Using Chinese Remainder Theorem IRL

In 1999 I had the privilege of attending the KRMO (Karnataka Regional Maths Olympiad) camp at IISc. While it didn’t do much to improve my math capabilities, it taught me a lot a...

Poetry and Progeny

In terms of firsts, the earliest memory I have of a book that I self-read is this combo of “Whiskers for a Cat and Bilderoo is coming”. When I extend the same question to poetry...

IIMA 2006 - 10y Reunion

An earlier version of this piece appeared in the IIMA Alumnus Feb 2017 issue. In Robert Pirsig’s seminal work, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a student of the prota...

What do you know about Warangal?

Hastily written, please excuse typos. First of all I would like to thank everyone who took the time to take this poll on Facebook. You guys are fantastic people for having take...

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Remembering Michael Crichton

This month marks the late Michael Crichton’s 74th birth anniversary and it got me reminiscing about Jurassic Park. Released in 1993, the film made box office history led to man...

10 years since Scanner Darkly - CNN vs Rotoscoping

Scanner Darkly (the movie) directed by the brilliant Richard Linklater came out in July 2006.;The;movie has so many things;to talk about including the war on drugs (and why it c...

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NPR's Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books Navigational Map

Beautiful piece of work - larger size pic and a quiz version of this is available at SF Signal

2112 - why the album is fresh 40 years on

Why 2112 is relevant 40 years since it's release and what it means to me

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