A Suggestion for the Reservation Debate

One of the unique constructs of the Indian society today is the provision of reservations for less priviledged castes in the social caste hierarchy. A lot has been written and spoken about the pros and cons of reservation since the independence in 1947. Read more »

Manage system hostname with hostnamectl

This article explains the simplest method to set hostname and Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN/fqdn) of any given system using hostnamectl Check that hostnamectl is present on the system by typing it in a shell. You will see output similar to the one given below. Read more »

Virtualbox networking workarounds

Virtualbox networking setup is a tedious task to understand and implement the very first time. This is mainly because of the multiple network options that it provides and the different locations used to setup those networks. Read more »

Network scanning with nmap

nmap or network mapper is a great open-source tool for network scanning and port discovery. The detailed description of nmap is available on its official website. Read more »

Split PDF files using Chrome

A few days ago, I came across a large PDF ebook of the Linux From Scratch project. The book contains a lot of instructions and commands which are difficult to understand and execute in one go so I thought it would be a good idea to split the book chapters into separate PDFs. Read more »

How to setup a VM with VirtualBox

Intro For many IT professionals and computer scientists, it is often a requirement to test infrastructure setup, test software or tool on a small scale, or as a proof of concept for demonstrating certain ideas. In such scenarios, a virtual machine (VM) comes in handy. Read more »

Using static IPs in Linux

It is often a requirement to assign static IP addresses to some important and permanent network interfaces. This is to avoid setting up a local DHCP server or relying on IP given by your network provider which may not be stable. Read more »

Simple HTTP Server in Python

Have you ever come across a need to share a file over a local network to a number of machines? Have you ever felt the need to share output of a task in text files available at a web-endpoint? Often, there is a requirement to quickly setup a light-weight web-server for such requirements. Python provides the easiest way to setup a simple HTTP server for such use cases with a single command. Read more »

TransUnion CIBIL Credit Report

In today’s world, having a good credit score has become very important to get approval for loans and credit cards. In order to allow everyone to keep track of their credit history, RBI, through its circular in 2017, made it compulsory for each of the credit bureaus of India to provide one free credit report to every customer per calendar year. Read more »

ICICI Amazon Pay Credit Card Special Offer

This week, while going through Credit Card statement for Amazon Pay ICICI Credit Card, I came across the following dining offer. The given hyperlink takes us to the official page containing the offer details given below. Read more »

Why we need a Fuel Credit Card.

If you read my previous post you would know that I am a miserly person. If a person of the new generation is so thrifty then you can guess how much price-conscious the people of the older generation of that family would be. Read more »

Formula E - Attack Mode explained

Recently, after one of the heartbreaking Formula 1 races, I was watching highlights of a Formula E race when I came across an interesting concept called the “Attack Mode”. Now for those of you who are unfamiliar with Formula E, it is a sister series of the more traditional and popular Formula 1 (F1) car racing competition. Read more »

Process to get PUC certificate

Having a Pollution Under Control certificate, more commonly known as the PUC certificate, is mandatory for all the vehicles in India as per the Motor Vehicles Act. In metro and tier 1 cities, it is very easy to get a PUC certificate. Read more »

Generate Large Files in Linux using dd

The programming community often requires large files for stress testing programmes. For example, sometimes such files are required to check the response time of certain programme or testing request handling capacity of servers. Read more »

Programmer's Guide: Find and Replace with Vim

Many of us don’t like Vim because of it’s unconventional and unique command set. But if you get to know certain functionalities common to other popular editors, you would not be required to lift your hands from keyboard while typing. Read more »

True or False with Bash

One of the first rules that is taught in any programming course is that 0 means False and anything that is non-zero is considered True. But when you come to system programming in Unix environment, you need to completely forget this basic programming rule. Read more »

Column Selection in Sublime Text

Have you ever wondered how to work with CSV (comma separated values) files if you don’t have Microsoft Excel or similar softwares to handle tabular data? Have you even been asked to convert a table in text form to a csv or xlsx format? With Sublime Text, you can easily manage existing csv files or covert text files to csv files. Sublime Text is actually a text editor but it does much more than editing text! This post will help you select, move, adjust columns of a CSV (or text) file in sublime text. Read more »

The Japanese Constitution - Chapter 2

Chapter 2 - Renunciation of War **Article 9 Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes. In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. Read more »

The Japanese Constitution - Chapter 1

Chapter 1 - The Emperor ** ** Article 1 The Emperor shall be the symbol of the State and of the unity of the People, deriving his position from the will of the people with whom resides sovereign power. This article makes the post of emperor a symbolic one just like the post of Queen in UK or the post of president in a parliamentary democracy. Read more »

The Japanese Constitution - Preamble

The constitution was imposed on Japan by the allies after the Second World War. So, it focuses on the Japanese aggression during the war and the preamble itself has heavy emphasis on peaceful coexistence with the nations of the world. Read more »

Presidential Elections in India

The presidential elections in any country are a holy exercise to elect the first citizen of that country. It is also significant because it ensures that the honour of becoming the first citizen of your country is not a birthright but given to the most worthy personalities who have dedicated their lives for their country. Read more »

The Poorna Mantra

Have you ever been confused with the indeterminate forms ( 0 / 0, ∞ - ∞ ) in Mathematics? Have you ever failed to understand the intricacies of Discrete Mathematics? Have you ever faced issues with Set Theory or Equilibriums in Physics? Keep your worries aside and read this philosophical point of view provided by the Sanskrit Poorna Mantra. It will definitely give you a different perspective of looking at these mathematical terms. Read more »

In an Ideal World…

Today, I am going to talk about four of the most important things for students – time, knowledge, understanding and hard work. We often hear everyone giving advice to the students about studying hard and achieving excellence in their respective fields (I really get angry when someone does this to me). Read more »

The Beginning...

I was in 8th standard, just coming to terms with the thought of completing 7 long years of formal education. Even today, I still can’t think how I have managed to complete 16 years of formal education because I am a person who easily gets bored of common things and especially studying. Read more »

Purpose of this blog

There is so much knowledge around us and it is growing at such a rapid pace that human beings are no longer capable of keeping everything in their brain let alone remember the important things when required. My interests in a variety of fields ranging from technology, finance, law, world affairs to my childhood interest in Sanskrit and my hobbies has always stimulated my desire to study and get to know about various topics related to these fields. Read more »

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