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"A Voice Reaches Us" ( by Bibhuprasad Mohapatra )
These motivational words were conveyed by a flicker of the left eyelid and come from a truly extraordinary book, Le Scaphandre et le papillon (French name of "The Deep-sea Diver and the Butterfly") by a former journalist, author and editor, Jean-Dominique Bauby (23 April 1952 – 9 March 1997). He worked for journals like the Quotidien de Paris and Paris Match. He was the very successful chief editor of fashion magazine ‘Elle’ for four years until 7th December 1995. He had two children with Sylvie de la Rochefoucauld, a son named Theophile and a daughter named Celeste.
For him, 8th December of 1995, was a black day on which the unthinkable happened. A massive and catastrophic cardiovascular stroke paralyzed him and put him into a deep coma. His mouth, arms, and legs were paralyzed, and he lost 60 pounds (27 kg) in the first 20 weeks after his stroke. Calamity turned him entirely speechless; he could only blink his left eyelid. When he woke up 20 days later in the Hospital Maritime at Berck, on the north-east coast of France, he was diagnosed as suffering from the rare disease called "Locked-in Syndrome", unable to breathe, swallow or eat without assistance. "Locked-in Syndrome" is a condition wherein the mental faculties remain intact but most of the body is paralyzed. Though his brain was intact and sound, but able only to blink his left eyelid. His body was useless but still painful.
''my hands, lying curled on the yellow sheets, are hurting, although I can't tell if they are burning hot or ice cold.''
Calamity turns him into a connoisseur of irony and eeriness. In this inert body, the brain was working furiously. The author cultivates strong feelings, especially anger with a mixture of rage, exasperation and wild humour, trying to make people understand what he was thinking. With the help of a specialised nurse, Claude Mendibil, despatched by the publisher Robert Laffont, he was able to write his book, using only his ability to blink at the most frequently used letters of the alphabet - E, S, A, R, I, N, T and so on, while she pointed to them on a screen: one blink for "yes", two blinks for "no". He would spend most of the night editing his thoughts and composing sentences. Which he memorized so that when she arrived in the morning he could dictate the latest instalment to her in a succession of blinks. To make dictation more efficient, his interlocutor, Mendibil, listed the letters in accordance with their frequency in the French language. By moving his left eyelid in response to an alphabet rearranged according to the letters' frequency of use, he managed to write a book as any composed by the wheelchair-bound theoretical physicist, Cosmologist Stephen Hawking.
''It is a simple enough system,'' he explains. ''You read off the alphabet . . . until, with a blink of my eye, I stop you at the letter to be noted. The maneuver is repeated for the letters that follow, so that fairly soon you have a whole word.'' Fairly soon! Less soon when the amanuensis anticipates and makes mistakes: ''One day when, attempting to ask for my glasses (lunettes), I was asked what I wanted to do with the moon (lune).''
The man's courageous spirit and the passionate tracking of a good story were combined in this supreme journalistic effort to produce a book whose vivid title describes the immobile state of his body (the deep-sea diver in one of those heavy old-fashioned diving suits) and the state of his mind, fluttering like a rare butterfly from letter to letter, from word to word, page to page to the end of a book of just over 100 pages.
He is also in search of past time, of the books he has read, the poems he learnt by heart; even more sad, he thinks of all the books he wanted to read and hadn't done so. He has to listen to someone else reading them to him. He remembers a bet he lost at a racetrack, one of the many flashes of wry humour in his book. Above all, he remembers his life as a journalist, as an editor, with its agonies and disappointments, his sense of being exploited by the media, yet his desire, in his post as editor of Elle, to do something for the rights of women, to help them free themselves from various tyrannies.
All this is admirably conveyed in a documentary about Bauby's last year made with scrupulous care and great sensitivity by Jean-Jacques Beineix, already programmed before his death to be shown on the weekly literary television program Bouillon de Culture, directed by Bernard Pivot. Pivot says ‘he became a real actor, eager to make the film work perfectly.’
Despite his pity condition, he would not give up. His determination to overcome difficulties that would send most of us into irretrievable depths of despair are expressed in the words: "I have decided to carry on my fight against fatality by setting up the first association in the world for people suffering from Locked-In Syndrome." So he created ALIS (Association du Locked-In Syndrome) and became its first president, stating his objectives thus: "To collect all the present information about the syndrome, to allow sufferers to communicate better with one another, to create means of breaking the solitude and isolation, and to make them true citizens of the 21st century."
