By Swami Asutoshananda
Manager, Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai

3D Holography

Chennai, India, Jan 15, 2012 (Washington Bangla Radio) Vivekanandar Illam on Marina, housing a cultural heritage museum in memory of Swami Vivekananda, launched India’s first Stereoscopic 3D short movie on Vivekananda and his message to the youth. Padmashri R M Vasagam, distinguished space scientist at ISRO, inaugurated the facility at Vivekanandar Illam. He also previewed the first 3D animation movie on Swami Vivekananda in the theater. Viewers were very excited about the launch of such a facility and expressed great enthusiasm and excitement about the same.

Inauguration of the 3D Theater

Viewing the movie in 3d Theater

Chennai’s first Holographic display system was also inaugurated in Vivekanandar Illam today. The system allows users to see Swami Vivekananda in a 3-Dimensions perspective.

Prof Vasagam, Chief guest

Read all about the 3D holographic display and the 3D film on WBRi.

Vivekananda House (Vivekanandar Illam in Tamil), Chennai

Dr. G C Bhattacharya is a teacher at BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India and has been writing for over 15 years. His writings have been published in Ichchhamoti, Joydhak, Diyala, A-Padartha and other Bengali magazines. Besides Bengali, he writes in Hindi and English (UK short fiction) too. His published books includes Badal Kotha in Hindi. Dr. Bhattacharya can be reached at dbhattacharya9 [at] gmail [dot] com.

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বাদলের প্রথম অন্বেষণ

অধ্যাপক (ড:) জি .সি. ভট্টাচার্য, বারাণসী, উত্তর প্রদেশ

আমার পরীর দেশের রাজকুমার পরম সুন্দর ভাইপো চঞ্চলের একমাত্র পরম বন্ধু বাদলের কথা আজ অনেকেই জানে তবে সে অনেক ছোট বয়সে যে অন্বেষণের জন্যে বালক অন্বেষক বা লিটল ডিটেক্টিভ বলে বেশ পরিচিত হয়ে উঠে ছিলো প্রচার মাধ্যমের কল্যাণে, সেই ঘটনার কথা হয়তো অনেকে জানেই না, তাই আজ সে গল্প বলছি ...

By Nirendra Dev

Editor's Note: Nirendra Narayan Dev (nirendev1 [at] gmail [dot] com), an acclaimed political journalist, is a special correspondent of The Statesman, New Delhi and author of the books Ayodhya : Battle For Peace, The Talking Guns North East India and Godhra A Journey To Mayhem. Nirendra was born and brought up in India's northeast and his father served with paramilitary force Assam Rifles. His blog is at bestofindiarestofindia.blogspot.com.

We have previously had an opportunity of talking to the author and have posted the audio recording of the interview.

Delhi completed 100 years of designating itself as the capital city of India on December 12, 2011. It was on December 12, 1911 that Delhi was proclaimed as the new capital of the country.

The city has emerged as one of the megapolis with the second largest population in the country. It has a long history including a history as the capital of several ancient empires. According to historians, the earliest architectural relics date back to the Maurya Period in 300 BC.

In felicitating the citizens on the occasion of 101st (one hundred and first) birthday of Delhi, the Speaker of Indian Parliament’s lower house, Meira Kumar rightly said that the city today boasts of world class infrastructures and many heritage buildings.

রবীন্দ্র সংগীত শিল্পির ভুল

রতন লাল বসু

মূল প্রশ্নটা দিয়ে শুরু করা যাকঃ কোনো বিখ্যাত রবীন্দ্র সংগীত শিল্পি কি কখনো গান করতে গিয়ে কোনো ভুল শব্দ ব্যবহার করেছেন? আমি প্রথম যুগ থেকে শুরু করে শ্রীকান্ত আচার্য-স্বাগতালক্ষ্মীদের সময় পর্যন্ত সব বিখ্যাত শিল্পিদের গান শুনেছি। মাত্র একটা ক্ষেত্রে এরকম ভুল পেয়েছি।

By Nirendra Dev

Editor's Note: Nirendra Narayan Dev (nirendev1 [at] gmail [dot] com), an acclaimed political journalist, is a special correspondent of The Statesman, New Delhi and author of the books Ayodhya : Battle For Peace, The Talking Guns North East India and Godhra A Journey To Mayhem. Nirendra was born and brought up in India's northeast and his father served with paramilitary force Assam Rifles. His blog is at bestofindiarestofindia.blogspot.com.

We have previously had an opportunity of talking to the author and have posted the audio recording of the interview.

Out of many facets, this one aspect of the beleaguered Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is also worth debating. One would fail in the duty if this vital facet of Narendra Modi’s personal story is not highlighted. It is his love for the razor-sharp new technology, the Information Technologies. Years back when Modi was first sworn in as the Gujarat chief minister on October 11, 2001 replacing an embattled party old-war horse Keshubhai Patel, there was a small piece of story ran by PTI wire service. It spoke about Modi’s swearing in being live covered by his personal website. The IT knowledge of Indians was not yet to the mark as it is now. I was temporarily stationed at PTI’s Chandigarh office for a short while. In fact, the moment the news story about website reached our desk at Chandigarh there was a modest debate on the merits of such a news report. Little wonder, Modi had kept himself low-profile but his incisive knowledge and more importantly the use of IT revolution was perhaps second to none. In later years too, this interest only sustained. It would not be out of place to mention that the ‘computer-mediated communication’ or the internet has a profound impact on his life and career and he too has tried to make use of it --- both as a tool to promote one’s personal image and also as a key system for governance. I often tell friends that had not the train inferno taken place, the little known township of Godhra had the potential of making news in IT revolution, a point I had highlighted rather eloquently in my first book, ‘Godhra – A Journey to Mayhem’.