: About Me

I am a graduate in English Language and Literature and a post graduate in Human Resource Management.

I started my writing journey during my teens, when I got bugged about some local issues by writing a letter to the editor of the newspaper. The habit struck, and I started writing on a regular basis about local and general topics. I gradually evolved to writing articles, short stories, book reviews and essays, many of which have been published, and some of which have earned for me college and university level prizes.

I started my professional writing career side by side with my professional career in Human Resources Management. At that time there was no internet and the scope for making a full time career as a writer, especially in a place like Kochi was not there. However I still continued writing, both as a hobby and as a part time occupation.

With the advent of the internet and more opportunities for writers I have expanded my scope of writing to blogs and website contents, and I am now on the way to becoming what I always wanted to be - a full-time writer.

My passion is ...

writing

I know too much about ...

Management, Careers, Islam, History, Trains

My parents always told me ...

to do what I like doing most (that is writing)

My childhood ambition ...

to become the station master of my local Railway Station!

My favorite memory ...

a childhood railway journey to Bombay

Why I write ...

because I derieve satisfaction from completing a good work

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

many things

My first job ...

writing a travelogue

My best moment ...

becoming the university topper for my Masters Degree

My inspiration ...

again, many things

Sciences > Atmosphere & Weather Characteristics of a Derecho

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WHAT IS A DERECHO "Derecho" is a Spanish word that means "direct" or "straight ahead". True to its etymology, a derecho is a straight-line wind associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms. Dr. Gustavus Hinrichs, a physics professor at the University of Iowa, in a paper published in the American Meteorological Journal in 1888 first used the name "Derecho" for such winds, to distinguish it from the circular winds of the tornadoes. Derechoes take different names outside North America, like "nor'wester" in Bangladesh and eastern parts of India. To qualify as a derecho, th...

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