Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

By Rohit Shukla and Ashish Gupta HIS grace turns a speck of sand on a beach into a chip of sparkling gold. -Tandon Sir PART-I An electronic circuit is composed of individual electronic components, such as resistors, transistors, capacitors, inductors and diodes, connected by conductive wires or traces through which electric current can flow. Broadly…

Part-1 By Rohit Shukla and Ashish Gupta. It was the establishment of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) in 1971 that started the journey and played a significant role in providing a dedicated focus on research and innovation in the field of science. The formation of DST helped centralize efforts to promote scientific research, technology…

It is best to have an open mind on the question of creation or evolution- Tandon sir By Rohit Shukla and Ashish Gupta Knowledge and understanding of evolutionary biology is important not just to any sub-field of biology but is also key to understanding the world around us. Evolutionary biology is an area of science…

By – Rohit Shukla and Ashish Gupta A senior bureaucrat wished to promote his son who had acquired foreign expertise in future predictions. He presented him to his boss so that he could include him in his team which decides whom to give a ticket in election or not. The boss though impressed by his…

By – Rohit Shukla and Ashish Gupta The source of all intelligence is nature. Humans learn from nature, and AI learns from humans. – Tandon Sir AI experts are apprehensive of developments in artificial intelligence just as J. Robert Oppenheimer the father of the Atomic Bomb thought of it when he realized the enormous destructive…

We Indians love arguments and debates and why not? Some of the well-known post-independence debates and speeches in parliament and the public are by Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr. B R Ambedkar, Atal Behari Vajpayee, Indira Gandhi, Ram Manohar Lohia, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Jawaharlal Nehru On 14 August 1947, Nehru, in an address to the Constituent Assembly,…

By – Rohit Shukla Wisdom beacons us to avoid the repeat of Kedarnath like the death dance of Lord Shiva- Tandon sir Once you become aware of the fragile ecosystem of the Himalayan region and the kind of hazards involved, the serious question starts hounding you how far should we go on the present spree…

By Rohit Shukla It is not the flood but the bad planning and poor disaster management that brings misery to people and loss of livestock- Tandon Sir Some definitions and keywords. TRADE WINDS-The trade winds or easterlies are the permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in the Earth’s equatorial region. LIVESTOCK- Livestock is the domesticated…