*From To Sathish* - Thread 3 - Page 73

HI Spain,

I shared that article about mouna ragam for i know how dear that film is to you.All the best.

Oh wow...that was a very nice, nostalgic review of "Mouna Ragam".
Puriyatha aanandham...puthithaga aarambam...
It literally took me down memory lane...
Thanks for sharing, Satish.

It's hard to believe 30 years have flown by...
while back in 1986, the word "divorce" was a taboo subject and the Censor Board might have had a problem with the "adult theme"...
"divorce" is in vogue now and is sadly, a common domestic scenario in every other neighborhood these days.

I was just listening to the title track song of "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil"...
which is a very nice ballad (and my next obsession after "Tum hi ho"...)
and I thought how wonderful it would have been to have such a soulful song picturised on Emraan Hashmi, instead of Ranbir Kapoor.
A decade ago, Emraan Hashmi was infamously in vogue in B-grade films for being called the "serial kisser" of Bollywood.
But these days, every top hero and heroine are keen to go beyond kissing and suddenly, the tag "serial kisser" seems rather stale and out-dated now.
Nevertheless, Emraan Hashmi has delivered melodious hit songs in his films and "Raaz Reboot" is the next in line.

I think what's in and what's out will forever keep changing...
but films like "Mouna Ragam" can never be erased from the mind.

It's actually very hard for the same director today to keep a story as uncomplicated and as straight-forward as "Mouna Ragam" once did.
That's why even after 30 years, it remains a timeless classic...

Redemption 147


"The darker the night, the brighter the stars,
The deeper the grief, the closer is God!" Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

Tapetum lucidum


The tiger was a cat and it knew what it was and yet it also knew that it was more than a cat.It watched Rudran with great love and loyalty for that is what it's soul felt and oozed when ever it was in the presence of them,The guardians.The tiger had come into the light,completely awake and aware and blessed with a divine genetic memory.Unlike normal tigers or animals or even human beings,Buddha knew and saw more for its sight stretched over different planes and its memory went back to that point where its history and bonds with light had begun so many centuries ago.It saw and remembered everything and nothing was forgotten and Rudran would have been stunned to know that at that moment the tiger's capacity for memory was far superior than that of his.But the tiger also knew that once the warrior was woken from his normal human self,his true roots would take over and all his powers would kick in and unleashed.

But what the tiger felt sad about was the pain it would cause his soul when he learnt and saw everything and although that was something that was unavoidable,the tiger wished it was otherwise for it felt this great love and awakening when rudran was near it.

Buddha stopped and watched Rudran stare intently into the darkness and whispered in its soul " what is it master?"

Rudran crouched low into the ground and beckoned buddha closer and once the cat was near him whispered " I sensed eyes on us and that is why i stopped and stared so hard in that direction."

Buddha stared and although something flared deep inside its mind it could not make out what the threat was and waited for rudran to continue.

" Thermal cameras my friend and i bet those two snipers posted have night vision goggles too.But i think we are still out of range and i seriously doubt if they are aware of our presence."

Buddha smiled,although the smile stayed hidden in its soul for it knew the moment was coming when his powers would break out and then nothing could stop him or pose any kind of threat.

Rudran kept staring into the darkness and turning to buddha " well,we seem to be in a stalemate for we cannot proceed without being seen and cannot stay here forever without proceeding.The night vision goggles are useless in daylight but the damn thermal imaging cameras will work in day and night and that poses the problem.The man we followed has done what we wanted and has led us into their camp and now it is up to us to make a plan on how to attack them.There is just another hour or so before first light and if we have any intentions of attacking these criminals,then i think we should do it now but then we are back to square one for once we enter the range of their thermal imaging cameras,we will be picked up and our shapes noticed and warning will be sent out.Even if we charge at our fastest,it will take us twenty or more minutes to reach their camp and they will be prepared and ready and i guess we are not immune to bullets and grenades.so stalemate."


The tapetum lucidum is a layer of tissue in the eye of many vertebrates. Lying immediately behind the retina, it reflects visible light back through the retina, increasing the light available to the photoreceptors, though blurring the initial image of the light on focus. The tapetum lucidum contributes to the superior night vision of some animals. Many of these animals are nocturnal, especially carnivores that hunt their prey at night, while others are deep sea animals.

