A happy go LUCKY guy with lots of interests.. searching for the sorting hat to find the right one. Perpetual search - always in flux and enjoying every moment: thats me!
Banned in California
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California cannot permit the construction of a smartphone factory, an
electric car plant, or a Navy destroyer shipyard. Not won’t — can’t. The
regulatory...
Madras as seen in 1942
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One of the best sources for Madras of the early 20th century is cinema. The
black and white era keeps giving us precious nuggets every once in a while.
T...
V Madhavan Nair (1945-2025)
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“Always ask what is inside the package” Said the smiling, imposing man with
the handlebar moustache and the unmistakable demeanour of someone used to
havin...
Interesting articles for November 2021
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Here’s what I’m looking forward to reading soon! These papers are all
freely available online, and feature research on the global South by
Southern researc...
Change of seasons
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yesterday, I learned
that the truth doesn't hurt.
all over again...
maybe, I learned
that the truth never hurts.
once and for all?
yesterday, I learned
tha...
Maddy, maddy, quite contrary
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Me when the kids begin their experiments: So good to see kids fly
helicopters in the garden on a winter morning and conduct science
experiments with their ...
The unexpected visitor
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"Oh yes, you see the mice set up the whole Earth business, as an epic
experiment in behavioural psychology; a ten-million year program
That's a famous...
The 4 day, 2 city weekend
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- Madras and Bangalore
- Gifts Galore (2 dresses, 2 pairs of earrings, 2 stoles)
- Meeting of relatives in hordes - from both sides of P's family.
- Falling...
Thanks Madhu Menon!
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A bad case of spam injection, and me unleashed on the ftp meant that pretty
much everything in the blog was lost for a little bit. I struggled, read up
thi...
Ed
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When I wrote my last post I felt this blog needed an indefinitely long
break. I had a mind to suspend it permanently (or until I turn 25,
whichever comes f...