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.
In 1975, India under Indira Gandhi declared an Emergency to enable arbitrary actions by the state, suspending all fundamental rights of citizens. Today, those same powers exist under regular law. Over time, every ruling government has passed laws—like IPC 124A, AFSPA, the now-defunct POTA, NSA, UAPA, Sec 144/IT Act, PMLA, Sec 132/Income Tax,...
Appa was down with a fever and an upset stomach for a couple of days. He recovered pretty fast. Now that Uma can make sentences of two or three words from different languages, their conversation is fun to hear. She probably has a combined vocabulary of 100 words in Malayalam, Kannada, and English....
No one knows the whole story of the fictional characters Uri and Nanje Gowda. These fictional characters are the highlights of this election season. So I asked ChatGPT to generate a fictional story for me.
I was checking the air quality reports of Bangalore for the period of 3 months when we were under strict lock-downs due to COVID-19. Bengaluru’s air has been doing much better under the lock-down. I am sure this is not a unique case. According to the analysis by CREA, for the Health and...
I did some recordings of Panchavadyam (Temple Orchestra) at Sri Sankarankulangara Temple festival (chuttu valakku) in Thrissur. Panchavadyam (Malayalam: പഞ്ചവാദ്യം), literally meaning an orchestra of five instruments, is basically a temple art form that has evolved in Kerala. Of the five instruments, four — timila, maddalam, ilathalam and idakka — belong to the...
ಭಾರತೀಯತೆ ನಿಮ್ಮಪ್ಪನ ಮನೆ ಆಸ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲ ಕಾಗದ ಪತ್ರ ನೋಡಿ ಕೋಡೋಕೆ ಹಕ್ಕು ಅದು, ಭಿಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲ ಕಾಗದ ಪತ್ರ ತೋರಿಸಿ ಪಡೆಯೋಕೆ ನಾವು ಭಾರತೀಯರು ಕಾಗದದಿಂದಲ್ಲ, ಹೃದಯದಿಂದ, ರಕ್ತದಿಂದ ಗುಂಡಿಗೆ ಎದೆಗೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟೇವು ತಲೆಯ ನಾವು ಬಾಗೊಲ್ಲ ಭಾರತೀಯತೆ, ಹಕ್ಕು ಅದು, ಭಿಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲ ಅದೇನೆ ಆಗಲಿ ಹೋಗೋಲೆ ಕಾಗದ ಪತ್ರ ನಾವು ತೋರ್ಸಲ್ಲ Anti CAA/NRC/NPR ಚಳುವಳಿಯ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆದದ್ದು. ಲಕ್ಷಾಂತರ ಚಳುವಳಿಗಾರರ ಹಾಗು ವರುಣ್ ಗ್ರೋವರ್ ಪ್ರಭಾವ ಇದರ ಮೇಲಿದೆ. ತೇಜೇಶ್. ಜಿ ಎನ್...
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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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