A thermographic camera (also called an infrared camera or thermal imaging camera) is a device that forms an image using infrared radiation, similar to a common camera that forms an image using visible light. Instead of the 400-700 nanometre range of the visible light camera, infrared cameras operate in wavelengths as long as 14,000 nm (14 m). Their use is called thermography.Infrared energy is just one part of the electromagnetic spectrum, which encompasses radiation from gamma rays, x-rays, ultra violet, a thin region of visible light, infrared, terahertz waves, microwaves, and radio waves. These are all related and differentiated in the length of their wave (wavelength). All objects emit a certain amount of black body radiation as a function of their temperatures.Generally speaking, the higher an object's temperature, the more infrared radiation is emitted as black-body radiation. A special camera can detect this radiation in a way similar to the way an ordinary camera detects visible light. It works even in total darkness because ambient light level does not matter. This makes it useful for rescue operations in smoke-filled buildings and underground.A major difference with optical cameras is that the focusing lenses cannot be made of glass, as glass blocks long-wave infrared light. Special materials such as Germanium or Sapphire crystals must be used. Germanium lenses are also quite fragile, so often have a hard coating to protect against accidental contact. The higher cost of these special lenses is one reason why thermographic cameras are more costly.

A night vision device (NVD), also known as a night optical/observation device (NOD), is an optoelectronic device that allows images to be produced in levels of light approaching total darkness. The image may be a conversion to visible light of both visible light and near-infrared, while by convention detection of thermal infrared is denoted thermal imaging. The image produced is typically monochrome, e.g. shades of green. NVDs are most often used by the military and law enforcement agencies, but are available to civilian users. The term usually refers to a complete unit, including an image intensifier tube, a protective and generally water-resistant housing, and some type of mounting system. Many NVDs also include optical components such as a sacrificial lens,or telescopic lenses or mirrors. An NVD may have an IR illuminator, making it an active as opposed to passive night vision device.Night vision devices were first used in World War II and came into wide use during the Vietnam War. The technology has evolved greatly since their introduction, leading to several "generations" of night vision equipment with performance increasing and price decreasing. Consequently, they are available for a wide range of applications, e.g. for gunners, drivers and aviators.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAvnMYqj2c0

Night Vision versus Thermal Imaging

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHF0x7H5TaU

Yaarathu Sollamal Nenjalli Povathu-Nenjamellam Neeyae

Redemption-148


Rudran was more worried that the thai man they had followed was just another ten or fifteen minutes away from reaching the point where the men posted as sentries would stop to question and then immediately alert the rest of the members of their camp.This was not a ragged bunch of petty criminals but highly organised and well trained men and they would retaliate in a real and deadly manner.

He wondered if it was better to withdraw to safety and return with a better plan for right now it was just two of them and there was just no sense in running blind into the arms of a clear and present danger.

Rudran turned to Buddha whose mind conveyed the same thoughts " yes master,i think it is better to step back for we have no idea as to their numbers and capabilities and come back after devising a proper plan."

He looked at Buddha " I think there is a better way than just both of us to handle this group of criminals and the people i am talking about have both strength in numbers and far greater capability than these guys can ever dream of.let me see what help i can call on at this moment."

Rudran hurriedly took out his mobile and switched it on and saw that there was still a little bit of life in its battery and luckily there was single bar in the network connectivity.

He took a deep breath knowing very well what he was going to do would be considered a wrong tactical move and that there was a strong chance that there would be a departmental enquiry and he might even be suspended.But right now,he had no other choice but to do what he was about to do.For sometimes in war it was necessary to take extreme steps to defeat the enemy and so rudran made the call.

The cellphone that Rudran held was a high end samsung galaxy series model and it would appear so to any normal person but what lay inside that mask was a totally different set of chipsets and circuit boards.The CPU was a model that would not hit the streets for another two or three years and everything was a different generation.
Apart from it being a normal cellphone,the instrument had many encryptions and softwares applications that only rudran and a few members of his team knew about.

With a few taps Rudran activated the sat phone capability that enabled his mobile to know directly access friendly satellites that India shared with it other allies and strategic partners.The only problem was that the sat phone app drained the battery very quickly and with just 15 percent juice left,rudran waited,whispering " pick up,please pick up quickly".

