Podcasts about Thiruvananthapuram

Mr K R Jyothilal is a 1993 batch IAS officer with a B.Tech from IIT Madras. He did his MBA from ICFAI University. In the Government of Kerala, he has served as the Secretary of many departments, including IT, Transport, Aviation, Ports, Excise, Parliamentary Affairs, and so on. He also headed many projects such as Kochi Metro, Smart City, E-Mobility, Kannur Airport, and High-tech Agriculture. Earlier, he was the Collector of Thiruvananthapuram and Kannur. In 2022, he was appointed as Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala. In this Satsang Mr Jyothilal shares his joy of being in Prasanthi Nilayam for Vishu Celebrations in April 2025 and goes on to reflect on the immense relevance of Bhagawan's teachings and ideals which has left a deep impact on him and which he feels are paramount for application in society today to overcome the modern day challenges.

This week on The Pod Well Travelled, Travel Editor Stephen Scourfield discusses travelling the southern Indian state of Kerala, specifically its capital Thiruvananthapuram, with host Megan French. From visiting one of the richest and most mysterious temples in the world, to witnessing the work of legendary Indian artist colloquially dubbed the “father of modern Indian Art” – the pair offer an insightful glimpse into travelling “alternative” India, away from the tourist trail. Having travelled through the subcontinent more than a dozen times, Stephen shares his expert top tips on exploring the destination home to more than 1.4 billion people. At the end of the show Stephen mentions a travel story he wrote about riding India’s Route 66 on his Royal Enfield. To read his “favourite story ever", click on the link below or visit thewest.com.au. https://thewest.com.au/news/oceania/get-your-kicks-on-indias-route-66-ng-ya-136047 + Subscribe to The Pod Well Travelled where you get your podcasts — and share it to your family and friends. + Sign up for eTravel via thewest.com.au/manage-email-preferences. It’s our free digital edition of travel that gets delivered to your inbox once a week and is full of new stories, fresh podcast episodes, upcoming events and more. + We’d love to hear from you — send your questions, comments or feedback for the podcast to The Pod Well Travelled team via travel@wanews.com.au.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In October 2022, a disturbing incident from Thiruvananthapuram captured national attention. College student Sharon Raj fell mysteriously ill after visiting his girlfriend, and days later, he tragically succumbed, leaving a trail of unanswered questions. As the investigation progressed, unsettling revelations surfaced, revealing a premeditated act that sparked a 'rarest of the rare' legal discourse. The court's ruling determined Greeshma's fate—was it a crime warranting the most severe punishment? Tune in to this episode to explore the captivating true crime narrative.

This is the Catchup on 3 Things by The Indian Express and I'm Flora Swain.Today is the 8th of January and here are today's headlines.AAP Leaders Protest Near PM's Residence, Demand Media Tour of HouseAAP leaders Saurabh Bharadwaj and Sanjay Singh staged a protest near the Prime Minister's official residence at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, Delhi, but were blocked by security forces. Bharadwaj criticized the BJP-controlled police, questioning why the public is prevented from viewing the PM's residence. The leaders also questioned the barricading at the 6 Flagstaff bungalow and demanded that the media be allowed a tour amid allegations of extravagant modifications made during former CM Arvind Kejriwal's tenure.Priyanka Gandhi Calls Ramesh Bidhuri's Remarks 'Ridiculous'Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra dismissed former BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri's controversial remark about her cheeks as “ridiculous,” emphasizing that important issues should dominate the Delhi assembly polls. Responding to the jibe, Priyanka mocked BJP candidate from Kalkaji, Ramesh Bidhuri, by questioning his own appearance. She stated that such irrelevant matters should not be discussed and stressed the need to focus on serious political issues instead of personal attacks ahead of the upcoming elections.Dr. V. Narayanan Appointed New ISRO ChairmanDr. V. Narayanan has been appointed as the new chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), succeeding S. Somanath. Narayanan, known for his pivotal role in advancing India's cryogenic technology, was instrumental in diagnosing and recommending solutions to the Chandrayaan-2 failure, contributing to Chandrayaan-3's successful landing. Having spent much of his career at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) in Thiruvananthapuram, Narayanan will now lead ISRO into its next phase of space exploration.EU Rejects Trump's Claims Over Greenland, Defends SovereigntyFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot responded to President-elect Donald Trump's comments about acquiring Greenland, stating that the European Union would not tolerate any nation threatening its sovereign borders. Barrot expressed doubt that the U.S. would attempt to take control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. He reinforced the EU's position, declaring it would defend its sovereignty, and highlighted Europe's strength and unity in maintaining its territorial integrity against external threats.Magnitude 5.5 Earthquake Strikes China's Qinghai ProvinceA magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit China's Qinghai province on Wednesday, with its epicenter located near the source of the Yellow River. This follows a series of seismic events in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, including a deadly 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Tibet and a smaller 3.1 magnitude tremor in Sichuan. The earthquake struck Madoi county in Golog prefecture at a depth of 14 km (8.7 miles), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), causing concern over the region's seismic instability.This was the Catch Up on 3 Things by the Indian Express.

Fluent Fiction - Hindi: Diwali Lights and Life-Saving Bonds at Vikram Sarabhai Center Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/hi/episode/2024-11-15-23-34-02-hi Story Transcript:Hi: विक्रम साराभाई अंतरिक्ष केंद्र, तिरुवनन्तपुरम में इस बार दीवाली की धूम अलग ही थी।En: विक्रम साराभाई अंतरिक्ष केंद्र, Thiruvananthapuram was abuzz with a different kind of Diwali celebration this time.Hi: विज्ञान और त्योहार की चकाचौंध का अद्भुत संगम हर जन को खींच रहा था।En: The marvelous blend of science and the festival's sparkle was attracting everyone.Hi: केंद्र की हर ओर दीयों की रोशनी और सजावटी कागजी सजावट ने माहौल को रंगीन और उत्साहपूर्ण बना दिया था।En: The center was vibrant and filled with enthusiasm with the light of lamps and decorative paper embellishments all around.Hi: रोहन, एक समर्पित वैज्ञानिक, अपनी नई सैटेलाइट टेक्नोलॉजी पर शोध प्रस्तुत करने की तैयारी में लगा था।En: Rohan, a dedicated scientist, was busy preparing to present his research on new satellite technology.Hi: उसे दीवाली के इस अवसर पर अपने काम को सबके सामने लाना था।En: He was to showcase his work during this Diwali occasion.Hi: दूसरी ओर, अमृता, एक दयालु डॉक्टर, ने पारंपरिक समाज की अपेक्षाओं से बाहर निकलने का सपना देखा था।En: On the other hand, Amrita, a kind-hearted doctor, dreamed of breaking free from the expectations of traditional society.Hi: वहीं, विक्रम, एक मस्तमौला इंजीनियर, अपने स्वास्थ्य को लेकर परेशान रहता था, लेकिन उसे छुपा कर रखता था।En: Meanwhile, Vikram, a carefree engineer, was often worried about his health but kept it hidden.Hi: दीवाली समारोह की तैयारियाँ ज़ोरों पर थी।En: Preparations for the Diwali celebrations were in full swing.Hi: लोग दीपों और रोशनी के बीच गहरी बातचीत में डूबे थे।En: People were engaged in deep conversations amidst the lamps and lights.Hi: तभी अचानक, विक्रम को दिल का दौरा पड़ा।En: Suddenly, Vikram had a heart attack.Hi: लोग घबरा गए।En: People panicked.Hi: विक्रम के चेहरे की रंगत उड़ गई थी।En: Vikram's face turned pale.Hi: अमृता तुरंत हरकत में आई।En: Amrita sprang into action immediately.Hi: उसने विक्रम को सीधा खड़ा किया और प्राथमिक उपचार शुरू किया।En: She got Vikram upright and started basic first aid.Hi: लेकिन समस्या गंभीर थी।En: But the situation was critical.Hi: विक्रम की स्थिति बिगड़ने लगी।En: Vikram's condition started to worsen.Hi: रोहन को अपनी प्रस्तुति का समय नज़दीक आता दिखा। पर उसे देखकर ऐसा लगा जैसे वक्त थम गया हो।En: Rohan's presentation time was approaching, but it felt as if time had stopped.Hi: कमरे में बेचैनी का माहौल बन गया।En: The room was filled with tension.Hi: अपनी प्रस्तुति के बीच में, रोहन ने देखा कि अमृता को मदद की जरूरत है।En: In the middle of his presentation, Rohan saw that Amrita needed help.Hi: उसके मन में द्वंद्व चलने लगा।En: A conflict brewed within him.Hi: क्या वह अपनी महत्वाकांक्षाएं छोड़कर मित्र की मदद करेगा?En: Would he abandon his ambitions to help his friend?Hi: अमृता को याद आया कि जरुरी मेडिकल उपकरण के बारे में केवल रोहन की तकनीकी मदद से विक्रम का इलाज हो सकता है।En: Amrita remembered that Vikram could only be treated with essential medical equipment with Rohan's technical assistance.Hi: झिझकते हुए, उसने रोहन को मदद के लिए पुकारा।En: Hesitantly, she called out to Rohan for help.Hi: वह जानता था कि यह विक्रम की ज़िन्दगी और उसके करियर के बीच का फैसला था।En: He knew this was a decision between Vikram's life and his career.Hi: रोहन ने अपने अंदर के डर को किनारे करते हुए विक्रम की मदद के लिए कदम बढ़ाया।En: Putting aside his inner fears, Rohan stepped forward to help Vikram.Hi: उसने अपनी सारी तकनीकी जानकारी अमृता को दी।En: He shared all his technical knowledge with Amrita.Hi: उनके सामूहिक प्रयासों से विक्रम की स्थिति स्थिर होने लगी।En: Through their collective efforts, Vikram's condition began to stabilize.Hi: धीरे-धीरे, उसके चेहरे पर रंग लौट आया।En: Gradually, color returned to his face.Hi: इस कठिन समय के बाद, विक्रम साराभाई अंतरिक्ष केंद्र का सारा स्टाफ एक जगह इकट्ठा हुआ।En: After this challenging time, the entire staff at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center gathered in one place.Hi: लोगों ने दीवाली मनाई, लेकिन इस बार मुख्य कारण विक्रम का स्वस्थ होना और सबका एक साथ आना था।En: People celebrated Diwali, but this time the main reason was Vikram's recovery and everyone coming together.Hi: रोहन ने अब समझ लिया था कि जीवन में काम से बढ़कर रिश्ते और सहयोग महत्वपूर्ण होते हैं।En: Rohan realized that in life, relationships and cooperation are more important than work.Hi: उस रात, दीयों की कतारें जलने लगीं और तिरुवनन्तपुरम की वह दीवाली, सबके लिए सच्चे उत्सव का प्रतीक बन गई।En: That night, lines of lamps began to glow and that Diwali in Thiruvananthapuram became a symbol of true celebration for everyone.Hi: रोहन, अमृता, और विक्रम ने मिलकर सबकी दुनिया को और रोशन कर दिया।En: Rohan, Amrita, and Vikram together brightened everyone's world.Hi: यह घटना सभी को एक नया सबक देकर गई कि सच्चा त्योहार तब होता है जब हम एक-दूसरे की मदद के लिए खड़े रहते हैं।En: This event left everyone with a new lesson that the true festival is when we stand to help one another. Vocabulary Words:abuzz: धूमmarvelous: अद्भुतblend: संगमsparkle: चकाचौंधvibrant: रंगीनenthusiasm: उत्साहपूर्णdedicated: समर्पितshowcase: प्रस्तुतkind-hearted: दयालुfree: बाहरcarefree: मस्तमौलाhidden: छुपाpreparations: तैयारियाँconversations: बातचीतupright: सीधाbasic: प्राथमिकcritical: गंभीरpresentation: प्रस्तुतिtension: बेचैनीconflict: द्वंद्वabandon: छोड़करhesitantly: झिझकतेfears: डरstabilize: स्थिरglow: जलनेsymbol: प्रतीकbrightened: रोशनlesson: सबकcooperation: सहयोगperseverance: संकल्प

