So I tried this Rajdhani mango thali at the Mantri mall. It costs Rs. 700 per plate. After paying Rs. 700 for this thali, they offer some mango drinks and say that it is charged extra! Wonderful! They gave mostly sweet items and a lot of not so worthy items like some vada sambar which … Read more
This was during the school days. My uncle came home for a small stop and was having snacks. While speaking to my mom, he said, he was on his way to attend Dr. Rajkumar’s concert at “open air theatre” at Manasa Gangothri. He asked if I would join. I said yes and jumped into his … Read more
Karnataka State Government has decided to implement facial recognition technology to track student attendance in government schools and colleges. In today’s Deccan Herald newspaper, I and my colleague Surya Sundaresan argue that this is a dangerous move and violates the right to privacy of students. Link to the full article on Deccan Herald .
Back in the school days, we had many vendors selling things right outside our school. Some other day, I will write about every single thing that was sold outside our school. Starting from churumuri, thothapuri mango slice with salt & chilli powder (during summers), cycle bombe (cycle candy), posters man etc. One fine day, we … Read more
Today, while watching the tamil movie Mandela, I came across a vehicle – “maxi cab”. I don’t see these vehicles much these days in Karnataka. They were however very famous decades ago. I remember these maxi cabs plying on roads and taking people from one village to another or one city to another. Their capacity … Read more
In the course of mentoring many students to learn English, I realise that the key is to focus on learning basic sentences. Most of the new language learners focus too much on learning too many words. They think that learning more words and more complicated words will make them better in a language. That’s wrong. … Read more
You are playing a game on your phone or your computer. You are given certain tasks, when you complete them as per the set rules, you get rewarded with points. As you complete several tasks, you are sent to the next stage. Things get better. You are finally declared a winner and you feel happy. … Read more
Few pointers: What are the lessons to learn from this?
Students have been asking when the current even semester ends, when exams would commence and when the next odd semester (new academic year) starts. Here’s my take. These are my guesses based on experience. In any case, this is not the official communication from the university. I cannot assure this will happen for sure. So … Read more
I watched Mandela (Tamil) recently on Netflix and it gave a glimpse of the caste politics and violence in Tamil Nadu (a South Indian state). The whole movie is set in a village named “Soorangudi” where the people are divided between two caste lines – North People and South People. The leader of the village … Read more