I'm an undergraduate student at IISER Kolkata, with academic interests revolving around mathematics and physics. You will find me writing about the stuff happening around, places I've explored, things I've learnt. My writing style can be defined as expressing opinions and thoughts.
A few days ago, my friend Sakshi explicated me how this ongoing lockdown can make humans empathize with animals they have locked in. Due to COVID-19, humans have lost their freedom, and it has impacted us severely. Now is the perfect time for us to empathize with animals humans have locked and realize that animals …
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A significant percentage of people have witnessed or listened to personal accounts of spirit possession. It is ubiquitous in almost all regions of the world. In a cross-cultural survey published in 'Religion, altered states of consciousness and social change' by anthropologist Erika Bourguignon documented the presence of institutionalized possession in 74% of the societies included. …
India has locked its 1.3 billion citizens inside their houses to contain the spread of coronavirus. The move has crippled our already trembling economy. Lakhs of migrant workers are stuck in the urban areas they migrated to for work. With their sources of income suspended, a large section of India's population is now reliant on …
On the evening of 19th March, India's PM once again addressed the nation in his signature style, at 8 PM for the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19. In his address, he urged Indians to observe a 14-hour lasting curfew on Sunday and clap and beat plates at 5 PM for 5 minutes. Seemingly, the intention was …
Yesterday I came across an article on the internet. It was about Twitterati posting pictures of Delhi before and after the Diwali celebration. Post-Diwali pictures were horrendous. They reminded me of images printed on the back page of kids’ magazines, cautioning readers to stop polluting the environment else situation will be like this. Those pictures predicted that …
Once a question erupted inside brain of 4 year old me, "What would happen if somebody jump out of Earth?" This question was inspired by the illustration of Solar System ascribed on my mind. In which, gravity always works downwards. That downward was defined by Earth's geographical south. I supposed that someone would keep falling …
It was the year 2012 when I got to know that there is something named Black Hole. Thanks to the show 'Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking' that Discovery used to broadcast at that time(sadly, it has now evolved into a survival shows' channel). At that time, 13 year old me was overly amazed with …
After the recent announcement by LIGO, cosmology has now entered into a new era. Recently made announcement answers all those questions raised on the credibility of 2016 detection of GW by LIGO. Because this time, along with GW, Gamma ray burst was also observed by several agencies worldwide(Including ASTROSAT of ISRO) with a very small time …
If you want to treat your taste buds with some Tibetan delicacies, New Aruna Nagar is the place where ypu should head to. Situated near historic Majnu Ka Tila Gurudwara, this place is amazing and needs to be explored. Many restaurants here serve lip samacking Momos, Noodles and Thukpa which I consider to be one …
Republic Day is one of the few days of a year where every Indian (even that guy who wears T-shirts saying "I love USA ") feels insanely patriotic. Republic Day mornings starts with tuning TV sets to DD National for broadcast of parade, one of the very few occasions when DD is watched by millions …
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