Life in the Himalayas, Thirty Years Back A Flash Flood, Remembered The recent floods in Nepal brought back a memory from 2001, when we witnessed a flash flood ourselves. If you have lived in the mountains, you know that rivers…
Article talks about Transit of Venus and relates it to Indian Educational System. How can we improve and are able to do fundamental research.
Colonialism and globalization have affected us in all kinds of ways. And one of the ways is that in popular culture all the games we talk about is originally not the games that our people played over centuries. Now I…
मैं कई दिनों से सोच रहा था की हिंदी में लिखता हूँ पर ऐसा कोई विषय नहीं सूझ रहा था | पिचले कई दिनों से मेरे मन में बिटकॉइन और क्रीटकर्रेंसी को लेकर जागरूकता फ़ैलाने की सोच थी पर अंग्रेजी…
If you’ve ever taken the Coromandel Express from Howrah to Chennai, dealt with Cholamandalam Finance, or heard about the Sengol that made headlines during the new Parliament’s inauguration, you’ve seen echoes of the Chola legacy. These are not just names—they…
This short story is a piece of fiction and is inspired by true events. It is not intended to be a factual account of anything that has actually happened. My mind is racing and I am not able to…
This story is generated using ChatGPT based on my prompts. Plot was on my mind for months but couldn’t write it down Intro In 15th-century India, as the first rumors of the printing press floated across the seas, a father…
Qutub Minar Delhi has been center of many dynasties and been capital of Independent India. Qutub minar is a famous monument and I guess every Indian would know about it. This time I got a chance to see it and…
RSVPing R.S.V.P. is a short form for “répondez s’il vous plaît” which translates to “respond please” and is actually a French phrase which is considered old fashioned and formal and not used these days. But you would see the use…
Cryptocurrency and Exchange like WazirX If you are looking for a primer on Bitcoin, I wrote this years back. Feel free to check it out. Recently on July 18 2024 WazirX, an Indian Crypto Exchange, was hacked and there was…
Sharda Sinha: Doyen of Bhojpuri Music I am not sure but maybe it’s somewhere in 1990s. We used to live in a place called Boleng in Arunachal Pradesh. There were many times when our days began with music of Sharda…
What really is Old Bengaluru? History of Bengaluru for many starts with Kempegowda and there is no doubt Kempegowda clan (Yelahanka Nadaprabhus) played a major role in 16th century building of city of Bengaluru. But the history of Bengaluru goes…
Dutch the Colonizers There is a lot of noise about British rule and history being written and read about them. But have you heard about the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) or the Dutch East India Company, one of the first joint…
I write in English probably because of ease of the qwerty keyboard and also I read in English most of the times. But for long I wanted to change that. So my friends this is a request for all people…
Sahib, Sindh and Sultan: Steam Engines of the First Passenger Train Its 3:35PM on April 16th, 1853 and Sahib, Sindh and Sultan, three steam engines of India’s first passenger train were ready, all spick and span new, between then Bombay…
