Category Archives: Technology

To all budding entrepreneurs

Many of us believe that being an entrepreneur is being your own boss. I see friends around me who want to start their own business because it either makes them rich or the boss of their own lives. I think this attitude is wrong.

Becoming an entrepreneur does not necessarily make one rich. We hear stories of those who became rich, and not of the ones who failed, just the way how we read interviews of successful film stars and not of the struggling ones.

Being the master of your fate is partially true. In the long term, yes, an entrepreneur can choose the direction he is heading, but his day to day life is miserable. Instead of having one boss now, he now has to listen to employees, customers, suppliers, auditors, investors, family, to name a few.

So why is being an entrepreneur such an interesting thing to do? Because, it is a field of work where technology, science, arts, economics, humanities, psychology, philosophy, and finance converge. You are not only trying to create, you are also predicting human behavior as you create. The scientist, the artist, and the businessman are but a single person. This is a new phenomena in human progress and is here to stay.

Pesticides and dairy farming in Indian villages

My friend Shweta recently spoke about natural pesticides that a local farmer in her village uses to yield better crops. She did some exhaustive research in the field, and presented a seminar in one of our Traditional Indian Science and Technology classes. She also spoke about how her father used innovative local techniques to increase the milk their cows yielded. All of it organic and purely local knowledge. Watch the video below- Continue reading

Are we turning into robots?

Chat online, tickets online, banking online, mobile recharge online, books online, mail online, dating online, order food online, travel online, jobs online, shopping online, gaming online, socialising online, cinema online. Is our life restricted inside a plastic box? Continue reading

Types of Iron in ancient Indian metallurgy

The iron pillar that stands intact in Delhi is one of the many marvels of  ancient metallurgy. Infact, unlike modern metallurgists, 14 different types of iron were known to metallurgists of the subcontinent. According to Rasa Ratna Samuchchaya (dated to the eighth to twelfth century AD), Iron was classified into three basic categories, which are applicable even today – Continue reading

On the iron pillar of Delhi

Ever wondered how the famous iron pillar of Delhi has withstood rusting and corrosion, in-spite of standing in open air for over 1,600 years? It is 7 meter high, 16 inches in diameter, and weights over 6 tons. The pillar was fashioned at the time of Chandragupta Vikramaditya (375–413). It is a living testament to the high level of skill achieved by ancient Indian blacksmiths. Continue reading