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Neither our English teacher told us that his surname 'Kafka' meant 'crow' nor our Tamil teacher proudly educated us that 'Kaakkai' was 'Kafka' in Czech language...

Hidato (from the Hebrew word Hida = Riddle), also known as "Hidoku", is a logic puzzle game invented by Dr. Gyora M. Benedek, an Israeli mathematician.

The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid with consecutive numbers that connect horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

(Tips: Do it from end to start, from 46 to 1... It could be easier!)

TOO GOOD TO JUST SOLVE IT AND LEAVE...

Will just explain and paraphrase one of the rounded clues and welcoming others to do the rest....

25d. 'Flexible tubes, things in France initially discounted' (5)

Things in France > 'CHOSES' (French for thing is 'CHOSE')

Now 'CHOSES' is initially discounted i.e., the initial letter is taken off from 'CHOSES' > 'HOSES', Flexible tubes

So very sweet and nice to receive such blessing from one of my seniors in the aviation industry...(he was instrumental in my cross-pollination from Sales to HR, making me the first Regional Head for HR in South India for the erstwhile Jet Airways, 2000-2003)


• Dr. Narayan Hariharan, PhD
Visiting Professor TISS | Former SVP Jet Airways | Director Indamer Aviation

" Durai-

I have always admired your varied interests in being an avid reader and teacher .

This, in addition to your aviation role/s

You have been a great role model.

My salutations!"

A wise man once said : "You're just as young as the people you teach and as wise as the people you learn from..."

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Nice and encouraging to come across such positive, brilliant minds...

They just hitched a ride only to prolong the conversation from Mambakkam to Tambaram... from their college (PDKV) to my college , my alma mater MCC...

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Teaching is the profession that teaches all other professions...

TEACH THEM NOT WHAT TO LEARN BUT HOW TO LEARN!

"I would like to thank Veerabathran Duraikkannan Sir who is mentor for this training programme. Our batch will never forget his class. Veerabathran Duraikkannan Sir has trained us a lot not only for interview and also for our entire career. Thank you so much sir for guiding us."

- Feedback on LinkedIn from a student of Anna University College of Kanchipuram