Fallen Leaves – Haiku Version

(Photo by Matt Collamer on Unsplash) A long pilgrimage Journey into the deep soul Cleansing exercise   Obstinate demons Collected with abandon Unknowingly stored   Fallen autumn leaves Neglected to be swept away A whole pile of them   Swirling thoughts assail A cauldron of confusion Begging for respite   Prejudices galore Bottled up rage and anguish Crying … Continue reading Fallen Leaves – Haiku Version

Fallen Leaves

(Photo by Matt Foxx on Unsplash) A long pilgrimage Journey into the deep soul Cleansing exercise Impurities within Collected with abandon Unknowingly stored. Fallen leaves Neglected to be swept off A pile of them Scattered thoughts Confusion's cauldron Begging respite All prejudices Pent up rage and angst Seeking vent Places and pitstops Shunning clacking mobiles Nature's bosom Demise … Continue reading Fallen Leaves

The Road to Conscious Machines: The Story of AI – Michael Wooldridge

(Image Credit: http://www.penguin.co.uk) Any debate involving the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI), in contemporaneous times, more likely than not leads to an intensely splintered outcome. On one side of the debate, stand avowed optimists going to great lengths to extoll the Panglossian prospects of AI. Noted proponents of this notion, such as American computer scientist … Continue reading The Road to Conscious Machines: The Story of AI – Michael Wooldridge

A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet And Disease – Shilpa Ravella

(Image Credit: http://www.penguin.co.uk) Inflammation as we all know it, in its most rudimentary and reductionist parlance, represents a visual phenomenon that is putting it mildly, discomforting. Redness accompanied by swelling and carrying a common label that invariably has “itis” at its end – tonsilitis, appendicitis etc. However, as transplant gastroenterologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine … Continue reading A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet And Disease – Shilpa Ravella