainly rare and interesting people: only about 3% of the world’s total population can speak four or more languages!

Polyglots are thus like superheroes or heroines for that matter!

So, many years back when I was in Kolkata, the OT assistant of my hospital had come from Chennai for a surgical workshop and he knew only Tamil! The people who helped him set up his equipments knew only Bangali! I used to help them out whenever I could since I knew both to an extent! But when I was not there, they used to communicate in; wait a moment…English!

Even in most international trips to exotic places where the local language is prevalent, all said and done, English is the mode of communication! Luckily no country in the world can actually claim it to be theirs truly so it is for now a universal language!

Now I can speak and understand English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Sanskrit and now Arabic! I can also understand many words of Marathi and Gujarati! 

But when a Keralite comes to me I do speak in Malayalam but I tell them that I am a Tamilian! When a Tamilian comes then I do speak Tamil but I tell them that I am from Bangalore! This is because if I tell a malayalee that I am from Palakkad and I speak my accented Malayalam he or she would actually think that I speak bad malayalam in spite of being a Keralite! But if he or she thinks that I am from Tamil Nadu and still speak good Malayalam then he or she would be impressed with my language skills and more importantly be happy that I am making that extra effort to understand him or her! 

That is the power of expectations! It is always better to lower expectations! 

Being a Polyglot is like having a super power! Specially for a doctor since you can actually understand what the patient is trying to to say or feel in his or her own language! Lots of emotions are usually lost in translation! 

I still remember this news item of a reporter who was delivering news in four different languages and that was a great feat indeed!

One of the most famous Polyglots of India was the great PM Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao! He had wide interests in a variety of subjects (other than politics) such as literature and computer software (including computer programming). He spoke 17 languages! 

Now that is a big number but Polyglots love to learn new languages and this quest for leaning keeps them learning more and more! If knowing 17 languages shocked you then be prepared to learn that there was a person who knew 100!

If various sources are to be believed, the most proficient polyglot in human history would be Sir John Bowring, Governor of Hong Kong between 1854-1859, who was reputed to know around 200 languages, among which he could communicate in 100 different languages! Of course now there are no video or audio records of him speaking so many languages but then even if the number is not 100, I am sure that it may be above 50 which is still an amazing feat!

Actually many polyglots like me have realised that after 3 or 4 languages, it is easier to learn a new language since many words are similar! Of course when you are tensed and busy sometimes, one language creeps into another when you speak which is why practice is important! 

Once I spoke to a patient in Arabic and after five minutes, he said, “Maafi angrezi, fi Arabi?” Which means that he does not understand English, only Arabic! Which I thought I was speaking! I guess the accent was still not fine tuned! Without the proper accent it is difficult and you do become Jack of all languages but Master of only some! 

As a polyglot, I love learning new languages! Language is a hobby and when you love it then you do not have any boundaries! 

So my count is over 10 and PVNR is 17 while historically the most is over 100! But who is the current record holder?

Officially though you go through the web, the record to beat is not 100 but 59! Ziad Youssef Fazah is a Liberian-born Lebanese alleged polyglot. Fazah has claimed to speak 59 languages and maintains that he has proved this in several public appearances in which he supposedly communicated with native speakers of a large number of foreign languages! Of course some forms of English needs only a twist and you are there! Like you add some ‘Mate’ and lo! You are Australian! Which reminds me of the birthday celebrity of the day Christopher Hemsworth AM!

Now wish yourself Good night in the lingo of your choice! 

I like to say Shubh ratri!

“She was dancing in the middle of the flight!
She was joined by another doing it right!
They were forcing us to watch you know!
It’s ok! It’s good! It’s the pre flight safety demo!”

Do you routinely watch the pre flight safety demo?
What is the relation between that and a flight which took off in 1928!?

Intrigued?

read onm!

When the flight is new or the destination is new or if it is the first few flights, many or all of us would like to watch the demo!

My first adult flight alone, I remember seeing the whole demo in both english and hindi! It was literally the same thing but I acting like a good student was even memorising the exit gates and the lines! I mentally even remembered where the life jacket was stowed!

I used to switch off the mobile the moment I was in the plane and only switch it on when I was out! Even getting off was only after the cabin crew told us that we can get off!

Some international flights with the LCD screens in every seats have the demo which is pre recorded and very colourful! Some of them apparently have beautiful 3d graphics!

Most of the times though I have seen that people just do not watch or do not care! They almost never listen to the instructions and keep on merrily play with either their phones or speak in loud voices when the intercom is even telling them that refueling in going on!

Safety makes us complacent and this is a dangerous thing! A flight is one of the safest things but every point is important and that is why the mandatory pre flight check up and the pre flight safety demo is really important!

