This word, virus, is extraordinarily common in everyday conversation lately. And I don’t mean only computer and smart phone operating systems. Oh, his Android was attacked by a virus! And such other.
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The twists and turns in life are often small and insignificant at the time they happen. Their consequences can take you far. Often, at journey’s end, you find yourself at home!
“I want to be a computer scientist, but I am also interested in its applications to help planet Earth.”
“I want to study natural science but I can’t be both geographer and natural scientist at the same time!”
Winter brings chills to various parts of whichever hemisphere is having winter. How chilly it gets, varies from place to place. You must have read about climatic controls — those factors that affect the kind of climate a place has.
“Don’t go on the internet!”, you are often admonished. And rightly so. It is addictive and can lead you to waste a lot of time, believing things are neither true nor wholesome for you. I get all that and I agree with it.
My father was a veteran of the old market (pete; pronounced PAY-tay) area of Bengaluru. Every evening, he used to walk from the Accountant General’s office (near the Vidhana Saudha) back home to where we lived at the time, on the shores of the emerald lake! It was actually…
I have lived in a few different parts of the world over the years. Of all the breakfast foods, the ones I grew up with in Bengaluru are my favorites. Though I like and relish the various other kinds of breakfast foods out there, my comfort foods for breakfast include: idli (no. 1 favorite!), vaday…
“I have just sent you an email. Check it and let me know what you think. I’ll stay online”, is a common part of conversation across continents these days.
Usually, in a matter of seconds the recipient is able to read that email. I often find myself saying…
The four questions of geography:
We apply these to some deadly geographies today.