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, October 23, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.A strong wave of selloffs engulfed the Indian stock market on Tuesday, dragging the Sensex and Nifty down by more than one per cent each.The International Monetary Fund kept its global growth forecast for 2024 and 2025 unchanged at 3.2 per cent. It also maintained its India growth projections at 7 per cent for FY25 and 6.5 per cent for FY26 in its October 2024 World Economic Outlook. While global growth is stable, there are changes beneath the surface, IMF said. The US economy saw an upgrade, but European countries faced downgrades. India and Russia boosted growth projections for emerging markets, driven by strong demand for technology. The Vizhinjam International Transhipment Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport near Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala has finally kicked off operations after numerous delays. Managed by Adani Ports and Logistics, this critical development positions it as India's deepest natural port and its sole container shipment hub. However, a significant hiccup remains—the port's poor road connectivity, with improvements not expected for another 12 to 18 months. Kerala faces a broader economic crunch, battling slow growth and steep debt as expenditures overshadow revenues. Demographic shifts, including an ageing population and evolving migration patterns, have obstructed remittance flows. N Madhavan delves deep into Kerala's economic issues and God's own country's efforts to revive its economy. IPOs aren't only for the big boys: smaller startups are also heading to the public markets.  Venture capital investors are nudging their early- to mid-stage portfolio companies towards IPOs amid a bullish stock market.  Priyamvada C and Mansi Verma write that startups such as IntrCity, BHive, and Leverage Edu P are gearing up for listings soon. India's more lenient IPO requirements compared to the US are encouraging such moves, they add. Another reason investors are pushing for this move is that many funds are now reaching the end of their life cycles and have to return money to their limited partners. Ambuja Cement has bought more than 46 percent of Orient Cement, marking yet another landmark deal for the Adani-owned cement company. This is the Adani Group's fourth major transaction to bolster Ambuja's prowess in less than a year. Nehal Chaliawala writes that this acquisition marks the latest round in the cement war between Ultratech and Ambuja. Small players continue to be either bought or squeezed out as the two giants look at consolidating a huge chunk of the industry. Did you know that Noida is an acronym? It stands for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority. Now, there's a new one on the way – the Uttar Pradesh government has greenlit the development of New Noida near Greater Noida. This new city, planned over 15 years in the Dadri-Noida-Ghaziabad region, will unfold in four phases, with the first set to be ready in four years. It's expected to accommodate 600,000 residents and include a mix of industrial hubs, residential areas, commercial spaces and healthcare facilities. Notably, the city plans also feature specialised industrial hubs such as a 'Korean City', a 'Japanese City', and an ‘Olympic City'. Madhurima Nandy explains more in today's Primer.     IMF keeps India's FY25 growth forecast unchanged at 7%Kerala's 500 days challenge: Can ‘God's own country' become a Gujarat?No startup's too small to IPO in a bull marketAmbuja's Orient buy steps up cement warNew Noida city: Will it spur NCR realty market?

Meet Shaik Salauddin, a 38-year-old cab driver from Hyderabad, who is fighting for the rights of eight million gig workers from across the country. While India's gig economy is burgeoning, the workers on whose backs it is built barely enjoy any rights or legal protections. Salauddin realised this early on and in 2019, after five years of relentless pursuit, the Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT) was born. With over 25,000 members working for aggregators like Uber, Amazon, and Zomato, through IFAT, Salauddin is redefining the way we look at trade unions. To begin with, the union has no political affiliations. Instead, Salauddin encourages all of its members to understand power structures and approach the right people to drive change.Thanks to his efforts, two states, Karnataka and Rajasthan, have introduced legislations to protect the rights of gig workers. Others like Kerala are working on their own.In this episode, hosts Snigdha and Rahel speak to Salauddin himself and to Prof. Vinoj Abraham from Labour Economics at the Centre for Development Studies in Thiruvananthapuram to understand the significance of Salauddin's work and why it is important to protect gig workers.  Tune in. Daybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India's first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.A special shout out to Hari Krishna, from the Two by Two team, who kindly agreed to dub parts of this episode. Thank you, Hari!Fill in Akshaya's Happiness Survey here

pWotD Episode 2686: The Greatest of All Time Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 256,901 views on Sunday, 8 September 2024 our article of the day is The Greatest of All Time.The Greatest of All Time (also marketed as GOAT) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language science fiction action film directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by AGS Entertainment. The film stars Vijay in dual roles, alongside Prashanth, Prabhu Deva, Mohan, Ajmal Ameer, Jayaram, Sneha, Laila, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Vaibhav, Yogi Babu, Premgi Amaren and Yugendran. It is the twenty-fifth production of the studio and the penultimate film of Vijay before his political entry. The film follows Gandhi, former leader of a special anti-terrorism squad, who reconciles with his squad members to address the problems which were stemmed from their previous actions.The film was officially announced in May 2023 under the tentative title Thalapathy 68, as it is Vijay's 68th film as a leading actor, and the official title was announced that December. Principal photography commenced in October 2023 and wrapped by late-June 2024. Filming locations included Chennai, Thailand, Hyderabad, Sri Lanka, Pondicherry, Thiruvananthapuram, Russia and United States. The film has music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography handled by Siddhartha Nuni and editing by Venkat Raajen. Made on a production budget of ₹400 crore, it is AGS' most expensive film and one of the most expensive Indian films.The Greatest of All Time was released worldwide on 5 September 2024 in standard and IMAX formats to mixed reviews from critics, who criticized the lack of character development and writing. However, Vijay's performance, action sequences and climax received praise. It set several box office records, including highest first day gross for a Tamil film in 2024, and is currently emerging as the second highest-grossing Tamil film in 2024.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:49 UTC on Monday, 9 September 2024.For the full current version of the article, see The Greatest of All Time on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Kendra.

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This is the Catch Up on 3 Things for the Indian Express and I'm Flora Swain.It's the 23rd of May and here are today's headlines.Tensions flared in Nandigram in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district today. Hours after a woman worker of the BJP was killed and seven others were injured after being attacked on Wednesday night, days before the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in the state. As the BJP took to the streets in protest today by torching shops and blocking roads using trees and setting them on fire, security was beefed up with Rapid Action Force and central forces being deployed, apart from the police.A senior Kolkata police officer said that the initial probe into the “murder” of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar revealed that one of his friends had paid around Rs 5 crore to kill the neighbouring country's parliamentarian. Anar, who went missing in Kolkata since 13th of May, was found murdered and three people have been arrested, Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan had said on Wednesday. The West Bengal Police had said investigation of the case has been taken up by the state CID.Recent heavy showers have caused significant destruction in Kerala, and resulted in at least four deaths. The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for Ernakulam, Thrissur, Idukki, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, and Wayanad districts today. With heavy rainfall forecast, the weather department has also issued a yellow alert for Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Kannur and Kasargod districts. An ‘orange' alert is an indication to be prepared and warns of waterlogging and major traffic disruptions.Frontline equity index NSE Nifty 50 hit an all-time high of 22,880.55, going past the previous mark of 22,794.  30-share BSE Sensex, along similar lines, is trading 873.12 points, or 1.19 per cent higher, at 75,061.74 points.Among the Sensex firms, Asian Paints, Axis Bank, State Bank of India, Larsen & Toubro, Reliance Industries, Wipro, Titan and Bharti Airtel were the major gainers. On the other hand, Sun Pharma, JSW Steel, Power Grid, and Tata Steel were the laggards.Norway said it will further tighten its restrictions on the entry of people from Russia. It further stated that those with tourist visas issued by Norway before regulations were tightened in 2022 or issued by another European country will be barred from entering the Scandinavian country as of next week. Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl said the tightening was a response to “Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine.” Norway has a 198-kilometer (123-mile) -long border with Russia in the Arctic.This was the Catch-Up on the 3 Things by The Indian Express.

