A story which refused to fade out of memory.
September 25, 2019
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The following story I read long time back(ever since I read it remained with me).I read it in Malayalam manorama news paper sunday edition(I remember it vividly). Here is the english translation of it.An old Chinese farmer saved up small amounts of money over
A candle/moon in a dark night-background story
June 26, 2026
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When we started www.thequestforum.org along with objective of quenching our thirst for knowing things the hidden agenda was developing critical thinking and scientific temper among all especially among students. Pseudoscientific medical claims and treatments were not that rampant but soon we realized we need
From Bibliophile to Bibliomaniac: My Lifelong Obsession with the Printed Word
June 22, 2026
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As I have written before, I have been a bibliophile since the very day I learned to read and write. But while reading has been my constant companion, writing was always an occasional visitor. I never really had a sustained passion for it, save
Budthu asks GEMINI-series1
June 16, 2026
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I am planning to start a new feature in quest.Ask questions to gemini and post it online.Others are welcome to correct gemini if it is misleading .I will ask random questions which troubles me and result if I find ok I will post.That is
Being right for wrong reasons
July 26, 2025
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There is an old science joke where a scientist trains a spider to jump when a bell is rung. The scientist then removes a leg from the spider under anesthesia and makes sure the spider heals. The scientist proceeds to ring the bell again.
On the shoulders of Giants
May 31, 2024
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“Offer your strengths to others and you will be amazed how many people offer their strengths to you” Simon Sinek Right from my childhood I was perplexed by the oracle of Apollo of Delphi that Socrates is the wisest man ever born & Socrates
Life as Random walk-Monte Carlo simulation of Life!!
May 27, 2024
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(A Monte Carlo simulation is used to model the probability of different outcomes in a process that cannot easily be predicted due to the intervention of random variables. Many physical phenomenon can be simulated this technique. In my Ph.D thesis I have used it
Time of exile-Post card stories sent while I was away to CEERI,Pilani for pursuing Ph.D
May 26, 2024
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My first project in second dimension!!
December 6, 2023
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Though I went to Kurukshetra all the way from my relatively unknown village,Pandanadu(Kerala state) with the sole objective of doing my Masters degree so that I can pursue my dream of becoming a scientist abroad(Germany was my dream country!! Of course I read/ studied
Why am I there in social media!!
December 6, 2023
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On 27th November 2023 I wrote something on FB as a comment which I do not do normally.I reserve such things to my blog site www.balaprasad.com Since it is a long comment and for wider audience I thought of posting it separately here.(It is
My Revelations!!
March 2, 2023
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Over the years some of the things revealed to me are listed.But as usual those thoughts are well articulated by Khalil Gibran (reasons elaborated in my old post http://www.balaprasad.com/why-i-love-to-quote-from-the-prohet-khalil-gibran/ )Following lines are from his work The Vision (p. 83-89). White Cloud Press. Kindle Edition
