[ Networking observability in System's in 'Digital Textile Mills'. ]

I spent my professional life in various Textile Mills in India from 1957 till 2003 and retired as MD of a textile mill.

This blog of mine has; all my achievements and incidents of family life and as a proud father, it gives me immense pleasures to record my son's achievements in USA in his chosen professional path as'Fellow' at CISCO where he invented many patents.

As'Chief Scientist' in CUMULUS Networks which was a Startup, he thought and he planed his future as he saw his work at CUMULUS had taken, a place in Networking and his decision to quit CUMULUS was not accepted and his company a Startup "Stardust Enterprises" got delayed a bit but is now in top gear.

He has now CEO of his owncompany "Stardust Systems" a firm in NETWORKING Management,SF, USA.

He is also author of 3 Books on Networking. 

The Textile Industry of the world has made tremendous in roads in processing of fiber to fashion wearable designer fabrics to industry needs and technical textiles. The developed countries are in need of all sorts of textiles for use in defense needs. Complete processing from fibers to processing including packing and other needs of consumers have led to technology and innovation to complete automation in every textile mills.

I am trying to find out how a textile industry of the future will be and weather there will be "Networking Engineers" in these Textile Mills.

Once this Industry was called the "Mother of all Industry".

Picture of my son, Dinesh G Dutt, CEO, Stardust Systems. USA.

"SuzieQ"- Being one consulting wing of Stardust Systems, "Project".

What is SuzieQ

SuzieQ

SuzieQ is the first open source, multi-vendor network observability 
platform application. It is both a framework and an application using that 
framework, that is focused on improving your understanding of your network. 
We define observability as the ability of a system to answer either trivial 
or complex questions that you pose as you go about operating your network. 
How easily you can answer your questions is a measure of how good the system's 
observability is. A good observable system goes well beyond what is normally 
considered monitoring and alerting. SuzieQ is primarily meant for use by 
network engineers and designers.

SuzieQ:

    Gathers data using an agentless model using either SSH or REST API as the 
    transport. We gather data from routers, bridges and Linux servers. 
    We support gathering data from Arista EOS, Cisco's IOS, IOS-XE, and IOS-
    XR platforms, Cisco's NXOS, Cumulus Linux, Juniper's Junos(QFX, EX, MX 
    and SRX platforms and Evolved OS), Palo Alto's Panos (version 8.0 or higher) 
    and SoNIC devices, besides Linux servers.
    Normalizes the data into a vendor-agnostic format.
    Stores all data in files using the popular big data format, Parquet.
    Exposes via a CLI, GUI, a REST API, or via Python the analysis of 
    the data gathered using easy, intuitive commands. The output 
    can be rendered in various formats from plain text to JSON, 
    CSV and Markdown.

With the applications that we build on top of the framework we want 
to demonstrate a different and more systematic approach to thinking 
about networks. We want to show how useful it is to think of your 
network holistically.

You can join the conversation via slack. Send email to Dinesh with 
the email address to send the Slack invitation to.

We're also looking for collaborators to help us make SuzieQ a 
truly useful multi-vendor, open source platform for observing all 
aspects of networking. Please read the collaboration document for 
ideas on how you can help.

SuzieQ Architecture

Picture - courtesy-https://www.stardustsystems.net/suzieq/

Get SuzieQ Support
Enterprise Support
suzieq AT stardustsystems DOT net
Slack
Join the Suzieq Slack channel for community support etc.
Suzieq Documentation
Documentation for Suzieq Open Source Edition

[ The Phone numbers are not given in Invoice by Amazon.]

All air conditioning and refrigeration systems, like any other machine, depreciate with time. And if not properly maintained, they progressively lose efficiency, consume more power, and drain your profits.

Without regular maintenance an air conditioner loses its original efficiency steadily every passing year. It is common knowledge that these inefficiencies accelerate in the absence of adequate monitoring and maintenance, thereby causing a lot of inconvenience.

The good news however, is that you can recover most of that lost efficiency through regular maintenance. Studies show that with regular tune-ups a unit will maintain up to 95% of its original efficiency. This means that the cost of a periodic tune-up is recovered very quickly in savings on your monthly power bill and reduced running and repair costs.

