Looks like even Indian news channels are also going into cheap tabloid type of news coverage. More than the recent Gurgaon school shootings (a first in India), I was appalled by the way NDTV covered it: the sensationalism, 24×7 hyper coverage, the “story-as-it-unfolds”. Talk about the innocence of a million kids being spoiled (who probably [...]
Late last night just before winding down to sleep (and god knows why, as I’m totally artistically challenged, not even doodling!), I thought I’d take on the challenge in drawing a Sri Chakra, and ended up doing more than just that. Constructed the outline using Inkscape, then color-filled, and texturized using Gimp. Color combination is [...]
Large volumes of Tamil classical literature have little or no English translations compared with those of other classical/heritage languages (such as Sanskrit). Search for a translation of the Bhagavad Gita, or an Upanishad, or a Ramayana and you’ll come across hundreds of translations. Search for a translation of Manimekhalai or Thiruvasagam, and you’ll come across [...]