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In this episode we speak with Lucy May Constantini about her fascinating research and practical experience studying the south-Indian martial art tradition of kaḷarippayaṟṟ˘. We discuss Lucy's background of training in Kerala, the history of kaḷari, the role of the gurukkaḷ ("lineage-holder"), the tradition's Śākta Tantra context in Kerala, medieval ankam battles, the gendered dynamics of male and female practitioners, training with weapons, parallels with yogāsana and the renaissance of modern postural yoga, and much more.  We conclude by previewing Lucy's upcoming online course, YS 128 | Kaḷarippayaṟṟ˘: Embodying the Cosmic Wind.Speaker BioLucy May Constantini is a dance-artist turned scholar who first encountered the South Indian martial art kaḷarippayaṟṟ˘ in 2002 during a residential dance workshop in South India. She went on to train extensively in kaḷarippayaṟṟ˘ at CVN Kalari Sangham in Thiruvananthapuram. In 2012 she was initiated into and apprenticed in kaḷaricikilsa, kaḷarippayaṟṟ˘'s therapeutic system. She was awarded with distinction a masters in South Asia Area Studies from SOAS, University of London in 2018, and recently submitted her PhD thesis in the School of Religious Studies at the Open University in the UK. This was funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council's Open-Oxford-Cambridge Doctoral Training Partnership and supported by the École française d'Extrême-Orient in Pondicherry. Lucy's research was co-created with the lineage-holder of CVN Kalari Sangham and explores the relationship between practice and textual traditions in kaḷarippayaṟṟ˘. Her interdisciplinary research encompasses ethnography, drawing on the relationship since 2002 with CVN Kalari in Thiruvananthapuram, and the study of manuscripts in Malayalam. Her research methodology draws on her background in dance and somatic practices, where her work investigates the confluence of her praxes of postmodern dance, martial arts and yoga.Linkshttps://www.yogicstudies.com/ys-128https://open.academia.edu/LucyMayConstantini"Firm Feet and Inner Wind: Introducing Posture in the South Indian Martial Art, Kaḷarippayaṟṟ˘" (2023, Journal of Yoga Studies)

CPI Rajya Sabha MP and Kerala State Secretary holds forth on his candidate Pannyan Raveendran's chances in Thiruvananthapuram and sizes up the opposing candidates in Shashi Tharoor and Rajeev Chandrasekhar. In this #ThePrintInterview with Anand Kochukudy, Viswam also clears the air on the INDIA bloc contesting against itself in Kerala and exudes hope on the reunification of Left parties in future.

The three-time Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor says he is confident of his return as an MP despite multiple challenges. In episode of #ThePrint UnInterrupted with Anand Kochukudy.Tharoor holds forth on being the longest serving MP from Thiruvananthapuram, rates his opponents, on why he thinks the BJP is losing the national elections, his achievements and performance in parliament, his equation with the coastal community and a lot more

Nishan Nizar hails from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and has a burning desire to explore the world and inspire others who are also wheelchair users. He aspires to be a role model and is currently an aspiring model. Nishan has graced the ramp in several high-profile fashion shows. In addition to his modelling pursuits, he is a talented artist, a skilled badminton player, a passionate wanderer, and a fitness enthusiast. He hopes to inspire others who might be struggling with unexpected and disabling circumstances. Nishan is committed to seizing all the opportunities that life presents him and firmly believes that difficult circumstances can lead to life-changing and wonderful experiences.

Nishan Nizar hails from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and has a burning desire to explore the world and inspire others who are also wheelchair users. He aspires to be a role model and is currently an aspiring model. Nishan has graced the ramp in several high-profile fashion shows. In addition to his modelling pursuits, he is a talented artist, a skilled badminton player, a passionate wanderer, and a fitness enthusiast. He hopes to inspire others who might be struggling with unexpected and disabling circumstances. Nishan is committed to seizing all the opportunities that life presents him and firmly believes that difficult circumstances can lead to life-changing and wonderful experiences.

In the final episode of this season, join Shunali and Kiran on their trip to Thiruvananthapuram, filled with rich architectural wonders, vibrant culture, a little bit of eavesdropping, and a generous dash of laughter! The duo, Shunali Shroff and Kiran Manral, embark on a fascinating journey to the Mathrubhumi Lit Fest, sharing their hilarious and insightful anecdotes of their first and second-time experiences respectively. From discussing their fashion choices and saree shopping exploits to relishing their encounters with the treasures of Raja Ravi Varma's art gallery, the duo also delves into the intriguing mythological and ancient mysteries of the renowned Padmanabhaswamy temple. And with this episode, we conclude our first season of 'Not Your Aunty.' Remember to share, subscribe, and follow us. We'll return soon in a new avatar."  

Eyeway Conversations Tribute to Ameen Sayani: Ameen Sayani, considered the Doyen of Indian radio or the golden voice of Indian broadcasting, has passed away. George Abraham had the privilege of recording with Ameen Sayani in 2006 at his studio in Mumbai. These recordings comprised 7 profiles for Eyeway's "Ye Hai Roshani Ka Karwan" radio programs, which were produced between 2005 and 2014. As a tribute to Ameen Sahab, we propose to share each of these stories one by one over the course of 7 weeks. The first story is about Sabriye Tenberken, a German Tibetologist and co-founder of the organization Braille Without Borders. In 2009, Sabriye, along with her partner, set up Kanthari International in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. It is an educational and training institute where they train social entrepreneurs from various vulnerable groups with all the required tools and skills to drive social change. Link for Sabriye Tenberken's podcast:  https://anchor.fm/eyeway/episodes/Eyeway-Conversations-With-Sabriye-Tenberken-e1iu436 To access the podcast transcript, click on link:  https://otter.ai/u/BCcqY4uOJ7PoGbIzyOxXZSZO-XY This podcast is brought to you by Score Foundation. To support our work, kindly visit the link:  https://scorefoundation.org.in/get-involved/

A version of this essay was published by rediff.com at https://www.rediff.com/news/column/rajeev-srinivasan-hamas-war-is-an-immediate-setback-to-india/20231017.htmIt can be argued on several grounds that the 2023 Israel-Hamas war is a point of inflection indicating the general eclipse of the West, and in fact I have done so in an essay. What is unclear is how the end of this era will play out in the medium term and the long term. The best analogy I can think of is the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria by a Serbian nationalist in 1914 or so, and how that set in motion a chain of events that, among other things, ended the European and Ottoman empires over the next forty or fifty years, and more immediately caused the so-called Great War, now re-framed as World War I.Chaos theory at work: as the saying goes, the flapping of a butterfly's wings in Brazil setting off a tornado in Texas. There is the obvious concern that the Israel-Hamas war could set off World War III, especially given that there are many nuclear weapons in the possession of the belligerents and their friends. Iran has recovered from the debacle of the Stuxnet computer worm that caused their Uranium-enrichment centrifuges to blow up (in what was then lauded as an unacknowledged triumph of American and Israeli cloak-and-dagger and technical know-how). Then there is Pakistan and its rapidly growing arsenal, no doubt helped along by screwdriver assembly of Chinese components, and perhaps knocked-down kits. Pakistan is one of the most vocal supporters of Palestine as an Ummah cause, which is ironic considering that Pakistani soldiers (and maybe irregulars) seconded to Jordan in 1970 during the Black September uprising may have been responsible for the deaths of thousands of Palestinians. The specter of an encompassing World War III is sobering, and just as the crumbling League of Nations was unable to fend off earlier editions of world wars, the toothless United Nations is now unlikely to be able to prevent a new one. It hasn't been able to prevent all the smaller conflicts, such as the Ukraine war, and it is obvious that major powers simply don't care about the UN's exertions and bloviations. Therefore, one of the biggest fears is that the Hamas attack might seed a larger conflagration. Of immediate concern, though, is that a nascent process of normalization in West Asia may now grind to a halt. This can have global consequences. It is likely that the earlier edition of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Yom Kippur War of 1973, led directly to the Arab oil embargo followed by the shock of their quadruplication of oil prices. This caused inflation in the US, but more seriously, it precipitated a massive transfer of wealth from developing countries, which set them back by decades, compounding human misery.There are thus unforeseen consequences to what happens in West Asia, which, barring some miracle, will continue to dominate energy supplies for the next couple of decades, even if the most optimistic Green initiatives come to fruition. Things are obviously different from 1973, with West Asians (especially Saudi Arabia) much more self-confident, immensely richer, and also cognizant of the fact that their oil/gas bonanzas will run out sooner or later. They need to diversify their economies, and possibly make some new friends, other than those who are dazzled by their petro-dollars.It is this realization that led to the landmark Abraham Accords, whereby several Arab nations normalized their relations with Israel. The general expectation has been that Saudi Arabia would follow suit, and Mohammed bin Salman has been signaling that he is willing to do this (but also, in his own national interest, willing to embrace China and the proposed BRICS+ currency, both of which would be setbacks for the US and the collective West). The biggest geopolitical casualty of the Hamas war is that this normalization will be put on hold.  Saudi Arabia simply cannot appear to be mindless of the plight of the largely Muslim Palestinians, even if they are nervous about the decidedly fundamentalist Hamas, who, in an interesting twist, may well be aligning themselves with Shia Iran, the principal regional foe of the Sunni Saudis. However, what is also worth noting is that the Saudis, as well as Egyptians and other Arabs, are all reluctant to resettle Palestinians in their largely empty, and rich, countries. There might be two reasons for this: one, perhaps it is still the ambition of the Arab States to eliminate Israel and wipe it off the map altogether (which is what they, and Iran, proclaimed loudly in the past, although it is not clear this is actually feasible any more). If so, maintaining Palestinians as an aggrieved quasi-nation, which would supply an endless stream of militants to the Hamases and Hezbollahs of the region, is a viable, if brutal, strategy.Two, Arab States may not actually want Palestinians as refugees because they might cause all sorts of domestic problems. This always puzzled me, because on average the Palestinians of 1948 were much better educated than most other Arabs, and could have contributed to other Arab nations. My conjecture is that, given the examples of Pakistani migrants in Britain, the Black September Palestinians in Jordan, and more recent Syrian etc refugees in Europe – easily radicalized and prone to blood-curdling rhetoric and possibly action against their host nations – Arab States want to keep them out. This could be the real reason Egypt refuses to open the border for the fleeing residents of Gaza.. It is a bit like the Rohingya of Myanmar. They have a reputation for being troublesome radical Islamists, and so nobody wants to take them in: not Bangladesh where they originally hail from, not any Arab States, not Pakistan (although some Westerners suggested that India and China should take them. China laughed in their faces, but India dutifully did so). Given all this, and the growing clout of Israel under the American security umbrella, chances are that the Palestinian cause would have become increasingly less relevant to Saudis and other Arabs. And that is precisely what might have motivated Hamas and friends: with the emergent normalization of ties with Israel in the region, and initiatives like i2u2 (Israel, India, US, UAE) and IMEC (India Middle East Europe Corridor), there would be commercial and trade ties that would bind.After all, a major part of these trade corridors would be the infrastructure links (railway lines through Saudi Arabia, the Israeli port of Haifa) that would offer alternative trade routes to Europe from India and Southeast Asia. This would offend China too, because its grand Belt and Road Initiative and trans-European railway links would see less business. Thus, in passing, China also is a winner in this Great Game as West Asia goes on the boil, along with usual suspects Iran, Qatar and Turkey. Thus, from several points of view, this Hamas war is an immediate setback to India: it is one of the few countries in the region that enjoys good relations with both Israel and Saudi Arabia, and IMEC would allow it to recreate the old Spice Route to Europe, which was highly lucrative over millennia. All this is in jeopardy now. The strategic and under-construction Vizhinjam container transhipment port in Thiruvananthapuram is a key part of this ambitious trade route.India also has interests in Iran: the Chabahar port could enable India to create an alternative route to Central Asia and Russia called the INSTC (International North South Transport Corridor) bypassing trouble-prone Pakistan and Afghanistan (although that long-pending logistics link is years behind schedule). India cannot allow its relations with Iran to be affected by the war in Gaza. More broadly, if world trade collapses and/or a war begins now it would be unfortunate timing for India. This is the very moment India is ready to finally leave behind the bitter legacy of colonialism, which looted enormous wealth from India (I have argued it was $10 trillion, but economist Utsa Patnaik puts the figure at $45 trillion). A collapse in the procedures of the ‘liberal, rules-based international order', however biased it is in favor of the West, is unfortunate for India in the medium term, although it would probably be fine in the longer term. There are two other aspects of the response to Gaza that are notable. The first is the rise of ugly anti-Jewish sentiments in many parts of the West. This is of concern to Indians, specifically Hindus, because Hindu-hatred is anti-semitism 2.0 and Hindus cannot wish it away.On the other hand, the Left was startled by the dramatic reaction from American Jews to standard Left positioning of moral equivalence between Hamas and the Israeli Defense Forces. For instance, several Harvard student groups released statements about their support for Palestine and/or Hamas, which probably was seeded by Pakistani and, alas, woke Indian-origin students in their ranks. Retribution was swift: Bill Ackman, a billionaire hedge-fund manager, in effect asked fellow CEOs to blacklist these students. There was furious backpedaling as many students, worried about their job prospects, protested that the statements were made without consulting them. This is positive. The Woke Left in the US is splintering. That may mean the Democratic Party tactic of uber-wokeism may now backfire on them, especially notable as elections are looming in the US. The less the wokeism around, the better for India (see Justin Trudeau's Khalistan antics).The weakening of Western power and resolve vis a vis China is another problem for India. The West simply cannot supply munitions for multiple wars (Ukraine, Gaza, and possibly Taiwan), partly because the US has been deindustrialized. What we might see in the medium term is the deprecation of US power in the Indo-Pacific, and indeed a fallback to isolationism and Fortress America. This would encourage a China that is just waiting to rampage. The current Israel-Hamas war is a net negative for India; the issue of Western Hindu-hatred is a topic for another day. 1650 words, 16 October 2023 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com

