Category: Blog
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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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Cyclone journal – Fengal 2024
Nov 30, 2024 – 1800 – Pondicherry Writing this annual journal post on cyclone day feels special. for the very reason of constant rain as the BGM and occasional gust wind. Fengal – the slow burner Fengal got lot of attention because of the slow nature in terms of movement. Especially the reason being this. […]
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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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Night sky events in June 2021
Night sky events in June 2021 by Puviarasan | June 2021 We are in the midst of the second wave of the pandemic in India. Everything around us has been in a pause, but nature does not wait for anyone. It goes on with its business as usual. Here are a few free gifts from […]