Monthly Archive for January, 2009

Visit to staff houses, 4 Jan 09

laya-houseLast Sunday Shan and I picked a few ‘victims’ to surprise. Here are the photos: More »

Progress on new office

picture-22Here are the latest photos. Lots of work is being done in parallel. Latest estimate is to move in in April. More »

River Valley annual day

dsc01183_2We have uploaded pictures and audio from River Valley’s annual day celebrations on 24 December. This was a chance for colleagues from our three offices to meet informally. Most talks and songs are in Malayalam, but at least you can look at some pictures!!

Mathematics for the blind

brailleLouis Braille, the inventor of the reading and writing system for the blind, was born exactly 200 years ago. I listened to an inspiring BBC podcast about him this morning. His genius was such that the system is used today unchanged, and allows the blind to read at some 120 words per minute. Braille invented his system at the age of 15, and died by the age of 43 of tuberculosis. More »


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