Author Archives: vinaire

I am originally from India. I am settled in United States since 1969. I love mathematics, philosophy and clarity in thinking.

Personal Interests & Favorites (up to 2013)

Personal Writings

  1. Two Poems (February 11, 2012)
  2. The God Poem (February 11, 2012)
  3. My Introduction to America (February 26, 2012)

(2011)

  1. Make your own way
  2. Some Practical Philosoph

(2012)

  1. Survival with Grace
  2. Chris Thompson
  3. Little Buddha
  4. Foundation series
  5. Steve Jobs: Unedited Interview 1990
  6. MIT Greetings for Christmas 2012

(2013)

  1. Vita est Lavorum
  2. 5 Minute University
  3. Two Favorites – Korzybski & Dunham
  4. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
  5. The last Jew in Vinnitsa
  6. India and its Future!
  7. The most honest three and a half minutes…
  8. Celebrate What’s Right With the World
  9. The Pale Blue Dot
  10. VIDEOS

Personal Music (up to 2013)

(2010)

  1. Some of my favorite Music

(2011)

  1. My All Time Favorite Music
  2. Amazing Grace
  3. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

(2012)

  1. 7 years old conductor

(2013)

  1. Om Jai Jagdish Hare
  2. My Favorite Hindi Songs
  3. More of My Favorite Music
  4. Dama Dam Must Qalandar
  5. Queen – I Want To Break Free
  6. Maria Callas – Habanera
  7. Another Star is Born
  8. Belafonte at Carnegie Hall
  9. We shall Witness
  10. MUSIC

(2020)

  1. Recent Additions

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Personal Pictures (up to 2013)

The House of My Childhood under construction in 1935

(2010)

  1. India 1948
  1. Amsterdam 2008
  2. Bhutan 2009
  3. Christmas 2009
  4. Norway 2010
  5. Oslo 2010
  6. Denmark
  7. Copenhagen
  8. Helsinki
  9. Finland
  10. Stockholm
  11. Sweden
  12. Switzerland 2010

(2011)

  1. Birthday 2011

(2012)

  1. Some Beautiful Memories
  2. Happy Father 1988
  3. Happy Mother 1988
  4. A Family Picture (1996)
  5. My Children (Israel 2010)
  6. My Brother & I
  7. December 2011
  8. Safety Harbor September 2012
  1. Undergraduate Mechanical Engineer
  2. Memory from IITK (1964)
  3. IITK Campus 1964
  4. Memories at Sea (1972-75)
  1. Denver 2008
  2. Siem Reap, Cambodia 2011
  3. South Africa October 2012
  4. Inside of an old Church

(2013)

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Education: TED Talks

TED talks are always very educational.

On Education

  1. Do Schools Kill Creativity (Ken Robinson, Jun 2006)
  2. Kids can Teach Themselves (Sugata Mitra, LIFT 2007)
  3. Bring on the Learning Revolution! (Ken Robinson, May 2010)
  4. Future of Education (Sal Khan, Mar 9, 2011)
  5. Build a School in the Cloud (Sugata, Feb 2013)
  6. How to Escape Education’s Death … (Ken Robinson, May 2013)

On Other Subjects

  1. The transformative power of classical music (Benjamin Zander, Jun 2008)
  2. Your Elusive Creative Genius (Elizabeth Gilbert, Feb 9, 2009)
  3. The Art of Choosing (Jul 26, 2010)
  4. The Power of Vulnerability (Brene Brown, Dec 2010)
  5. The Birth of a Word (Mar 14, 2011)
  6. Printing a human kidney (April 2, 2011)
  7. If Dr Seuss Studied Eckhart Tolle! (Aug 29, 2011)
  8. How to Spot a Liar (Oct 13, 2011)
  9. The quest to understand consciousness (Dec 19, 2011)
  10. Your Elusive Creative Genius (March 11, 2012)
  11. How Movies Teach Manhood (Colin Stokes, Jan 18, 2013)
  12. The transformative power of classical music (May 6, 2013)
  13. Love, no matter what (Jun 3, 2013)
  14. How to Spot a Liar(July 5, 2013)
  15. The Art of Choosing (June 7, 2013)
  16. Love, no matter what (June 29, 2013)
  17. What if we’re wrong about diabetes? (July 5, 2013)
  18. The Birth of a Word (July 5, 2013)
  19. If Dr Seuss Studied Eckhart Tolle! ()
  20. Where is home? (Pico Iyer, Jul 2013)
  21. How to Know Your Life Purpose in 5 Minutes (July 21, 2013)
  22. What if we’re wrong about diabetes? (Jun 25, 2013)
  23. How Movies Teach Manhood (October 17, 2013)
  24. The Power of Vulnerability (November 23, 2013)

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The Mind (up to 2013)

The posts on the subject of the mind started in 2013.

(2013)

  1. Mind in Mindfulness (April 19, 2013)
  2. The Sixth Sense (July 12, 2013)

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