Rudran's sat phone shot out a packet of electro magnetic pulses at the speed of light into deep,dark space and it hooked itself on to the Iridium satellite global network and a few seconds later descended into the darkened room of a man who slept and snored and entering his mobile phone,screamed in anguish,announcing its presence.

Gen.veer singh looked at the clock and saw it was nearly 5.00 am in the morning and then hurriedly woke up when he saw the screen flashing Rudran.

" Rudran,my boy.are you all right? are you safe?"

Rudran " i am okay sir but i am not sure for how long that is going to last.Sir,the reason i am calling is that i am here on ground zero and want to know what i should do."

He quickly explained to his boss about the camp and that it could be the place where they were hatching all their plans and also the spot where the man they were after was taking refuge.

Gen.veer singh listened patiently " Rudy,there is just no way that you can go against all these people by yourself and even if you have the element of surprise on your side.The numbers are too many and with sentries posted with night vision and thermal vision cameras,they will spot you a mile away.So step back and wait for my orders.And please don't do anything until the orders have been given to me from my boss,the prime minister.Remember,you are not on home soil and on foreign territory and this could erupt into an international incident.so just hang on until i get back to you with further instructions.switch off your mobile if you have to and i will contact you via messages that you can routinely check and reply,so that you phone does not die for then all contact will be lost."

Rudran whispered " all right sir.will stand down and wait for further instructions.Over and out."

But every power has a limit and every capability has to meet a wall and nothing limits gods,angels and heroes like betrayal,treachery and spies.For unknown to Rudran and his boss,the satellite which provided a service platform also provided for the NSA and DOD.NSA meaning National Security Agency and DOD meaning Department of defense and both are the top echelons of the united states of america.

The entire conversation between rudran and his boss back in delhi was recorded and sent at live speed to the CIA,langley.The location of Rudran's mobile was pinpointed and duly noted.It took the super computers all of ten minutes to decrypt the conversation that had been held between rudran and boss and the details were printed and mailed to five important people.

They were the CIA chief,DOD chief,NSA chief,secretary of state and to the president of the united states.

Sitting here in chennai,i can only imagine what the conference would have been like and i bet it was all done in a matter of minutes.


Imagination but more or less the truth

The president " Are you sure about this information?"

The CIA chief " 100 percent sure sir.This is the exact conversation between the indian agent and his boss and i will play the recording for you."

The department of defense head " Mr.president,there is no time to waste sir.We have satellite images to confirm the camps and how many assets they have.This is not an idle threat sir but a potential Bio terrorist hazard and one which will have global implications."

The president cursed for as always he had to make these terrible decisions where he had to authorise launch or drop of bombs and missiles on known terrorist hot spots and hidings.And the sad thing was that there was always collateral damage and the death of innocents and children.But this situation was new and scary for now he had the future of the entire world to worry about and not just his country.

The NSA chief waved a hand and the images on the screen changed and everybody could see that it was a live feed from a satellite and soon the cameras on the craft started zooming down on the suspected terrorist camp.

The president of USA sat back and keenly watched as the satellites camera went to infra red and saw the heat signatures of everything on the ground and as it zoomed down they all saw stretchers being carried into a hut and the camera zoomed in closer and the scene from a large building became clear and eevryone saw that there were about twenty cots laid in two parallel rows and it did not take much imagination to guess what was going on.

The president's face revealed his shock and fear and his trembling voice " are those patients being experimented on?"

His question was answered with an affirmation and the president's face darkened with anger and repulsion and he turned to his men " okay.destroy the place.No one gets out alive."

He looked at Ash carter the secretary of defense " Ash,how are you going to do this?"

The secretary of defense looked at his NSA chief Admiral Michael S. Rogers,USN who looked at the president " Mr.president we have the USS VIRGINIA submarine lying deep in the gulf of thailand.They can launch a TOMAHAWK missile and it will do the job."

The president " a tomahawk cruise missile for this single camp.Come now,don't you think it is too much of an overkill."

The rest of the members fell silent and the NSA chief continued with a smile " A regular Tomahawk missile would be sure overkill.But not this one for this will kill and yet limit the damage inside the kill zone.This is a new generation Tomahawk and it carries a Thermobaric bomb."

