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.
A web spiral on Labor day celebrations in India landed me on a Wikipedia page of a well known anarchist and feminist of her day. Though I was very uncomfortable 1 with some of her methods, her views on many things are very interesting and dare I say very relevant today. As a...
In an era where every fight online is fought with numbers, this 50-year-old book should be made a compulsory college reading. Stats and graphs are part every news-hour show and part of every political discourse now. But every bit of number is taken as fact instead of being questioned. This is where Darrell...
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...
Written by American abolitionist Henry David Thoreau has inspired other Civil Disobedience leaders from across the world. The book generally speaks about the state, its influence on citizen and how citizen should resist it when it’s against their conscience. Its something that I read in one go on a flight. It’s not a...
The quote that “there are only twelve people in this world who understand Einstein’s Theory” surely is not true. But I am sure there are only twelve people in this world who can explain it like I am five twelve years old. Hendrik Antoon Lorentz who is credited with with sharing the development...
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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]. PGP/GPG Keys are here.
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