Category: status

  • Why Odisha needs Vedanta University

    Why Odisha needs Vedanta University (something I said more than a year ago)Manmohan Dash 9th January 2009 This article is present with recourse to no hitherto used arguments, in previous discussions, like statistics and comparison to world standards, I am casually aware of them though, the arguments in this article are purposed to be more…

  • Perception and Personality [related to earlier post of “personality”]

    Perception. OK, while trying to hit my nail on personality, I came across interesting and articulate remarks from two folks. One I just made a friendship with and the other possibly a decade long friend [the old Harper]. So they both have their say on my small article on personality and one thing that they…

  • Passion.

    (Originally writ April 04, 2010?) Passion. Am I the only dinosaur living of my time? Or I am an archaeopteryx ? Am I a lion or a pumpkin -head? Am I a buffoon or a funny alien? Am I an eccentric musician singing lores of love songs or a wind of hope? Am I a…

  • What is personality?

    What is personality !![1.30 pm, IUCAA guest house, waiting for lunch, probably a friend will call any minute now] I am trying to hit a nail on something which is quite subjective. And its much wider than any one can emancipate just by himself. But its much like trying to describe the taste of coffee.…

  • Spontaneous symmetry breaking, an insight.

    Spontaneous symmetry breaking, an insight. The Nobel committee decided to award the 2008 Nobel Prize to the Japanese Physicists, Yoichiro Nambu, Kobayashi and Masukawa for their theoretical works leading to our understanding of a phenomena called spontaneous symmetry breaking. Nambu immigrated to the US and became a naturalized citizen while Kobayashi and Masukawa retained their…