Author Archives: Narayanan A Navaneetham
Audio: When India’s Independence came calling at the remote village of Mannankadu
Eighty five year old Kaveri Ammal Duraiswamy, my paternal grandmother, lives in the village of Mannankadu in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. She recollected bits and pieces of untold…
Talk on vaccination and immunity – July 10, 2021
For a bacterial infection, we take antibiotics that help destroy the bacteria. Why don’t we have a similar antiviral to get rid of a viral infection? Why does vaccination…
Tryst with the Rubik’s Cube
For a common man, it is just a six-colored, impregnable, annoying object, which is often noted lying unimportantly in the background. But the object has intrigued many others including mathematicians.…