In 2007, painter-director Julian Schnabel released a film version of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. It starred actor Mathieu Amalric as Bauby. The film received many awards and nominations including the Best Director Prize at Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film & Best Director, as well as 4 Academy Award nominations.
Jean-Jacques Beineix directed a short documentary film about Bauby's time at Berck-sur-Mer, which was released in 1997. The film features Bauby himself, as well as appearances by his interlocutor, Mandibil, and his partner, Florence Ben Sadoun.
During the book's composition, his long-term prognosis was uncertain. He was thought likely to experience some improvement with digestion and respiration, and perhaps even to reach a point where he might ''muster enough breath to make my vocal cords vibrate.'' The book was published in French on 6th March 1997. He died suddenly from pneumonia 3 days after the publication of his book, and is buried in a family grave at the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, France.
Sri Bibhuprasad Mohapatra
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Important Committees related to Banking and Finance
Important Committees related to Banking and Finance
1. Abid Hussain Committee : On Small Scale Industries
2. A C Shah Committee : Reforms Relating To Non Banking Financial Companies (NFBC)
4. Anil Kaushal committee : To examine the recommendations made by the TRAI on pricing of Spectrum.
5. Arvind Mayaram Panel : Report on the alleged irregularities at the National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL)
6. Arvind Mayaram Committee : For giving clear definitions to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investment (FII)
7. Athreya Committee : Restructuring Of IDBI
8. Basel Committee : Banking Supervision
9. Bimal Jalan panel : To scrutinize applications for new bank licenses.
10. Bhandari Committee : Reconstruction of RRBs
11. B. Mahapatra Committee : To review the existing prudential guidelines on restructuring of advances by banks/financial institutions
12. Cook Committee : Capital adequacy of banks.
13. C Rangarajan committee : For poverty scale estimates in the country
14. C Rangarajan Panel : Recommended the pricing of natural gas by a complex methodology of arriving at an average of International gas hub prices
15. Committee On Uttarakhand Floods : The committee headed by AK Ganju
16. Damodran Committee : On improvement of customer services in banks
17. Dave Committee (2000) : Pension Scheme For Unorganized Sector
18. Deepak Parekh committee : For Financing Infrastructure sector
19. Janakiraman Committee : To investigate the security transactions of the bank
20. JS Mathur committee : To revise Newspaper Advertisement Rates.
21. Justice A.P. Shah committee : To head panel on road safety
22. Kelkar Committee : Tax Structure Reforms
23. Kirit Parikh panel : On fuel pricing has suggested that the diesel prices should be increased by Rs 1-1.50 a litre every month as against the 45-50 paise monthly hike followed currently.
24. K M Chandrasekhar committee : For rationalization of foreign investment norms
25. K. Ratna Prabha : Committee on indecent depiction of women in media
26. K U.B. Rao : The idea of setting up Bullion Bank or Bullion Corporation of India
27. K.U.B. Rao Committee : Recommended aligning gold import regulations
28. MBN Rao Committee : To prepare the blueprint of India’s first women’s bank
29. MB Shah committee : For inspection of illegal mining activities
30. Mckinsey Report : Merger Of 7 Associate Banks With SBI
31. M. Narasimham Committee : On Banking Sector Reforms
32. Mukul Mudgal member panel : To probe IPL spot-fixing
33. Mukul Mudgal Committee : To look at process of film clearance
34. Mukul Mudgal Committee : Looking into US giant Walmart’s lobbying activities to enter India
35. Nachiket Mor : Committee on comprehensive financial services for small businesses and low-income households.
36. Naresh Chandra committee : 14 member task force on security issues
37. Narismhan Committee : Banking Reforms
38. N Rangachary committee : To examine taxation policies for I.T. sector
39. N R Narayana Murthy committee : For evaluation of corporate sector participation in Higher Education.
40. Parthasarathi Shome. : For Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), Suggest a system to enforce better tax compliance
41. Parthasarathi Shome committee : Implementation of GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule)
42. Percy Mistry Committee : Making Mumbai An International Financial Center
43. Prasad Panel : International Trade And Services
44. Pulak Kumar Sinha Committee : To study the feasibility of Aadhaar as an additional factor for authentication of card present transactions
