Aviyal

This universe - our universe - is 13.8 billion years old. And it is massive. It is so massive that the human brain which is programmed to deal with everyday objects cannot even hope to imagine how big it is. It is so big that no matter how long we live, no matter how advanced our technologies, we will never be able to see more than a very very tiny fraction of the universe. Our sun, our own star that is the source of all life - while being huge and important to us, is insignificantly tiny compared to the aforementioned size of the universe. The sun is in what we could call the outskirts of the milky way galaxy, in the edge of a spiral arm, orbiting a supermassive blackhole along with what we could only assume as billions of more stars, bigger and brighter than our sun. And there are billions of more galaxies, each having its own horde of a hundred billion suns. Our sun isn’t special. But it is old. Being a second (or possibly third) generation star, the sun is 4.6 billion years old, g...

  THE PROBLEM “Kevalam tea vikkiravan car vachirukan” “Paal vikkiravan bullet la varan” “Bathroom kaluvuravan Iphone vachurukan” You might have heard these kinds of comments at least once in your life and there is a fair chance you have laughed at it, well, there is even a chance you said it. But have you ever thought about why these kinds of comments exist and why it is normal and why they are deeply problematic? If a tea seller has a car, it means that person has the money to buy and maintain that car.  Even though they have the money, why do people still say these kinds of things? One obvious answer is their job. People are always rated according to their job. Some might call it internalized capitalism, but it is more than that even. A janitor job might pay no less than an engineering job (fact) but a janitor will never receive the same respect as the en...

One of my favourite paintings in the whole world is a fresco on the Sistine chapel ceiling done by Michelangelo. The painting is called “The Creation of Adam”, and it is a portrayal of the Biblical image of Genesis. The event of God creating man. In one of Aviyal’s other articles we will see why that painting is an artistic masterpiece but today, let’s see why it is scientifically inaccurate. Aviyal will now try to paint “The Creation of God” with words.  It all starts with a simple question. God created man. Well then who created God?  Around 70000 years ago during the development of agriculture the archaic humans worshipped the forces of nature: water, fire, mountains and thunder. Because they didn't understand them, and were afraid of them.  More recently, around 5000 years ago, the first records of fully developed religion appear in ancient Egypt. It is very obvious how the life of the humans affected the characteristics of the gods of Egypt. The goddess of the Nile w...

Cigarette, Coolers, Towel, when most of us hear these words one man comes to our mind. He gave an identity to every property he held, he made it special. Audience wanted to smoke because that man smoked. People started wearing coolers because they wanted to feel like him, everyone must have done the towel thing which he did at least once in their life. The man I am referring to is none other than the only one super one “THALAIVAR SUPERSTAR RAJINIKANTH”. IMPORTANT EVENTS In 1975 K.Balachander introduced Rajinikanth through Apoorva Raagangal. He played a small role in that movie but the audience noticed something unique about him. A review from  The Hindu  noted that: "Newcomer Rajinikanth is dignified and impressive" He continued acting in negative roles and guest roles for a couple of years, through that time he became popular among the audience mainly because of his stylish acting and his cigarette flipping. In 1977 With 16 vayadhinile he made a name for himself as “Paratta”...

This list contains the top 10 feel good movies of all time (in Aviyal’s opinion) If  you feel like some movies are left out, feel free to comment about those movies.  10. TOY STORY 3 Director: Lee Unkrich Main Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen Toy story 3 is a kid’s movie which made men cry. While certainly Toy story 3 is not the best movie in the series, it certainly had one of the best climaxes of all time. Toy story ending was just beautiful and perfect, it moved everyone to tears and gave a really good ending to the trilogy (before Pixar undid that with a fourth installment). IMDb: 8.2  9. THE PRINCESS BRIDE Director: Rob Reiner Main cast: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin. How to take the cheesiest story and actors ever, and make a beautiful, entertaining, humorous, feel-good movie? This is how. The princess bride is a fairy tale adventure movie. It was released in 1987. I suggest you watch this whenever you are feeling down or depressed, it will definitely make you ...