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Nihit
Click, and it is given
On my way back from Auroville, as I was walking to the Pondicherry beach, a middle-aged couple approached me. They introduced themselves as residents of a small town in Karnataka. I soon came to know from the man that he had recently fought with his brother and left their house in a huff with his [...]
The Road Less Travelled
a continuation of Two roads diverged in a wood… So evening came, and to my own surprise, I went to Sadhana Forest. We were a little late for the introductory tour of Sadhana Forest, but in time for Garbage Warrior. Sadhana Forest is an incredible place, and will be the subject of another article. For now [...]
Two roads diverged in a wood
a continuation of City of Dawn… After some inquiring, we found out that we had to take a right, so we took the right, roamed around the place for half an hour, and then came back to the starting point. An elderly gentleman was on his morning walk. “Hi, would you happen to how I [...]
City of Dawn
I got off the bus, and looked at my watch. It was half past five in the morning. What an achievement it was, to be awake at that hour! The foremost thought on my mind was to find a way of going back to Bangalore. I walked over to the Ticket Counter at the Pondicherry Bus [...]
A touch-screen phone for the blind
Touch-screen technology will now be available to the visually challenged thanks to an invention by Jussi Rantala of the University of Tampere in Finland and her colleagues. They have created have created a vibrating touch screen phone that can simulate Braille. This was done by using a cellphone which has a piezoelectric material built into [...]
Scientists work out formula to forecast tsunami
The Boxing Day Tsunami, which killed over two hundred thousand people, prompted a research team, led by Newcastle University Mathematics professor Robin Johnson, to devise a formula that can forecast the occurrence and the magnitude of a tsunami. “What we found was that the number and height of the tsunami waves hitting the shoreline depends critically on [...]
“Too Much Bling, Give Us a Ring”
An initiative in Sussex, where people are encouraged to report suspects who seem to have more wealth than they earn. Read about this crime-fighting campaign here on BBC.Wouldn’t it be interesting to see what the police find if they run such a campaign in India…