Please, Mister Minister of Education

Teachers, Professors etc. wishing to join an institution will now have to submit their fingerprints on line, for verification by the Govt. of india, AICTE -- News

Coming very soon::: Teachers will also have to wear a radio collar. They will have to submit their DNA samples. They may have to report to the nearest police station every day, on their way to college and back. They will have to give their DNA samples and those of their parents and their grandparents, at the time of taking up a job as a teacher. Submitting photographs, testimonials, and certificate copies is out of fashion. We have to move with the times.

All these brilliant precautions are meant to discourage a few dishonest institutions from showing some zombie teachers on their roles. Of course, there will be no more corruption in my country. No employee of AICTE or , University, or UGC will demand or receive bribes any more.

We appreciate all the noble intentions of the Government. We also humbly request you to extend the perks and privileges which terrorists, crooks and criminals enjoy in this free and fair country. Terrorists and crooks do not have to submit any fingerprints or fotos or papers. They can go ahead and freely buy and sell and use guns and grenades. Please consider giving us teachers also this same facility. Please treat us exactly like you treat your criminals.

Thank you Sir,

Let us make "mera bharat mahaan" with all the innovative techniques like the ones above.

partha

Why should anyone care at all ?

I used to be surprised and sad and even angry that no one cared to read all that I put up on the web. No student ever came to me with a question or a remark or a simple thank you. Yet I kept filling up material I knew would be useful to many.

And then I saw this lovely story on the Internet.

Please see my personal blog article "Why should anyone care, anyway ?"
( http://partha-the-person.blogspot.com/ )

I am not disappointed anymore.

partha

Vermiculture, organic farming, composting

My new website for my organic farming and composting and vermiculture related activities is at :
http://drgarden.zxq.net/

Take a look.

partha

The bookworm and his earthworms

New site for the old passion of an old man :::::
http://drpartha.org.in/drgarden/canofworms.htm
Take a look.


partha

Tamil+LaTeX+Linux

I am struggling to get these three to work together :: Tamil + LaTeX + Linux

Is there anybody in or around Hyderabad who can help me/guide me ? Please get in touch with

drpartha AT gmail DOT com

Sometimes, even Professors need to learn things.

partha

Another memorable learning experience

I visited IIIT-H yesterday for their "R and D Showcase" (a 2-day open-house event). It was thrilling to see all the ideas they have, and the enthusiasm of the students. The sad part was the poor time-management, and chaos, which is part of all events organised by us Indians. When will we learn simple and essential skills ? Am I expecting too much ?


partha

Teach yourself LaTeX

One more offering from Prof. Partha -- an easy way to learn LaTeX. Visit the site at:
http://www.profpartha.webs.com/teachlatex.htm.

Like I said before, teaching is the only place where the urge to give is much higher than the urge to take. How true !

partha

Learning LaTeX painlessly

I learnt LaTeX the hard way, so you don't have to. I have posted a whole lot of LaTeX documents in my website. These documents are demo documents which you can hack, and build your own LaTeX library.

Have fun.

partha

LaTeX help

I discovered a very useful site for seeking help and knowledge about LaTeX. LaTeX is a very rich technological tool for creating professional class documents. Even experienced users get into difficulties while using this sophisticated tool. If you need help, and dont know whom to ask, just visit::
http://www.latex-community.org/ You can also learn a lot by just peeking at what replies others have got for their queries.

To give you an idea, I posted my first query to this forum this morning, and in less than ten miuntes I had half a dozen replies. I could solve my problem,and have posted back the solution I used.


It is amazing, how much of help is available, and yet there is so much of ignorance all around us.


partha

More educational CDROMs

I have been working on two of my pet CDROMs.

The CDROM "Why is Linux good for me ?" is a new avatar of the popular (famous ?) CDROM "Linux in a teaspoon". This CDROM is now fully updated and ready.

I have also created an encyclopedic CDROM on LaTeX. You will find an answer to almost all your questions, or at least find a pointer to where you can get the answers. Good for teachers of mathematics, and students.

You can of course ask for a live presentation of Linux or LaTeX (or both), and get these CDROMs free of cost.

partha