An evening beside the pool

‘They’ have gone, but I still feel the stains of their venom on my soul. A cloudy evening and a book, what else do I need !  Unwinding myself, I breezily walk along the hedged pathway that leads me to the poolside of my society. It is a soothing place with a babbling fountain that…

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Que Sora, Sora 

Imagine a company called OpenAI made a super cool tool named Sora that could turn words into videos—like writing “a dragon flying over a city” and boom, a video appears. Now suddenly, they said: “We’re… Source link

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‘Dhurandhdrone’?

Wodehouse to warzone…and a sexy JV    It used to bee a lazy insect;  then came PG Wodehouse’s Drones Club members, as gainfully unemployed but with sharper tailoring. After lying dormant for decades the term has… Source link

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Deal, Baby, Deal

Closure of Hormuz Strait may lead to another global recession, unless Trump gives Iran an off-ramp, sort off Most people living today were born after 1990. Israel and Iran were already sworn enemies by then. But their feud didn’t bother the rest of us until four weeks ago, when US and Israel took a “decapitation”…

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Kamalamma, Tamannah Bhatia and Veerappan

Myself Kamalamma from Kunjibettu in Udupi.  What to tell you! Few days back early morning, I am opening our front door and looking outside and who is looking back at me? Tamanaah Bhatia, that Bollywood, Tollywood, Kollywood whatever-wood heroine! I am shouting, Woooah, Tamannah Bhatia! And the Mister who is shaving in the bathroom is…

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Cockroach, my friend

We must rethink our fear of the roach   If humans’ deep dislike had the power to wipe it out, the cockroach would be doomed. But it’s thriving. It’s gone to space. It’s even had babies in space. And given its established history of hitching rides on ships, planes, trains, one does wonder whether it did…

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From strained relations under Yunus to rest under Rahman

The recent political transition in Bangladesh, with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) under Tarique Rahman assuming power, has raised expectations of a renewed phase in India-Bangladesh relations after a period of strain during the preceding Yunus-led dispensation.Rahman invited PM Modi to his oath-taking ceremony. While PM Modi unable to attend due to his scheduled overseas…

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Quota & Data

In India, the government is thinking about two big changes: Changing how many seats each area gets in Parliament (this is called delimitation) Making sure 33% of seats are reserved for women in elections Both ideas are important—but they are also a bit complicated. What is delimitation? Delimitation means deciding how many representatives each state…

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