From here and there.

Wisdom Makes Life Beautiful

Wisdom gives the understanding that life does not function haphazardly and teaches that everything that happens in this theatre of life has deep meaning and significance. Wisdom also brings the understanding that what is reaped today is a result of what was sown yesterday. When I have the true understanding of above wisdom, I find myself satisfied and content with everything that makes my life beautiful....

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A Lesson from the Azerbaijan - Armenia Clash

Without adequate sensors, electronic warfare cover and counter-drone weaponry, traditional ground units are in trouble.

One of the lessons that the clash showed is the vulnerability of traditional land units - armoured, mechanized and motorized formations - in the face of advanced drone warfare weaponry and concepts. At the time of writing, open-source intelligence publications documented some 175 main battle tank losses for the Armenian occupation forces in Nagorno Karabakh.

The ongoing clashes showed that while the era of tanks is still not over, main battle tanks along with other traditional land warfare platforms, would make easy targets for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) unless they are accompanied by an organic composition of mobile short-range air defences, electronic warfare assets and counter-UAS systems.

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Badrinath Temple

Chief Priest Eshwar Prasad Namboodiri goes for worship bere footed on snow.

The temple will be closed on 19 Nov and will reopen around Akshaya tritiya in Apr/May.

A lamp is lit while closing the temple and when opened after 6 months, is always found to be lit as usual.

The chief priest of Badrinath is always from the Namboodiri community from Kerala. This is as per the tradition set by Adi Shankaracharya.

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The United Kingdom

Is made up of four countries * England * British captured Scotland * British captured Northern Ireland and British captured Wales.

So what makes me wonder is as to why BBC keeps referring to our own Kashmir as India occupied Kashmir?   

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At Alaska

The sun has set over Barrow, Alaska. It will rise again in 2021. In the town, Barrow located in Alaska, the sun set on 18 Nov and will rise on 23 Jan. Between this period there is total darkness for 67 days.

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What is Education?

At the end of World War II, this letter was found in a Nazi concentration camp. It is addressed to Teachers.

Dear Teachers,

I am a survivor of a concentration camp. My eyes saw what no man should witness : gas chambers built by learned engineers. Children poisoned by educated physicians. Infants killed by trained nurses. Women and babies shot and burnt by high school and college graduates. 

So, I am suspicious of education.

My request is : Help your students become human. Your efforts must never produce learned monsters, skilled psychopaths, educated illiterates. Reading, writing, arithmetic are important only if they serve towards making our children more humane. 

Tailpiece.

Got up at 6, the chores and was ready by a half past 9. Power interruption till lunchtime. The service rep of Pure Flames, Biju, had come down to work on the stove.