Author: Puviarasan
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Cyclone journal
Since I am from the coastal town, Pondicherry, it may not come as a surprise I have some element of attachment to coastal related nature activity, which is cyclones for now. Cyclone is a fascinating topic for me since my childhood. When the warning are issued for cyclone, my family ladies, on the day of […]
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Notes from Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
One of the greatest and interesting experience about reading a novel is that it gives words and better expressions to my past experience and memory that I myself get a chance relive them through the author’s language. Words and language are magical, that I am glad that great writers take advantage of them. I’m happy […]
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Taking Social Science to Engineering
I recently had the opportunity to deliver a workshop on “inclusive education” to students at a private University – a fantastic initiative to introduce social science concepts to engineering students! This was my first time facilitating a workshop for college students, as my experience has primarily been with younger learners and adults. I was looking […]
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Cosmic curiosities: reflection from an astronomy session
“We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.” – Carl Sagan Recently I had the opportunity to interact with a set of school children from Chennai. They had come down to Auroville, Puducherry on an experiential education trip. My friend Shakti and I had been invited […]
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Tree walk #1
A walk to know our tree neighbors Location – St Martin Street, Beach road, Pondicherry With the help of field guide from Trees of Pondicherry, I and my colleagues embarked on a tree walk at Pondicherry. We covered the St Martin street at the east of boulevard covering 200m stretch street covering 9 different tree […]
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Backyard exploration – Abhishekapakkam lake
Discovering local treasures around our own backyard. Abhisehekappam lake is just around the corner of the town Puducherry. Less explored and less maintained lake. However it’s beauty is just pristine and preserved underneath. I discovered the lake on a weekend cycling ride along with my friend Charles. It was not a planned ride to discover […]
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Camping workshop
Camping Workshop – 2019 By Puviarasan Camping is an important hobby I got exposed to in my late twenties. You go to a new place and live there by yourself in a shelter you built. How cool is that! Yes, it is cool and empowering at the same time. I have not done big camping […]
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What is Geminid Meteor shower? How to watch it?
by Puviarasan | Nov 25, 2020 2019 was a disappointing year for stargazing enthusiasts, when two of the major meteor showers were intervened by moonlight. But the tough year 2020 is showing a lot of promises. Because the father of all meteor showers, the Geminid Meteor shower is happening on December night with the new […]