Shashi Tharoor is a member of the Indian Parliament from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala. He previously served as the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information and as the Indian Minister of State for External Affairs. He is also a prolific author, columnist, journalist and a human rights advocate. He has served on the Board of Overseers of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He is also an adviser to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva and a Fellow of the New York Institute of the Humanities at New York University. He has also served as a trustee of the Aspen Institute, and the Advisory of the Indo-American Arts Council, the American India Foundation, the World Policy Journal, the Virtue Foundation and the human rights organization Breakthrough He is also a Patron of the Dubai Modern High School and the managing trustee of the Chandran Tharoor Foundation which he founded with his family and friends in the name of his late father, Chandran Tharoor. Tharoor has written numerous books in English. Most of his literary creations are centred on Indian themes and they are markedly “Indo-nostalgic.” Perhaps his most famous work is The Great Indian Novel, published in 1989, in which he uses the narrative and theme of the famous Indian epic Mahabharata to weave a satirical story of Indian life in a non-linear mode with the characters drawn from the Indian Independence Movement. His novel Show Business (1992) was made into the film 'Bollywood'(1994). The late Ismail Merchant had announced his wish to make a film of Tharoor's novel Riot shortly before Merchant's death in 2005. Tharoor has been a highly-regarded columnist in each of India's three best-known English-language newspapers, most recently for The Hindu newspaper (2001–2008) and in a weekly column, “Shashi on Sunday,” in the Times of India (January 2007 – December 2008). Following his resignation as Minister of State for External Affairs, he began a fortnightly column on foreign policy issues in the "Deccan Chronicle". Previously he was a columnist for the Gentleman magazine and the Indian Express newspaper, as well as a frequent contributor to Newsweek International and the International Herald Tribune. His Op-Eds and book reviews have appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, amongst other papers. Tharoor began writing at the age of 6 and his first published story appeared in the “Bharat Jyoti”, the Sunday edition of the "Free press Journal", in Mumbai at age 10. His World War II adventure novel Operation Bellows, inspired by the Biggles books, was serialized in the Junior Statesman starting a week before his 11th birthday. Each of his books has been a best-seller in India. The Great Indian Novel is currently in its 28th edition in India and his newest volume. The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone has undergone seven hardback re-printings there. Tharoor has lectured widely on India, and is often quoted for his observations, including, "India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay.". He has also coined a memorable comparison of India's "thali" to the American "melting pot": "If America is a melting pot, then to me India is a thali--a selection of sumptuous dishes in different bowls. Each tastes different, and does not necessarily mix with the next, but they belong together on the same plate, and they complement each other in making the meal a satisfying repast.” In this masterclass we cover - 1. The art of sharing timeless wisdom through aphorisms 2. Frameworks on resilience, grit and navigating difficult times 3. Mental models on success, leadership and happiness

