Isosceles Triangle
looks in the mirror,
and finds itself un-reversed.
"My base angles are equal,"
it says.
Math Poettary #2
Darpan (rotates to mirror)
Darpan (rotates to mirror)
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
When you read something in Hindi,
do you turn it around in your mind,
and think it through in English?
When you speak in English,
do you think it through in Hindi,
and turn it around in your mind?
Does your mind let you see
what you really are,
when you look in the mirror?
GB #17
Blogger
Blogger
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
I may not write very well
but still,
I do write.
I may be confused,
but still,
I do express myself.
I may not have much to say,
but still,
I do say it.
I may not think too deeply,
but still,
I do think.
I am
a Blogger.
GB #16
Ali
Ali
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
Ali said to himself:
"I'm the Greatest".
And for many,
he was
The Greatest
What do you
tell yourself?
GB #15
Visual Wordplay
Visual Wordplay
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
A picture, they say,
is worth a thousand words.
Then what about words,
that are also pictures?
What about
Visual wordplay?
GB#14
Anand (reflection)
Anand (reflection)
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
Anand.
Simple,
humble,
down-to-earth,
impassive.
A nice guy.
Aggressive.
Listens to
his opponent's
breathing,
to read
their mind.
And works his own
with lightening speed.
Anand,
chess champion.
GB #13
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Smita
Smita
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
P-Smita,
A love story.
Psmita,
listened patiently,
to every story
through the night.
While the Other
dropped off.
Psmita,
flipped P over,
for ever
and ever.
Psmita,
continues to
listen patiently --
even though
this P
is never silent.
Gb #12
Good-Evil
Good-Evil
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
Good and Evil,
black and white.
One cannot exist
without the other.
When you remove
the evil,
is good
left-over?
GB # 11
Madam-i'm-Adam
Madam-i'm-Adam
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
Madam I'm Adam.
Could be the first
sentence ever spoken,
the first
palindrome.
It reads the same
front to back
and back to front.
Flip it over,
and still,
its the same.
First ever sentence,
an ambigram.
GB #10
Teach-Learn
Teach-Learn
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
We are here
to teach what we learn,
and to learn what we teach.
We are here
to learn when we teach,
and teach when we learn.
to give what we have,
and take what we can.
GB #9
Teach-Learn (all mixed up)
Teach-Learn (all mixed up)
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
Some say that
one teaches best,
what one needs to learn
the most.
Teach-Learn
Two sides
of the same coin?
Or are they,
one and the same?
GB #8
Ambigram Poettery
I call it poettery, because it is the product of my pottering around the poetry format. Really, its not poetry in the sense of the word-- can't really say I don't really understand the sense of the word.
Ambigrams, though, are something that are really interesting, and people interested in math are likely to like them.
You can read Punya's flattered introduction to ambi-poettary here.
Binary Pascal's Triangle
Binary Pascal's Triangle
Originally uploaded by GauravBhatnagar
"Bit by bit,
I understand,
the triangle of Sierpinski"
says Pascal?
Math Poettary #1
Logical
Logical
Originally uploaded by punyamishra
Logical
If o looks like a,
Then a looks like o,
and conversely.
Look at the mirror g
and tell me,
what can you see?
Through the looking glass
they say,
beyond what is
logical,
you can find
the meaning of life --
the universe, everything:
The number 42.
GB #7