ranaruby --- green light: Visit to India's oldest living city - Benares
ranaruby --- green light: Visit to India's oldest living city - Benares: Born in Benares ---- revisited 2014 Proud and privileged I feel to be born in the holy city of Benares. I have stayed there but...
View ArticleREAL-TIME SUCCESS
REAL-TIME SUCCESS N. JAYARAMANMuch to my chagrin, I have often come...
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Italy's Floating City
Vienna to VeniceOn the last day of our stay at Vienna, we had moved to an apartment closer to Wien Meidling Railway station. This was because we had to catch a train for Venice, early the next morning....
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Heidelberg
at a cute little University town in Germany Almost two decades that I first stepped into this romantic little University town of Germany. On an assignment at Nijmegen, Netherlands, I had decided...
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An Invisible War – Overview on the role of UV-C in fighting COVID-19
UV-C vs COVID 19The invisible pathogen COVID 19 has suddenly taken our entire planet by surprise at the beginning of 2020. The invasion was so sudden that even the World Health Organization (WHO) took...
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BUDAPEST ( 1 )
BuBuda & Pest- the charming twins on the banks of DanubeThe international airport was going through refurbishing when we flew into Budapest in October 2019. We had to directly walk across to the...
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BUDAPEST - 2
BRATISLAVA-HUNGARY TO SLOVAKIA BY TRAINThe idea of visiting Hungary's nearest neighbor was firmly woven into my wanderer's mind, long before stepping into Budapest. There are quite a few trains from...
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The Forgotten Light Sources
Prof Warren Julian's views on the forgotten light sources (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Daylight used to serve as the primary source of light throughout human history....
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A Bengali Short Story by Dr. Amitava Datta
"ভালোবাসা কারে কয়" অমিতাভ দত্ত' ভালোবাসা কি ? আমি এখনো বুঝি না, ' বললো আমার স্ত্রী। তাও আবার বললো বিয়ের প্রায় পনেরো বছর পর, এক বিকেলে, আমাদের বন্ধু বান্ধবীদের সাথে গল্প করতে করতে। অন্য সবাই মিলে...
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PORTUGAL
-the land of Francesinha and Pastel de NataLisbon’s Santa Apolonia Train Station is the city’s oldest station. Located in the historic district of Alfama, this simple and stately façade stands close...
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Barcelona 1
Barcelona SPAIN A fascinating country. An engrossing history. And exotic in every sphere. The thrilling story of the Spanish Armada; the chivalric romances of the errant knight Don Quixote; the...
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Barcelona 2
BARCELONA 2 Sagrada Familia- the amazing, still unfinished cathedral Barcelona is proud of Antoni Gaudi. It is Gaudi's city. The two seem to be almost indivisible after Gaudi delivered some...
View ArticleMeet the Guru, Part III – Lighting & Biology by Professor Robert LUCAS
Lighting Updates LIGHTING UPDATES on non-visual effects of light. A highly interesting webinar by Prof Robert LUCAS, Department of Neuroscience, University of Manchester.Covers some very essential...
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Pandemic Pandemonium
Rajat Sarkar of Hamburg, Germany briefly expressed his opinion on the WhatsApp page. What impressed me is his satiric style and the crispiness in looking at a dreaded virus that has suddenly taken...
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BUDAPEST 1
A YouTube presentation on Budapest Parliament Buiding on the bank of Danube BudapestBooking.com
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Fishy Affair
A Delectable Tale for Fish Loversby Rajat Sarkar,HamburgSome days back a friend told me that the ‘fish’ in ‘some’ restaurant was good. She got to know about it from her brother. She is herself not a...
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Madrid 1
Madrid - the Royal Spanish CapitalNico and Eva. A lovely Spanish couple from Madrid. Nico is a banker and takes care of their apartment in Madrid. His wife Eva mostly takes care of their apartment at...
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A Drop of Calm
L'Oasis De L'ile at Quebecby Madhumita Chakola We were weary, we were tired. Long hours at work hunched at the desk with minimal social interaction was taking a heavy toll on us. We needed a vacation...
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Madrid 2
MADRID 2 - the Mecca of bullfightingby Biswajit Sengupta Image of Spain gravitates around football, bullfights, and flamenco. On the Iberian Peninsula and in Latin America football remain the most...
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Durga Puja in Stuttgart, Germany
Durga Puja in Germany – from Calcutta to StuttgartCalcutta, IndiaOnly after marriage did I take interest and started delving more deeply into the insights of the timeless social phenomenon of 'The...
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Pisa
PisaPisa - the Leaning TowerThere are several trains from Florence to Pisa Centrale. We took the morning train. We were at Pisa Centrale station in about a little more than an hour. Pisa station is one...
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Florence
FLORENCE Florence – the capital of the Tuscany region and the cradle of Renaissance We opted for Flix Bus while traveling from Venice to Florence. The road journey takes about three and a half-hour....
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Granada
Granada ANDALUSIAN SPAINGranadaThe bus journey from Madrid to Andalusia was strangely inviting. Andalusia is the southernmost part of Spain, also known as the Iberian Peninsula. The bosky landscape...
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Great Tastes - Pineapple Crab
From Ruby's KitchenCrab in PineappleCrab in pineapple served with corn pulao, salad and chutneyRecipe & Method of PreparationIngredients for Crab (dressed) -500 gOnion Paste - 2 tbspGarlic paste...
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Four Beautiful Towns of France & Germany----a photo essay
Four Lovely neighbours of HeidelbergFour lovely neighbours of HeidelbergA pictorial journey Wyssembourg, FranceWyssembourg is a small town in France. It is on the border with Germany and not far from...
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