Ravi V S

V.S.Ravi is a distinguished and highly decorated IPS officer having served both the Government of AP and the Government of India, for 35 years. He retired in 1998. He is a grandson of the Late Sir Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer, one of the Chief Architects of the Constitution of India. Though a student of Physics, Ravi is one of the foremost authorities on Shakespeare in the country. He has also kept in touch with the latest developments in Science and Technology and has written five highly acclaimed books on Science

Close Encounter With Tigers in Pattaya: They Roar, But Have a Heart of Gold

The tigers in the park in Pattaya are huge but the genteel giants have a heart of gold. I visited the “Tiger Park” in Pattaya in December, 2017, along with...

A Tiger Temple That Pawed Its Way to Disgrace in Thailand

The Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province in Thailand was a disgrace as the authorities were involved in illegal activities. The Temple is now shut. In the last paragraph of part...

Lure of Bangkok – A Trading Post That is Now World’s Tourist Destination

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Don Bradman is the Summit in Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar Just a Peak

Don Bradman was a phenomenon whose records would never be equalled or surpassed. Sachin Tendulkar comes nowhere near. In India Cricket is a religion like Christianity, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Islam...

Scientists Are Sometimes Petty, Not Poets

Some scientists are known to be petty, mean and dishonest, not poets who are undisputed masters of their works. Since the 1980s England’s prestigious Cambridge University had felt the need...

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