Category: Notes
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The hand and the mind
A chemical soup churns an ancient recipe,a salad of acids nuceic,a pattern so oft flawed,a twist & a turn,livin’ up to the font of a God? A nurture awaits the soup,hands not always gentle, words not often soothing,parsing the salad with a shifting key,an encryption undefined, unbroken. A million years of evolution,moments, minutes and years…
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ಸೋಲಿಗ ಸಿರಿ/Soliga Siri
I have been wanting to upload this book written by Somasundaram and Jade Gowda about various aspects of the day-to-day life of the Soliga people (ಜನಜೀವನ), their folk-songs (ಜಾನಪದ), some extracts of their cultural heritage (ಪರಂಪರೆ) and reflections on the theme of world peace based on the Adivasi culture. The first author has literally built…
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Bird Brains Open Quiz @ Bangalore Bird Day 2019
Since 2016, Bangalore has had the distinction of hosting the Bangalore Bird Day every year. This year, they introduced a Bird Quiz which was put together by L Shyamal & me. The quiz had an enthusiastic participation with over 50 teams of two who took up the written prelims, followed by a very engaging finals.…
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An anthem for the times: Madara’s Tukde Tukde gang
Nothing like music to communicate the anger and passion which sparks within. As the year winds down and the anger runs high, hip-hop artist Rahul Negi, who raps under the name Madara has released what I think will find a huge following among the political churning ongoing among several young people in the country. The…