SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2013 (PAGE-4) BUZZ Mathematics - Cosmic perspective A work of outstanding artistry Dr Raj Shree Dhar In this world, two realities produce inexpressible awe in me. One is the starry heaven and the other is moral con- Taran Adarsh the passion and sensuality he brings about in his char- science in Man. During the night, when I behold star- stud- acters, GOLIYON KI RAASLEELA RAM-LEELA not only With every film, [SLB] takes ded heaven, my mind exclaims: Who thou art playfully cre- has a spellbinding effect, but it ships you to an unfamil- ating worlds and keeping them on their path. How supreme the audience expectations to a higher altitude. The iar world absolutely. You may have an inkling of the plot, Thou art and how trivial I am. When I ponder over the chasm expectations from GOLIYON KI RAASLEELA RAM- but you definitely don't know how SLB will give an alto- between the Supreme and my insignificant being, I am LEELA are no less. The effervescent colors, the atten- gether innovative twirl to the premise. struck with awe."- Kant tion-grabbing visuals, the intense drama ingeniously Celebrated for being a stickler for exactness and metic- intertwined in the screenplay, the alluring soundtrack and ulousness, SLB makes sure his vision of narrating a sto- We humans are mostly engaged in petty affairs but, nev- the electrifying chemistry between the lead pair has ry belonging to two warring families is never diluted by ertheless, our achievements in the exploration of the Uni- caught the attention of one and all. With GOLIYON KI unwanted sub-plots or characters. One can gauge the verse are in no way insignificant. The knowledge garnered RAASLEELA RAM-LEELA, SLB, one of the finest story- premise at the very outset, but SLB never loses the focal through centuries has brought home to us that knowledge tellers of our times, is all set to outclass himself...and also point or deviates from it till the culmination. What unfurls is power and is indispensable for survival. The dimensions prove the skeptics and cynics wrong, who may've felt is certainly going to catch a lot of people unaware, for sure. of the Universe are so infinitely vast that units of measure- that he has lost his way while trying to court triumph. Hiccups? Yes, the length could've been controlled, ment prevalent on the Earth will serve no purpose. For You do know what to expect from an SLB film, since towards the latter reels specifically. However, it's a minor measuring astronomical distances, our unit is light year. It the supremely talented storyteller emits the right signals hiccup when one looks at the kind of effort that has gone is the distance travelled by a ray of light in one solar year via the promos of his films. It's no different with GOLIY- into making every frame come alive. and its value is 10 trillion kilometres. A ray of light travels ON KI RAASLEELA RAM-LEELA: SLB has stirred the One of the highpoints of GOLIYON KI RAASLEELA 300,000 kilometres in one second. It means that the light audience imagination by attempting a love story amidst RAM-LEELA is, without doubt, its musical score [SLB, of the sun takes about 8 minutes to reach the earth. guns and roses. Sure, SLB is inspired by William Shake- again]. Known for delivering musical gems in the past, The earth is a special entity because of its atmosphere, gms. Consider now on Earth the value of 'g' becomes speare's love saga '', but SLB makes the soundtrack of GOLIYON KI RAASLEELA RAM- oceans and continents, animals and vegetable kingdoms. 100,000 times. Everything on Earth will be compacted with sure he narrates the passionate love story of star-crossed LEELA is mesmeric, to put it in one word. Each of the The sky appears blue because of the atmosphere but the tremendous pressure and force towards its centre. Earth lovers from warring families in his trademark individual- songs befits the setting of the film, besides being seeped interstellar space is an unimaginably cold and dark vacu- istic style. will be reduced to a compact small ball and if a ray of light in melody. The fact that the tunes are on the loop says it um. falls on it from outside the universe it will not be reflected An enormous global interest exists in the exploration of all. 'Lahu Munh Lag Gaya', 'Nagada Sang Dhol back. The Earth will become invisible. If any other body Baaje', 'Ishqyaun Dhishqyaun', 'Tattad Tattad', the planets and in many mathematically scientific topics- 'Ang Laga De' and 'Ram Chahe Leela' are sure- the origin of life, the Earth, and the Cosmos, the concept enters the proximity of the Earth, it will also be sucked in. fire hits already. Visually too, each of those songs of 'I', the self, our connection with Universe. In short, the Earth will become a black hole. Imagine such is distinctively resplendent, with the choreogra- Today we have discovered a powerful and elegant way a thing happening to a star 1000 times bigger than our Sun phy catching your eye as well. The background to understand the Universe. The methods involved are when it suffers supernova explosion. With value of 'g' score [Monty Sharma] is top notch. indissolubly bound up with Mathematics and Sciences. becoming even 1 billion times, it will become a black hole. The DoP [Ravi Varman] captures SLB's vision Mathematics is a