The very mention of the word Thermobaric bomb sent shivers down everyones spine and some even crossed themselves and whispered a prayer for those they were going to kill for they would die a most unpleasant death.


Death rains from the skies


The man stood in darkness and answered the mobile and listened in dread and fear as the news was conveyed to him.He was just about to leave to attend to the other matter which had come to his notice and now this scary news.

Far away in the forest of Bang lang national park,Rudran's mobile rang and flashed an unknown number and he answered it and listened as the voice screamed " Run Rudran run.They have launched a missile aimed at your location.Use your power and take Buddha away and fly now.Run now."

Rudran in full panic mode knew who could and would have launched a missile and he knew his conversation had been hacked and listened to.But he thought the united states had done this for they had no other option but this.But who was that on the phone that had warned him.

They ran,warrior and tiger.They ran for they knew that death was coming from the skies in the next few minutes.Rudran ran nursing one bitter disappointment and that was having to lose the chance to nab Murky,in case he had been there in the camp hiding under the terrorists protection.

Back in the camp,the lone thai poacher was brought in to report to the leader who could not make sense of what his man was saying.But one man understood very well the words that were spoken.

" One man,one tiger,green eyes and he killed all of us but spared me."

Murky yelled " bas***d,you dumb bas***d,He did not spare you out of mercy but just to track you.Bloody hell he is here,right now and you led him right to our door step."

Cursing and swearing obsceneties Murky ran towards the river and jumped into one of the boats and gunning it raced away thinking he was racing away from Rudran.Just as he acclerated to the motor boats top speed of 70 kms per hour,he heard a thunderous noise and hurriedly looked overhead to see a long object streaking towards the camp.

Booom.The missile opened its womb at the last minute and gave birth to its evil child and the fuel air explosive,thermobaric bomb blinked its eye.

From far away Rudran and Buddha stood and watched as the early morning erupted in a massive fireball and he knew what the missile had been and quietly thanked the stranger who had called and given him the vital few minutes to make his escape.


Thermobaric Weapons

A thermobaric weapon is a type of explosive that utilizes oxygen from the surrounding air to generate an intense, high-temperature explosion, and in practice the blast wave typically produced by such a weapon is of a significantly longer duration than a conventional condensed explosive. The fuel-air bomb is one of the most well-known types of thermobaric weapons.

In contrast to condensed explosive, where oxidation in a confined region produces a blast front from essentially a point source, a flame front accelerates to a large volume producing pressure fronts both within the mixture of fuel and oxidant and then in the surrounding air.

Thermobaric explosives apply the principles underlying accidental unconfined vapor cloud explosions, which include those from dispersions of flammable dusts and droplets.[3] Previously, such explosions were most often encountered in flour mills and their storage containers, and later in coal mines; but, now, most commonly in discharged oil tankers and refineries, including an incident at Buncefield in the UK in 2005 where the blast wave woke people 150 kilometres (93 mi) from its centre.

A typical weapon consists of a container packed with a fuel substance, in the center of which is a small conventional-explosive "scatter charge". Fuels are chosen on the basis of the exothermicity of their oxidation, ranging from powdered metals, such as aluminium or magnesium, to organic materials, possibly with a self-contained partial oxidant. The most recent development involves the use of nanofuels.

A thermobaric bomb's effective yield requires the most appropriate combination of a number of factors; among these are how well the fuel is dispersed, how rapidly it mixes with the surrounding atmosphere, and the initiation of the igniter and its position relative to the container of fuel. In some designs, strong munitions cases allow the blast pressure to be contained long enough for the fuel to be heated up well above its auto-ignition temperature, so that once the container bursts the super-heated fuel will auto-ignite progressively as it comes into contact with atmospheric oxygen. Conventional upper and lower limits of flammability apply to such weapons. Close in, blast from the dispersal charge, compressing and heating the surrounding atmosphere, will have some influence on the lower limit. The upper limit has been demonstrated strongly to influence the ignition of fogs above pools of oil. This weakness may be eliminated by designs where the fuel is preheated well above its ignition temperature, so that its cooling during its dispersion still results in a minimal ignition delay on mixing. The continual combustion of the outer layer of fuel molecules as they come into contact with the air, generates additional heat which maintains the temperature of the interior of the fireball, and thus sustains the detonation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdu_fLb8ISc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRpYS9ay3dA