2023-08-22 Weekly News - Episode 202Watch the video version on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/HJHCDA-UbV8?feature=shareHosts:  Eric Peterson - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions Grant Copley - Senior Developer at Ortus Solutions Thanks to our Sponsor - Ortus SolutionsThe makers of ColdBox, CommandBox, ForgeBox, TestBox and all your favorite box-es out there. A few ways  to say thanks back to Ortus Solutions: Like and subscribe to our videos on YouTube.  Help ORTUS reach for the Stars - Star and Fork our ReposStar all of your Github Box Dependencies from CommandBox with https://www.forgebox.io/view/commandbox-github  Subscribe to our Podcast on your Podcast Apps and leave us a review Sign up for a free or paid account on CFCasts, which is releasing new content every week BOXLife store: https://www.ortussolutions.com/about-us/shop Buy Ortus's Books 102 ColdBox HMVC Quick Tips and Tricks on GumRoad (http://gum.co/coldbox-tips) Learn Modern ColdFusion (CFML) in 100+ Minutes - Free online https://modern-cfml.ortusbooks.com/ or buy an EBook or Paper copy https://www.ortussolutions.com/learn/books/coldfusion-in-100-minutes   Patreon Support (stupendous)We have 40 patreons: https://www.patreon.com/ortussolutions. News and AnnouncementsExciting News! Only 3 Tickets Left for Our #ColdBox 7 Workshop! Luis Majano and Gavin Pickin will guide you through an incredible learning journey with insider tips and tricks. Hurry, Register now!https://twitter.com/ortussolutions/status/1692624601350643716https://www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-coldbox-from-zero-to-hero-tickets-659169262007?aff=oddtdtcreatorLucee Critical Security Alert, August 15th, 2023 - CVE-2023-38693(XXE [XML External Entity] vulnerabilities)The Lucee team received a responsible disclosure for a security vulnerability which affects all previous releases of Lucee.After reviewing the report and confirming the vulnerability, the Lucee team then conducted a further security review and found additional vulnerabilities which have been addressed as part of this security update.Latest Stable Releases5.4.3.2 (recommended)5.3.12.1Backported Stable ReleasesIn addition, as we are aware that some Lucee users have not yet upgraded from older versions, we have also published Stable Releases for these older versions with the vulnerability.5.3.9.1735.3.8.2375.3.7.59https://dev.lucee.org/t/lucee-critical-security-alert-august-15th-2023-cve-2023-38693/12893The agenda for Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2023 is live now!https://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/agenda/https://twitter.com/coldfusion/status/1693582117203030287New Releases and UpdatesCommandBox 5.9.1 Released!We are pleased to announce the general availability of CommandBox 5.9.1. This is a very small release with two changes.Update to Lucee 5.4.3.2Update bundled JRE to 11.0.20+8Note Lucee 5.4.3.2 contains critical security patches.The new Lucee version affects the core CLI runtime as well as the default server you get when running "server start" with no cfengine specified.  Possible compatibility issues related to the major bump in Lucee version: This Lucee version does not include Hibernate, so the Ortus Hibernate extension is installed.  We will stop doing this in 6.0 This Lucee version has strict XML parsing settings on by default which may affect any servers you start which parse XML containing DTDs. https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/commandbox-591-releasedWebinar / Meetups and WorkshopsHawaii ColdFusion Meetup Group — Graph QL & ColdFusionSpeaker: Mark TakataFriday, August 25, 2023 @ 12 PM HAST (Hawaii Standard Time)GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with your existing data. GraphQL provides a complete and understandable description of the data in your API, gives clients the power to ask for exactly what they need and nothing more, makes it easier to evolve APIs over time, and enables powerful developer tools.GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for executing those queries with your existing data. It provides a more efficient, powerful, and flexible alternative to REST.In ColdFusion 2023 we are providing a native method of consuming and sending data across GraphQL using GQL. This includes support for fragments, variables, aliases, queries, mutations, subscriptions and more.Also, this talk will go over on why to use Graph QL over REST APIs.https://www.meetup.com/hawaii-coldfusion-meetup-group/events/294631289/Adobe Upcoming EventsWebinar - Road to Fortuna Series: Exploring the New Google Cloud Platform Features FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 202310:00 AM PDTOnline EventMark Takatahttps://google-cloud-platform-adobe-coldfusion.meetus.adobeevents.com/ During the Road to Fortuna Series: Exploring the New Google Cloud Platform Features webinar, Mark Takata will explore the new native hooks that Adobe ColdFusion is adding to work with the Google Cloud Platform. He will focus on features related to the GCP FireStore document database, Storage capabilities, and PubSub messaging features, providing attendees with valuable insights into how these features can be leveraged to optimize application development and delivery on the Google Cloud Platform. The session will be highly technical and will provide attendees with practical examples and use cases.CFCasts Content Updateshttps://www.cfcasts.comRecent Releases Into the Box 2023 Videos is available for purchase as an EXCLUSIVE PREMIUM package. https://cfcasts.com/series/itb-2023  Subscribers will get access to premium packages after a 6 month exclusive window. Into the Box Attendees should have their coupon code in the email already!!!! 2023 ForgeBox Module of the Week Series - 1 new Video https://cfcasts.com/series/2023-forgebox-modules-of-the-week  2023 VS Code Hint tip and Trick of the Week Series - 1 new Video https://cfcasts.com/series/2023-vs-code-hint-tip-and-trick-of-the-week  Coming Soon More ForgeBox and VS Code Podcast snippet videos ColdBox Elixir from Eric Mastering CBWIRE v3 from Grant Conferences and TrainingAdobe CF Summit WestLas Vegas 2-4th of October.Get your early bird passes now. Session passes @ $199 Professional passes @ $299. First round of speakers has been announced - with some great sessionshttps://cfsummit.adobeevents.com/ STUDENTS can get a free pass if they are enrolled at tertiary level educational institutionsOrtus CF Summit Training - ColdBox 7 Zero to HeroDate: October 4th - 5th, 2023 | Right after Adobe CFSummit, 2023Speakers: Luis Majano & Gavin PickinLocation: Las Vegas, NevadaVenue: Regus - Las Vegas - 3960 Howard Hughes Parkway Paradise #Suite 500 Las Vegas, NV 89169 United StatesTicket Price Regular Price Tickets: $699 — Only 3 left! 25% Discount today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/659169262007/?discount=modernize Spotlight Less than 2 miles from the Mirage - 30 mins walk Next to Marriot hotel - 2 min walk 1 mile to Top Golf - 20 min walk 5 min walk to Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse 5 min walk to starbucks 5 min walk to Lo-los chicken and waffles WIN WIN WIN WINhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-coldbox-from-zero-to-hero-tickets-659169262007?aff=oddtdtcreator Into the Box LATAMNovember 30thUniversity of Business in El Salvador.https://latam.intothebox.org/ITB 2024Location: Optica in Washington, DCAnnouncement Blog Post: https://www.ortussolutions.com/blog/our-into-the-box-2024-venue-and-dates-are-setDates: May 15-17, 2024Get Blind Tickets Now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/into-the-box-2024-the-new-era-of-modernization-tickets-663126347757More conferencesNeed more conferences, this site has a huge list of conferences for almost any language/community.https://confs.tech/Blogs, Tweets, and Videos of the Week08/10/2023 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Sanity Check: Using Overflow Scrolling On CSS Flexbox PanelsI'm a huge fan of CSS Flexbox. As someone who had (?has?) to support IE11 up until the very end, CSS Flexbox became my go-to for complex layouts. However, even with years of Flexbox experience under my belt, I'm not always confident that I understand exactly how it will behave when it contains overflowing content. One scenario in which I've been using Flexbox recently is to create a dynamic set of "panels". Consider a set of side-by-side panels in which one panel is dynamically added or removed to and from the DOM (Document Object Model), respectively. Is it safe to apply overflow:auto to these CSS Flexbox panels?https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4499-sanity-check-using-overflow-scrolling-on-css-flexbox-panels.htm08/13/2023 - Blog - Ben Nadel - Error "Type" Isn't Always A String In Adobe ColdFusionYesterday, while working on Dig Deep Fitness, my ColdFusion fitness tracker, I accidentally consumed an ordered struct as if it were an array. As expected, ColdFusion threw an error; however, my centralized error handling logic broke because the type property of the thrown error was not a string, it was a complex Java object. I don't think I'd ever run into this issue before - I've always believed that the type, message, detail, and extendedInfo properties were guaranteed to be a string. I guess not.https://www.bennadel.com/blog/4500-error-type-isnt-always-a-string-in-adobe-coldfusion.htmHere's your joke translation for the day: https://twitter.com/Updates4Devs/status/169068193489081958408/16/2023 - Blog - Brad Wood - Use CommandBox's rate limiter on only certain requestsThis came up in conversation internally at Ortus today and I wanted to write it down somewhere public. There has already been a setting in CommandBox for some time called web.maxRequests in the server.json to limit the total number of concurrently-running requests for the entire server. Once this pool is full, any additional incoming requests will be queued until there are free threads available.The problem scenario is what if you allow 25 concurrent requests (max threads) and someone whacks the refresh button 30 times on a report that takes 5 minutes to run? Well, all your available threads will be busy for the next 5 minutes and your site won't respond to other requests in the meantime, even if they are quick ones.The same potential scenario goes for CommandBox 6's new multi-site mode. The worker thread pool in Undertow is global and applies to all sites. That means if you have 2 sites and allow 100 concurrent requests and site 1 is using all of them, there will be no threads left to process any requests for site 2.The solution to both of these scenarios is a server rule that is built into Undertow called request-limit(). You can specify a request limit for an entire site or even for a specific type of request.https://community.ortussolutions.com/t/use-commandboxs-rate-limiter-on-only-certain-requests/9750CFML JobsSeveral positions available on https://www.getcfmljobs.com/Listing over 87 ColdFusion positions from 58 companies across 41 locations in 5 Countries.2 new jobs listed in the last two weeksFull-Time - ColdFusion Developer at Quincy, MAPosted: August 09, 2023https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/united-states/CFDeveloper-Quincy-MA/11594Full-Time - Coldfusion at Thiruvananthapuram, KeralaPosted: August 18, 2023https://www.getcfmljobs.com/jobs/index.cfm/india/Coldfusion-at-Thiruvananthapuram-Kerala/11595Other Job LinksThere is a jobs channel in the CFML slack team, and in the Box team slack now tooForgeBox Module of the WeekRemember Meby David LevinRememberMe is a Coldbox module designed to work in conjunction with your authentication system to "remember" and automatically log in users on subsequent website visits.https://forgebox.io/view/rememberMeVS Code Hint Tips and Tricks of the Weeki18n AllyAll in one i18n extension for VS CodeSupports multi-root workspacesSupports remote developmentSupports numerous popular frameworksSupports linked locale messagesUses i18n for the extension itself, of course. 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Shashi Tharoor, a serving Member of Parliament (Indian National Congress) of the Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and the former under-secretary general of the United Nations, forms the subject of Divya Reddy's article in the book 'Ten Heads of Ravana'. In popular media and for most aspirational urban Indians, Tharoor is seen as a slick and eloquent interpreter of Hinduism for the twenty-first century. Reddy shows that Tharoor's work on Hinduism consists of an assortment of theories drawn from colonial Indologists and historians. These historians have been rejected because they used the colonized lens to conjure a history of India. They denied the indigenous origin of the country's mainstream culture, instead giving credit to foreign ‘invaders' while devaluing India's cultural heritage by portraying it as less ancient than its true accounts. Considering Tharoor's work on Hinduism and religious conversions, Reddy shows how he has distorted and misinterpreted the notion of ‘liberalism' and ‘pluralism' inherent in Hinduism to convince an average ‘Macaulaiyzed' English speaking Hindu youth, who has no deep moorings in Hindu thinking. Tharoor's eloquence, public persona and good use of English have catapulted him as a world spokesman on Indian cuture, but Reddy exposes his inauthenticity. Snakes in the Ganga - http://www.snakesintheganga.com Varna Jati Caste - http://www.varnajaticaste.com The Battle For IIT's - http://www.battleforiits.com Power of future Machines - http://www.poweroffuturemachines.com 10 heads of Ravana - http://www.tenheadsofravana.com To support Infinity Foundation's projects including the continuation of such episodes and the research we do: इनफिनिटी फ़ौंडेशन की परियोजनाओं को अनुदान देने के लिए व इस प्रकार के एपिसोड और हमारे द्वारा किये जाने वाले शोध को जारी रखने के लिए: http://infinityfoundation.com/donate-2/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rajivmalhotrapodcast/support

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The most basic of survival necessity is food—the plate at the end of the day. While the human population began settling down from the hunter-gatherer stage, it became quite essential for us to find ways of bringing our food to our vicinity. Settlement meant a big leap in the techniques of how food was grown, from calculating rains to fighting insects. There's so much that our food depends on—from the clouds in the sky to water in the drain. But how do you look at the clouds above and water beneath? It's quite astonishing to think how closely connected satellites are to the food we eat. Agriculture as a field took a big leap when instruments were placed up in the sky to map it ground below. We had the incredible opportunity to discuss ideas and questions with a renowned scientist and veteran, Prof. Vinay K. Dadhwal who has played a pivotal role in advancing agricultural methods and technologies in India. He has also headed some great organisations in India including National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad and Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram. Tune in to the episode from our website: zeroingin.org or listen on any of your favorite podcast platform. Happy listening!

This time on Research Radio we have with us Prof. Sunil Mani for a two-part episode on COVID-19 vaccine R&D and manufacturing in the US and in India based on his Special Article titled "The Role of Industrial Policy in Market-friendly Economies: Case of COVID-19 Vaccine R&D and Its Manufacturing in India and the US—I" and "The Role of Industrial Policy in Market-friendly Economies: Case of COVID-19 Vaccine R&D and Its Manufacturing in India and Its Contrast with the US—II". Prof. Mani is director and professor, RBI Chair, at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. In Part 1 of this episode we will look at the differences in the approach adopted by the US and by India and the role of the each respective government in promoting R&D and Manufacturing. In Part 2 of this episode we discuss how intellectual property laws can facilitate and hinder the development and production of vaccines and the delicate balance of public private partnerships needed especially in the field of knowledge production and healthcare. For more episodes and to listen to EPW's other podcast Research Radio head to https://www.epw.in/podcasts Subscribe to EPW to access all our content including the archives of The Economic and Political Weekly and The Economic Weekly dating back to 1949. https://www.epw.in/subscribe.html

This time on Research Radio we have with us Prof. Sunil Mani for a two-part episode on COVID-19 vaccine R&D and manufacturing in the US and in India based on his Special Article titled "The Role of Industrial Policy in Market-friendly Economies: Case of COVID-19 Vaccine R&D and Its Manufacturing in India and the US—I" and "The Role of Industrial Policy in Market-friendly Economies: Case of COVID-19 Vaccine R&D and Its Manufacturing in India and Its Contrast with the US—II". Prof. Mani is director and professor, RBI Chair, at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. In Part 1 of this episode we will look at the differences in the approach adopted by the US and by India and the role of the each respective government in promoting R&D and Manufacturing. In Part 2 of this episode we discuss how intellectual property laws can facilitate and hinder the development and production of vaccines and the delicate balance of public private partnerships needed especially in the field of knowledge production and healthcare. For more episodes and to listen to EPW's other podcast Research Radio head to https://www.epw.in/podcasts Subscribe to EPW to access all our content including the archives of The Economic and Political Weekly and The Economic Weekly dating back to 1949. https://www.epw.in/subscribe.html

