A container for all my views with excerpts from technology, travel, films, books, kannada, friends and other interests. I am Thejesh GN, friends call me Thej.
arriet Tubman also called by her people for leading people from slavery to freedom literally. She was born into slavery, she escaped it by all alone walking through the night, with just north star as reference. She crossed into Pennsylvania with the help of other Underground Railroad1 conductors. But most existing and difficult...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass published in 1845 is probably the most popular and well written Auto Biography written by former slave and then abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The narratives are simple, plain and yet powerful. It’s a story of a boy who wants to be free. Its his journey from a...
I have maintained OpenBangalore for couple of years now. Most of the data on it is either contributed by me or by community. For months there has been demand for such a site for other cities. But its kind of difficult to build a community site for each city unless we have maintainers...
ಅಮ್ಮನಿಗೆ ತುಂಬ ನಂಬಿಕೆಯಿದ್ದದ್ದು ಮನುಷ್ಯನ ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನದ ಮೇಲೆ. ಹಾಗಂತ ಆಕೆಯೇನು ನಾಸ್ತಿಕಳಾಗಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಆಕೆಯ ದೇವರ ಕಲ್ಪನೆ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ವಚನಕಾರರನ್ನು ಹೋಲುತಿದ್ದದ್ದು ಕಾಕತಾಳಿಯವೇನಲ್ಲ. ಕೆಲಸ, ಶಿಸ್ತು, ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕತೆ, ದುಡಿಮೆ, ಸಮಾನತೆ ಹಾಗು ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಆಕೆಗೆ ನಂಬಿಕೆ ಜಾಸ್ತಿ. ಅಮ್ಮ ಕೆಲವು ಹಬ್ಬ, ಹರಿದಿನಗಳನ್ನು ಸಂಭ್ರಮದಿಂದ ಆಚರಿಸುತಿದ್ದರು (ಸಂಕ್ರಾಂತಿ ಹಾಗು ಯುಗಾದಿ ಆಕೆಯ ನೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಹಬ್ಬಗಳು), ಆಕೆಯ ದೇವರ ಮೇಲಿನ ನಂಬಿಕೆ ಮೂಢನಂಬಿಕೆಗಳಾಗಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಆಕೆ ಒಂದು ದಿನವೂ ವಿಗ್ರಹದ ಮುಂದೆ ಕುಳಿತು ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆ...
(14 Apr 12:30 PM) I am trying to write something, because I need to talk to someone now. I should have asked A to join me, the thought came to my mind but I thought it’s not going to be a big deal. Its going to be just another hospital visit. News came...
MOOCs (Massive open online course) is probably the best way to reach a set of learners whom you can’t reach otherwise. Its also the best way to reach thousands with just you as the teacher. That said installing and running a MOOC platform usually takes engineering skill, time and money. But lets say...
Thejesh GN (ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್) “Thej” is an Independent Technologist, Hacker, Maker, Traveler, Blogger, InfoActivist, Open data and Open internet enthusiast from Bangalore, India.
He loves experimenting with all things life and hence some times he is called hacker and other times duct tape.
You can read more about him here.
Email [ i @ thejeshgn dot com]
