Hi there! I’m Rakesh, with interest in technology, history, and governance. Currently working as an senior software engineer at Zerodha, I’ll be sharing all my future endeavors and musings here.
Caves of Mawmluh & Mawsmai
Did you know that our Earth is currently in a geological time period called the Meghalayan Age? This age was named after the stalagmite formations found in the Mawmluh cave that carry marks of a severe drought around 2000 BC. Some earth scientists believe that this drought may have contributed to the decline of the Harappan civilization and other Bronze Age civilizations. This research was carried out by the team led by Jessica Oster, assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences at Vanderbilt University....