delight because it initially enabled us to A black hole can suck an enormous galaxy into it. Black exquisitely and every frame has the unmistakable count different articles and various entities. It took mankind hole is supposed to be a bottomless pit. Some say that if stamp of flawlessness. The production design ages to understand zero and more than 11/2 thousand somehow we are able to fall into it without suffering any [Wasiq Khan] is striking. Action [Sham Kaushal] years to measure infinitesimally small quantities. Stupen- change or in an ethereal body such as we have in a dream is absolutely in sync with the demands of the dous collective labour of mankind has enabled us to acquire we may find ourselves in a different universe. script. mastery in conquering space and produce goods and mate- Black holes were first thought of by the English Who would've ever imagined Ranveer Singh rials which makes life a delightful of meaningful signifi- astronomer John Michell in 1783. Some astronomers and Deepika Padukone to set the screen ablaze cance. when GOLIYON KI RAASLEELA RAM-LEELA The infinite space surrounding the earth is abounding inferred from the quasars that the universe is expanding. was announced? But the chemistry between the in roving galaxies consisting of galactic dust and gas, stars, But other facts have come to light which put a question two is defining in every sequence, with the actors supernovae, novae, pulsars, quasars and black holes. If mark on the doctrine of expanding universe. If there is insuf- complimenting each other fantastically. Ranveer, we watch the night-sky, we find milky floating patches and ficient matter to prevent the Universe from expanding for- seen in a completely new avatar, had impressed faint tendrils of light. Some are solitary wanderers, some ever, it must have an open shape with a surface extending in his earlier endeavors, but he outshines himself are clusters and some appear huddled together, ever wan- to infinity in our three dimensional analogy. If there is in this one. He has surfaced as a much better dering in the cosmic space. These are all galaxies. enough matter, then it has a closed shape curved like a actor than he ever was, letting himself free of his A galaxy is an immensely vast stretch of billions upon sphere in our three dimensional analogy and light cannot inhibitions and experimenting with a role that's billions of stars and galactic dust and gas. There may be escape from it, then Universe will be described as a black actually intricate. He's simply flawless. planetary systems somewhere millions or thousands of hole. What inside a black hole, a mystery. This is Deepika's year, for sure. Post RACE-2, light-years from us. Some planets may be teeming with life According to the Sankhya philosophy , man is beyond like our Earth. There may be intelligent beings somewhere. YEH JAWAANI HAI DEEWANI and CHENNAI everything. It means that it will not be possible to investigate EXPRESS, Deepika pulls yet another ace this time. For the present we have no possibility to reach them. There are some hundred billion galaxies each with a into the nature of man with the help of microscope, telescope, Looking gorgeous as ever and cast in the most spectroscope or by applying mathematical logic. demanding role of her career thus far, she wins you swarm of 100 billion stars on the average. Our galaxy is Set in Gujarat, GOLIYON KI RAASLEELA RAM- a spiral galaxy having some 400 billion stars. Cosmic Leibnitz's doctrine of individual forces has something in over with an act that's unblemished. Actually, the confi- common with the Sankhya philosophy. According to Leib- LEELAis SLB's most 'commercial' film as a director. Also, dence she radiates while portraying this part makes you space is so vast and the total number of galaxies so insignificant that if we had the power to be somewhere in nitz, every being is a unit called monad. Every monad is a his best work so far. Undoubtedly! It's the kind of film that wonder whether SLB and his writers Siddharth-Garima had you carry back with you. The hi-octane drama, the blaz- space to search for a planet the chances will be one in penned this character keeping Deepika in mind. The audi- living mirror of the Universe, a microcosm. God is the ing guns, the passionate romance, the haunting billion trillion trillion. Therefore, the earth on which we live ence is sure to go into raptures while watching Deepika in supreme monad responsible for maintaining the order and melodies, the heart-melting emotions... SLB is an excep- is most precious. GOLIYON KI RAASLEELA RAM-LEELA. the continuity of the Universe. It appears that Leibnitz might tional director with a remarkable vision and GOLIYON KI Einstein predicted in the twenties of this century that a have been influenced by the Sankhya philosophy. RAASLEELA RAM-LEELA only bolsters the actuality. Every actor in the supporting cast is simply wonder- ray of light falling on a non-luminous body will not be reflect- A few million years ago there were no humans. Who will GOLIYON KI RAASLEELA RAM-LEELA narrates the ful. Supriya Pathak [outstanding], Homi Wadia [super], Gulshan Devaiah [brilliant], Richa Chadda [fantastic], ed back if the gravitation of the body increases tremen- be here a few million years hence? But now tiny explorato- story of Ram [Ranveer Singh] and Leela [Deepika dously. It was experimentally found to be correct. The earth Padukone]. The hostility and resentment between their Abhimanyu Singh [first-rate], Sharad Kelkar [competent], ry spacecrafts from Earth are moving, glistening and ele- families is an open secret, but as luck would have it, Ram Barkha Bisht [very good] and Raza [competent], attracts all other bodies towards its centre and this special gant through the solar system and at this dangerous and Leela fall in love. When truth dawns upon the respec- each actor gives his/her best to the enterprise. Priyanka case of gravitation is called gravity. Gravity causes accel- moment of technological adolescence we are managing to tive families, a storm ensues, their worlds collide and a Chopra sizzles in the . eration in faling bodies and its value is 10 metres per sec- avoid self- distruction. bloody battle occurs...Can Ram and Leela carve their On the whole, GOLIYON KI RAASLEELA RAM- ond. It is denoted by 'g'. Its value on the Moon is l/4th of 'g' ( The author is Nodal Officer, J & K Institute of Mathematical destinies amidst abhorrence and slaughter? LEELA ought to be watched for multiple reasons: the on the Earth. Therefore, 1 kg on Moon will weigh only 250 Sciences, Jammu office presently at MAM College) Agree, we have witnessed Shakespeare's adaptation electrifying chemistry between its lead actors, the strong of 'Romeo and Juliet' innumerable times in the past, but dramatic content, the scintillating musical score, the vio- SLB makes sure the execution of the written material -- lent streak in the narrative and of course, Sanjay Leela HEALTHLINES also the way the screenplay [Siddharth-Garima and SLB] Bhansali's execution of the material. This is Sanjay Leela progresses -- is way diverse from similar storylines Bhansali's most accomplished work to date. It's a work helmed by dream merchants here. The unconventional- of outstanding artistry. No two opinions about it. A mas- ity he brings to every sequence, the colors he infuses in terpiece by the master craftsman Sanjay Leela Bhansali! Egg donation his frames, the aggressive lingo his characters mouth, http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/ Dr Richa Sharma A women is born with a fixed no of eggs in her ovaries and these get depleted in the course of her reproductive This procedure of egg donation is a blessing in disguise HEALTHLINES years(15-45yrs) unlike men whose sperms(shukranoo) are to all those couples where they are not getting pregnant either because they have no eggs in their formed every 3months so a man even of 80yrs can make ovaries or due to poor egg quality. a lady pregnant unlike a woman after 45yrs has get almost Oocyte donation remains one nil chances to get pregnant as her own eggs are exhaust- Beating heart surgery ed because her eggs are formed only of the ways of bringing the joy of Dr Arvind Kohli Complete recovery from a traditional bypass surgery parenthood to many couples once in her life time(at the time of ranges from four to six weeks. In contrast, recovery time who cannot conceive naturally. birth) . New egg formation does not Beating-heat surgery is a way to perform surgery with- for patients with beating heart surgery has been reported Hereby I am quoting com- occur after birth and there are no out stopping the heart. The heart continues to beat and to be as short as three to four weeks. Patients are often mon queries in minds of cou- medication or injection for new circulate blood to heart muscle during the operation. awake much earlier after surgery and experience quick- ples with all myths and facts eggs to form( Concept of stem cells Surgery on a beating-heart helps reduce the risk for com- er recoveries than patients who have been placed on a to make things easier on research and DHEA with vari- plications associated with temporarily stopping the heart heart-lung machine. Hospitalization is generally shorter during surgery. Now individuals who have medical con- What' egg Donation able evidence) when compared to traditional operations using cardiopul- ? What's the success rates and ditions such as diabetes, history of stroke, or poor phys- monary by pass. Best, of all, the risk of stroke and the ical health, can undergo cardiac surgery with lower risk Egg donation is a how it differs from normal preg- need for blood transfusions is substantially reduced with type of Test Tube Baby for developing complications beating heart CABG surgery. The fatty emboli which nancy?Anything to worry ? procedure where an The pregnancy after an cause brain damage are generated when the large artery egg is taken from a fer- from the heart (aorta) is manipulated and although these egg donation cycle is like tile young lady prefer- are reduced in most off-pump coronary bypass surgeries ably under 30yrs and a normal pregnancy they are not eliminated because the aorta is still used as follow up. The site to attach some of the grafts. A growing number of sperm is taken from OPCAB surgeons, however, are avoiding the aorta com- intending husband success of egg pletely, known as "anaoritc" coronary bypass surgery, by and both are united donation cycle taking all their grafts from sites other than the aorta (e.g outside the body in is approxi- the internal mammary arteries.) This results in a very