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This entry has reference to the pattern posted by Mrs suguNA at http://www.ikolam.com/node/20752?p=10760 . I am considering only the square pattern for this discussion. This is also a sOnA square with a 2x3 pattern. Four 2x3 single line patterns are placed perpendicular to each other when viewed successively. For the sake of elegance I introduced a gap between the patterns (that means one more sequence of dots) and also a gap between the patterns and the outer border. That means what is 7x7 square has become 10x10 square in my case.

Valentine's Day is the Western version of hOli or kAmadahana (next month in the Indian calendar). For details of the observance of this tradition go to - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine's_Day . Always without fail on Valentine's day, I am reminded of the mnemonic coined by Annie Cannon, a Harvard astronomer - O Be A Fine Girl/Guy Kiss Me Right Now Sweet. The first letters of this are the names of stellar groups. Well, astronomy and Valentine's Day have a common thread

I'm so excited about seeing so many pretty profile pictures today and I wanted to post my thoughts on some of them. Thank you friends for taking the time to change your pictures! This is one of the simple pleasures that we give and take! Feel free to comment.

Glued to BBC and CNN throughout the day Wonderful to see the climax of the peaceful winter revolution. Here is a tribute to one cradle of civilisation to another! The coat of arms of Egypt is an eagle holding a scroll with the name of the Arab Republic of Egypt. On the breast is the Egyptian tricolour in red (the period of monarchy and British occupation), white (the peaceful revolution) and black (the end of oppression) and the eagle itself is represented in white and gold.

Hi everybody,

We're introducing a points-system in our site. You can consider it as a game.

There are points going to be allotted for Rangolis/kolams, cafe posts, and also for certain kind of comments. This has been in our minds for quite some time now, and we plan to start displaying it from next month.

Due to server maintenance, the site may be down for sometime during the day.

The last week was notable for two events - one is the pro-democratic struggles in Egypt and another the birthday of a distinguished member on ikOlam. How to connect these two was my problem. In ancient Egypt Horus was the God of sky and his eyes are supposed to be sun and moon. His father was Osiris and his mother was Isis (a goddess of Nature and a frequent entry in crossword puzzles). His uncle Seth killed his father in a treacherous fashion. He avenged this deed by killing Seth with the help of Thoth. There are many variations of this story.

About a pattern of soumya vijay that attracted my attention.

On the occasion of the Indian Republic Day (26 January) I am posting arabinda ghOsh's translation of a Tagore poem modified here and there along with Mrs indrANi nandi for the enjoyment of readers.

aaji bhaaratEr mahaamaanabEr saagar-teerE