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ENERGY EFFICIENCY Will using Energy Efficient gadgets reduce your Electricity Bill ? The government is going all out to push energy efficient electrical appliances, and is serious about it. All of us wished to use these LED bulbs but were slow about it, due to their high cost. During the past year (2015-2016) it has sold directly to consumers excellent LED bulbs at less than market prices. It is now doing the same with ceiling fans, which every household uses in good numbers. The fans offered are of 5 star rating. Those of us who have gotten these bulbs are glad they did so. This has started reducing our electricity bills to an extent which is visible to us and the public is happy. But it shall be affecting the Electricity Organisations of every State (going under different names in each state) in at least two ways … (1). Demand for electricity shall gradually reduce, with the use of such energy efficient gadgets. But the population is increasing; livi...

SUPERLATIVES   In the English classes of school time,   we were taught that adjectives which are to be used to describe anything can be – Good, Better or Best. I believe this is still the practice and the present generation is being taught in the same way.   All of us grew up with these – good better best - notions. A simple nourishing daal- roti- bhindi sabji- rice   meal was good; if sabji was matar with chatpata mango achaar then it was better; but if the meal was matar pulao with kheer it was best ! We wrote 100 word essays on this topic in class tests, or 200 to 300 word essays in final exams to that effect. Everyone – the class teacher, the examiner were happy that we had learnt proper English usage, the children were happy to pass out, and the parents were happy to see us getting good scores.  Time passes and suddenly in the last decade or so we see that mentioning something as even ‘Best’ is not good enough !! Switch to any channel...