One year since Air India Flight 171 crash, and this photo still haunts.
Doctor couple. Husband in the UK, wife in India, three kids. After six years, he finally got approval to bring his family to the UK permanently. Bags packed, flight boarded, a new life awaited. If only...
A beautiful example of an "optimal stopping problem" – Feynman's restaurant problem – with a great backstory behind it. This is a fun, well written article, and a fun math problem too.
https://t.co/0Nng9KLDHa
Most of the world's great traditions of ornamental masonry architecture faded away in the twentieth century. But one remained: the Hindu temple.
The classical style of Hindu temples never died out, and in recent decades has grown steadily more vibrant and powerful. Much of the best traditional architecture in the world today is in India, or in places around the world where Hindu communities have settled.
Temples still make little use of structural steel or even arcuation, relying instead on trabeated masonry like the ancient Egyptians and Greeks. Because stone does not corrode, these buildings will last for many thousands of years with minimal maintenance, far longer than the fabric of the modern cities that surround them.
With the help of temple staff around the world, my friend Tilak Parekh has put together a wonderful review of modern Hindu temple architecture, looking at the ingenuity and sacrifice which created these great buildings.
https://t.co/aUGIrdcFru