When They Meet

 

When they met, spring sparkled bright,

The atom bloomed in the morning light.

Life of a lady was glowing from abundance.

A couple with infinite love in its blossom.

Love that heals the sorrowful hearts,

Bondless emotions in the void minds.

Habits of each other, midst of two empty minds.

Love, the bond, and some messy fights.

Countless voids that haunt the minds,

Cold relations, rogue thoughts, casting shadowed nights!

They kissed, they wept, a thousand vows,

Holding hands, keeping the memories alive.

Love, yes, it is!

A tough road with twists and turns,

Dance of light that lifts the dark.

Joy of the atom, spring with the sunny mornings.

Heavy hurts, warm hugs, millions of kisses!

When they meet, the love bloom anew.

Love, the journey to spirituality through their hearts. 

- Rupjyoti 

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Lost in Mirages

 

I draw the last breath from a burning ember,

My thoughts tangled with endless fumes.

Running, hiding, lost in mirages.

Where am I, in this twilight drift?

I light another cigarette, pour another cup,

Filling the void inside with smoke and caffeine.

The void flickers with illumination, 

Fragile glow before the silence.

Am I lost in the haze of illusions? 

- Rupjyoti 

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The End of Horizon

I'll meet you at the edge of the horizon,

With my infinite love and devotion!

Those waves are screaming,

 

My emotions are floating, 

Still clueless with my boundless thoughts!

A dying spirit with a fragmented life, 

I don't know the way of love! 

 

Still figuring out the essence of loving you.

My unanswered questions, unforgettable mistakes,

I know I'll meet you at the end of the horizon,

In harmony with my infinite love and devotion!

 

P.S.: To you, in your hand, in our loving memories.

- Rupjyoti 

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End of the Circle

My words are shortened

Thoughts are fragmented,

A cyclical life, looping unchanged.

Those vultures are staring at me!

A soundless echo of my scream.

Though darkness devours,

A soul brims with boundless thoughts.

Shades of light beckon me toward infinity.

Where am I?

Am I transcending time?

To witness the end of time!

- Rupjyoti 

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Affinity or Felony

A void in my mind,

Was it a felony or an affinity!

Countless questions and blurry memories, 

Where am I heading?

My numb thoughts, shallow wounds,

Essence of your absence. 

Sitting in a hollow room,

Counting the odds, don't know where I belong!

Those nights, those mornings, our infinite camaraderies,

A relation beyond the societal validation. 

Where am I?

An emptiness eating my mind.

The faded mosaic of our memories!

Tired of repainting the canvas we've lost.

Two minds, an affinity or a felony!

- Rupjyoti 

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The Future of Self-Driven Cars in India

What will self-driving cars mean for India?

This is a common question given the Indian government’s recent efforts to push the country in the direction of a more sustainable future.

The Indian government has stated that the country will need to move away from fossil fuels and adopt a low-carbon development strategy by 2030 if it wants to meet its ambitious climate change goals. But if you think about it, India is a perfect place to start driverless cars. India has a massive population, and many people don’t have access to reliable or affordable transportation. This is why the country is perfect for driverless cars. In recent times, the race toward making self-driving cars (AVs) or self-driving cars have made a huge leap as many car players and tech giants are investing huge capital in it. Many of them have even already started test trials in countries like the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, China and others. Unlike its global counterparts, the Indian auto sector appears to be slowly heading towards it.

 

India lagging in the race to make self-driving cars

The main reason for the lack of awareness about this technology among the masses is the lack of proper awareness of the technicalities and complexities involved in developing an AV. Also, the Indian market is yet to witness a paradigm shift in terms of hybrid and electric vehicles. However, the global players are quite confident about the development of AVs in India. On March 8, 2018, Kapsch TrafficCom signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) to ensure that the Indian road transportation industry goes through an autonomous shift. The company intends to support the Government of India’s initiative to introduce future-ready vehicles in the country. 

 

While the push towards the actual commercialisation of AVs is now, likely, they will drastically change the way we travel. More so, in the coming decades, the advent of AVs will also give rise to a host of exciting job opportunities, which would be of great benefit for the youth, especially those working in the digital and tech industry. Unlike manual driving, the automated car has the potential to reduce one of the biggest causes of death on our roads - road accidents. At least the U.S. Department of Transportation says so. According to the department, road accidents are responsible for 1.25 million deaths a year, or about 30% of all deaths worldwide. In India, a person is killed in a road accident every three hours.

 

Takeaways

• From the report of the KPMG Autonomous Vehicle Readiness Index 2019, India ranks 24th out of 25 countries on the list. The list indicated the willingness of countries to adopt the practices of autonomous vehicles. The Netherlands topped the list.

• Countries like Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Norway and China are currently experimenting with cars. China is on the right track to commercialising autonomous vehicles by 2025. A recent survey by the Beijing Center for Innovation in Mobility Intelligence states that 77 autonomous vehicles were tested for more than a million kilometres in the country.

• The self-driving car scenario in India seems promising and India's burgeoning automobile industry could gain huge opportunities, while also leading to massive disruptions in the transportation industry. As per the latest research report published by Transparency Market Research (TMR), the demand in the Indian self-driving cars market is projected to expand at a CAGR of 36.0% within a forecast period from 2017 to 2025. On the other hand, the global self-driving cars market is expected to reach $31.5 billion by 2025 from a valuation of just $4.6 billion in 2016. Hence, it is imperative to invest in the development of vehicles capable of automatically adapting to changing road conditions.

ණ Rupjyoti

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