Another thing we must understand that they are not our waiters or servants! They are designated flight cabin crew who are there to help us in every way!
Now did you know that this whole demo which is a very essential part of the flight is due to an international aviation law and treaty which mandates pre flight instruction for everyone?
Or that this treaty or rule was actually because of a crash which happened way back in 1928!?

So on 24 July 1928, a KLM-owned Fokker F.III operated a scheduled passenger sightseeing flight from and back to Waalhaven Airport in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The plane with the pilot and five passengers on board stalled shortly after takeoff and crashed after it struck boats in the Waalhaven harbour next to the airport. One passenger died while many passengers though were saved but lost a lot of time while the airplane sank.

The pilot wasn’t properly trained for this older type of aircraft. The passengers weren’t aware of the emergency hatch, and all could have survived had they used this emergency exit.

It was after this accident that internationally it was suggested to tell passengers before the flight where the emergency exit is located!

Better visibility inside the cabin of the emergency exit was also advised. The accident also resulted in better procedures by which pilots are assigned to fly certain aircraft types!

All said and done let us not wait for the bomb to go or accidents to happen before we start training for safety!

Looking at both the sides of the road before you cross is to be done every time! It does not change! That is how for every aspect of safety! So next time the poor cabin crew is giving you great advice which could save your life, the least you can do is look at them! Anyway most of them look good if not great! Great of course was the father of Indian space research and birthday celebrity Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai!

Now start your pre sleep cleaning and sleep!
Shubh ratri!

“The season is warm

And that’s the charm

But the heat makes you drool!

Can’t wait for it to be cool!”

If you think they are mere stories then you are mistaken; great Poems like Ramayan and Mahabharat are called Ithihasa or History. In one of the versions of Ramayan called the Ram Charit manas, Goswamy Tulsidas had told who should never be your enemy!

It holds true to this day!

read on!

At first when Shoorpanaka urged Ravan to take on Ram, he went to seek advice from his uncle called Marich. Now in an earlier encounter with Ram, Marich had already understood the strength of Ram.

So as a wise counsel who had to deliver a bad news or give proper advice; He told Ravan that he must not try to get in between the fight and leave Ram and Sita alone!

For this Ravan, became very angry and heated!

This is when Tulsidas in the mind of Marich tells the nine kinds of people you must never make an enemy of! Effectively means that these are the people to whom you must always be courteous and kind! Enmity with them is never going to end well for you!

The nine people are; an armed man, a confidant, a powerful master, a dunce, a wealthy person, a bard, a poet and a cook! And finally a Physician!

The above list is not exhaustive but it does make a great cause! 

Most of the people in the list are self explanatory like an armed man or woman for that matter!, a confidant who can leak your secrets is always a sensitive spot and a powerful master or a wealthy person are one whom you should not have any tiff with!

A poet or a bard and in the modern times a writer especially one who writes Blogs everyday is also not a person whom yous should have enmity with since they can write stories or blogs or a poem about it and make you infamous!

A dunce or a stupid person is someone who is dangerous is he or she is your enemy! He or she may even harm himself or herself if it means that you can be harmed! As the old saying goes, you must not try to teach those who cannot be taught!

Finally you must not be an enemy of your physician! He or she usually knows your conditions and is always there to help you so why would you try to irritate him or her! Of course if you are getting additional tests and medications then it may have already happened! 

The list in modern times includes so many people who are a combination of the above! A wealthy stupid dude or a rich confidant or a  powerful armed person or people! There are times in a normal middle class person is simply avoiding any enemies! He or she is just trying to stay in the middle and doing his or her job! He or she neither has the time or energy to have any enemies!

The one person I never argue or have a tiff with is the cook and/or the waiter! I really do not want anything more in my food! If you are not convinced then watch the movie road trip! Then after that you can watch the movie Mohra! I never liked the buffed up muscular brain Suneil Shetty but over the years he is ok! The birthday celebrity of today. 

Sketch done in good time and comfort and it shows!

Now do have sleep as your friend and you will be ok!

Shubh ratri!

“No sleep no food but it’s all good
Run for the case that’s the base
Take rest when you can earn!
That’s the summary of an intern…”


Robin Cook had written a great novel on the life and state of intern called “the year of the intern” and that was in 1973! When I read it I was in the final year MBBS and soon enough realised that there may be minor differences but more or less the year of intern is very difficult indeed.

It’s the same when you are resident Post graduate also and when you are in a government college.

You never have a dearth of cases and complications and the count simply goes on like a timer!