45. Raghuram Rajan Committee : On Financial Sector Reforms
46. R V Gupta Committee : Small Savings
47. Raja Chelliah Committee : Tax Reforms
48. Rekhi Committee : Indirect Taxes
49. RS Gujral Committee : Suggest measures to boost MSME exports.
50. Sitakant Mahapatra committee : For inclusion of Bhojpuri language in eighth schedule of constitution
51. Shyamala Gopinath Committee : Suggestions on Post office Small saving schemes
52. SK Srivastava Committee : To formulate a policy on public-private partnership model to raise coal output
53. S P Talwar Committee : Restructuring Of Weak Public Sector Bank
54. SN Verma Committee (1999) : Restructuring The Commercial Banks
55. Suma Verma Committee : To update, and revise the Banking Ombudsman Scheme, 2006
56. UK Sharma Committee : NABARD’s Role In RRB
57. Urjit Patel Committee : To examine the current monetary policy framework
58. Vaghul Committee : Money Market In India
59. Vasudev Committee : NBFC (Non Banking Finance Corp) Sector Reforms
60. Y B Reddy Committee (2001) : Review Of Income Tax
Question and answers of RRB Officer 6th & 7th Sep ALL Shift.
Question and answers of RRB Officer 6th & 7th Sep ALL Shift.
6- Sep- 14 (morning shift)
1. Capital of Bhutan – Timbhu.
2. Children under 10 cannot hold which account – Current account.
3. External affairs minister – Sushma Swaraj.
4. Comedian Rran kumar sharma who died recently is a creator of – Chacha Chaudhury.
5. Bagat Sanctuary in – Uttar Pradesh.
6. Currency of Italy – Euro.
7. World Habitat Day – October 6.
8. CSAT Full form
9. Current CRR – 4%.
10. Rural population as per 2011 census – 68.84%.
11. Minimum RTGS Transfer Amount – 2 lakhs.
12. Face to face video communication in which bank – IndusInd Bank.
13. Palestinian Hamas is – Palestinian Islamist political organization and militant group.
14. India and Brazil agreement 2014 – trade and investment flows.
15. Ebola first discovered in which country – Democratic Republic of the Congo
16. Which memory will lose its data when the system is suddenly turned off – RAM.
17. which author was awarded with Padma award recently – Ruskin Bond.
18. Cauvery wildlife sanctuary located in – Karnataka.
19. Sania Mirza is aappointed as brand ambassador of which state – Telangana.
20. Work of Banking Ombudsman – Solving customer complaints.
21. Prakash Nanjappa related to – Shooting(India).
22. Which International passenger Airline crashed down – Malaysian Airline.
23. Maximum antibiotics consuming country – India
24. Kms for train routes in rail budget – 14,500 km (9,000 mi)
25. Kyc for what purpose – a term used for customer identification
26. G20 summit place – Australia(2014).turkey(2015)
27. Parupalli kashyap which sport – Badminton
28. Boeing plane crashed down in which country- Ukraine –
29. ISIS – is a Jihadist militant group in Iraq and Syria –
30. Mettur Dam on Kaveri River is in which state? Tamil Nadu –
31. Scanner & monitor ?--peripheral device
32. Time taken by process in comp called ?--processing time
33. “aajeevika” scheme” is also now know as—NRLM
34. Oslo accord between.—israel and palastenLiteracy
35. Rate of female in india as per census 2011--65.46
36. Where is SHIGMO festival celebrated – Goa
37. First Bank to set up Payment Gateway – SBI
38. Prakash Jonappa related to-
39. author who got padma award is Ruskin bond.
40. LIC micro finance limit-Rs 10,000 to maximum of Rs 50,000
6- Sep- 14 (Evening shift)
1. 18th SAARC summit held in – Kathmandu (Nepal)
