Karnan (2021)
Starring Dhanush and covering an important societal issue of the powerful oppressing the residents of a marginalised (lower caste) village in the Tamil Nadu of the 1990s, Karnan (2021) was…
May 2021
Do you know the Guinea Pigs are not Pigs?
I learned something new today about Guinea Pigs. I had assumed that the “Pigs” in the popular English phrase “Guinea Pigs” referred to the actual (mammal) animal and it originated…
78000 years old human burial found in Kenya
மனிதர்கள் எப்போது மற்ற விலங்குகளைப் போல் அல்லாமல் சடங்குகளை, குறிப்பாக ஈமச் சடங்குகளைச் செய்யத் துவங்கினார்கள் என்று கண்டுபிடிக்கத் தொல்பொருள் ஆராய்ச்சியாளர்கள் பல காலமாக முயன்று வருகிறார்கள். இதைத் தெரிந்துக் கொள்வதால் என்ன பயன்? இந்த வினாவிற்கு விடைத் தெரிந்தால், பரிணாம…
Round power strip for India
This is one of the simplest gadgets I am writing about here. It is about the ubiquitous power strips or (as called in India) extension box. These are boxes that…
My failed visit to Paris in 2016 and Schengen VISA
Today I started re-reading Ms Pallavi Aiyer’s book on Europe “Punjabi Parmesan”. She starts by sharing her anxiety and feeling of being treated second-class as she waits with a blue…
You Me Her (2016-2020)
You Me Her is a romantic drama TV series that is available on Netflix outside of the US & Canada. It is about a childless married couple Jack & Emma…
Launch of the Tianhe module to the Chinese Space Station
With a deadly pandemic raging outside, this may not be the time to look above us into the skies. But a future cold war like situation, is building up there.…
Stowaway (2021)
Outer Space is tough and unforgivable. We have seen many science fiction films that have explored how the bonding, courage and sacrifices of team members on a long journey to…