By Nagaraju Pappu on April 10, 2007
Welcome to the New interface of Canopus Archives Blog. I decided that it is time to move the blog to our own domain. In that process, I changed the design of the blog to make it much more easy to use.
The blogspot interface was not suitable for the kind of articles and posts I write. [...]
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By Nagaraju Pappu on November 12, 2006
First – my apologies to all the regular visitors of my blog. Last two weeks have been very hectic. I made a promise to myself that I would upload at least two articles every week. Promises are like spoilt children – as soon as you make a promise – somehow, it brings along situations with [...]
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By Nagaraju Pappu on October 6, 2006
I know this post will generate a lot of controversy. I hope the Hindu fundamentalists will not come after me.
I want to establish that the Bhagavad-Gita as we know today is not what Krishna taught Arjuna, and to try and provide some convincing arguments that it is in fact a Buddhist teaching.
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I was first introduced [...]
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By Nagaraju Pappu on September 30, 2006
This article is a tribute to one my teachers – Mangipudi Peri Sastry. We affectionaltely call him ‘???????? ????’, and in the usual Vizianagaram colloquial slang – ‘??????’. Many people know him as a great mathematics teacher. I am fortunate to be counted among his ‘close friends’ – so I know a great deal more [...]
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