Thoughts on the sexes, surrogacy, and “Mimi” – a film I thoroughly enjoyed
One of the puzzling and unresolved questions in evolutionary biology is this mysterious need for two sexes- male and female[…]
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Author: bala.sunderosho
The Presidential debates, and a backward glance at one of the greatest debates in American history
The American Presidential debates are part of a wonderful democratic process. It gives the people an opportunity to witness prospective[…]
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A hundred years of Hercule Poirot, and thoughts on Agatha Christie
On the evening of 3rd of December 1926, a thirty-six-year-old Agatha Christie, by then, a fairly established novelist, kissed her[…]
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Toofan and Sarpatta parambarai – two movies that attempt to showcase boxing. My thoughts..)
Barbara Tuchman, my favorite historian had a simple piece of advice pasted on her desk ” Will the reader turn[…]
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“The old guard” -A comic series and a brilliant movie that explores the theme of immortality
If there is one thing, Man will pay any price, sacrifice everything; it is to live physically young forever. The[…]
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( The revival of knowledge during the Rennaisance, the legacy of Vannevar Bush’s Hyperlinks, and Maria Popova’s “Brain Pickings”)
(Preface: Three events come together in this essay: Renaissance, hyperlinks, and the story of the birth of a weekly online[…]
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Will and Ariel Durant – an extraordinary intellectual journey in letters. A tribute to their life and work.
( Preface: I wrote this piece on October 25th, 2018 in New Jersey. Around forty years ago, between October 23rd[…]
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Robert H Dennard – the IBM Fellow emeritus, and the innovation of Random Access Memory or RAM
As of 2018, out of hundreds of thousands of IBM employees around the globe, only 295 are IBM Fellow Emeritus[…]
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Wimbledon 2021 Finals (Ladies & Gentlemen) – thoughts and musings.
There was a period when Australians dominated the Wimbledon Championships. Between 1960 and 1970, Rod Laver, Margaret Court, John Newcombe,[…]
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Dr. Victor Frankl ” Man’s search for meaning”
On my way back to Atlanta from one of my trips, a young man rushed into the flight, almost at[…]
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