Proud to be an Indian

Hi,

In Japan, in a soap manufacturing company the soap blocks were made,
then wrapped in a wrapping paper automatically on an assembly conveyer belt
and finally packed in cartons...

Many a times it happened that the wrapping machine wrapped the paper without soap. i.e. you had an empty packet without soap.

To rectify this problem the Japanese company bought a X-ray scanner from the US for $60,000 to check on the assembly line whether the container contained soap and wasn't empty.

A similar problem happened at Nirma soaps, in Ahmedabad in INDIA.. Guess what they did????

They bought a bajaj fan costing around Rs.1500/- and placed it on the edge of the assembly line.
The empty wrappers, without soaps just blew away!!!

And You Say Japanese are Advanced in Technology.

We are
INCREDIBLY
BRILLIANT INDIANS

Aravind T..

Interesting History & Reason behind Fool's day on April 01

Hi All,

Here are two interesting historical facts that you probably didn't know, (Sure I didn't).

Just have a look at the calendar for the month of September 1752, 

(If you think I'm joking, you may search it on Google and see it for yourself.)

In case you haven't noticed, 11 days are simply missing from the month. Here's the explanation:

This was the month during which England shifted from the Roman Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar. A Julian year was 11 days longer than a Gregorian year. So the King of England ordered 11 days to be wiped off the face of that particular month. (A King could order anything, couldn't he?) So the workers worked for 11 days less that month, but got paid for the whole month. That's how the concept of "paid leave" was born. Hail the King!!!

In the Roman Julian Calendar, April used to be the first month of the year; but the Gregorian Calendar observed January as the first month. Even after shifting to the Gregorian Calendar, many people refused to give up old traditions and continued celebrating 1st April as the New Year's Day. When simple orders didn't work, the King finally issued a royal dictum; which stated that those who celebrated 1st April as the new year's day would be labeled as fools. From then on, 1st April became April Fool's Day.

History is really interesting, isn't it?

Aravind T..