In my previous post, I wrote about my itinerary for the Vietnam trip with my family. This one is a continuation of that where I will tell you interesting insights about the ethnic minority villages and tribes of north Vietnam and how their life has grown or changed over the years. We visited some minority … Continue reading Black Hmong, Red Dzao and Love Markets
As a kid I used to go on trips with my mom and dad to different places in South India. We used to have a lovely time together and every trip would make me look forward to the next one. Who doesn’t like to travel!? If you don’t, you are missing out on a lot! … Continue reading Northern Vietnam Diaries
For those who are not acquainted with the term “Erasmus”, it is a culture in Europe for organizing student exchanges between Universities. Although in the beginning it started with exchanges among European universities, it has extended all around the world with students from Non-European countries coming to Europe for studying and vice-versa. Ask any student … Continue reading My European Venture: Erasmus
Year 2013. Having been selected for an Erasmus Mundus scholarship to study at Politecnico di Torino, Italy, I got to travel abroad for the first time in my life in this year. And from then on I’ve traveled to many countries, seen beautiful places, met people from different cultures and it has been an interesting journey. Continue reading My European Venture: Looking back at Como – Bellagio – Lugano
Dans ce post, je vais faire une petite liste des endroits où on peut manger, prendre un verre et passer un bon moment à Nantes, ma nouvelle maison pendant deux ans. Lieux pour prendre un verre: Maison des Vins de Loire de Nantes Pour les vins typiques à Nantes, ceci est l’endroit où aller. Havana … Continue reading Mon premier blog français: Vivre à Nantes (My first blog post in French: Life in Nantes)
Tholpaavakoothu is a traditional ritualistic theatrical art form which originated in Kerala in parts of Palakkad and played in over 150 temples all over Kerala. This theatrical art uses a screen, with lamps lit behind it and puppets placed in between, to create beautiful and colourful shadows. The whole play is brought out by moving … Continue reading Tholpavakoothu – Ritualistic Art Form – Shadow Puppetry
Can a single conference bring about huge changes? Well, this one sure has and sure will. ACWR 2011 was an International conference on Wireless Technologies for Humanitarian Relief held at our campus (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri) from December 18th to 21st. The first thoughts on holding such a conference first came from the mind of … Continue reading ACWR 2011 – International Conference on Wireless Technologies for Humanitarian Relief
Want to know how you can turn a boring Sunday afternoon at your home with your parents and grandparents into something exciting and interesting? You might be thinking I’m gonna say ” Call your friends over and have a long party”. Well Sorry to disappoint you guys: this post is not about ‘How we can … Continue reading Time has changed and so have we: Stepping back in time
My first formal introduction to Aeronautics came with a workshop that was conducted at the end of my 2nd semester at ASE. I’ve been hearing about a person, Prabodh Sangiorgio a.k.a. Marko Sangiorgio from Italy who has been working in an airline company and visits our ashram (M.A.Math) every year, when he conducts workshops related … Continue reading An Italian Touch to My Aero Intro!
Burp! Oops sorry! I just finished the last bit of what was left of the Guacamole that I made today evening. Lazing around my house today afternoon I got too bored, when I got a call from my uncle. In our conversation, which lasted for about 10 minutes, he told me about Guacamole an avocado-based dip. (Later … Continue reading Evening Special: Bread and Guacamole!
Everyday Mischief 