AKMNair blog

When some one asks me "which is the book to refer on atmospheric dynamics or stratosphere-troposphere exchange other than Holton and is 'easily understandable' ?" ; I reply that is the book by Mohan kumar sir is best and, I am proud to suggest that.   Stratosphere Troposphere Interactions - An Introduction Sir has invested a lot of time and effort to publish such a nice book. No wonder why the book got Atmospheric Science Librarian's Award...!!! "Hat's off" to you sir. "Prof.K. Mohan Kumar is an icon admired by students and staff alike"   ......  that is the feeling our batch got while we were in MSc. 1 St Sem. Sir was on leave when we joined and he returned back by the time we were in 2nd year. We were also told by our seniors that he used to sponsor the Onam sadhya in Dept. ! Unfortunately, we didn't have Prof.K.M.K's classes officially in our 3 rd or 4 th Sem...

It was Tuesday night around 11 PM.   House owner came upstairs  ...... he was panic-stricken... ..!!  I was over phone with my friend Raghuraman (London). Uncle said breathlessly that a snake has come to  their backyard... I told Raghu, that 'OK boss! we shall talk later...... ... now let be go and find the snake.. !!! .... and try snake charming!!!" These are what the happenings were soon after........!!. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ah! ....Snake...?? I thought ... it may be  some silly, small one.... but....!!!             oh! No! .... a big, long one with beautifully designed dress...... ........... a 'Viper' probably...? .....coiled ... side of washing stone (not rosetta stone),  taking rest after a good dinner... We didn't want to hurt it... just wanted to drive it away...!!! took sticks, poured water...... then I moved him back and tried to push it ..... ..... lazil...