Believe! We have THE WAY to overcome the tough phases of life, because if there IS problem, there IS solution.

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Akbar and Birbal

King Akbar was very fond of Birbal. This made a certain courtier very jealous. Now this courtier always wanted to be chief minister, but this was not possible as Birbal filled that position.

One day Akbar praised Birbal in front of the courtier. This made the courtier very angry and he said that the king praised Birbal unjustly and if Birbal could answer three of his questions, he would accept the fact that Birbal was intelligent. Akbar always wanting to test Birbals with readily agreed.

The three questions were:

1. How many stars are there in the sky?

2. Where is the centre of the Earth? and

3. How many men and how many women are there in the world?

Immediately Akbar asked Birbal the three questions and informed him that if he could not answer them, he would have to resign as chief minister.

To answer the first question, Birbal brought a hairy sheep and said , "There are as many stars in the sky as there is hair on the sheep's body. My friend the courtier is welcome to count them if he likes. "

To answer the second question, Birbal drew a couple of lines on the floor and bore an iron rod in it and said , "this is the centre of the Earth, the courtier may measure it himself if he has any doubts."

In answer to the third question, Birbal said, "Counting the exact number of men and women in the world would be a problem as there are some specimens like our courtier friend here who cannot easily be classified as either. Therefore if all people like him are killed, then and only then can."

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Dedicated to the students having low confidence…

A Great Scientist – Albert Einstein

If somewhere you feel you are WEAK, you must be somewhere STRONG. Find out and value your talent.
~Imm

A GreAlbert Einstein’s age, when he still wasn’t talking, Even when he finally did, he uttered his words twice. When he started school, he still had speech difficulty until the age of nine. Born in a German city called Ulm, his mother believed Einstein was a freak because his head seemed to be too big for his body. Her worry had some basis because Einstein actually suffered from a medical condition called “Benign Macrocephaly”, a disorder that could lead to mental retardation.

One of the most recognized and well-known scientists of the century, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on photoelectric effect titled: “On a Heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light”. Upon his death, his brain was preserved and studied.

A 1999 study done by Mcmaster University found that his brain did not have it’s parietal operculum region, a part of the brain needed for speech, reading or writing। To compensate for that, his brain adapted by enlarging his parietal lobe by 15% wider। This part of the brain is responsible in giving him superior mathematical thought, visuospatial cognition, and imagery of movement. The study also found that Einstein’s brain had 73% more glial cells ( special cells that provide support and nutrition to the brain) than normal brains.

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