What they say is nice but they do not care how their selling agents plan to get servicing done. The phone numbers given in their (Blue Star) Website does not even Ring. 1800 209 1117 & 1860 266 6666

[ Idli & Vada - South India's all day Food. ]

By Anita Rao Kashi 30th March 2023.

  One morning in early February, The New York Times' wildly 
  popular crossword puzzle had this clue: "Along with lentils, 
  one of the two main ingredients in idli". For Indians 
  and those familiar with Indian cuisine, it was a no-brainer. 
  The answer, of course, was "rice".

Idli, a palm-sized steamed rice cake with fermented urad dal 
  (de-husked split black lentil), is ubiquitous in India, 
  especially in the south. By itself, idli tastes bland, 
  but it can be paired with almost anything, from pickles 
  to relishes and even ketchup, though is usually accompanied 
  by coconut chutney and sambar (a spicy lentil and 
  vegetable gravy).

[jump to recipe]

It's one of the simplest and unfussiest Indian breakfasts 
  but can be eaten at any time of day or night. To see it 
  turn up as a crossword clue halfway across the world was 
  indeed acknowledgement of its pervasiveness.

Like many South Indians, nutritionist and wellness consultant 
  Sheela Krishnaswamy ate idli growing up and considers it to 
  be an easy, healthy meal. "It's a combination of rice and dal, 
  which not only gives energy but also provides good quality 
  protein," she said. "When accompanied by vegetable sambar 
  or green chutney, it can be a good meal, not just for 
  breakfast. It also makes for an easy packed lunch."

The dish is such a staple that in many South Indian 
households there's always a container of idli batter 
in the fridge that can be rustled up in a jiffy. Idli 
is also readily available outside the home, hawked on 
street corners, offered on quick service restaurant 
menus and served at hotel breakfast buffets. Of late, 
idli has even transcended borders – according to a 2019 
Uber Eats survey, outside of India, London eats the most 
idlis, followed by San Francisco. There's even a day 
dedicated to it: 30 March, 
which was designated World Idli Day in 2015.

Despite its ubiquity, the dish's origin is hazy. 
The 920 CE Kannada text, Vaddaradhane, a book of 19 
stories of local ascetics, mentions the word iddalige, 
from which idli is believed to be derived. Similar dishes 
are described in Lokapakara, a 1025 CE guide for 
common people, and Manasollasa, a 1130 CE encyclopaedic 
socio-cultural Sanskrit text. In A Historical Dictionary of 
Indian Food, published in 1998, food historian and nutritionist 
KT Acharya posits that an Indonesian fermented dish called 
kedli could be the precursor to idli, having been brought 
to India between the 8th and 12th Centuries by the cooks 
of Hindu Indonesian kings who travelled back and forth 
between the two countries in search of brides.
Vedant Pawar - is the chef of Banglore's newly 
opened ADDA 1522 (Credit: ADDA)



Over the centuries, idli has evolved. There are versions 
made with oats, ragi (finger millet), wheat, tapioca, 
barley and other grains. There are idlis stuffed with 
vegetables, greens and even spicy masalas and curries. 
For meat-lovers, there are prawn, chicken and mutton options.

The newly opened ADDA 1522, a retro-themed pub in Banglore's 
Halasuru neighbourhood, offers classic idli as well as a few 
creative iterations. Chef Vedant Pawar grew up in Karwar 
(a coastal Karnataka town on India's west coast) but rarely 
ate idli as a child, though has come to appreciate it now. 

"When I moved to Mumbai for college, I tasted idli with 
tomato chutney made by a friend and I was hooked."

Pawar was so hooked that he wanted it on his menu. 
"I like idli because of its versatility. Be it with a 
simple podi (a condiment made with lentils and spices) 
or with chicken curry, it tastes equally good," he said. 
"Besides, it is packed with nutrients and can suffice as 
a meal in itself… It is one of my go-to foods." 

In addition to regular steamed idli, he also serves crispy, 
  fried triangle-shaped idli that are perfect as bar nibbles, 
  as well as idli stuffed with spicy minced meat.

