Day: January 15, 2024

This year, 2024, will be the seventh year of the grant. I am pleased that I was able to sustain it. I am grateful to friends ( @nemo Gangadhar, Shweta) and other anonymous folks who have joined me on this journey with additional grant support. I am also thankful to all the applicants and grantees who have been part of this journey in one way or another. It’s one of those things I do every year that makes me very happy.

Started in 2018, Nagarathna Memorial Grant is an yearly, no strings attached grant of one lakh rupees (~$1400). It’s a micro-grant targeted at everyone. The reason for grant could be anything as long it’s meaningful to you and the people around you. Though I prefer free and open source or creative commons projects. It’s not a must.

Issue with Hindu/traditional Hindu calendar

“That is why Makara Sankranti, which is actually the day the sun shines overhead on the Tropic of Capricorn (Makara), that is December 22 (the winter solstice), is celebrated in the middle of January. Most of us often wonder about the significance of January and Makara, unaware of the fact that the fault lies with our calendar system, that it cannot keep step with the seasons.”

Official Indian National Calendar proposed by a team led bySenior Indian Astrophysicist Meghnad Saha [1]. Borrows from Indian and western calendars.

It also fixes issues with traditional Indian calendar of makara sankranthi[2]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian

1. Report by Saha and team (PDF).
dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstr

2. Medieval mistake
frontline.thehindu.com/other/a

Food court of an Indian mall is better place to see and meet all kinds of people. Close to
Communal dining.

Bigger tables, no separate veg/non veg/beef[1]/pork areas. Allow home food too[2].

Different food choices, all kinds of people on same table, in and around. Its much more closer to India than many other places.

[1] if the state allows
[2] many still allow