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I am sure you know in vacuum there is no weight, do you?!
The video takes Galileo’s famous experiment to a new level, where both heavy and light objects are dropped at the…
The Quanta of Life are Enchanting and Entangled
Quantum theory works extremely well at the scale of photons, electrons, atoms, molecules, even macromolecules. But is it applicable to systems…
This is what happens if you are a Data Scientist…
What Normal people see… What Data Scientist sees PS: After I posted, my friend Nalini sent me this…
Travels in the Mogul Empire (1656-1668)
The travelogue of Françoi Bernier, a French physician, continues to remain as important and as popular as it was in…
The Peacock Throne!
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605–1689) was a 17th-century French gem merchant and traveler. Tavernier, a private individual and merchant traveling at his own expense,…
@ Sona Canteen
Time: 10:45Am Guru to canteen staff (who usually serves puffs): Akka, anju (5) puffs. Guru to friends: Dai, here are…
Golden (Sona) days
To step into the grand arches of Sona,To a class of unreserved subjectsOf which one had not unexpected.We found the…
Fruits of Palmyrah…
A few days back, my son and I went to Kodumanal (in Erode District) to revisit the archaeological sites. On…
England’s Supremacy (1885)
James Stephen Jeans (1846-1913), Owner of Coal and Iron newspaper – (Iron and Coal Trades Review), authored this interesting book.…
Way to Skandashram; Remove Footwear
I was standing in front a sign board that said: Way to Skandashram Remove Footwear I thought, what is Skandashram?…
Complex, Adaptive, and Evolutionary beings!
Can you recognise the above tree? People who have seen where limes grow would know this tree. Yes, it is…
Les Misérables
Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others…
V.O.C turns 150!
Valliyappan Ulaganathan Chidambaram Pillai (VOC) or also known as Kappalottiya Tamizhan (5 September 1872 – 18 November 1936) VOC was an…
Quill, Ink, and some interesting angles…
A quill is a writing tool made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird. Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of…
Thirumuruganpoondi
I had heard about this temple few times but it was not until I visited the Ancient Industrial Artefacts Museum…
I wonder any Man of Sense will have a Mathematician in his Study.
Thomas Gray to his dear friend, Richard West, (Jan 1742) As I know you are a lover of Curiosities, I…
The Seeds of Nature!
Today I was having Dates and, usually, I would have it without the seed, but today I decided to taste…
Thomas Gray’s Letters
One of of the pleasures of reading scholars’ letters is it gives one a glimpse of their world! Here are…
Being Blind, Living in the dark…
Today my daughter asked me to take her for a short walk. To make things interesting I suggested to play…
Varunambigai Amman
Arudra Kabaleshwarar temple Gopuram!
Arudra Kabaleshwarar Gopuram, Erode, Tamil Nadu. 10Aug2021
Enlightening
Some “…”sS
When everything is coming your way, you’re probably in the wrong lane. – Tom Snyder Teaching is a very noble…
The Becoming…
திருஉருவெடுக அலைந்து திரியும்காற்றினை உணர்வுற்று,கரை அடி தேடி, அலை எனஎழும் உணர்வே, என் உயிரே… நினைந்து தெளியும்எண்ணங்களை உணர்வுற்று,இறை வடி தேடி, நிலை எனஎழும் உயிரே, என்…
Happy birthday!
To wake up,To arise,To sense – the self,To awaken,To live – the life, andTo rejoice, every moment…For he/her,Every day is…
Palani: The Mystics and The Musings!
Previously: Palani EXPRESS (non-stop) The moving bus, on reaching Palani, turned a corner, near the bus-stand, stopped. The conductor announced,…
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