5/2012 One more blog ? Why ?

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Buddham sharanam gachhami

A memorable day with Buddha, at Swaymbhunath Buddha stupa, just outside Kathmandu. Wonder how Buddha manages to live with so many monkeys around (in both the literal and figurative sense), Is that why the world worships Buddha ?

The largest curios and souvenirs bazaaar

At Basantpur, near Durbar Square of Kathmandu, lies the largest curios and souvenirs bazaaar of Kathmandu. The choice is awesome. Prices are moderate. Bargainig is allowed and encouraged. Vendors are friendly. What more does a tourist want ?


PS : Partha bought a "khukri" for his one month old grand daughter Samviti.

Daddy's day out

Visiting "Durbar Square" of Kathmandu, Partha discovers many lovely ideas and objects. His love for objets d'art dragged him to the curios market at the square.

Ugly teacher, lovely campus

Reaching the height of teaching (literally), Partha is on a hillock (Kathmandu University) which marks the beginning of the Himalayas. Teaching young Nepalis about security, is a paradox by itself. Nepalis (Gorkhas) are famous the world over as security people, guarding the rich and the famous. Now an Indian Professor will teach them a thing or two on how to guard computer based assets.

Discovery

"My first (1) child was born on July (7) twentyninth (29)"

1729 happens to be a famous number (Ramanujan Hardy number). Read about this number ::
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1729_%28number%29 (link)

The beauty of mathematics is that there is so much to discover in it.

partha

Skype spiked

I regret to announce the death of Skype, ever since it got infected by a cancer called Microsoft.

I have deleted my Skype account.

partha

The learning never stops....

Learning is endless. My next target is Malayalam, the language of Kerala, a lovely state in the southwestern part of India.


http://www.save-malayalam.com/learn-malayalam/

In fact the Malayalam script is very close to Tamil script (my mother tongue), so I guess things should not be difficult for me.

Notice that the word "malayalam" is a palindrome !

Wish me good luck.

partha

For lovers of classical music

Lovers of classical music played on thr piano, will love this gold mine of free downloadable mp3 recordings:::

http://server3.pianosociety.com/cms/index.php

The mp3 files are neatly classified under :: composer names, and artist (pianist) names.

No unnecessary registration and such nonsense.

Enjoy,

partha

The scariest day of my life !

I remember the scariest day in my life which happened this same day, 31 years ago (2 Feb. 1980).

A young researcher, in an alien land, had to face a jury of highly competent Professors, in an open interrogation. The entire process, done in a foreign tongue, watched by more than a hundred people, was to decide the worth of more than three years of hard work. The result changed my life altogether. Not only was Partha crowned as "Dr. Partha", the jury gave an overwhelming approval for Partha's work, by awarding it a very high rating.

Thank you dear France, for making me what I am today.

Dusi again .....

Courtesy Mr. Prabu Veeravalli, we have some activities planned for the Dusi temple:

1. On Saturday the 13th Nov 2010, a grand THIRUMANJANAM is being proposed by Dusi Pattappa's family.

2. On 19th November 2010, Balalayam is proposed to be carried out for RENOVATION OF THAYAR SANNADHI and MADAPPALLI.

3. After around 40 days a simple SAMPROKSHANAM is proposed to be performed.

More details will be posted soon on the web.

partha

Let's go to Dusi

"Dusi" a tiny village near the sacred twon of Kanchipuram, in Tamil Nadu, South India, is the place to which I can trace my roots. After several years, and a lot of effort, I have come across some people who are keen about doing something for Dusi. I thank Mr. Prabu Veeravalli for the initiative he has taken. I will be putting up details, on the web, very soon. There is a blog post further above, about my Dusi website.

If you, or your ancestors, are from Dusi, do get in touch with me (drpartha@gmail.com). Pleaase do NOT fone me up. I hate fone calls. I do not like being disturbed while I work.

I have also set up a family tree of my "Dusi family" at ::

http://algolog.tripod.com/dusi.htm

Take a look,

partha

My library

This is the place
Here are my friends
This is where I want to live
This is where I wish to die

(From : Dying in my library -- a mad man's rambles)