Pawar's idli batter is a bit different than what most 
  home cooks would make, in that he ferments the lentil 
  paste and soaks the idli rava (coarse ground par boiled 
  rice) separately, rather than mixing the two and allowing 
  the whole batter to ferment.
Chef Vedant Pawar's idli at ADDA 1522 (Credit: ADDA)

Idli recipe
By Vedant Pawar 

Makes 25

For this recipe, you'll will need an idli steamer (a large, 
lidded stainless-steel vessel with round depressions or moulds 
into which the batter is poured) or a basic pressure cooker 
without the pressure regulator inserted.

Ingredients

1 cup urad dal (dehusked, split black gram/lentils)
2 cups idlirava (coarse ground parboiled rice)
1 tsp salt
neutral oil (like vegetable oil) for greasing

Method

Step 1
Wash the urad dal thoroughly till the water runs clear. 
  Soak in 2 cups of water for 2-3 hours, until the 
  dal can easily be crushed between your thumb and finger.

Step 2
Drain the soaked dal, transfer to a blender or food 
  processor and grind with 2-3 tbsp of water to make 
  a smooth paste. If it sticks, add a little more water, 
  spoon by spoon. Transfer to a large bowl, cover, and 
  leave in a warm place to ferment for at least 8 hours 
  or overnight so that the paste doubles in volume.

Step 3
Wash the idli rava thoroughly until the water runs clear. 
  Soak it in 4 cups of water in a large bowl for at least 
  8 hours over overnight. In the morning (or after 8 hours), 
  drain the idli rava completely, making sure to squeeze out 
  as much water as possible. Add the drained idli rava to 
  the fermented dal paste. Add the salt and mix thoroughly 
  with a whisk to form a thick batter; ideally it should be 
  thicker than pancake batter. 

Step 4
Fill the idli steamer with about 4cm (1 ½ inches) of water 
  and bring to a simmer. Grease the idli moulds, preferably
  with a neutral oil. Stir the fermented batter briskly and ladle 
  it into the moulds till just below the brim. Repeat for each 
  idli steamer plate, then slide the plates onto the stand and 
  place the stand in the steamer. Close the lid and steam the 
  idli for 12-15 minutes, depending on size. The idlis are done 
  when a knife inserted into the centre comes out clean.

Alternatively, if you are using a pressure cooker, 
  fill the cooker 
  with 4-5 cm (2 in) of water. Grease thick, 
  heatproof cups (about 
  125ml or ½ cup), preferably with a neutral oil. 
  Stir the batter briskly and ladle into the cups about 
  ¾ full. Place in the pressure cooker, close the lid 
  and steam 12-15 minutes, until a knife inserted in the 
  centre of an idli comes out clean.

Step 5
Remove the stand from the steamer (or remove the cups from the 
  pressure cooker) and wait for two minutes before scooping out 
  the idlis with an idli spoon or a flat spoon. Serve with coconut 
  chutney and sambar.

Note:
Idli rava is widely available in Indian/Asian stores. 
  Alternatively, 
  wash any short-grained rice and soak for 4 hours, 
  then drain and dry 
  completely. Coarse grind the dried rice to the 
  consistency of semolina before using.

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[ How to forgive yourself.]

Finding it hard to move past a hurtful mistake? With these steps toward repair and renewal, you can do and feel better.

By Nathaniel Wade & Marilyn Cornis

Need to know
After several months of therapy, Joe shared that he carried a burden he was hesitant to talk about. With some encouragement, he admitted that he had been treating his four-year-old daughter terribly.
He described how typical events such as trying to get his daughter ready for daycare had triggered his anger, leading him to handle her roughly – like grabbing her arm or yelling at her. Joe shared other behaviours that he was ashamed of, such as losing his cool and just walking away while she was crying in the bathtub. Although he was often a supportive and loving father, Joe (whose name, along with some other details, have been altered here for anonymity) knew that these actions had hurt his daughter and his family. He wasn’t sure if – or how – he could forgive himself.

Most of us can look back on our experiences and recall, often with great regret, times when we hurt others or did something that violated our values. Many people find it hard to forgive themselves for one or more of these instances, carrying around a considerable burden of guilt. In our clinical work and research on self-forgiveness, we have spoken with individuals who’ve struggled with a broad range of offences: marital infidelity, patterns of angry outbursts, physically and verbally fighting with teenage children, manipulating and stealing from others as a result of drug and alcohol dependencies, abandoning family or friends when they were in need, and more.

