For the last 3 months we have complete COVID 19 lockdown in India. Many events are postponed/cancelled. Olympics and Wimbledon were cancelled. I am just talking of few big names as an example. Wimbledon organizers are very intelligent. They have an ongoing insurance programme. Imbedded in the insurance terms and conditions – there is a […]
Author: Dr. K. Raja Gopal Reddy
Explaining Death Through Quantum Physics
To the average man the only advice I can give is to make friendship with reality. No one can have a worse relationship with reality than I. From the beginning I wasn’t even attracted to reality. If I have the option, when I met reality, I will erase it and the whole thing is over! Reality and I […]
The Modern Black Death – COVID 19
A lot is written about COVID 19. We guarantee that you shall not find that rubbish here. Please read on. The Black Death is the name for a terrible disease that spread throughout Europe from 1347 to 1350. There was no cure and it was highly contagious. It was carried by fleas that lived on […]
The Manchester Mummy
Fear of being buried alive was common in the 18th and 19th centuries. Due to this concern the casket companies developed innovative coffins offering a means of signaling for help if they were buried alive. In mid-1700s Hannah Beswick, a wealthy English woman, convinced her physician, Dr. Thomas White, not to bury her when she died – just in […]
When the Time Died
In the late 18th century France gave time a new start. The year 1792 became Year 1. Clocks were changed from twelve hours to ten. French Revolutionary Time: a 10-hour day, with 100 minutes per hour, and 100 seconds per minute. This thoroughly modern system had a few practical benefits, chief among them being a […]
RAMAYANA’s RAMA – AN EPITOME OF BAD HUSBAND
This morning I wished daughter Parvathi. Let me tell later what I wished and allow me to state why I wished her. She completed her studies, settled in life with a good job with accommodation, bought a car and she is 24 years old! As a responsible father, I wished the next best i.e., she […]
Colossal Failure
Colossal Failure – For the last couple of days, to be exact from Sunday onwards, in the capital of India, Delhi we are seeing many riots, burning, killing. In the last 3 days approximately about 35 people died, over 200 people injured, property worth damage god knows. Mosques were vandalized, shops were burnt, people were […]
Explaining Baby Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y (Millennials) & Gen Z
Many people have generic idea of the above terms and do not know what their exact meaning. These very things are explained in a simple manner.Baby Boomers are the people who were born 1944-1964. Post World War II, Americans were enjoying new-found prosperity resulting in a “baby boom.” The children born were called the Baby […]
When The Time Stopped
HMT watch was an Indian status symbol. Fathers handed over to their children and they in turn would give it to next generation. HMT watches were a family tradition. HMT was born in 1961 in association with Citizen Watch Company, Japan. Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, introduced the first ever HMT watch and it has captured the […]
What is Computer’s gender?
A Hindi teacher was explaining to her class that in Hindi, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine. ”Wall clock” for instance, is feminine – ”Ghadee”. “Pencil,” however, is masculine. A student asked, “What gender is computer?” Instead of giving answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, […]
