Author Archives: Soumyanath

Kolkata to Auroville by car

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Soumyanath

After months of deliberation to finally decided to move to Auroville. Auroville is a big place with facilities spread out kilometers away. You need a means of modern transport to live and work there. Although two wheelers are preferred over … Continue reading →

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What’s in the air?

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Soumyanath

We had seen earlier that CO2 displaces air in a glass and the candle goes off. Let us see,  what happens when candle burns in air. We will do a very simple experiment. For this we need  a tall glass, … Continue reading →

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A Gas like water – CO2

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Soumyanath

When you open a bottle of coke, bubbles come out of the water. The gas that comes out is Carbon-di-oxide CO2. CO2 can be produced by adding some acid to lime stone, or some acid to soda/soda-bi-carb. When we burn … Continue reading →

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A Window for Ubuntu

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Soumyanath

I replaced my Windows 7 O/S with Ubuntu. This has given me many new things that were missing so far in my life. Biggest change being the way I use my laptop. Earlier with 10min bootup time of Windows 7, … Continue reading →

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Done with Windows

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Soumyanath

Since last week I was getting a SMART error from my laptop. This means some sector of my drive has become bad and drive is going to fail in near future. Nice little warning means a big work. Recovery disks … Continue reading →

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Conscious Dimension – I

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Soumyanath

Conscious is best understood when we consider someone lying in its boundary.  Let us take for instance a person on deathbed. It is not a pleasant thought, but nothing brings out the stark reality as clearly. At one moment the … Continue reading →

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Up and Down the Sahyadri

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Soumyanath

Nothing beats the charm of saying the year good bye in a hill station. Sahyadri is just perfect for the season – not too cold and yet perfect for tour.  Best place to start the tour we thought is from … Continue reading →

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Andaman

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Soumyanath

Andaman or Kala Pani is actually azure. I am not sure why people talk about only the water and not mention emerald green island. From top it looks like emerald embedded in sapphire. The range of color itself is highly … Continue reading →

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A view of Auroville

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Soumyanath

I got a opportunity to spend a few days in Auroville – the universal city in the making. I have been reading a lot about Auroville, mainly from sustainable living groups. Then there was a International Conference on Frontiers of … Continue reading →

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If Wishes Were Horses

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Soumyanath

We boarded Shaktipunj exp. It has been a long time that i travelled in a long distance train. A welcome noticed plugs are available to charge mobile or laptop. I was browsing Prashant’s blog. In between the stations signal strebgth … Continue reading →

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