low laboratory and the mately risk of stroke, actually less than occurs during percuta- resulting embryo 45-50% (baby) is transferred neous coronary intervention. per SURGERY into the uterus of Beating heart surgery, also called off-pump bypass the intending attempt . surgery (OPCAB), reduces the risks associated with the woman. The suc- use of the heart-lung machine. During a beating heart Egg donor- is cess is not CABG surgery, the heart continues to beat while the sur- woman who donates eggs 100% because the implantation (Growth of the baby inside geon delicately grafts the bypass. The surgeon uses a Recepient- woman who receives eggs in form of the womb) is under God's control and there are no med- stabilization device to still the small area of the beating embryos(Bhrun) being transferred into her womb(Garb- ication at present which would assure 100% implantation. heart where the bypass is being grafted. hasay) The process of IVF can make babies outside the human Innovation - Trounson and colleagues from Australia first Beating heart vs Traditional by Pass Surgery The stabilization device utilizes small suction pods body till 2-3days max 5days and there after the babies Beating Heart by pass surgery is different from tradi- reported an egg donation cycle in 1983 that gently attach to the surface of the heart. The pods (Embryos) are transfer back inside the womb and the fur- tional bypass surgery because it is performed while heart This concept has enabled millions of woman all round the is still beating. Surgeon does not use the heart-lung work by lifting, not pushing down on the tissue, to stabi- globe to get pregnant who are not able to get pregnant using ther growth inside is dependent on God wish . machine to stop need to use the heart-lung machine dur- lize the area where the surgeon will graft the bypass. The their own eggs.Egg donation has brought a new hope to many Is it safe to go for donor and what all screened ? ing the operation. A prefusionist (a stand by during your device is flexible so that it can be positioned on the heart couples who otherwise would have remained childless. The egg donors are screened for infectious operation). vessels, yet sturdy so it can steady a portion of the beat- Who all in need of Egg Donation ? disease,genetic diseases along with baseline workup along * While not all procedures can be performed on beat- ing heart while minimally affecting heart function. 1)Premature ageing of ovary(Premature ovarian with detailed psychological evaluation . ing heart, with advances in heart support system many Beating -heart surgery is technically demanding, failure)-when there is early ageing or lack of eggs, rea- What are legal issues? techniques have developed that make beating-heart sur- requiring specialized skills and training. Therefore, many sons can be- Idiopathic (unknown), after ovarian sur- The recepient couple should be aware that they would gery an option for even complex procedures on the inside surgeons prefer not to do surgery on a beating heart. gery like removal of ovaries prematurely due to multi- become the legal parents of any resulting children/child. of the heart including valve repair. However, since the late 1990s, beating-heart surgery has ple reasons, In cancer patients after chemotherapy Donor selection is based strictly as per ICMR guidelines Some of the procedures performed on beating heart and ART Bill(law of land) gained favour among leading surgeons around the world, ,Radiotherapy include: 2) Genetic reasons like- Thalassemia, galactosemia Risks to baby born ? especially for coronary artery bypass surgery. * Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (including 3)Down syndrome or any other chromosomal disorders The children / child born through a egg donation cycle TECAB, a minimally invasive option performed without Future of Beating Heart Surgery translocations(karyotyping) does not carry any increase inchance of abnormal child. cutting the breastbone, as well as open-chest, beating 'Beating heart' technology could revolutionize field of 4)Repeated IVF failure due to poor egg quality The ethical, moral , legal and medical issues have been heart bypass) heart transplantation. The concept of transplanting a 5)Menopausal , perimenopausal(females who are not addressed time and time again, yet the debate goes on. * Surgery for atrial fibrillation donor heart in a beating state is revolutionary. This prom- getting monthly periods) Strict guidelines and protocols are necessary. Within the * Treatment of some congenital heart defects, such ising technology may improve the function of the donor Oocyte donation is the most successful technique for complexity of these issues, continued efforts have to made as closure of atrial septal defect heart, because it remains in a near-physiologic state. It achieving pregnancies in perimenopausal women. to improve the outcome of egg donation program for both * Value repair (mitral, pulmonary, or tricuspid) can also help us better assess the suitability of a poten- How female differs from male in fertility- Do you know recepient and donors. * Value replacement (mitral or tricuspid) (The author is IVF Consultant Bournhall) tial donor. that ? Clinical Benefits of Beating Heart Bypass Surgery (The author is Heart Surgeon GMC, Jammu) ([email protected])