My take: Uncle Petros and the Goldbach Conjecture

This book tells the story of obsession, determination and the chase to ultimate glory. The story is presented against the backdrop of mathematical research and portrays the life of a mathematician, who dedicates his whole life to finding the solution of what is one of the most famous unsolved mathematical questions.

But this book is [...]

My new kitchen!

My kitchen has arrived. After long last and several weeks of moving into our new apartment, my precious - my new kitchen - has been assembled. This may sound strange to you, but rented houses in Düsseldorf (and in many other parts of Germany) don’t come with a kitchen - so no sink, no shelves, [...]

Brain Sex

What sex is your brain?
After several years in engineering and computer science schools and in a career as a Risk Analyst, I was beginning to wonder if my brain had decided to go for a sex change. I had tried to alleviate my fears by taking whatever free brain identity tests I could lay my [...]

Why do we appreciate art?

We enjoy art. We try to produce art. We collect art. We admire those who create art. What is it that makes us so drawn to art?
Art welcomes us a to new realm full of new ideas, new concepts, new ideologies, new possibilities. We suddenly find ourselves in the inner world of a fellow human [...]

My Take : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Numerous reviews have been written about Mark Haddons’s award-winning book ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time’. Yet, I was so moved after reading this elegant and poignant tale of a 15-year old’s detective story, that I feel compelled to pen a few words.

The book presents the view of the world through [...]

Weekend in Amsterdam

Spent the weekend in Amsterdam. Despite the gloomy forecasts, the weather was wonderfully well-behaved. Not even the biting February cold can curb the joy of strolling by Amsterdam’s picturesque canals. Some pictures..More pictures of beautiful Amsterdam at Srijith’s gallery.

Languages or Dialects?

When I tell people that my mother tongue is Malayalam, first they look at me like I am playing a tongue-twister game and then a good % of them follow up with ” Oh, so that is an Indian dialect”. And I ever so patiently try to explain that Malayalam is not a “dialect”, it [...]

And they live happily ever after on Earth!

Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus..
Overheard:
Wife : Do you think I am beautiful?Husband (his nose still in the newspaper): uhmm..what..yes, sure.
W : Did you hear what I just said?H : ya, I did, do I want more coffee.
W: No! I asked if I am beautiful!H (now in making amends mode, he needs [...]

The future of the future teller

Background: Rednova recently publised an article, ‘Can This Black Box See Into the Future’ about a new machine developed by the scientists at Princeton that can predict future events. It relies on two main things : random number generation and the power of the collective human conciousness to ‘influence’ that random number generation. This is [...]

Just how far will you go?

Is there really such a thing as a global citizen? Can you ever feel comfortable in several countries? Now, that I think is possible. The more relevant question is, as human beings, do we need to know that we belong to one country? Or can we be happily promiscuous about our nationalistic identities?