Posts from the science category.
The Nakshatras in Indian lore,\r\nDid the Moon very much adore,\r\nEach night he did spend,\r\nwith a Nakshatra in her abode.\r\n\r\nThe lore was spun by human mind,\r\nAnd you know we are not very kind. \r\nWe now know thanks to modern science,\r\nThe Moon's orbit went nowhere close.\r\n\r\nThe Nakshastras did not know,\r\nEach other or that we called them so,\r\nThey were far away in space and t...
Have you ever picked up a book that immediately transported you into a world of danger, espionage, and high-stakes action? That’s exactly what Operation Blackstar: Revenge of the Scientist by Ram Mahadevan does. Right from the first chapter, it grips you with an intensity that doesn’t let up. Espionage thrillers have always held a special place in literature, drawing readers into a realm where int...
Have you ever had a moment when you realized that ancient wisdom might have been far ahead of modern science? That our ancestors, without the internet, satellites, or microscopes, somehow possessed an intricate understanding of the cosmos, physics, and human nature? Sanatana & Science by Pankaj Lochan is that revelation—an insightful journey into the depths of Sanatana Dharma and its undeniable in...
If there is one place, that always makes me pause and introspect, gauge the profundity of the soil and the moment, then it would be the Trinity site. 16 July 1945. White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The Gadget. This is all that remains today. Seeing these images is still overwhelming. The words of Robert J Oppenheimer would yet be the most appropriate. “We knew the world would not be the same....
I had posted about this on Twitter yesterday asking about a future devicehttps://x.com/archonline/status/1857261044357276092A device which can read our thoughts or extract our memories to a data storage, just like Dumbledore does with his wand.The idea came up when I was lying in bed and there were so many thoughts or one liners coming up in my mind which I was too lazy to post on Twitter. There i...
Meera was sitting in her room and thinking about the last few days. She had reached the Moon illegally. She had also boarded one of the cargo vessels supplying to the Moon. She had come from Earth. She was given a drug that allowed her body to survive the journey on board a cargo vessel. There were three days that she did not know what happened to her. When she woke up, Gafur was sitting by her. “...
Chintu was thinking back to the time since landing on the Moon. He had to make fast decisions. Not everything worked well for him.The cargo ship that Kavya and Chintu had traveled in from Mars had landed at the US base. Kavya had handed him to Gafur and asked him to take care of Chintu. Gafur was wearing his lunasuit despite being inside the base. He grunted and nodded. Meera hugged Chintu and th...
Mars, 2098Kavya, Chintu’s mother, was looking out of the window. The red color stretched to the horizon. She had gotten used to the color by now. It was her last night on Mars. She saw a grid of robots mining for hematite, which gave Mars its red color. The ore was carried in concealed robotic vehicles to the factories to make steel. The steel would be used to make even more robots and the infrast...
Earth, 2098Mandakini was operating the handloom. She was using her hand. People on Earth had eschewed from getting daemons installed. She had woken up early. She had finished her morning work. She had prepared breakfast for her husband. She was operating the machine out of habit. She had forty years of experience. The sarees she designed were for her daughter and her extended family, and the exces...
[This is my entry for NaNoWriMo 2024 and No Break Novembers.] The Moon, 2098The surface of the Moon was desolate for as far as she could see. The only aberration was an observation deck that was a few meters above the surface of the moon. The deck was made of lunar regolith. It was an extension of a lunar base which lay underneath the surface. The deck was full of sensors. Meera was lying on her b...