Category: Life

Hate Speech by Ashok Shrivastav 2

Who Calls a Child Anti-National?

A CBSE student raised a question about his misplaced answer sheets. Instead of empathy or a call for accountability, he got called anti-national. This is about the machinery that turns complaints into betrayal, and reminds us that hate does not stay contained; it will come to your home too.

ನಾಗರತ್ನ ಸ್ಮಾರಕ ಅನುದಾನ - Nagarathna Memorial Grant 0

Micro-granting in India – BoF at IndiaFOSS/2026

I have proposed BoF (Birds of Feather) session and discussion at IndiaFOSS/2026. The proposal is yet to be approved as of today. I am logging the same content here for readers of my blog post and also for record keeping. I will update in both places if there are any changes.

ನಾಗರತ್ನ ಸ್ಮಾರಕ ಅನುದಾನ - Nagarathna Memorial Grant 0

Nagarathna Memorial Grant – 2026 – Results

Thanks for your patience, everyone. It took a lot of work to process this year’s applications. There were lots of good applications. We are a micro-grant, but that said, this is the biggest year for NMG, with 5.85 lakhs in the grant pool, thanks to friends of NMG – Shweta/Ashwini(60K), Divya(25K), Miss.Y(30K) and...

Eton Elite Traveler Radio 0

30 Days of DXing

#30DaysOfDXing is where I am trying to receive various radio wave transmissions and listen to them using either my Radio, SDR, etc. I am currently using ShortwaveSchedule, Short-Wave Info, ShorWave DB, QSL.net, etc. as my sources. Look at the project page for more details. I am a radio enthusiast and also an E&C...

Indian Honey Bee Dorsal View 2

Bees on the Balcony

I recently added setting up a proper Bee hotel as a goal, but I didn’t think something similar would happen naturally. I love the concept of Bee hotels. Bee hotel is a man-made structure for solitary pollinator bees to rest. It seemed like a fun project, so I added it to my TODO...

Day 30 of #30DaysOfWatercoloring 2

30 Days of Watercoloring is Complete

I started it in December. The first 28 were completed in 34 days. The last two took almost two months. Though I would like to credit this delay to work becoming hectic, it’s mostly me not being able to prioritize. The work is still hectic, but I can take out 20 mins and...