Month: January 2023

Joshimath. Why is it sinking? Why we acted the way it did? How can move forward?

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Snowfall in Joshimath, Image from Wikimedia Commons/Vaibhav78545 There are places where angels fear to tread - such a place is the Himalayas, which rose as the Indian plate banged into the Eurasian place about 50 million years ago. The Indian plate continues to push and the Himalayas still rise, making the Himalayan zone one of …

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The Wealth Behind Ponniyin Selvan: The Kaveri and the Kallanai

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This was originally published in http://www.moneycontrol.com on 1st January 2023 Art by Manian for Kalki Krishnamurthi's Ponniyin Selvan Have you seen Ponniyin Selvan Part-I? If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a film is worth at least a million. No words could convey how wealthy and mighty the Cholas were as well as …

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