Russia drop phosphorus and thermobaric BOMB in SYRIA against ISIS

My favourite quotes that i want to share with all of you

"Worry does not keep it from raining tomorrow, but it does keep it from being sunny today." Shannon L. Alder

"Perspective is as simple as answering this question: If I had 5 months to live would I experience this problem differently?" Shannon L. Alder

"There are no lessons to be learned from the past. This is the first thing I learned from it. There is nothing back then that there isn't here now. There is nothing here now - nothing that matters - that wasn't back then. What matters. Are you a good person? Do you have any love in your heart? What would you do in a given circumstance? It all comes down to something like that." Tom Lichtenberg, Time Zone

"Never let hard lessons harden your heart; the hard lessons of life are meant to make you better, not bitter." Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Hi all,

Yesterday,i started work on a murder mystery in which I play an important role of a police officer.

Super, Sathish. Congratulations and Best Wishes - Looking forward to seeing your work.

Redemption-149

"Sometimes I feel quite distinctly that what is inside me is not all of me. There is something else, sublime, quite indestructible, some tiny fragment of the Universal spirit.Don't you feel that?" Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn


White,bright,colorless light travels through a prism and that which was once a single beam shatters and reveals many colors,the elements unravel in many glorious colors and wavelengths.Likewise a tiny,infant life,pure soul passes through the womb that once nurtured it and a new life begins and like the light passing through a prism it too voyages through the time called life and a soul and its many characters and edges are thrown bare for all to see.

Me,you,one and all wonder as one solitary life sheds so many emotions,so many reactions and such a great capacity to do good or do evil.Like the light through prism,each of us are revealed as we go through a situation,an incident and our true nature is thrown bare and we are naked to the world.choice,yes choice of thought,action and words ultimately decide what out fate is.But remember that choice though given to all by the unknown god is still governed by the other unknown karmic law " Every action has an equal and opposite reaction."

The great divide

Unknown and unseen by one another and any other,they stood as light and dark with the raging fireball between them.The missile strike had in an instant consumed an acre of land of forest and vegetation and had set many tree tops on fire.But luckily,the dampness and the green of the forest halted the fire and limited its consumption to a small area.

Rudran stood staring at the fire as it blazed,withered and again reared its head as a passing gust lifted its orange and yellow flame and he could not control the anger and disappointment that raged like the fire in his soul.

Buddha rubbed his huge head against Rudrans thigh and whispered " what is it master? why do i sense so much of loss and regret?"

Rudran sat down slowly with his eyes still locked on the blaze " I have carried a hatred,a purpose for nearly 30 years and in a second it has been snatched away from me.So many questions i wanted to put to that man who was in the camp and to ask that i have been racing through time and memories and yet here i stand just a few kms away while he most probably lies in a pile of ash.My heart is thudding and crying " revenge,vengeance and more than anything it cries for redemption for my fallen brother".

Buddha absorbed everything and then the big cat was about to say something,when it stopped itself for it knew that it was not the time to dwell on the past and matters concerning the future.

" master,now is not the time for such matters and i think it is wise if we are on our way towards our original destination.More importantly both of us need to rest and gather our strength for the voyage before us.But my mind tells me that the time will come and you will have your redemption.But that time and place is not here and not right now but back in the place where it all started."

Rudran nodded and his thoughts went back to the conversation between him and the Prime minister and his anger knew a release " yes,not here for the real beast lies in hiding and lies in wait for me.That is the head that has to be cut off and ground to the dust and then i will have my revenge and redemption".

Far away in the distance,murky stood wondering " Is it possible for rudran to have died in that blast? Could he have somehow managed to escape that fireball?"

Murky dialed and when the call was answered " Something totally unexpected has happened.I think our enemy has just been killed here although i cannot be hundred percent sure.But still with him here i think you should go ahead with your plans for chennai for even he cannot be in the same place at the same time.So start and finish it once for all.I am coming back and i will see you back home soon."

Day broke over the forest and soon night would come back and with its support,evil would launch an attack on the woman with the new life of a prince in her womb.For now she slumbered,totally unaware about what the coming night was going to bring to her doorstep.

"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."? G.K. Chesterton