The Mother of All Martial Arts : Kalari or Kalarippayattu
On one of the walls of the Shaolin temple in China a fresco can be seen, showing south Indian dark-skinned monks, teaching the light-skinned Chinese the art of bare-handed fighting.
Saraswati Darshan – The revelation of Sarasvati River
Saraswati is an ancient river that flowed in northern India during the vedic era. It originated in the Himalayas and…
World’s oldest Combinatoric Formula
‘yam?t?r?jabh?nasalagam’ Pronounced as yamaataaraajabhaanasalagam and written in sanskrit as ??????????????? This is a word used extensively throughout the ancient Sanskrit…
The Rise of India
The video below speaks for itself !
Incredibly Incredible India
Incredibly Incredible India – A land that every human on this planet desires to see at least once in his/her…
Missing Exception Handlers in Stem Cells?
Stem cells as we know are those cells in the body that can grow into any other cells as and…
Universe = Antimatter mercy?
One of the visitors to the blog requested me to write about matter-antimatter and bigbang. Cosmology is one of my…
Global Warming – Boon or Bane?
As we all know, most of the continental land lies in the northern hemisphere of our planet. Northern hemisphere of…
Asimov’s laws – Natural Vs Artificial Intelligence
Asimov, the well known science fiction writer long ago framed that man will one day be able to build robots…
Darwin’s theory is only about adaptation not evolution
Never allow your mind to get prejudiced about an idea or a thought. The key to really understand things is…
Nuclear Ice Age?
This post isthe next part ofmy previouspost Ancient Nuclear War Many people have asked me a sensible question about ancient…
Brains and Branes – Is reality for real?
Are our brains sophisticated enough to understand branes? Is reality real? Do we live inside Universe or does the Universe live inside our brains?
The Origin of Caste System in India
In ancient India social classifications included Varna and Jati system. Neither of them had anything to do with caste. How did caste system evolve in India?
How the path to salvation became Snakes and Ladders
Mokshapath – a board game intended to teach the virtues and vices of life in ancient India became a worldwide classic of modern times – Snakes and Ladders
KaTaPaYaDi – World’s Oldest Hashing Algorithm
Katapayadi is an ancient Indian algorithm used to create mnemonics, in hashing and reverse hashing. It is used in classical carnatic music system to identify melakartha raga number.
Speed of light in Rigveda
Speed of Light mentioned in Rigvedic hymns and its commentaries – Research done by SS De and P V Vartak
Hashing Algorithm in Ancient Indian Music System
The ancient Indian Carnatic Music system uses a Hashing algorithm similar to the ones used by modern search engines. The katapayadi hashing algorithm is used to map raga names to raga numbers.
Ayurveda – The science of longevity
Ayurveda is the oldest known systems of medicines in the world. As the name suggests has its root in the…
Brain in Auto Mode
This has been one of my thoughts since long back. About the auto mode of brain where brain works without…