CHRONICLES OF BUDTHU http://www.balaprasad.com/ Professor Prasad's Blog Sat, 26 Jul 2025 03:51:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 69250444 Being right for wrong reasons http://www.balaprasad.com/being-right-for-wrong-reasons/ Sat, 26 Jul 2025 03:51:36 +0000 https://www.balaprasad.com/?p=503 There is an old science joke where a scientist trains a spider to jump when a bell is rung. The scientist then removes a leg from the spider under anesthesia and makes sure the spider heals. The scientist proceeds to ring the bell again. Even with one less leg, the spider manages to jump in […]

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]]> 503 On the shoulders of Giants http://www.balaprasad.com/on-the-shoulders-of-giants/ Fri, 31 May 2024 05:18:17 +0000 http://www.balaprasad.com/?p=489 “Offer your strengths to others and you will be amazed how many people offer their strengths to you” Simon Sinek Right from my childhood I was perplexed by the oracle of Apollo of Delphi that Socrates is the wisest man ever born & Socrates famous statement “I know only one thing that I know nothing”It […]

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]]> 489 Life as Random walk-Monte Carlo simulation of Life!! http://www.balaprasad.com/life-as-random-walk-monte-carlo-simulation-of-life/ Mon, 27 May 2024 03:07:44 +0000 http://www.balaprasad.com/?p=495 (A Monte Carlo simulation is used to model the probability of different outcomes in a process that cannot easily be predicted due to the intervention of random variables. Many physical phenomenon can be simulated this technique. In my Ph.D thesis I have used it to find the behaviour of electrons under various electric field conditions […]

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]]> 495 Time of exile-Post card stories sent while I was away to CEERI,Pilani for pursuing Ph.D http://www.balaprasad.com/time-of-exile-post-card-stories-sent-while-i-was-away-to-ceeripilani-for-pursuing-ph-d/ Sun, 26 May 2024 05:17:35 +0000 http://www.balaprasad.com/?p=446 Subscribe Latest Email Updates:

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]]> 446 My first project in second dimension!! http://www.balaprasad.com/my-first-project-in-second-dimension/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 04:08:34 +0000 http://www.balaprasad.com/?p=436 Though I went to Kurukshetra all the way from my relatively unknown village,Pandanadu(Kerala state) with the sole objective of doing my Masters degree so that I can pursue my dream of becoming a scientist abroad(Germany was my dream country!! Of course I read/ studied German history especially period of history pertained to Hitler only during […]

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]]> 436 Why am I there in social media!! http://www.balaprasad.com/why-am-i-there-in-social-media/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 02:45:04 +0000 http://www.balaprasad.com/?p=440 On 27th November 2023 I wrote something on FB as a comment which I do not do normally.I reserve such things to my blog site www.balaprasad.com Since it is a long comment and for wider audience I thought of posting it separately here.(It is written based on the feedback of some of my friends in […]

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]]> 440 My Revelations!! http://www.balaprasad.com/my-revelations/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 04:47:04 +0000 http://www.balaprasad.com/?p=422 Over the years some of the things revealed to me are listed.But as usual those thoughts are well articulated by Khalil Gibran (reasons elaborated in my old post http://www.balaprasad.com/why-i-love-to-quote-from-the-prohet-khalil-gibran/ )Following lines are from his work The Vision (p. 83-89). White Cloud Press. Kindle Edition My soul talked to me many a times : 1 teaching […]

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]]> 422 A quest that is unquenchable!! http://www.balaprasad.com/a-quest-that-is-unquenchable/ Fri, 05 Aug 2022 07:16:21 +0000 http://www.balaprasad.com/?p=401 This was a new beginning a kind of rebirth.Idea given by Mr.Abhimanyu Chawla who was pursuing his M,Tech from VIT accidentally came to do his M.Tech thesis with me for a year,That transformed me and was beginning of a new life for me.What we envisaged that time is shown here.We share the credit/discredit of founding […]

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]]> 401 My life in nutshell http://www.balaprasad.com/my-life-in-nutshell/ Sat, 12 Oct 2019 05:57:19 +0000 http://www.balaprasad.com/?p=373 (Another borrowing of words not the feelings) I would that my life remain a tear and a smile.A tear to purify my heart and give me understandingOf life’s secrets and hidden things.A smile to draw me nigh to the sons of my kind andTo be a symbol of my glorification of the gods.A tear to […]

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]]> 373 lamentations of a budthu http://www.balaprasad.com/lamentations-of-a-budthu/ Sat, 12 Oct 2019 05:31:36 +0000 http://www.balaprasad.com/?p=367 (The words are borrowed but not the feelings.When you have issues with articulations it is better borrowed!!) He said: “My friends and neighbors and you who daily pass my gate, I would speak to you in your sleep, and in the valley of your dreams I would walk naked and unrestrained; for heedless are your […]

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