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13-03-14 Dear friends, this is one of the articles written by me specially for the blogspot. I hope you appreciate it. -- Kartik Prof Sundar Sarukkai: Abstraction-in-form By Kartik Lokhande Physics relates to form and philosophy to abstraction. When both these seemingly diverse-in-nature entities meet, they yield an abstraction-in-form, which the world knows as Prof Sundar Sarukkai. This became clear as soon as one was welcomed warmly with a radiant face wearing the ornament of polite smile, at Hotel Centre Point here on Thursday (March 13, 2014). Prof Sarukkai was staying in Room No 301 and had called us for an interaction. One was charmed with the simplicity of the man of eminence. Clad in simple kurta and jeans, caressing the neatly unkempt locks of hair, the man had liberated his feet from the grip of shoes to establish a connect with the wooden flooring of the hotel room. The air of complexity of thought (as precursor to questions to be posed to philosophy ...

14-03-14  Prof Sarukkai initiates Nagpurians on to path of Philosophy of Art * The unique event ‘Philosophy and The Arts -- In Conversation with Prof Sundar Sarukkai’ draws packed house By Kartik Lokhande There is Art. There is Philosophy. And, when representation of both the diverse entities converse with each other, a listener is initiated on to the path of Philosophy of Art. Nagpurians were in for initiation to this path through a unique programme ‘Philosophy and The Arts -- In Conversation with Prof Sundar Sarukkai’, organised by The Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) Nagpur Centre, on Friday. The conversation was a unique exercise as it involved the finest minds from different fields of Arts and physicist-philosopher Prof Sundar Sarukkai. During the conversation, the enlightened minds on dais raised several questions, tried to find answers to those through collective thinking, and also provide new dimensions to the entire process of thinking....