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Cellular Jail - Whispers of the Peepal Tree

A tribute to the inmates of Cellular Jail, Andaman A s I entered the Cellular Jail complex, I missed to notice the Peepal tree, which stands tall inside the Cellular Jail, very close to its entrance. I later came to know that this tree has been present all through, from the time the jail was built; when political prisoners were herded in; when they were tied to a pole and whipped mercilessly; when they were forced to do manual work; when screams pierced through the gallows; when the revolutionaries rebelled, and now, it has lived to whisper the tenacious anecdotes to us. An intimidating perspective view of a Jail wing. C ellular Jail was conceptualised by the British to punish the revolutionaries of freedom struggle by isolating them from the community, for forever. Convicts were sealed in special metallic chain structures, which locked their feet with their hands, at the same time allowed movement of arms and limbs with which they were forced to do hard labour i...

The Mythical, Mystical, Maya Bazaars

4 :30 pm factory siren, finally. The nerve-wracking second day’s training on Psycho Cybernetics was coming to a close, with Consultant Dr. Kanakapathy summarizing the day’s take-away points. The 50 trainees were all fresh engineering graduates, appointed as Engineer Trainees (ET) at the behemoth of a public sector company (company), Bharat Power in Trichy, India. These ETs were recruited based on a very competitive pan India recruitment process. The Psycho Cybernetics training was at the prestigious, cosy training room, F1. In the company, in the 1980s, it was two of its kind (other being F2) air-conditioned and fully curtained room. Aptly named F1, it was the ground zero from where many a checkered career pursuits got flagged and raced off. While a lot got padlocked at the home company, some raved up to national and international circuits. Those stories for another day. “Don’t drink milk. Eat it”, was a clear take-away from Dr. Kanakapathy for Ravi Kumar! This was an ...

"Men, nowadays, are dying to be bald" - but why?

The Bald and the Beautiful W hat do you think Jeff Bezos, Anupam Kher, Andre Agassi, Rajinikant and me have in common? “Well done!” for those who got the ‘bald’ answer and “Well tried!” for those who are still scratching their heads, for being on the right spot! Do you know about the newest classification of men: 'those who are bald' and 'those who want to be?' Want to be? You may be surprised, if you are one of those unfortunate ‘Haves’. Being a ‘Have-not’, I can explain why. David Harrison, a senior research scientist, from the Genome Research Centre in Geneva, too was sceptical, initially, like you are. F ew months ago, I was at a social gathering with my colleague, Ravi Kumar. There he introduced me to David Harrison. “Tony, meet Mr. Harrison,” Ravi introduced him to me. My name is Thanikachalam Subramanian, also known as, 'Tony'. I said, “Hai, Mr. Harrison, nice meeting you. I am Tony,” extending my hand. Mr....

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