"His discerning curation was pivotal in developing the manuscripts department at the institute.
A multifaceted genius, he was a prolific researcher and writer. He has more than 1200 essays, monograms and papers to his credit."
"His largest contribution lies in his work on the history of material things.
(His wide range of research) includes study of history & origins of topics such as festivals like Diwali, unique Indian food items like Tambul,traditions such as Rangoli & even something like Cavalry"
Here is a video where Dr. Shreenand Bapat of BORI, gives us a glimpse into the life and the work of Professor P.K. Gode
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Today is the 147th death anniversary of Ramachandra Vitthal Lad (Bhau Daji Lad).
Bhau Daji Lad was an Indian physician, Sanskrit scholar, and an antiquarian. He studied medicine at the Grant Medical College in #Mumbai (part of GMC's first batch: 1850).
"In 1851, he started practising medicine in Mumbai and became very successful. He studied the Sanskrit literature of medicine."
"Being an ardent promoter of education, he was appointed a member of the board of education in Mumbai."
"He was one of the original fellows of the University of Bombay. He was the first president of native origin, of the Students' Literary and Scientific Society. He was the champion of the cause of female education. A girls' school was founded in his name, for which an endowment.."
""This pandemic ends when enough people are protected from severe illness, and selfishly you want to be protected from severe illness," says Devi Sridhar, a professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Vaccination "helps you and it helps your community""
"The idea of herd immunity began with cows, not people. In 1916, veterinarian Adolph Eichhorn and colleagues noticed that a herd of cattle could become collectively immune to a disease if enough animals survived the initial infection."
Government of India provides advance information on Vaccine Doses Supply availability till 15th June 2021 to States and UTs pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa…
"According to the advance visibility provided by Govt of India to States/UTs, a total of 5 crore 86 lakh and 29 thousand doses will be provided free of cost by Govt of India to States from 1st May 2021 to 15th June 2021."
"In addition, as per information received from vaccine manufacturers, a total of 4 crore, 87 lakh and 55 thousand doses will also be available till end of June 2021 for direct procurement by States/UTs."
Finished reading this excellent, short book by Ambassador @VGokhale59.
Highly recommended for anyone who is interested in learning a bit more about our northern neighbor - their leaders, their policies, their thinking, their actions during a crisis... and a lot more.
The book describes the tumultuous events that happened in the heart of Beijing in 1989.
Amb. Gokhale (then a junior diplomat) was posted there at the Indian Embassy in 1989. He describes his first hand account of what happened on the streets and what happened behind the scenes.
An insightful perspective not just about the Chinese leadership and people - but also of the western leaders and media.
His observations about the ignorance, the pre-judgements, the limitations... by the western media are worth understanding.
"Reddit image has recently come to the attention of netizens that appears to probably be one of the most detailed images of the Moon ever captured. Captured by 16-year-old Prathamesh Jaju from #Pune..."
A composite of 55,000 images - over 186 gigabytes!
“This is my most detailed and clearest shot and my best work of the third quarter Mineral Moon. I captured around 50,000+ images over 186 GigaBytes of Data which almost killed my laptop with the processing."
"Jaju said that he used Celestron 5 Cassegrain OTA (telescope), a ZWO ASI120MC-S super-speed USB camera while taking the photo. He added that he used a SkyWatcher 8” Collapsible Reflector Dobsonian with a Canon EOS 90D (with an APS-C CMOS sensor) for the colours."
Ten days earlier, the Marathas had won 'The Battle of Attock' and planted their flag on the Fort of Attock, located besides the Indus river.
The Maratha empire was at its peak, stretching from 'Attock to Cuttack' - covering large part of India.
Historically the Attock Fort, guarding the passage across the Indus river, and Peshawar, were considered to be the northwest frontiers for many empires in India over the past many centuries.