Grappling with what you’ve done wrong prior to forgiving yourself can be a good thing – feelings of guilt can motivate you to make amends and change any entrenched behaviours. However, sometimes self-forgiveness seems painfully out of reach. If this is the case for you, you might be having thoughts like ‘I don’t deserve to forgive myself,’ or ‘I deserve to be punished.’ Or, you may find it hard to forgive yourself for other reasons: because you just can’t gather the courage to face what you have done, for example, or because you want to prove to the other person just how sorry you are.

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[ What's The Missing Block In Building Institutes Of Excellence? ]

A article in Times of India by Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar.

There are all kinds of regulators,from banking to energy to telecommunications.Education is no oddity. In India,there are numerous higher education regulators.University Grants Commission (UGC) is the largest regulator whose policies impact a significant share of the higher education student population.

There are enormous societal expectations from the education regulators in India due to the scale and complexity of challenges that need to be addressed in higher aducation. These include providing learning outcomes-based education and individualsed learning on a mass scale. With the national education policy 2020 being executed nationwide, the need to achive regulatory excellence has become even more important to achive the above objectives.

Every country wants to build higher education institutes of excellence by investing in academic and research excellence. The logic is straightforword. If a country aims at becomeing self-reliant,it needs a knowledgeable and skilled workforce, which only institution's of excellence can prepare.Such institutions should focus on delivering affordable quality education relevent and national needs.They also must have governance structures that stimulate research excellence,the freedom to purse different disciplines, encouaragement question the status quo, an ecosystem that nurtures diversity.

Unfortunately,multiple agency's seek to regulate institutes of higher education in India.However,building institutes of excelence is impossible if numerous regulators work at cross purposes,in silos with no consultative mechanisma but overlaping functions. This operational disconnectamoung different regulators is a major challenge

Due to the absence of consultation and coordination amoung various regulators,education cannot promote holistic and multi-disciplinary educatin to realise better learning outcomes and research output,a requirement for preparing well-rounded learners with 21st century skills and diverse experiences their employability.

All degree awarding institutions are expected to be guided by HECI by holistically hormonizing multiple higher education disciplines, For example,the recent unveling of a national credit framework is a major intiative in hormonizing school education,higher education and skill or vocational education,and skill education. The use of Academic Bank of credits by all educational institutions will provide increased mobility for students to move from one institutions to another or migrate from one discipline to another.

Given the rapid changes India's higher education will undergo,HECI, which will be setablished through an act of parliament,must set it's priorities right and bring out regulations based on evidence based inputs,HECI, should refrain from bringing out regulations in areas requiring no regulations.As a regulator,it should asses how the regulations will impact the functioning of higher education institutes and wherther the change aim to obtain is optimal.

Input from the stake holders (students,faculty members,non-teaching staff, institutional heads,industry and general public) can be benificial when formulating the regulations. A regulator should therefore have an open mind to suggestions and feed back and formulate the regulations transperently participatory procedures.

While regulations of higher education is vital and is for the public good, regulator should practice regulatory self restrient and intervene only when there is evidence for intervention. It should not succumb to the temtation of micro managing the affars of higher education institutes just because the the law gives the authority.

This means that the regulator should foresee the expected role a regulation will play in improving the quality of education and the constrains it could bring. Therefore the regulatory authority in the juridiction should give due consideration to other regulations broughtby another regulatory authoritywhile preparing its regulations. We need to create an interconnected web.

Interactions between players in the wider net work,sharing of regulations and their impact,and more importantly,working together to co-create regulations will go a long way in making the functioning of educational institutions more oiled. There is much to learn from each others regulatory experiences,for instance how regulatory complience can be made more uncomplicated using dugital technology during cricis such as the covid pandemic.These key aspects are critical.These key aspects are critical for advancing of the need for HECL.

By harnessing the potential of collaborative efforts, HECL can usher in a contemporory streamlined regulatory approch involving all revlevent regulatory bodies and stake holders.As a unified and hormonized regulator, HECL can play a transformative role in making India's initiative to build institutes of excellence.