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Here is my latest simple web game based on searching a word in jumbled up letters. Your challenge is to search for English names of the yoga poses (asanas) in a grid of letters. This is a fun way to think about the different poses that each asana makes. Just like the Aasanas themselves, the English words, that the pose represents (object), can also be in horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, either forward or in in reverse order on the grid. You can solve the #YogaPose search in a letter grid game to learn about 5 Asanas at Link: https://yoga-pose-search.glitch.me/ Please give me your feedback as well as your ideas for a small fun game that I could work on next.

As per Bhagavad Gita, "Open Source" movement is the greatest and purest form of work (Sattvic). So in this spirit, I have open sourced my research work (source code and data) at Open Science Framework -  https://osf.io/kf2vj/  and the papers I have published are in open access if not then shared by me freely on my website. 'Bhagavad Gita, the sacred book of the Hindus, says there are 3 kinds of work - Sattvic, Rajasic, and Tamasic. Chapter 18, Verse 23: niyatam sangarahitam araagadweshatah kritam aphalaprepsunaa karma yattat saatwikamuchyate Meaning: An action which is obligatory, which is free from attachment, which is done without love or hatred by one who is not desirous of any reward - that action is declared to be Sattvic. So this implies open source movement is Sattvic in nature! Chapter 18, Verse 24: yattu kaamepsunaa karma saahankaarena vaa punah kriyate bahulaayaasam tadraajasamudaahritam Meaning: But that action which is done by one longing for the fulfillment o

Shiva Sutra, also known as Akṣara samāmnāya, it refers to a set of 14 aphorisms devised as an arrangement of the sounds of Sanskrit for grammatical exposition by Pāṇini. I developed a web app to make it interesting to learn Shiva sutra. Your challenge is to arrange the tiles,  with either aphorisms or aksharas (alphabets), of this sliding puzzle in the correct order. As a clue you can listen any number of times to an audio clip (from Matheson Trust) reciting the Shiva sutra. In the process of solving it you would implicitly memorize the sutra without realising that you  are, which is the idea behind this game. You can use Devanagari, Kannada, Telugu or Latin based IAST scripts in this challenge. You can share your results the number of moves it took you to solve the sliding puzzle and the initial arrangement of tiles as a matrix of coloured squares. 🟧🟩🟨🟧 🟨🟩🟥🟧 🟧🟥🟩🔴 🟥🟨🟨🟩 Reference : [1] Shiva sutra sliding puzzle  https://shiva-sutra.glitch.me/

I won a prize for my photo submission entitled "Hollow Mask Illusion" under "the 'why' of shapes" category (adult level) in the "Maths Inside 2023" photo competition that aims to popularize scientific thinking in the general public. My submission discusses why people do not perceive the obverse side of a mask as a concave face but as a regular face instead. This illusion is robust in general and everyone can be surprised at this trick on the brain unless they suffer from Schizophrenia. Here is my winning photo and the caption. This image shows the obverse side of a mask that has been painted to showcase a face. When people see the reverse side of a mask, they are usually unable to perceive it as concave or a hollow face, but instead see a convex regular face as seen in this image. This illusion is a classic example of how brain uses its top-down expectations to shape visual perception. The "Predictive coding account of perceptual inference&quo

Yoga, the ancient Indian discipline for physical exercise, has many benefits to the body and even one's mind. In this day and age with bulging waistline and sedentary lifestyle, Yoga assumes even more importance for our health and wellbeing. In my attempt to create more interest in Yoga among the newer generation, I created a web app that presents a jigsaw puzzle made out of a yoga pose.  In this game, the image of an Aasana is cut up into 12 tiles and presented on a grid in a random order. The player needs to swap the tiles into the correct order to solve the puzzle. A clue in the form of the equivalent English name of the pose is also shown. Upon solving the jigsaw, the player is presented with details of that particular Aasana like level of yogi / yogini to practise this, and few benefits of doing the Aasana. Here is the link to the web app: https://yoga-jig-saw.glitch.me/ Do you find it interesting to play and learn more about the various Aasanas? Please give me feedback on how

Have you seen the documentary "Eating our way to Extinction" yet? This film documents the impact animal agriculture has on our planet. Here are the key take away messages from this documentary. The extensive deforestation for the sake of cattle grazing and clearing of rain forest for monocrop (soya, maize) cultivation to feed animals raised for meat leads to ecological collapse.  The discarded fishing nets in the ocean lead to concentration of microplastics in fish that is part of human diet as they feed on plankton (filter feeders) which accumulate microplastics in them. The unchecked use of antibiotics in animal farms has resulted in antibiotic resistance. The limitless use of nitrogen based fertilizers leads to dead zones in nearby water bodies due to their run off. The unrestrained use of pesticide and insecticide leads to biomagnification of these carcinogens. The carbon footprint of animal agriculture in terms of immense water usage, grains exclusively cultivated just t

'Bhagawat Gita' (also 'Bhagavad Gita') is the holy sacred book of the Hindus. The verses or shlokas are written in Sanskrit language which is the oldest classical language from India. However, this language is not popular among common folks. So learning the sacred verses is quite hard. Yet, this holy scripture has something to offer to us in the 21st century. It is considered an influential management book by many leaders.  So I was wondering on how to make it interesting for younger generation to engage in learning of this holy book. Then I hit upon an idea to gamify learning of these verses. How about a game of typing but the text are the English transliterated Sanskrit verses from the Gita. I developed "Bhagavad Gita Typing Game" as a web app to enable wide reach across device types (desktop, mobile, tablet) yet be OS agnostic. Now one can practice their typing skills on a verse from the Sacred book. Thus learning both the sacred text as well as practising