Recently many Information technology-based companies including Meta, Twitter, Byju's, Unacademy among others announced layoffs. Suno India's Menaka Rao speaks to  Aabid Firdausi, a Ph.D. scholar in Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. His focus is on labour relations and unionisation. In 2020,  he wrote a paper on unionisation at the IT industry in Kerala after conducting fieldwork at an IT park in Thiruvananthapuram. Aabid spoke about the history of the IT industry in India, and the precarity of the jobs in this sector. Reference (PDF) The IT Industry and Employment in India: A Critical Reassessment | Aabid Firdausi - Academia.eduSee sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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In November 2022, Edtech firm Byju's announced 2500 layoffs. However, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala after intervention by a welfare organization called Pratidhwani, Byju restored about 150 jobs of those in Thiruvananthapuram.  This is the first podcast in a two-part series about IT sector layoffs. This podcast is about specific strategies employed by collectives, such as Pratidhwani and some unions which have been successful in negotiating for IT workers' rights. Suno India's Menaka Rao speaks to Vineeth  Chandran, Secretary of Pratidhwani, which is a welfare organization IT employees in Kerala, and Spandan, the general secretary of the Delhi chapter of All India IT/ITes Employees Union. References https://thefederal.com/business/kerala-govt-intervenes-after-byjus-lay-off-plan-at-technopark-triggers-protests/ Byjus, Meta, Twitter: India tech workers fight back amid mass layoffs - BBC News https://www.facebook.com/labourcommissioneratekerala/posts/pfbid0XsZ39ra8tvnMbuYc43FT3XfM7XkDsk6mtbdxAAhcQQYGSbqHS4oF47V36RGCvzUgl?__cft__[0]=AZUN3QU5HyBrIvFw_kBQiYpDEFZIfqC51BYJEqZ5-R1Ccotu-ue2wgpmXuyXRsUguSSwejJoyDuWRJKYjjHYg6oFLQdoL57ffDTjGFjJhplatxd5xc9vbee2Gb99qRUgDtvmxRKS-juJCoJphAB-jtNe&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R BYJU'S Says 140 Layoffs In Kerala Are Revoked. This Is Why KITU becomes first registered IT union in Karnataka | Deccan Herald Bengaluru court asks Wipro to reinstate employee who was allegedly forced to quit | The News MinuteSee sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.

This essay was published by firstpost.com.The Hero's Journey is a common metaphor used by storytellers from the Ramayana to the Iliad, and in innumerable modern works. You have the hero rising, then facing odds that are so overwhelming that he is on the verge of failure, but he often wins in the end, and is transformed or redeemed in the process. And indeed, for each of us, our own lives are heroes' journeys, as the mythologist Joseph Campbell elucidated in a series of excellent documentaries.Both the recent films Kantara and Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, in my opinion, fall into this broad categorization; but what's notable and different is that they are about very Hindu heroes, quite a departure from the standard Indian film (especially of the Urduwood variety) where overt Hindus are usually depicted with contempt or disgust. The two films are very different from each other, of course, but it is telling that they both resonate with audiences, in a visible departure from the conventional wisdom that holds that neither a Hindu nor a nationalist should be depicted with sympathy, and especially not a Hindu nationalist. There is another Hindu meme: the local and the national are not meaningfully distinct, just as the Atman and Brahman are not. Kantara, set in the Tulu-land of Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, is instantly understandable to Hindus anywhere; and Rocketry, the story of a patriot of Tamil origin living Thiruvananthapuram, who is attacked and to whom tejovadham is done by mysterious, malign forces, is understandable to any Hindu, we whose face hostility in India and elsewhere.When I saw Kantara, I was surprised by how normal the story was to me: of course, obviously, there are spirits, or demi-gods/daivas all around. This is something that I grew up with. I remember as a small boy being taken by my grandfather to the bharani festival of the village Devi temple in central Travancore: there were wondrous, magical things there then. Much later, I watched theyyams in Malabar, which is adjacent to Tulunadu, and the wonderful costumes are almost identical to those in the Bhoota kola depicted in the film; some of most impressive were thee-pothi (the fire-goddess) and the gulikan (the fierce deity identical to guliga in the film), especially as they performed at dusk. The belief in possession by spirits, as in the hypnotic sarpam-thullals (serpent-dances) of Travancore or of velichapads (oracles) in many parts of Kerala, holds no surprises for me. It is easy for a practicing Hindu to believe in them. It is not hard to imagine benign (and malign) spirits all around, for example as in O V Vijayan's story The Little Ones, luminous ancestral spirits that help in times of trouble. I had a personal experience of the Divine, on my first trip to Sabarimala when I was a teenager. It was an incredible religious experience: for a moment, a glimpse of something extraordinary, a powerful vision of the Infinity of Grace. My friend, a doctor, tells me of medical miracles that can only be attributed to the power of prayer and Divine Grace.In Kantara, the protagonist Siva consistently and carefully avoids the bhoota kola, as he was traumatized by the unexplained disappearance of his father, the oracular dancer of the village. He tries to lead the life of a carefree youth, drinking, hunting wild boar and getting into fights; but the panjurli daiva calls to him in his dreams. Spoiler alert: his hero's journey culminates in a spectacular finale.In Rocketry, the fictionalized story of the real-life Nambi Narayanan, the hero's journey is even more evident. After early and brilliant success as a rocket engineer, his life and career were ruined in what was apparently a sordid combination of commercial sabotage by a three-letter acronym spy agency, and a power struggle among Congress politicians in Kerala, with some corrupt policemen in the mix.Even if it is a little exaggerated for rhetorical purposes, Nambi Narayanan's efforts to convince Rolls-Royce's head (a Scot), the French Ariane rocket program, and the Soviet cryogenic labs to transfer technology and know-how to ISRO are amazing stories that I too had not heard, even though I live in Thiruvananthapuram, where Narayanan and Abdul Kalam did their work on solid and liquid-propelled rockets. Despite Narayanan's value to the Indian space program, and the evident holes in the 1994 Maldivian spy story (see my Rediff column Who killed India's cryogenic engine?) it took a court saga of 24 years to clear his name, and to get the redemption he deserved (a Padma Bhushan in 2019). In the meantime, India's cryogenic engine was delayed by 19 years. What is remarkable in the film -- and it is disturbing that this should even have to be highlighted -- is that Narayanan is shown as an unapologetic Hindu. There is nothing whatsoever that prevents an observant and pious Hindu from also being an engineer and scientist: no dogma. But the prevailing filmi wisdom, which has become “truth by repeated assertion” is that Hindu rituals are superstition, but Abrahamic superstition is somehow ‘scientific'. The very fact that such films are being made, and are becoming blockbusters, shows that the narrative is shifting (the so-called Overton window). There is pushback, though: a little-known band in Kerala is suing Kantara over the song ‘Varaha-roopam', which has Sanskrit lyrics and traditional tribal music. Because traditional knowledge cannot be copyrighted, it is likely that their intellectual property claim is not sustainable.There were also people grumbling that Narayanan was lionized and that he wasn't as key to ISRO's success as the film makes him out to be. Maybe, but even if it was 50% exaggerated, he is still an amazing engineer and manager, and in any case it was unconscionable by any measure to torture him for 50 days, defame him, and destroy his career. Those who ordered the hit have never been named. My heroes have long been those among us who fight for Dharma and righteousness: Professor Eachara Warrier, Major Shaitan Singh. I am happy to now add Dr Nambi Narayanan to that list, and perhaps Siva, who brings to life the forest deities.1020 words, 3 Nov 2022 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com

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There are quite a few ancient temples of India which are in good shape. Some of them have been assigned dates before Christ,BC,though reluctantly despite strong evidence that they belong to much earlier times. Please check my articles on 5000 years old temples of India. The Thiruvannamalai temple,Tamil Nadu is dated 3.94 Billion years,Tirupati 2100 million years and Jwalapuram, Cuddapah,Telengana, India is 74,000 years old, There are some more ancient temples like the Pundarikaksha Temple,Thiruvellarai, near Sriranagam, Tamil Nadu. There are many more and I shall be writing about them. The Ananta Padmanabhaswamy temple at Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala is one such ancient temple where the presiding deity is Lord Vishnu in his form as the Infinite one in yoga Nidra.The temple has also been one of the richest temple in India, where billions worth of gold and ornaments have been found sealed in an underground vault and the court had appointed a committee to evaluate the riches. This temple is referred to in the Puranas and Tamil Classics of the Sangam era. What is now Kerala was a part of Tamil Chera Kingdom. Chera kings also enriched the temple and this dynasty goes back to thousands of years.However the temple and the city has been dated to around late first century BC. This is way off the mark. The Tamil epic Silappadikaram, written by Ilangao Adigal, brother of the Chera king, mentions this temple and also details the Thiruvananthapuram temple . Silappadikaram describes the city as golden city and the temple as one which was made of gold. Same descriptionis found in the Puranas. Poompuhar,Tamil Nadu where most of the action of Silappadikaram takes place has been found off the sea and it has been proved that the people of Poompuhar had extensive trade with the Greeks, among others. And now Poompuhar has been dated some 20,000 years back! As Silappadikaram speaks of Thiruvananthapuram and Anantha Padmanabhaswamy temple, these two should have existed before the events narrated in Silapadikaram. As Poompuhar is dated 20,000 years ago, it is reasonable to state that Thiruvananthapuram and Padmanabhaswamy temple date back to 20,000 years.Silappadikaram has been dated to likely belong to the beginning of Common era. The incidence of Kovalan Madhavi and Kannagi took place in the same period as the poet who wrote the Tamil Epic was the brother of the Chera King Cheran Senguttuvan. However the recent finding placed these dates to 11000 years back!So it is logical to arrive at the conclusion that the Silappadikaram Town was in existence around 11000 CE and for a rich language as Tamil to develop, from a dialect, colloquial form and then to literary ,it requires minimum 5000 Years. And Tamil quotes Ithihasas ,Ramayana and Mahabharata and the Vedas. That should place these Ithihasas earlier . Hence based on this evidence available now, Tamil should be at least 16000 years old and the Sanskrit Puranas earlier. Please read my Post Million Year Old Tamil quotes Vedas and they quote Tamil. But we are assigning Tamil Sangam at 5 BC and Rig veda at 5000 BC!The date of Poompuhar artifact was arrived at and verified by Glenn Milne Sea Level changes. The place is called Poompuhar. It lies on southeast India's Coromandel coast facing the Bay of Bengal between modern Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. Its immediate offshore area has been the subject of marine archaeological investigations by India's National Institute of Oceanography since the 1980's — and numerous non-controversial finds of man-made structures dated between the third century AD and the third century BC have been made in the “inter-tidal zone” close to shore at depths down to 6 feet (approximately 2 metres). These finds of structures in shallow water (some so shallow that they are exposed at low tide) have been quite widely written-up in the archaeological literature. More @ Ramanisblog --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ramanispodcast/message

