Dealing with Insomnia
At 12 in the night, the mobile phone of Executive Engineer, Narendra, was constantly ringing. He wondered who was disturbing his sleep at this time. He then noticed that it was the Superintendent Engineer who was calling.
“The minister is going to visit our area. You know how strict he is!”
The Executive Engineer immediately got up as soon as he heard that.
“Sir, when is he expected to arrive? This is so sudden. How will we able to make necessary arrangements for him.”
“He is not visiting tomorrow. Tour program is not yet finalised. It may happen on any date in next month.”
“Then, you could have told me this tomorrow as well. You have disturbed my sleep. Now, I have to be awake all the night!”
“I told the same words to the Chief Engineer when he called me. He disturbed my sleep. Anyway, if you are not able to sleep, go ahead and call your Assistant Engineers. Now, I will go to sleep”
The Executive Engineer immediately began to search the phone number of the Assistant Engineers on his mobile.
Story ENDS
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2. Scamper
“Uncle, my plane doesn’t fly. Tell me, how do you fly your plane?” Rahul asked his uncle and a Pilot Sudarshan, showing his paper plane.
“Lot of power is needed to takeoff. Real planes have very powerful engines.”
“Uncle, why do that need this much of power?”
“There are mainly two obstacles gravity and inertia, for any object to fly.”
“What does they mean?”
“Gravity refers to its own weight. Weight of an object always put resistance while lifting up .”
“And Inertia?”
“According to Newton’s principle, an object tries to maintain its state unless otherwise an external force acts upon it.”
“I have understood it uncle. That is why you need the such a tremendous power to takeoff.”
“One more thing. When you try to takeoff, everything will try to obstruct you even the thin air.”
“Then, what do you need to do?”
“Increase your speed. The same air will then start helping you to take off.”
“Oh, will everything then help us to fly?”
“No. You will find some obstacles like birds, animals and clouds. You should avoid those things. It would be disastrous if a plane crashed against any of those.”
“Uncle, you are an expert. Can’t we avoid these obstacles?”
“You have to fly very high to avoid these obstacles. All of those things will be left behind and you can fly at a great speed.”
“It must be a fun then.”
“Yes, but remember that you cannot fly high forever. The destination is always on the ground.”
Hearing the conversation between uncle and the nephew, Rahul’s mom said “What has happened Sudarshan? You have become a philosopher!”
“Who is a philosopher Mom?”
“The one who shows us the right path in our life.”
“What is this right path of life?”
“Oh my god! Sudarshan, please handle your beloved nephew yourself!”