Casualty posting especially the medical and surgical ones were like battlefield! You can forget rest or food and all you can hope for is a few hours of sleep if you are lucky!

Many times the intern is faced with difficult sleeping arrangements and poor restrooms. As guys we would still manage but I guess for the lady interns it would have been more difficult for sure.

The intern and the residents are actually the backbone of the hospital and without them the whole system breaks down. I still remember how one day strike by the junior doctors would bring the whole hospital to a standstill!

The only people who have some sympathy for the poor interns would be the old matrons or the patients who get well!

No other person cares about them. They are the lowest in the hierarchy and treated like that.

The old adage of only suffering makes a good doctor must go!

Would you like a doctor who had barely had sleep or rest or food to treat you? What would be his or her mental capacity?

The seniors do not take them seriously since they are only ‘temporary worker’ with little knowledge and not much experience while for everyone else including the patients they are invisible…

Hopefully the sad state of the intern gets better. Not everyone can be a super hero like birthday celebrity Mahesh Babu…

A quick sketch while travelling and a personal blog in honour of the poor unfortunate doctor…may she get justice…

We can only hope
Shubh ratri…

“He though he was falling down the bridge 

It was between a river and a ridge!

The ground was close and a big fright!

So he thought thinking and t’was all right!”

The power of mind is a mystery!

There is a story of Patients who have been operated without anesthesia but they had been made to believe that they are getting pain relieving medication or anesthesia!

read on!

So today we had a puja at our house and as it is customary, we got up early in the morning and made so many dishes for everyone! Then we sat for the Puja and finally late noon we had some food! 

What is so surprising is that we were fasting the whole day! Normally during a routine day if I do not get my breakfast on time then it is very difficult! Of course during younger days we could survive without breakfast or even lunch! But as we grow older and get fixed to a routine it is difficult to change!

Which is why doing so much work while fasting is actually a great feat which we did and many people all across the world do! When you have some faith and some belief, that is so strong that you do not feel hunger or thirst or even tired! In fact after everyone had food and we were serving and taking care of guests is when I realised we have not eaten anything the whole day!

The brain is a powerhouse! If you train the brain then it can manage anything! You can even apparently train the brain to think that you have done some work or gone to a place when you might not have done so!

In a study for the efficacy of a migraine medication, one group took a migraine drug labeled with the drug’s name, another took a placebo labeled “placebo,” and a third group took nothing. The researchers discovered that the placebo was 50% as effective as the real drug to reduce pain after a migraine attack!

The researchers speculated that a driving force beyond this reaction was the simple act of taking a pill. People associate the ritual of taking medicine as a positive healing effect. Even if they know it’s not medicine, the action itself can stimulate the brain into thinking the body is being healed!

In the same way you can even train the brain to bear any pain! How we have heard stories of ordinary people doing superhuman stuff! 

Guess it is true when they say, “It is all in your mind!” Super human and a great mind also was birthday celebrity, the illustrious poet Gangadhar Meher!

With all that work and fasting and running around the mind did have time for a quick sketch and blog!

Now train your brain to sleep on time!

Shubh ratri!

“Life is so dull an there’s no thrill!
It’s like you have taken the blue pill!
Let your imagination fly and not rest!
Life with music is simply da best!”

The headphones phenomenon!
This is similar to the effect of watching a movie in the theatre or in your house!

Last week or so when we were in Georgia, our Guide ‘Misa’, tried to entertain us with some famous bollywood numbers which we loved! Then he played some beautiful Georgian songs and we loved them too! After some time even when we did not know the meaning we were singing along with him! He was so happy and so were we!
Good music just needs an open ear!

read on!

If you love music and by this I mean any music then as far as I am concerned you are normal! You may dislike some music or like some other, but if you are someone who dislikes any music or any kind whether fast or slow or loud or mellow then I am very scared of you!

Forget the Homo, (Sapiens that is!) even plants have been known to love music and prefer some type of music to another.

Even your furry friends who walk on four legs like music!

It turns out the enjoyment of music isn’t a unique human experience. Recent and ongoing research shows that animals have their own preferences for music, specifically tunes that use pitches, tones, and tempos that are familiar to their particular species! This for the cats! Not the musical Cats but cats who like certain type of music!

Another study, conducted by the Scottish SPCA and the University of Glasgow, suggests that dogs prefer reggae and soft rock over other musical!
Of course the above study is Biased on the taste of the owner so do not be surprised that a dog in Chennai near a temple may actually like Carnatic Music!

All these goes to prove that liking music is a normal behaviour of Humans and other beings though of course sometimes some old Uncle may tell you to reduce the volume of your music system!

Enjoying music is dependent on time and mood and of course situation. Music is my life! I can enjoy any kind of music at any time of the day and language is no barrier!

