The government of India honors its outstanding sports coaches with the “Dhronacharya” award. Dhronachaarya is a mythological figure who has trained the Hindu warrior prince Arjuna and was instrumental in his success in the many battles and wars. Many consider Dhronachaarya to be the best coaches anyone can ask for. However, there is another side…
I have recently purchased a couple of “Google home Minis”, excellent products by the way. Setting them up was a breeze with the bluetooth and “home” app on the phone. Training the voice was also very easy on the first device, but for some reason, the second device gave me a bit of grief. When…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1353″ img_size=”large” style=”vc_box_border” onclick=”link_image”][vc_column_text]Like a pack of wild wolves, Trump’s team are turning on each other. Trump himself is going after his one time die hard supporter, Attorney General Sessions. He didn’t have the guts to fire him himself, so he is putting a fire under his chair.. Not that Sessions deserves any sympathy….
Homer’s Illiad The great war epic of Western literature, translated by acclaimed classicist Robert Fagles Dating to the ninth century B.C., Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of…
I find myself amused by yet another crafty bit of reporting by the Telugu daily Sakshi. The news item itself was pretty routine, that a CBI officer who was without a posting for many months, was finally given one. However, what Sakshi wrote about him, or didn’t write about him to be precise, is the…
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1218″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]All the shit they gave Hillary for running a private email server, wasting millions on phony investigations and hearings. Now, they have a president who is directly handing over the classified stuff over to Russians and there is not a peep from any of the republicans. I haven’t seen this level…
So my theory about the Mayan calendar ending today was correct. They either ran out of paper and ink and decided this should be enough for now…. or, the dude writing the calendar thought f@#$ it, they will have computers by then, they are not going to look at this stupid calendar anyway!!! and decided…
The following are a couple of the time lapse videos I have made. The making of these videos was fun, using Raspberry Pi and an old DSLR. It brings together the concepts of Photography, Python programming, hardware coding and a bit of electronics, and the end results are magnificent. Have a look. If you are…
We started watch some Indian Television lately, and among all the junk of mega serials and fraudulent infomercials, something really special caught my attention. These are the new commercials for Cadburys chocolates under the theme of Shub Arambh, a Hindi world which translates to a “Blessed Beginning”. I just love these ads, and I actually…
