The pleasures of Astronomy from childhood to adulthood
April 11, 2009 – 00:02 | Comments

Amateur Astronomy is a hobby I’ve been engaged with since my early teens. I recall my first encounter with Astronomy after my father bought me a cheap rickety telescope that wobbled and never really focused …

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Articles by Kaustav Bhattacharya

Welcome to the unisphere This is the space, blog, place on the web, call it what you may, where Kaustav Bhattacharya, aka JupiterOrbit, blogs about matters concerning astronomy, science, the environment, society, social media and technology. This space is a collection of my thoughts and observations all the afore mentioned topics and reflects the passion I have for these matters. Since my early years in school, I always had a passion for science. Astronomy is an avid hobby of mine which stemmed from my interest in science. I’m an ardent technologist with very particular specialisations in web developer, social media software and experience in running technology departments within the digital media and advertising industries. I am concerned about my own impact on the environment and the effect of wider society, industry and technology on the environment. My personal life-style, where I can afford it, reflects this concern and some of my writing in this blog may convey opinions I have about the degradation of betterment of the planetary environment around us. Like most of us, society around us, the cities, towns or villages we live in, the people we mix with, the people we avoid and the actions of those round us all has a direct impact on our lives. Many of these aspects of life either vex me, concern me, invigorate me or amaze me. You’ll find me writing about some of those things within this blog.

Solio: Long term solar charge up today
May 8, 2008 – 13:32 | Comments

Today is sunny all day! Nice and warm, about 25C. Summer is here! I got my Solio charging on the balcony at work as soon as I got in this morning. This means it’ll get …

Solio: half day on charge
May 7, 2008 – 22:00 | Comments
Solio: half day on charge

Today was a very sunny day. Unfortunately my office is North facing so I don’t get any direct sun-light at my desk. I decided to go up to the west end of the building and …

Experiments with Solio
May 5, 2008 – 10:29 | Comments
Experiments with Solio

I’ve been toying with the idea of buying a Solio solar charger or almost two years and I finally gave in to temptation and bought one a few days ago. I thought I’d blog about …

Live streaming video from your mobile
April 20, 2008 – 23:00 | Comments

Hi all,
Now this may seem a little premature but live mobile phone video streaming from your mobile is here, and available now. Granted, in India there still isn’t a high speed 3G or 3.5G network …

Social networking for social entrepreneurship
March 22, 2008 – 20:07 | Comments

Everyone is socializing these days. If it’s not social networking on the Internet then it’s social networking in real life. More recently the social networking bug has started to catch on in the mobile world. …

Jagriti Yatra Geet
February 10, 2008 – 00:28 | Comments

Hi everyone!
It’s a great day! No really – it is! Some of you might have noticed an update on our home page and for those who haven’t, go check it out. Why? Well, we have …

New Registration Form
November 24, 2007 – 13:53 | Comments

Hi everyone!
I just wanted to let you all know that we have two new ways of registering for Jagriti Yatra. You can now take advantage of our new three part registration process which makes it …

Moving to India
November 22, 2007 – 23:12 | Comments

It’s been a long time since we updated you all on the latest developments with Jagriti Yatra so here I am with an update.
A lot of new developments have been taking place over the last …

India needs more Entrepreneurs than Managers
May 19, 2007 – 06:48 | Comments

Original article by: Dhawal Shah
Why is the US more prosperous than India? Is it because we Indians are less smart than Americans? No, Indians are universally acknowledged for their intelligence. Is it because they …

In search of funding
April 9, 2007 – 16:32 | Comments

Greetings, fellow bloggers. Preparations for our first round of pitches to potential funders is under way. This is a crucial time for the yatra. Our aims it to present our initial pitch documents and hold …