A version of this essay was published by firstpost at https://www.firstpost.com/india/75-years-have-midnights-children-come-of-age-11093221.htmlIt is a bit of a coincidence that, just around the 75th anniversary of India gaining political independence from the British, Salman Rushdie should be in the news again, because he was stabbed in Chautauqua, a literary watering-hole in upstate New York. His book Midnight’s Children was, as is well known, a sensation when it first came out some forty years ago, in 1981.The central conceit in the book is that 100,000 children born all over India on or around midnight on August 15th, 1947, are endowed with magical powers. Their lives are an allegory for India’s progress. It is a picaresque romp centered around the protagonist, Saleem Sinai, who can telepathically connect with and organize them. When I first read the book, I was impressed by the verbal pyrotechnics, and more so the clever interweaving of contemporary events into the magical realism of the ‘children’s’ lives. The great human tragedies and triumphs of Bharat, that is India, are a rich mother-lode to mine for fiction, and another example is the re-telling of the Mahabharata by Shashi Tharoor in The Great Indian Novel. But over time, the book’s impact faded for me. Even though I didn’t pay attention to it on first reading it, now I see it as significant that Saleem Sinai’s principal rivals among the children are ‘Shiva’ and ‘Parvati-the-witch’. Interesting choice of names, wouldn’t you say? A bit like Deepa Mehta’s choice of Radha and Sita for Fire, which I criticized as dog-whistle Hindu-hatred at the time in The problem with Fire.Thank you for reading Shadow Warrior. This post is public so feel free to share it.Nevertheless, Rushdie’s and the book’s charm obviously did not fade for the Anglosphere, because it fit into their world-view of India, as an exotic, barbaric country where bizarre things happen. They awarded it a Booker Prize, and later a Booker of Bookers, basically dubbing it the best book to have been written in English in decades. Rushdie rode his new-found stardom to riches and influence, and became a sort of seer on all things related not only to India, but also literature in general. And he physically moved to the Anglosphere, all the better to suit his new status as an oracle. In this he trod a well-trodden path which, for example, Amartya Sen and V S Naipaul also followed. More on that by and by.If I am not mistaken, Rushdie’s output after Midnight’s Children is hit-and-miss. His only other work that gained fame (notoriety?) was The Satanic Verses, but that was for other reasons, not literary merit. Since I haven’t read that book, I have no particular opinion on it, and the politics is anyway complicated because of Shia-Sunni issues and internal Muslim issues of blasphemy. But I am now beginning to wonder if Rushdie is also a one-horse wonder, like Arundhati Roy. I have not read her The God of Small Things, but her trajectory has been similar to Rushdie’s: one hit, instant elevation to global stardom and a bully pulpit from which to spout all sorts of radical ideas. A pliant Anglo media piled on and lionized both, regardless of actual merit. Furthermore, I am struck by the parallels with Amartya Sen, who also parlayed fame from early works into global demi-god status, marriage into the Rothschild empire, and a Nobel Prize (although technically it is only the Swedish bank’s prize for economics). His theories about the ‘Kerala model’ of development turn out to be pure bunkum, but then who’s counting? Which reminds me, I suspect the always au courant Scandinavians will now award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Rushdie as a knee-jerk reaction to the stabbing, as they awarded the Peace Prize to Barack Obama basically because, he was, well…. black. Well, bully for Rushdie!That, of course, is pure speculation. But the comparison with Naipaul is interesting. Both made Britain their home, and both commented on India in less-than-flattering terms. Naipaul’s An Area of Darkness was fierce, disappointed, and condemnatory. But the difference is that Naipaul, over time, became convinced that India was on the rise. Rushdie, so far as I can tell, does not see any future for India, nor anything worth celebrating.Maybe that’s why I like Naipaul, because he agrees with my prejudices; but objectively speaking his writing has greater insight. Here’s an excerpt from Naipaul’s India Today article on the occasion of the 50th Independence Day. I think that within every kind of disorder now in India there is a larger positive movement. But the future will be fairly chaotic. Politics will have to be at the level of the people now. People like Nehru were colonial-style politicians. They were to a large extent created and protected by the colonial order. They did not begin with the people. Politicians now have to begin with the people. They cannot be too far above the level of the people. They are very much part of the people. The Nehrus of the world have to give way now to the men of the people...It is important, in this apparent mess, for two things not to be interfered with. One is economic growth. I would like to see that encouraged in every way. It is the most important news coming out of India, more important than the politics. I would like to see education extended and extended. If this were to happen, and I feel it might, gradually, the actual level of politics will reflect both the economic life and higher level of education.Rushdie doesn’t have that sympathy, nor the realization that there is something behind the chaos. Fair enough, he is entitled to his opinion. But the point at which I personally became annoyed with Rushdie was when he proclaimed (like Macaulay before him) that there is nothing worthwhile in modern Indian-language literature. I knew this to be false because there is proof of existence: I had read O V Vijayan, Thakazhi, S K Pottekkat, Basheer, Anand, and M Mukundan in Malayalam; Ashapurna Devi and Tarasankar Banerjee in translation from Bengali; S L Bhyrappa in Kannada and a host of other world-class writers. For Rushdie to blithely denigrate them all showed both arrogance and ignorance, typical of India’s ‘liberals’. In fact, it is India’s English-language output that is inferior and derivative. With the exception of a few tour-de-force works such as Vikram Seth’s Golden Gate and Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines, there’s nothing unique or noteworthy that will stand the test of time. Even Rushdie’s magical realism, I found out, pales before Vijayan’s 1960’s The Legends of Khasak with its shape-shifting odiyans and the disembodied flying oracular head of the ancient magician Kandath Nair; not to mention Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ 1970s English publication of One Hundred Years of Solitude.Thanks for reading Shadow Warrior! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.It also turns out that Naipaul was right: 25 years later India is finally on an upward trajectory (that graphic from the FT is interesting, although it misrepresents India’s external boundaries). The colonialists are dead and buried, and ordinary men are now taking India forward. With economic growth, everything comes your way; and yes, the education system still sucks, as it’s infested with English and anti-national woke leftism (alas, also derivative and unoriginal). A Rushdie, steeped in the groupthink of Lutyens and Khan Market, has simply failed to see this, which  may mean he lacks the empathy, understanding, and feelings the greatest writers possess. The children and grandchildren of ‘midnight’s children’, however, see this.And what of the real midnight’s children? Hat tip to @NAN_DINI:  they are honoring the flag. They believe. Now personally, I am a little ambivalent about the ‘fly the flag in every house’ request by Prime Minister Modi. Of course, in my neighborhood in leftist paradise Thiruvananthapuram, hardly anybody took up his clarion call. Besides, I feel a little queasy about the American kitsch of flag-waving jingoism. In addition, flying the national flag from temples bothers me. I believe in the separation of ‘church’ and state; and I honestly think the interference of politicians in temples is an abomination. But I guess this Magnificent Generation that suffered through fifty years of kakistocratic dynasty mis-governance (see my earlier piece The Nehruvian Penalty: 50 wasted years) deserves to be applauded because they still believe. I do, too, but maybe I am an old cynic. I am not as old as them, but I remember suffering through those awful years of PL-480 and war and shortages of everything. I left, but then I returned because I, too, do believe. Giving credit where it’s due, I applaud Rushdie for coming up with the vanity of ‘midnight’s children’ and giving it a lot of airplay. But I’m afraid they, and their children and grand-children, have left Rushdie behind. They have moved on. He hasn’t, like the rest of the Anglo-Mughlai elite. Rushdie, midnight’s child himself, stayed stuck in the past while the others moved ahead. And that can become an avalanche, an irresistible force, if all goes well.1470 words, 18 Aug 2022 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com

Dr V K Dadhwal is known for his contribution to the development of remote sensing applications in agriculture, including crop forecasting and irrigation management. Dadhwal also served as the Director, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad, Dean, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, a unit under Department of Space and Director of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram.He was associated with major achievements at NRSC in the area of earth observation applications including National Geospatial Portal BHUVAN, National Database for Emergency Management (NDEM), National Information System for Climate and Environmental Studies (NICES), Space-based Inputs for Sustainable Development & Planning (SISDP), Water Resource Information System (WRIS), Disaster Management Support Program, etc and in satellite data, acquisition and processing including realization of IMGEOS and ground station at Antarctica. He was responsible for strengthening field based and quantitative application and EDUSAT based certificate program in field of remote sensing. His scientific contributions include as Project Director, National Carbon Project (NCP, 2007-2016) in biogeochemistry of Carbon and in as diverse EO applications areas as agriculture, crop simulation models, forestry, geo-hazards, geo-informatics, hydrology, land cover/ land use, land surface processes, meteorology and oceanography and has more than 270 peer reviewed papers as a co-author. His early studies on crop discrimination, mapping, crop yield modelling was major contributor ISRO program on agriculture forecasting (1986-2004) and to final acceptance and establishment of a national centre by Ministry of Agriculture in 2012. He has co-guided 10 PhD students.He has extensive international cooperation experience, as member/leader of Indian delegation to UN Committee of Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS), Vienna (2013, 2014, 2015), to Science & Technology sub-committee of UNCOPUOS, Vienna (2013-2015) and was Chair of UN COPUOS S&T subcommittee in 2016. He has been member/co-chair of Indian delegation in international cooperation meetings with US, Japan, ESA and China.His scientific program management experience includes Co-Chair, National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) of DST (2011-2016), Governing Body/Council of Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS, 2011-2016) and many State Remote Sensing Centre as well as in Scientific/Research Advisory Committees of National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL), Gadanki, National Rice Research Institute (NRRI), Cuttack, 2014-2017, Space Physics Laboratory(SPL), VSSC, etc. He also served as ISRO representative to the Board of Antrix Corporation.This is a project by Spaceport SARABHAI (S2) to capture anecdotes of people who have contributed to the development of India's space program. S2 is India's 1st dedicated Space think tank that aspires to be global, collaborative, and inclusive. More about S2 - http://www.spaceportsarabhai.org/White paper on Indian supplier landscape: “Driving innovation in the Indian space sector using digital technologies”Discover how Dassault Systèmes can help New Space companies achieve fast, sustainable innovation: The New Frontier of Satellite Technology 3D Perspective on New Space, new horizons Support the NewSpace India podcast by becoming a Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/newspaceindiaWant to keep in touch with the NewSpace India community? Do join us on Discordhttps://discord.gg/WRJ8Yagb8TUniverse by Sappheiros https://soundcloud.com/sappheirosmusicCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode you will learn the following: 1. The importance of conducting micro-experiments towards shaping a meaningful career 2. The art of being a contrarian 3. The power of multi-disciplinary learning and clear thinking An author, politician, and former international civil servant, Shashi Tharoor straddles several worlds of experience. Currently a third-term Lok Sabha MP representing the Thiruvananthapuram constituency and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, he has previously served as Minister of State for Human Resource Development and Minister of State for External Affairs in the Government of India. During his nearly three-decade long prior career at the United Nations, he served as a peacekeeper, refugee worker, and administrator at the highest levels, serving as Under-Secretary General during Kofi Annan's leadership of the organisation. In the first episode of this exclusive multi-part Network Capital podcast, Dr. Tharoor shares how he followed his curiosity, defied conventional norms and chose to pursue a career in international relations.

