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Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman

Posted on June 9, 2017 by gautshen

A delightful retelling of the Norse Mythology This is my fourth book by Neil Gaiman the earlier three being American Gods, Stardust and Neverwhere. Gaiman is one of those few authors who can keep me engaged with the material for … Continue reading →

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Natural Enmity: Reflections on the Niti and Rasa of the Pancatantra

Posted on December 27, 2016 by gautshen

A commentary on the Panchatantra that is free from alien ideological lenses. Before coming to the book itself, something about author and his previous work which led me to purchasing the book. I was introduced to Ashay Naik’s writings earlier … Continue reading →

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Communal Festivals and Rituals

Posted on October 15, 2016 by gautshen

Even today, I know several people born and brought up in my hometown Karkala, but currently working elsewhere, who will give anything to attend Karkala Karthikpunnav or Teru. These people plan their leaves for these occasions well in advance. One such person even threatened … Continue reading →

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Review: Ten Kings by Ashok Banker

Posted on November 22, 2015 by gautshen

A very fertile land ruled by an able righteous ruler attracts the envy of the other clans of his own tribe. These other clans plot the ruler’s downfall by forming some sort of a Mahagathbandan. The other clans in the tribe are … Continue reading →

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Description of Read-Copy-Update by Steven Rostedt

Posted on April 8, 2013 by gautshen

From http://lwn.net/Articles/545752/ < system in single state : everyone sees cat == alive > insert_into_box(cat); < system in dual state : new calls see cat == dead, but current calls see cat == alive > open_box(); < system is back … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year 2013

Posted on January 1, 2013 by gautshen

One more year goes by, a new one arrives. It might be just another day, when the sun rose  the same way, as it has on days that came before. But we humans love to play, the game of life … Continue reading →

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2012 in review

Posted on December 31, 2012 by gautshen

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,500 times in 2012. If it were a Dreamliner, … Continue reading →

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A case of sour mangoes

Posted on October 5, 2012 by gautshen

I read/heard this story a few months ago. However, I cannot recall the context where I came across it. It goes something like this: Long ago, there was a king named Bhartrhari who ruled his kingdom in a just and … Continue reading →

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Social Networks Detox experiment

Posted on July 26, 2012 by gautshen

I want to perform an experiment. For the next one month, starting today, I don’t want to login to twitter and gtalk. I am anyway not on facebook, so don’t have to worry about that. I shall read my mails … Continue reading →

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Test post

Posted on October 14, 2011 by gautshen

Trying out a desktop client for blogs. The thing is for the past few months, though I have been writing quite a bit, I haven’t been posting enough since I am too lazy to go to the wordpress site and … Continue reading →

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