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 …

England’s Supremacy (1885)

James Stephen Jeans (1846-1913), Owner of Coal and Iron newspaper – (Iron and Coal Trades Review), authored this interesting book. …

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 …

Burial sites and Industrial Area @ Kodumanal

Burial sites Village house Industrial area Villagers! 29Apr2021

Towards Enlightenment…

Not very long ago there was a boy known by the name மருதன், who was born and brought up in …

Chennimalai: Siragiri Velavan sikiram varuga!

Today (18 April 2021), after climbing Arasannamalai to get Eswaran’s blessings, we decided to go to Chennimalai Murugan temple. After …

Kalvettugalil erunthu sila kurippugal…

Coimbatore (கோயம்புத்தூர்) as we know today was actually known as கோவன்புத்தூர் (Kovanputhur) Singanallur and its link with Karikala Cholan.. Perur …

The Purananuru

The Purananuru (Tamil: புறநானூறு), sometimes called Puram or Purappattu, is a classical Tamil poetic work and traditionally the last of the Eight Anthologies (Ettuthokai) in the Sangam literature. It is a collection …

Akbar the Great and the Mughals

To know about Akbar, where he stands in the history, we will have to first know a little about the …

Revival of Tamil Literature in 1800s

Tamil as we have today has evolved for many centuries and time after time when the people of the ancient …

Victoria Town Hall

Coimbatore’s VICTORIA Town Hall is a neoclassicalmunicipal building in Coimbatore, India. The town hall was built in 1892 in honour of Queen Victoria (1819-1901). It was funded by the …

GEOMETRY: Thomas Carlyle’s Circles…

When I started reading Theodor Reye’s Lectures on the Geometry of Position (1898 – translated to English by Holgate) I …

The Practical Tourist – deciphering the inscription

\”G. C. Nightingale from his friend Sullivan (or William) Dorr On 1865\”    The above was inscribed in the book …

The Libraries lost… and founded!

Carnegie Library Atlanta On February 8th, 1899 it was reported in the Atlanta Constitution that Andrew Carnegie would donate $100,000 …

Zachariah Allen: The Practical Tourist

The Practical Tourist, or Sketches of the State of the Useful Arts, and of Society, Scenery in Great Britain, France …

Telford Roads vs MacAdam Roads!

How many types of roads do you know? Have you ever thought about it? Why is the road constructed this …

Birthdays, Numbers, and much much More…

When I shared today an article about the math genius Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) to my sister, she wrote back saying …