Satinder S. Panesar

Dubai - a city for shoppers all over the world. Recently, when i get a chance to visit (which ofcourse was a business visit), i couldn't stop myself to click some of the amazing things. Here are they, but first the only "official" Gurdwara and also the only place of worship for other religions: Gurdwara Door Sign at the Metro Dubai Museum Burj Khalifa (During day time) Burj Khalifa (During night time) Fountain show from Burj Khalifa Banana Republic Fountain inside the mall Dinosaur skeleton Aquarium at the Atlantis Lego Girl Lego (Boy and crocodile) Finally! some beers

You need to pray before boarding the flight Two layers of clouds Nirvana - Light, Clouds and Me. .... Yes, Plane was obstruction Only in Punjab, you will see fields outside a factory Jalebis - coz in Maharashtra, you dont get " Sweet " jalebis  Live band playing at the Airport  Chhole bhature - only coz of Gajar ka aachar Yoga - at the Airport  

I have always been fascinated with ancient timekeeping mechanism and how it looks in current times e.g. in Hours, minutes and seconds. We calculate 1 day = 24 hours. Here's how ancient people break 24 hours into sub units: 1 Day = 8 Pehars. 1 Pehar = 3 hours. 1 Pehar = 64 (some says 60) gharis. 1 Ghari = 22.5 mins or 24 mins 1 Ghari = 60 Pal. 1 Pal = 22.5 seconds 1 Pal = 3 chasaas. 1 Chasaa = 7.5 seconds 1 Chasaa = 15 visaas. 1 Visaa = 0.5 seconds 1 Visaa = 15 Nimakh. 1 Nimakh = 0.033 seconds Hindus and Sikhs by convention take a day to begin at sunrise to sunrise. Muslims on the other hand consider period on a day to begin at sunset (after the magrib prayer) and end at next sunset. Christian day begins at midnight and end at the following midnight. Let me know your thoughts.

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