2. Indian Company to cross 5 cr market capitalizations? TCS
3. Austria Currency-Euro
4. TARC Committee head- Parthasarathi Shome
5. Road development minister? – Nitin Gadkari
6. ‘Strictly Personal: Manmohan and Gursharan’ Book writer - by Daman Singh
7. World AIDS Day- 1st December
8. Who elected head of Arujna award selection committee – Kapil Dev
9. Commodity market regulator – Forward Markets Commission
10. Gagan narang is related to which sports - Shooting
11. Van bandhu scheme- for holistic development of tribal people
12. Chutak power plant in which state – Jammu & Kashmir
13. Brazil capital – Brasília
14. BBPS Full form – Bharat Bill Payment System
15. Largest solar power plant in which district of MP -
16. NTCA full form -
17. Union budget allocated for Sc development - Rs 50,548 cr
18. PLR is also known as – Base Rate
19. Tata SIA airlines known as – Vistara
20. One questions is related to Ebola scientist.
1. Pongal Festival State- Tamil nadu
2. Governance of Board of banks committee headed by- P.J. Nayak
3. Chandraprabha wildlife sanctuary state- U.P. Varansi
4. Dipika pallikal and Josna Chinappa with which game - Squash
5. Railway passenger per day Travel according to Budget-
6. Tribal Minister Jual Oram constituency - Sundargarh Odisha
7. First Skill Development Centre - Jaipur rajasthan
8. Finland Currency- Euro
9. CTBT full form - Comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty
10. ATM Transaction reduced 5 to 3 in 6 city - Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai.(Pune and Jaipur is wrong answer)
11. RBI panel head who recommend CPI formula - Urjit Patel Committee
12. SIT head- Justice M.B. Shah.
13. Comet for which European Space Agency made a Rosetta
spacecraft - 67P/C-G
14. Egypt capital - cairo
15. Require minimum paid-up capital for Small and Payment bank- 100 cr
16. E-baat full form - Electonic Banking Awareness and technology
7- Sep- 14 (Evening shift)
1. Capital of Australia-Canberra
2. Netherlands currency–Euro
3. Roger federer belong which game-tennis
4. Highest urban population–Maharashtra
5. The next IBSA summit will be hosted by which country —India
6. The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held at? – Najing, China
7. A question from railway budget
8. Who is Minister of Consumer affairs, Food and Public Distribution – Ram Vilas Paswan
09. What is Stale Cheque- Cheques that are dated as old as 6 months
10. Who is Food Processing Minister - Harsimrat Kaur Badal
11. Which OS is used in ATM -
11. AIMA full form- All India Management Association
12. RBI given license to which micro finance institute- IDBI & Bandhan
13. Forward and Future Market Regulator - Forward Markets Commission
14. What is CTS – Cheque truncation System
15. Human Rights is observed on – December, 10th
16. Which bank started EMI on debit cards – ICICI
17. Minister Of Consumer Affairs And Food And Public Development ? = Ram Vilas Paswan
18. Who is administerd “Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana” = LIC
19. Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned________at the Naval base and most powerful
guided missile-destroyer? – INS Kolkata
20. Who is the B.K.S Iyengar recently passed away…? = Yoga Guru
21. Which of the following are not true about RTGS ..? = Answer: It takes very long time.
22. How much amount for ” Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana”? = Rs. 500 cr.
23. Surya Kiran-7 military exercise is being held between india and?= Nepal
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LIST OF MEASURING DEVICES
• Accelerometer— Accelerations
• Actinometer— Heating Power Of Sunlight
• Alcoholmeter— Alcoholic Strength Of Liquids
• Altimeter— Altitude
• Ammeter— Electric Current
• Anemometer— Windspeed
• Evaporimeter— Rate Of Evaporation
• Audiometer— Hearing
• Barkometer— Tanning Liquors Used In Tanning Leather
• Barometer— Air Pressure
• Bettsometer— Integrity Of Fabric Coverings On Aircraft
• Bevameter— Mechanical Properties Of Soil
• Bolometer— Electromagnetic Radiation
• Breathalyzer— Breath Alcohol Content
• Caliper— Distance
• Calorimeter— Heat Of Chemical Reactions
• Cathetometer— Vertical Distances
• Ceilometer— Height Of A Cloud Base
• Chronometer— Or Clock Time
• Clap-O-Meter— Volume Of Applause
• Colorimeter— Colour
• Creepmeter— Slow Surface Displacement Of An Active Geologic Fault In The Earth
• Declinometer— Magnetic Declination
• Densimeter— Specific Gravity Of Liquids
• Densitometer— Degree Of Darkness In Photographic Or Semitransparent Material
• Diffractometer— Structure Of Crystals
• Dilatometer— Volume Changes Caused By A Physical Or Chemical Process
• Disdrometer— Size, Speed, And Velocity Of Raindrops
• Dosimeter— Exposure To Hazards, Especially Radiation
• Elaeometer— Specific Gravity Of Oils
• Electrometer— Electric Charge
• Eudiometer— Change In Volume Of A Gas Mixture Following Combustion
• Evaporimeter— Rate Of Evaporation
• Fathometer— Ocean Depth
• Galvanometer— Electricity
• Gas Pycnometer —Volume And Density Of Solids
• Graphometer— Angles
• Heliometer— Variation Of The Sun's Diameter
• Hydrometer— Specific Gravity Of Liquids (Density Of Liquids)
• Hygrometer— Humidity
• Inkometer— Ink
• Interferometer— Wave Interference
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