chronicles of budthu Archive
My first project in second dimension!!
December 6, 2023
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Though I went to Kurukshetra all the way from my relatively unknown village,Pandanadu(Kerala state) with the sole objective of doing my Masters degree so that I can pursue my dream of becoming a scientist abroad(Germany was my dream country!! Of course I read/ studied German history especially period of history pertained to Hitler only during
Why am I there in social media!!
December 6, 2023
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On 27th November 2023 I wrote something on FB as a comment which I do not do normally.I reserve such things to my blog site www.balaprasad.com Since it is a long comment and for wider audience I thought of posting it separately here.(It is written based on the feedback of some of my friends in
My Revelations!!
March 2, 2023
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Over the years some of the things revealed to me are listed.But as usual those thoughts are well articulated by Khalil Gibran (reasons elaborated in my old post http://www.balaprasad.com/why-i-love-to-quote-from-the-prohet-khalil-gibran/ )Following lines are from his work The Vision (p. 83-89). White Cloud Press. Kindle Edition My soul talked to me many a times : 1 teaching
My life in nutshell
October 12, 2019
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(Another borrowing of words not the feelings) I would that my life remain a tear and a smile.A tear to purify my heart and give me understandingOf life’s secrets and hidden things.A smile to draw me nigh to the sons of my kind andTo be a symbol of my glorification of the gods.A tear to
lamentations of a budthu
October 12, 2019
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(The words are borrowed but not the feelings.When you have issues with articulations it is better borrowed!!) He said: “My friends and neighbors and you who daily pass my gate, I would speak to you in your sleep, and in the valley of your dreams I would walk naked and unrestrained; for heedless are your
Life of a ZERO!!-Chronicles of a Budthu
October 3, 2019
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Very often we Indians boast about Indian contribution to mathematics especially in Arithmetics i.e zero. Zero has a different connotation also.It means nothing or signifying nothing.This is the context in which it is written.(Whenever I think of nothing it reminds me the famous dialogue from play of Shakespeare “The king Lear” to his dear daughter
A story which refused to fade out of memory.
September 25, 2019
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The following story I read long time back(ever since I read it remained with me).I read it in Malayalam manorama news paper sunday edition(I remember it vividly). Here is the english translation of it.An old Chinese farmer saved up small amounts of money over a year to buy a new horse. Just a day after
Mental compass-In conversation (Dr.Chandrashekar)
September 25, 2019
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I raised my concern about rising fundamentalism and intolerance in our society- the following was the response from Dr.chandrashekar, Prasad, we all have a mental lense that we subconsciously acquire as we grow. This lense is comprised of our ‘conclusions’, ‘learnings’ and ‘certitudes’, that our process of comprehension of events and experiences creates, as we
On the shoulders’of giants-A tribute to better/’bitter’ half
March 8, 2019
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When I posted the first part of Kalidasa story I intentionally left the second part, obviously as it was not relevant for the occasion and time constraints also was there.However, the second part of the story is also very important especially from female perspective.So I thought I post it on 8th March for understandable reasons.There
On the shoulders of Giants-part1
February 28, 2019
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(This is the edited version of the felicitation speech delivered by me on 26th Feb 2019 held in CEERI,Pilani to honor Mr.Raj Singh currently the acting director and Dr.S.C Bose, area coordinator CEERI ) I am an accidental teacher so even though I may be a teacher my articulation skills are not that good to
