Western culture provides a lot of “How to do ” books. But our almanac always recommends “when to do” any important thing. It seems they are quite accurate. We don’t perform or feel the same way at every given moment of a given day. Our mood fluctuates throughout the day. It’s a cycleContinue reading “The “When” moments.”
Monthly Archives: February 2018
The Sunset Law
The infamous “Sunset Law” ushered in the NAA’NKA Durvikhya of 1866 in Odisha. In 1803 British occupied Orissa & its capital changed from Cuttack to Calcutta. Accordingly the court language changed from urdu to english. The actual control went to the middle men- the english educated bengali bhadralok. British were interested only inContinue reading “The Sunset Law”
The story of @
It was the first email ever sent. It was also the beginning of ascent of @ from oblivion to become the symbolic linchpin of a revolution of modern social connectedness. It was 1971. Computer scientist Ray Tomlinson was facing a vexing problem: how to connect people at two different computers ? By 1970s, ComputersContinue reading “The story of @”
Dr Ramakanta's Ideas 