Thirty letters in my name

A different version of this piece was  published  back in 2009, in the OR/MS Today magazine. __ It is well known that   the partition ...

Latest column is up. A bit long, some typos here and there, but hopefully still interesting. Here is an excerpt:  From 2000-2006, I was ...

History in the rings of a 1021 year old redwood tree -- from Muir Woods National Monument, north of San Francisco. The tree was born...

If you've been wondering why I haven't posted here for so long -- well, it's not because I've been busy with work. In fact ...

1. On July 12 th this year, after three days in Istanbul , I traveled with my friend Serhat, to Erzurum , a regional city about 770 mil...

1. Two years ago, in a post with a cheesy title, I’d written about seeing cardinals frequently. I continue to come across them: it i...

1. In July this year, I traveled to Turkey. I reached Istan bul on July 09 – the day Ramazan began – and stayed in at Koc University ...

Read  Part 1  and  Part 2 .  This part focuses on the wildlife I saw during the trip. In Part 1, I’ve already mentioned prolific herds of ...

Second part of my trip to Yellowstone National Park and Wyoming in August 2012 (read Part 1 ). The focus here is on the drive through some...