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V M DHINESH KUMAR

Writer and photographer

Chennai, India

I like to try interesting things like lucid dreaming, mirror writing, thermos cooking, and building improvised things like crystal radios and telescopes.

Interests

THORIN'S ADVENTURES

Nov 05, 2024 2 weeks ago

Thorin was looking for a lost temple in the Western Ghats forest with his team of archaeologists when he got separated from the group. He didn't have any maps or a compass with him at the time, so he was in deep trouble being lost in the middle of a forest. All he had were lots of vegetables and fruits like carrots, beets, corn, potatoes, pumpkins, bananas, apples, and melons. After seeing them, he realized that all of them were high-sugar vegetables and fruits. Suddenly, he had an idea. He also had a couple of balloons and some plastic containers. He put all his vegetables and fruits into the container and sealed it so that no air could pass inside, allowing methane gas to be produced. He knew that it would take at least two days for the required methane gas to be produced, so he kept some fruits for himself to eat during those two days. During this time, he made a bow and some arrows. Then he built a fire by filling a plastic cover with water and shaping it into a sphere; using it like a convex lens, he concentrated the sunlight on the tinder. Then he ripped a part of his shirt and bound it to the arrowhead end of the arrow. In the evening of the third day, he filled the three balloons with methane gas using tubes so that the gas wouldn't come into contact with the air. Since methane gas is lighter than air, the balloons started to rise, and right when the balloons were about to go out of sight, he dipped the arrowhead into the fire, and after it started burning, he released the arrow from his bow so that the burning arrow hit the balloon and the balloon burst because of the reaction between the fire, methane gas, and oxygen, producing light and sound. His friends, who were searching for him, saw the light and heard the sound and rushed in its direction, and Thorin was rescued.

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ZERO WICKET

Nov 05, 2024 2 weeks ago

The players of the Indian cricket team were practicing for the final of the World Cup, which was scheduled to take place tomorrow. Two of the best batsmen were injured, so they were unavailable to play the final match. Thus, the Indian team was heavily dependent on Fili and Kili in the batting department. While practicing, Kili was hit in the head by a ball and fainted. After he woke up, Fili and the rest of the team realized Kili had developed short-term memory loss, due to which he would be able to retain his memory for only 10 minutes. The team realized they were in deep trouble, and they knew that if they informed the news to the ICC, then Kili would be unable to play in the World Cup final match. So, they decided not to tell anybody else about the situation. The toss was won by Pakistan, and they decided to bat first, posting a score of 235 at the end of 20 overs. Kili is an opening batsman, and he becomes nervous once a wicket falls, so the Indian team came up with a plan (one of the team players hacked the network and disabled the scoreboard screen so that Kili wouldn't be able to know the number of wickets fallen), since Kili's memory span is 10 minutes. Fili came up with a brilliant plan; since Kili will forget the number of wickets fallen every 10 minutes, Kili told all the team members that when they are playing in the field, each player should tell Kili that they both are the openers. In this way, even when the wickets were falling every now and then, according to Kili, the number of wickets was zero. At the climax of the match, the score was 220, and the wickets that had fallen were 9, but according to Kili, it was still zero. So he was very confident and hit two sixes and a four in the final over, and India won the match.

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SUN AND MOON

Feb 11, 2024 9 months ago

When you are the sun, I am the moon. The space is our stage, Our audience is the Earth. Where you are the heroine, And I am the hero. You are the source that illuminates me, Without you, I am nothing more than a normal rock. I may be closer to our audience, But without you, they cannot exist. As we dance around the earth, It gets emotional and cries like a child, creating the oceans. The oceans also have their highs and lows because of us. Sometimes the Earth gets jealous of us, And comes between us, Which makes me angry and makes me turn red. Our audience will see my different phases As I revolve around them and While they revolve around you.

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School memories

Jan 23, 2024 9 months ago

The day before the annual day function at my school, all the students were asked to wear the school uniform. After coming home, I listened to some music through the crystal radio (which I had built using a few inexpensive items). I switched stations and was informed that Jupiter would be visible today. So, I went outside, taking with me the homemade reflecting telescope that I had built the previous weekend. I was fortunate enough to see Jupiter and the rings of Saturn. The next day, I went to school wearing the uniform, but I was stupefied when I saw that nobody else was wearing the uniform. Eventually, I learned that the teachers were solely educating us about the school rules, but they were aware that no one would be wearing the uniform. Since I have autism and was an introvert without any friends at that time, I obviously didn't know that everyone else would be wearing casual dress. As I entered the school, everybody stared at me and I felt very uncomfortable. Then one of my classmates came towards me and asked why I was wearing the school uniform. The word "uniform" kept resonating in my mind, and suddenly, at that moment, a thought materialized. I replied, "But nobody else is wearing the uniform today, so look around you. It is no longer a uniform, at least not for today." And then everyone smiled at me. This incident happened during my 10th standard annual day function when I was 14 years old.

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