Sunday Column 17-09-2023
I seriously did not want to do this but I have no choice but to start this column with Bharat’s favourite past time, cricket. Like any other retired senior citizen, I have been watching the Asia cup, and something struck me.
BCCI, private governing body, a charitable institution to boot, awards broadcasting rights to TV channels running ...
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My Column-08-10-2023
I was starting to write this column and then came across Chetan Bhgat's article in today's times of India. This exactly echos my thoughts on this subject of sports in India. So please read the article in the accompanied image. ...
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Revati
She has just turned thirteen, a teen in a true sense. Revati studies in eighth standard in a reputed ICSE school. She has no siblings. Her father is an engineer by profession and fitness freak. Runs marathons, and takes his daughter on treks regularly. His fitness routine has rubbed off on Revati as well. She played football for a while and is als ...
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My column 17-12-2023
A few random thoughts for the day
Nothing much seems to have changed since I wrote my last column.
Israel-Hamas, Ukrain-Russia wars are still on. All countries in the world are making appropriate noise without actually doing anything. While asking them to stop, fresh arms are being supplied, making arms manufacturers richer by ...
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Happy New Year
As we approach the end of another calendar year, everybody, if not openly, but in his or her own mind, starts reviewing the year gone by. As I look back on my own, I am reasonably happy with the progress I made in terms of physical, mental, and of course, financial health. But when one looks around, what do we see?
We saw a world go throug ...
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Who was Suresh Chandvankar?
Who was Suresh Chandvankar?
I met Suresh when I joined TIFR in 1980. He was a few years senior to me. He had finished his MSc after joining TIFR. Like me, he was working in Solid State Electronics group.
These were the times of semiconductors. Suresh was working on GaAs semiconductors and was using Liquid phase epitaxy to gro ...
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