Noël is an Ayurvedic Clinician twice Board Certified with the AADP and NAMA for Ayurvedic Nutrition and Holistic Health Counseling. Trained by Dr. Arun Sharma at Ayuskama Institute in Bagsunag and Thiruvananthapuram, India, the California College of Ayurveda in, CA, and Dr. Naina Marballi's Ayurveda's World in NYC in Ayurvedic medical tradition, she uses a variety of practical dietary, herbal, lifestyle and bodywork methods with both private individuals and group programs to restore vital health; patients cultivate the internal conditions within their body/mind so the symptoms of health may arise. Currently, she is working towards a doctoral degree at Kerala Ayurveda Academy in Kochin, India Additionally, Noël is a 500h certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher under Hari Kaur Khalsa's instruction. In the show today, Noel offers tons of information about Ayurveda. She truly has her own mind, and she brings her own spin to ancient philosophy. Listen to get a crash course, or possibly a new perspective on the ancient spiritual practice of Ayurveda.   12:12 - Living in alignment with your own natural rhythms 17:37 - What is Ayurveda? 30:30 - Learning about your natural makeup and how to balance it 34:11 - All about the doshas 1:02:47 - Food as medicine and nutrition tips   For further information www.noelgraupner.com

Aarsha Vidya Samajam (AVS) is a spiritual institution, run by Acharya Shri Manoj in Thiruvananthapuram, established in 1999, whose charter is to fulfill the Pancha Kartavyas of Sanatana Dharma. In P3, we will hear their experiences after Ghar Wapsi and the interactions with those who made them convert. #ReligiousConversion #SayNoConversion #Islam #Hinduism #SanatanDharma #LoveJihad

Aarsha Vidya Samajam (AVS) is a spiritual institution, run by Acharya Shri Manoj in Thiruvananthapuram, established in 1999, whose charter is to fulfill the pancha kartavyas of Sanatana Dharma. In P2, we will hear about the experience of Anagha-ji and Vishali-Ji, two of the instructors at AVS describes their experience of embracing Islam & returning. A must-watch! #ReligiousConversion #SayNoConversion #Islam #Hinduism #SanatanDharma

Aarsha Vidya Samajam (AVS) is a spiritual institution, run by Acharya Shri Manoj in Thiruvananthapuram, established in 1999, whose charter is to fulfill the pancha kartavyas of Sanatana Dharma. In P1, we will hear about the experience of Shruti-ji, one of the instructors at AVS describes her experience of embracing Islam & returning. A must-watch!

.Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar, also known as Prannoy H. S., is an Indian badminton player and currently trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. Kumar originally hails from Thiruvananthapuram and is the Indian number 2 in badminton(2015) and World Number 08.  I had Such and Informative Conversation that this Podcast has espicially 2 Parts as every word this Man says is a Learning and filled with information. A Great Friend and an Indian Badminton Player  Have a Great Time Listening :) Pannoy H.S.'s Instagram Handle: https://www.instagram.com/prannoy_hs_/ Reshma Thadani's Instagram Handle: https://www.instagram.com/endordinary/ Reshma Thadani's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reshma-thadani-46676a160/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reshma-thadani/support

The history of India is not what we are taught in text books. The Dates are deliberately pushed forward to give Christianity an edge in terms of antiquity. Ramayana, Mahabharata,Tamil classics are dated at ridiculously later dates. Ramayana is dismissed as Myth,Rig Veda ,acknowledged as the oldest literary work,is dated around 5000 BC! Archeological finds push these dates back, especially the finding of, Poompuhar,Tamil Nadu,11000 years, Tamil site near Chennai, India,A million years, Adichanallur,Anbil plates,Keezhadi,to cite a few. Based on the available evidence these could be dated at least 11000 years back. And we have Tamil classics,Sangam Literature. Tamil classics refer to Ramayana, Mahabharata and Lord Krishna repeatedly. Early Tamil Chera King,Udhiyan Cheralaathan fed the Kaurava and Pandava armies during the Mahabharata war. Madurai Meenakshi's father Makaratdwaja,also called Saranga fought along side the Pandavas in the Mahabharata war. The Three Crowned Kings of Tamilakam trace their origin to Solar and Lunar Dynasties. Lord Rama belonged to Ikshvsku Dynasty,the Solar Dynasty. His ancestor,Manu,the first human,was from South India. He moved to Ayodhya with his son Ikshvsku, because of a Tsunami in the South of Vindhya Mountains. Ikshvaku founded the Solar Dynasty,Surya Vamsa. Mani's daughter,Ila,who was left in the South founded the Lunar Dynasty,Chandra Vamsa. The Tamil kings belonged to one of these two dynasties. The origin of the ancient Tamil kings is interesting. Chola inscriptions refer Cholas to be of Solar Dynasty of Lord Rama and Cholas state they belong to Kashyap Gotra. Of of the three crowned kings,Moovendar,Pandyas are reported to be more ancient. So are the Cheras. Chera and Pandya took part in Mahabharata war. Then we have the daughter of Manu,Ila,who founded the Luna Dynasty. Ila Dynasty spread throughout the world,Ailas. Sri Lanka,which was a part of India in those ancient times was the centre of this Kingdom. So we have these two dynasties spread throughout the world. Atlantis legends mention Rama kingdom and Sumerian Kings' List mention Dasaratha,Rama and Bharatha. There is one more Dynasty which has gone unnoticed. The Ila. This Dynasty,with evidence surfacing now,seems to have co existed with the Tamilakam Moovendar and could have preceded them. They were called Ay Dynasty and they ruled from Vizhinjam,now called Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. I have written earlier that Padmanabha Swamy temple, Kerala is about 25000 years old. Ay in Tamil means mother. It could denote the Ila Dynasty. Ay in Tamizh means Mother. The Ay Dynasty ruled from from Vizhinjam. The had a special relationship with Lord Krishna and Krishna was their family deity. Ayar in Tamil means Yadava,the community Lord Krishna belongs to. Taking into consideration that Krishna Married a Pandyan princess and had his daughter Married to a Pandyan princess,it is possible and more than probable that the offspring of Krishna's daughter ruled from Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram. ‘Another important line of chieftains of Tamil Nadu during the sangam period with whom krishna was intimately associated was the Ay. The were known to call krishna as their god.Krishna is accepted as their chief god https://ramanisblog.in/2018/11/09/lord-krishna-dynasty-ruled-from-thiruvananthapuram-vizhinjam/. Image credit. https://www.dtpcthiruvananthapuram.com/pilgrim-centres-sree-padmanabhaswamy-temple/40 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ramanispodcast/message

Love Matters with Megha VJ host of LIFELINE Hey friends on this podcast episode we are discussing with LIFELINE by Megha VJ ( Malayalam Podcaster ) about her podcast journey and her thoughts about Relationships and Love. LIFELINE by Megha VJ is the Frist Malayalam podcast from Thiruvananthapuram. Check her podcast on Spotify Lifeline By Megha VJ Please fill this google form (themalayali.in) We'd sure love to hear what you think about our content! Just drop an email to themalayalipodcast@yahoo.com WhatsApp wa.me/+919383431920 Instagram/KRISH (@themalayalipodcast) Facebook @themalayalipodcast You can Check The Malayali Podcast on Gaana, Jiosaavn, Apple Podcast,Spotify, Google podcast and Amazon Music

Manoj Abraham is currently the Additional Director General of Police, Thiruvananthapuram, and the Head of Cyber Security, for Kerala state. He has done a lot of work in the area of Community policing- Maitri and Janamaitri. He has also coauthored a book called- Global Community Policing- Problems and Prospects, published by Taylor and Francis Publications. He is the Chief architect of the c0c0n conference held annually on the theme of public private partnership for enhancing cyber-Security. He is also the Architect of Cyber Dome-a centre for private public participation in cyber policing, which has become a model center for Cyber Security in the PPP domain. He has won many National and International awards in the area of cybercrimes and cyber security which includes the INTERPOL honour "Be a champion for child protection" for the work done with regards to preventing online crimes against children. He also heads the Banking frauds Division, Cyber Research Division, Kerala Sports and Kerala Police Welfare Division, the CSN Stadium, the Police Canteens and has been attributed for bringing many innovative changes in these areas of Police work. Conference details Day of Shecurity - October 28th & 29th, 2021 Registration link - dayofshecurity.com/registration c0c0n 2021 - November 10th - 13th, 2021 Registration link - https://www.townscript.com/e/copy-of--c0c0n-2021

Dr Shashi Tharoor, a third-term Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, is the bestselling author of twenty-two books, both fiction and non-fiction, besides being a former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations and a former Minister of State for Human Resource Development and for External Affairs in the Government of India. He has won numerous awards, including the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, a Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Crossword Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2019, Dr. Tharoor was also awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in the category of ‘English Non-Fiction' for his book An Era of Darkness. He chairs Parliament's Standing Committee on Information Technology.