Now like you enjoy most or many movies in the theatre and later on when you see the same movie in your TV you may not like it so much! Which is why you may like them better if you have a projector connected to a nice speaker system!

In the same way listening to some music in headphones or a surround sound system is always better than plain speakers!

Unlike speakers broadcasting sound widely into a room, headphones project audio down ear canals right against the eardrum. This makes the music feel like it’s originating inside your skull, wrapping immersively around you. The experience can feel almost synergistic – a snug sonic cocoon!

Now since both the music are the same it just sounds better because of the personal effect! Unconsciously, a person realizes that at the moment no one except him hears the music. That is why the composition is perceived as a kind of “soundtrack to life”. Wherever the listener is – in the crowd or all alone – his own music is with him or her!

In addition to this there is another reason which lies in the noise isolation and in the location of the speakers.

When a person listens to music through headphones, the speakers are located in close proximity to their eardrums. Headphone housings are usually designed in such a way as to suppress background noise. Thus, only music enters the ear canal. This creates a special interactive effect that allows a person to isolate the smallest details from the composition, which he or she most likely would not notice while listening to music from the speakers.

This is especially true for those who know a little about rhythm and other nuances of music!

The way you experience stereo sound with headphones is also very different since the separation of the left and right audio channels creates a particularly crisp 3D effect!

A special selection of the sound range allows you to level the monotony inherent in some game actions. This applies to such games in which there are the same type, often repeated moments.

Nowadays, many owners of large casinos have already come to the conclusion that they not only hire specialists in the selection of musical accompaniment, but also order composers to create unique, specialized works! In fact there are places where you do not have any bands and all you have are a bunch of people dancing by listening to music which is getting transmitted to their headphones!

Then again too much of a good thing is also bad! Constant listening to headphones is not good for your ears and hearing so make sure you take adequate breaks in between and not listen to loud music or sounds for long intervals!

Now if you like good music then you would like good movies and a hearty laugh! If you want both then you must watch the movie Rafoo Chakkar starring birthday celebrity
Kanwarjit Paintal!

Of course now listen to some light music like say Kenny G and sleep!
Shubh ratri!

“Alone in the woods the road is narrow

Looking at the dark street traps!

Nothing to be scared! Don’t be mellow!

We got with us dem Google maps!”

The other day navigating in some remote corner of the village of my father, Google was confidently showing us the way!

Got me thinking how it works!

Read on!

Remember how going or travelling to any place was a big issue if you did not know the direction? or the traffic?

How an expert uncle (By default it would be a guy! No gender bias here but that is simply an observation!) would tell that this particular route is the best!

Even when you do arrive at the destination properly, he would tell you that you could have taken his route! Of course like Rajnikanth you would like to say, “EN wayi, thani wayi!” but you could not! 

Now of course most of the older folks have relented that Google Maps knows the best! Of course the constant re routing and stuff is a big irritation! Over the years now though rest assured, if Google tells you an estimate then more often than not, it will be correct!

Even Google of course cannot handle the Bangalore traffic and rains and the sudden one way and road closure but still it gets it as close as possible! Even Auto rickshaw drivers also have now accepted Google maps! 

I still remember how at every nook and turn I used to ask about the direction and the place! Once going to a theatre in my bike I tried a different route some years back and reached the same place which would have taken ten minutes; in two hours! 

The guy who finally told me the way gave me a look of extreme pity!

I have never been shy of asking directions and I remember while driving, I used to stop and ask and go! This extra time was usually added to the time taken to reach the destination!

Now for the past several  years, the platform has evolved from an exclusively web-based application to the go-to navigational mobile app that provides updated and highly accurate real-time information against locational and directional queries!

Google apparently uses a combination of satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° panoramic views of streets, and GIS data to provide up-to-date, comprehensive digital maps for route planning and travel via foot, car, bicycle, air or public transit! 

Did you know? Over 150 million people worldwide are contributing information to Google Maps, with 50 million daily updates coming from the community and the public sector! It has been told that Google Maps is a data Monster which, constantly feeding off information and updating and optimising the system to provide users with better recommendations and more current information!

I guess that is why other map apps like Apple cannot be as accurate as Google since the experience and data collection is more! 

Of course the collection of so much data is a concern for privacy especially since it has been shown that Google knows your location history even when your phone is not switched on!

That is may be a price to pay for the convenience which allows you to know the direction in a remote place late in the night. Now that is no laughing matter right? 

Laughing though is obvious matter when we see birthday celebrity Keshto Mukherjee act!

Now guide yourself to your bed and sleep!

Shubh ratri!