A look back at the WikiToLearn India conference, 2017

The first ever WikiToLearn India conference was a 2 day single track event held on the 18th and 19th of January, 2017 in Jaipur, India. The event welcomed talks from all domains of technology, but admittedly, talks around KDE and MediaWiki were preferred. Having worked extensively on porting JoyStream's codebase from QMake to CMake and also … Continue reading A look back at the WikiToLearn India conference, 2017

The passport ordeal

https://www.instagram.com/p/BEMKGwigt10/ I came across this post from Chris Burkard, and it just brings back so many amazing memories. Getting my passport and subsequently, my visa, in time for the Randa meetings last September, in Switzerland was quite an ordeal for me and when I look back on those hectic few months followed by what I … Continue reading The passport ordeal

Respect Our Indian Flag!

“The rules are provided in the Indian law which is probably why we do not follow them” , well said 🙂

Everything is an abstraction

In my advent on searching for an apt header for my blog, i came across very nice info on some protocols to be observed while handling the Indian Flag.Most of us today do not realize the significance of this, or less dont respect our flag.The rules are provided in the Indian law which is probably why we do not follow them. Here are some guideline : –

Official regulation states that the flag must never touch the ground or water, be used as a tablecloth or draped in front of a platform, cover a statue, plaque, cornerstone etc.The flag may not be intentionally placed upside down, dipped in anything, or hold any objects other than flower petals before unfurling. No sort of lettering may be inscribed on the flag

Handling the Flag

Indian flag orientations

There are a number of traditional rules of respect that should be observed when handling or displaying the…

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