Dantapuram, 1070 CE The boy was on the run. His father had just been slain. His enemy was none other than his uncle the Powerful Chola king of Tanjore. They had killed his father Rajaraja, the king of Kalinganagar. Only a decade ago Rajaraja the king of Kalinga had attacked the Chola empire, looted theContinue reading “Raandi Pua Ananta.”
Author Archives: Dr. Ramakanta
Jagat Seth: the Bankers of the World
Murshidabad Surya Mishra becomes Murshid Quli Khan I don’t know when Surya Narayan Mishra, a Brahmin boy from Deccan and Manik Chand, a Jain Marwari boy from Nagaur, Rajasthan met at the Bengal city of Dacca (Dhaka). It was sometime at the turn of the 17th century. No calendar date had been assigned to theirContinue reading “Jagat Seth: the Bankers of the World”
The Market Drayton Effect
Charles was a worried man as he alighted at the Market Drayton. Market Drayton was a small market town in the north Shropshire, England, close to Cheshire. In 1245, King Henry III granted a charter for a weekly Wednesday market. This gave the town its current name. A visibly worried Charles had no reason toContinue reading “The Market Drayton Effect”
Maurice Hilleman
( Maurice Ralph Hilleman, an American Microbiologist has developed over 40 vaccines, an unparalleled record of productivity. Despite Hilleman’s many breakthroughs in immunology and vaccinology, he has never been a household name.) Maurice Hilleman worked in the vaccine division of Merck. He had two daughters Jeryl and Kirsten. One summer night in 1963, he was awakenedContinue reading “Maurice Hilleman”
The greatest 3D print
Have you ever seen a 3D print ? Recently, in a Chicago University, a mouse was implanted with synthetic, printed ovaries. A 3D printed mouse ovary. The mouse went on to give birth to healthy babies. Link given below: https://www.livescience.com/59189-3d-printed-ovaries-offer-promise-as-infertility-treatment.html But you must have come across bigger 3D printers in your day to day life.Continue reading “The greatest 3D print”