“The miniaturist of Junagadh” – a short, beautiful, and haunting portrayal of loss, hope, art and optimism during India’s partition
( Note to the reader: I wish to thank Rinku for sharing this film with me. Rarely do I get[…]
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Ilayaraja turns eighty – The man and his genius.
It is true this man is arrogant, narcissistic, disrespectful, condescending, incorrigible sometimes, brazenly proud, and egoistic, but damn it! –[…]
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Russia’s move against Ukraine and the imperatives of geography, security, and natural resources – a short dissertation
There is a reason why we should study geography well in school, because, without it, one cannot understand the tides[…]
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Friday, February 11th – International day of women and girls in science.
On 22nd December 2015, The United Nations general assembly adopted a resolution to observe Feb 11th as the International Day[…]
Read moreFew thoughts on time, and ushering in 2022
Time comes into existence when we attempt to measure it: seconds, days, years, centuries. Otherwise, it is ungraspable, there is[…]
Read moreOn turning fifty…
I remember as a young boy thinking how would I feel when I reached fifty years of age. It seemed[…]
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August 6th, 1945 – the day that changed the course of history. Seventy-six years since the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing.
( Preface: Last year was the seventy-fifth anniversary of the atomic bombings on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[…]
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