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The History of Hands Fingers in the pie. Hands in the till. Hand-me-downs. Hands off. Hands up. Good with his hands. Holding someone’s...

Slavery and the Coloniser - Part I England and the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ Spain entered the Slave Trade in 1441, using two Portuguese...

The Ancient - Indian - Mariner - Part V - A History of the Cholas - Rajendra Cholan I (Last part of the series of Five) Mariners can...

The Ancient - Indian - Mariner - Part IV - A History of the Great Kings of the Chola Dynasty The Chola Dynasty reached its zenith from...

The Ancient - Indian - Mariner - Part III - A History of the Cholas In life, the all encompassing ‘present’ is important. But without a...

History of the Cholas —- Part II Wikipedia c.1030 CE (under Rajendra I) Wikipedia c.1055 CE (under Rajendra II) c.1065 CE (under...

The Ancient ( Indian ) Mariner Sometimes, a kernel of a thought, or a novel, or a movie or a stray monologue that you may have come...

Marine Musings 1 – Humble (Financially) but Happy Beginnings Updated on 25th Aug 2023. This narrative – or memoir – whatever you wish to...

Emden and my Grandmother For a very long time, I never did catch on or understand why my Grandmother (maternal) would angrily address and...

The Three Nadirs of Shipping ….. With a Fourth On the Way? On March 30, 2023, Pope Francis renounced the 550-year-old Doctrine of...

The Battle Won …….. But the War Lost A Perspective With a developing need for trained Indian seafaring officers, the Training Ship...

The Navigating Bridge is no longer the domain of the seasoned sailor, the old sea dog who, when the vessel is at sea, sits on the...

Voyage Data Recorder Akin to the ‘Black Box’ of an aircraft, Voyage Data Recorders have become mandatory for ships from 2002. “Passenger...

Communications and Satellites - then and now The humble post card that cost ½ an ‘Anna’, delivered within two days within a certain...

Steering Console – Auto Pilot The ‘Quartermaster’ or ‘Sukhani’ of decades ago, who awaited helm orders to steer the ship at all times,...

At the outset, I would like to iterate that I am continuing with my 'Sunday Gentleman' phase and am writing about things that attracted...

With Blog 107, all the ships I had sailed on had been narrated. from the years 1970 to 2008. The few Blogs to follow 107 are on some of...

(The narrative below is a continuation of Blog 110). The inculcation of ISO 9000 standards also buttressed SOLAS in many ways. For...

ISO Standards (9000+++) and the ISM Code "Marine Musings 37" ISO 9000, 9001 and the ISM Code At the outset, I would like to state that,...

"Marine Musings 36" (Blogs 108 and 109 are on the same subject) The bottom bank of the air cooler now contains air that has cooled to...