chronicles of budthu Archive
An appeal to all bibliophiles
September 24, 2018
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I do not know how this appeal will be taken as we are in the midst of FB generation where we are only concerned about the number of postings(mostly selfies) and their likes rather than in-depth understanding, introspecting and reflecting on things around us. But I can not help it as it is a
Hidden Figures – Based on true story
October 22, 2017
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Deepawali week end special!!! Based on a true story about black female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race. The film stars Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for Project Mercury and other missions. The film also features Octavia Spencer as NASA supervisor Dorothy Vaughan and Janelle Monáe as Mary Jackson, NASA engineer.(Ref:wiki page on it )
SAPIENS YUVAL HARARI | ANIMATED BOOK SUMMARY | PART 2
October 8, 2017
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Second part of Prof.Harari’s book. Subscribe Latest Email Updates:
Sapiens – YUVAL NOAH HARARI (A must read for all)
October 8, 2017
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100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights; to trust
“Together is better than one”
July 28, 2017
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“The sea that calls all things unto her calls me, and I must embark. For to stay, though the hours burn in the night, is to freeze and crystallize and be bound in a mould. Shall the day of parting be the day of gathering? And shall it be said that my eve was
FROM THE PAST……..(may be relevant even now!!)
November 1, 2015
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I do not know why I remembered this incident all of a sudden. It happened many many years back (much before I became public ) . Anyway I thought it is worth penning it, if not at least for the fun sake. On a visit to my hometown my dad asked me to accompany him
Failure to success-Lessons from Robert Bruce & spider story
August 18, 2015
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We are often told that through failures only we reach the success.As a motivation we are often told the story of the king of Scotland Robert the Bruce (and the Spider) read story here But how can we reach success by repeating the same mistakes again again like the spider in the story!!But unlike the spider in the
Lamentations of an old patriot!
June 15, 2014
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During my school days I have been an ardent patriot greatly influenced by Gandhi and his auto-biography “My experiments with truth” and many other factors.Partially this spirit might have influenced my decision to stay back in this country and share/endure with fellow brethren rather than pursuing my first passion-pursing science/research.This feeling changed my life
An idiot’s comment on 3 idiots movie
June 15, 2014
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Watched this movie twice. Normally I won’t see a commercial movie twice. This because of the theme and because of Aamir. I am a great fan of him.Secondly the theme. It is too relevant today. Our education system may collapse because of too much emphasis on mugging and less motivation for creativity or original thinking.
Impulse response
June 15, 2014
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In signals and systems the impulse response means the response of a system to signal of very small duration which abruptly occurs.We studied (thanks to ISTE workshop on signals & systems in Jan2014) that even though the impulse lasts for a very small very duration the response of the systems may not be so.It can