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Relativity

“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.” - Albert Einstein


I guess most of us would have wondered how relative things are. Uninteresting things appear to move too fast, and good things get over quickly ... at least it seems so!

The way time seems too pass in different settings, the way things in recent past seem to be too distant, just because the set up and the surroundings have completely changed. Hanging out with friends in college canteen just a few days ago seem to have happened ages ago; and at the same time, things in college which happened two terms back seemed to be a thing of recent past!

Why only time? A change in atmosphere/ surroundings can completely change the way we look at things. Same thing which appear trivial piece in the jigsaw puzzle of universe, when viewed from college campus may look extremely essential when viewed from inside a wild life sanctuary. Same thing which appears useless when viewed from inside a classroom, suddenly seems important when observed through the eyes of a 75 year old person.

Certainly, apart from perception of time in a setting, there actually exist many,more dimensions to relativity - some known, many unknown!
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  1. Anonymous11:58 AM, April 01, 2008

    I like the new look of ur blog...

    Nice article here!

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  2. Nikesh Rathi12:17 PM, April 01, 2008

    @ Nova - Thank u :)

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  3. sharad shinde6:41 PM, April 17, 2008

    "Relativity" is one of the most beautiful word of English ...It always save me when i have to prove somethinng...u might hear me ending discussion like "It depends yaar..Everything is relative"....


    PS: Another beautiful word is "Sorry"

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