Young Turks(!) Vs Young Indians – some notes
March 12, 2018
Let us please understand one thing. ‘India Today Group’ is also a scumbag media house, but it is not SO bad as the ‘The Hindu,’ NDTV and ‘Times of India’ kind of whorehouses. But it is bad enough. Sorry. Read the rest of this entry »
A case for shutting down TISS (Tata Institute of Social Sciences)
February 27, 2018
Enough is enough. If you really care for quality in Indian education, have a reasonable sense of fairness and basic ethics – would you please publicize this post?
I know this is a shameless request, but how I hate the enjoyment of mediocrity and dastardly thieving of taxpayers’ money – especially by the so called ‘social science’ and therefore ‘socially aware(!)’ students, whose jolly-good life is getting subsidized by the Indian Nation and Parents..
If you have not read this excellent and erudite rebuttal of Vairamuthu (=this yet-another-know-it-all-from-Tamil-filmi-‘cult’ural-scene) so far – please go read it first. Read the rest of this entry »
vairamuthu as well as the book used by him to deride andal are both bunkum, sorry to spoil the fun…
January 12, 2018
Poet(sic) Vairamuthu – in the grand tradition of the Tamil filmi nonsense – is a hilarious clown and ignorant buffoon at best, but as usual has a ‘mASS’ following. Read the rest of this entry »
grand ma’am shabana azmi – some book excerpts
December 1, 2017
When the grand dame of filmi protests makes facile statements about secularism, women’s rights and lefts, it is important that certain other facets of her character are also brought out.
May grand ma’am Shabana Azmi be the mother of a THOUSAND protests!
in a series of scrollable tweets.
thanks.
teachers, and the magic called ‘vernier’ callipers
November 9, 2017
This happened some 10 years back or so, and I have reproduced the journal/notes below (with a few additions) – just to help you reconfirm your valid opinion that, I am a weirdo. Thanks. Read the rest of this entry »
TEDxyz – Ideas Worth Dreading
November 5, 2017
The idea of TED talks was probably good, and I have enjoyed (…um, wasted?) many hours of my life with them. So, am under the justificational delusion that I actually learnt a few things and have gotten a few +ve pointers. Yeah. Read the rest of this entry »
‘ராசா கைய வெச்சா’ திராவிடர்தர ‘அறிவியல் பூர்வமான’ 2ஜி ஊழலும், தாஜ்மஹலும் – சில குறிப்புகள்
October 18, 2017
என்னைப் பொறுத்தவரை இவை இரண்டுக்குமிடையே ஒரு பெரிய மசுருக்கும் வித்தியாசம் இல்லை. நன்றி.
MHRD National Workshop on School Education
October 5, 2017
Folks who are interested in school education and who are capable of contributing +vely, please do apply and participate in these efforts towards nation building. Thanks! Read the rest of this entry »
#IamGaur! but, #iamNOTgauri! (sorry)
September 19, 2017
mathematical pornography
August 19, 2017
Once upon a time, 1/t… Read the rest of this entry »
(What does the ISIS flag carry/mean*: Muhammad is the messenger of Allah / Mohammadun Rasulu Allahi) Read the rest of this entry »
our teachers, teacher professional development, children, learning, future – some notes
June 17, 2017
I think, at my university – we recently had a very interesting discussion-thread about ‘education’ and so have collated my notes and responses to my notes and then my response – in this post (with some links thrown in + typos to boot) – in a chronological order. (the idea is to make some of our harebrained thoughts public, in exchange for brickbats, mainly!). Thanks! (R1->R4 are various respondents in the thread)
Warning: This is 1700+ words loooong. Go away if you can help it. nahi nahi rakshati twitterkarane; or facebookmarane.
Hamaari πCycle
February 28, 2017
[Note: I do not ‘personally’ know the folks (= Sandhya & Sarit) behind this cutesy and effective math+science camp personally nor am I associated with this camp; but, I know of their good work and passion. So, if at all possible – please encourage yourselves and therefore–>> your children and them. Thanks!]
திருவண்ணாமலையில் புதிய மிருகக்காட்சிசாலை!
February 24, 2017
(அல்லது) திமுக தீவட்டிக்கொள்ளைக்காரர்களின் அறப் போராட்ட நாடகம்.
தமிழக அரசியலென்றால் நம் கருணாநிதி வகையறாக்களைப் பற்றி அமர்க்களமாகக் கிண்டல் செய்வார். அண்ணாதுரை மாதிரி வழவழாகொழகொழா வெற்றிலை நடுங்கல் பேச்சிற்குப் பின் கரகரத்தகுரலில் கருனாநிதிபோலஆரம்பித்து திடீரென்று எம்ஆர் ராதா மாதிரிப் பேச ஆரம்பித்து எம்ஜிஆர் வரை ஒரு ரவுண்ட். இன்னொரு ரவுண்ட் ஆரம்பித்தால் – அவருடைய சொந்தக் கட்சியிலிருந்து ஆரம்பித்து ஈவேரா ஊடாக நேருகாந்திஅம்பேட்கரையும் விட்டுவிடாமல் அனைவரையும் ஒரு பிடிபிடித்துவிட்டுத்தான் ஓய்வார். மூளையுள்ள, சிந்திக்கும் ஆசாமி. ஆனால், அவர் பேச்சில் நானுமேகூட கேள்விப்பட்டிருக்காத திராவிடக் கொச்சை வசைகளும் இருக்கும். :-)) ஆகவே.
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freakin’ jallikkattu – a quickie discussion
January 25, 2017
hmmm… one ‘Aathma’ commented on a post that I wrote – saying things like:
Nobody can be politically incorrect and paint themselves villain on this ticklish issue than you sir, yet truth..Truth..
But I feel the Ban is unnecessary and govt making false promises year after year..Making them wait till last minute..Strange situation..State govt wants jallikattu.. Opposition wants jallikattu..PM wants jallikattu..CM wants jallikattu..All parties want the event held..Yet nothing happens..For years together.. Please opine on this..
See, ‘aathma,’
There are many reasons and no reason, I mean no reasoning anywhere, honest. :-( Read the rest of this entry »
ar venkatachalapathy, a disgrace to both tamil and english, and a professor to boot…
November 15, 2016
um… I meant ‘boot out’ :-(
நம் பள்ளிக் குழந்தைகளுக்காக, காத்திரமான ‘மாதிரி’ பரிசோதனைச் சாலைகள்: இந்திய அரசின் அழகான திட்டங்களில் ஒன்று
June 28, 2016
இது சென்ற பதிவின் (= இந்த நாட்டில் (இக்காலங்களில்) தொடர்ந்து நடக்கும் எவ்வளவோ நல்ல விஷயங்கள், பெரிதாகத் தம்பட்டம் அடிக்கப்படாமலேயேதான் இருக்கின்றன… 25/06/2016) தொடர்ச்சி…
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