Jayan Kandathil
@jayankandathil.bsky.social
Naturalized Canadian - Ottawa, Canada. Born and raised in Kerala, India. @[email protected] on Mastodon. @jayankandathil on Twitter.
Theme song (in English) from the largest-grossing Malayalam-language (India) film with a female super-hero 'Lokah' www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXm6...
Queen of the Night | Lokah Movie Song | Kalyani | Naslen | Jakes Bejoy | Dominic Arun | Nimish Ravi
YouTube video by Dulquer Salmaan
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December 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Theme song (in English) from the largest-grossing Malayalam-language (India) film with a female super-hero 'Lokah' www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXm6...
On Bombardier's [Global 6500] business jet, the Canadian-built aircraft the [Royal Canadian Air Force] is procuring under the [Airlift Capability Project – Multi-role Flight Service] for about $753 million (CAD) to replace the current CC-144 Challenger fleet www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlDH...
Step Inside the Bombardier Global 6500 Aircraft
YouTube video by Aviation International News
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December 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
On Bombardier's [Global 6500] business jet, the Canadian-built aircraft the [Royal Canadian Air Force] is procuring under the [Airlift Capability Project – Multi-role Flight Service] for about $753 million (CAD) to replace the current CC-144 Challenger fleet www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlDH...
On Hermann Gundert (grandfather of Hermann Hesse) and his Malayalam->English dictionary youtu.be/qxyzxUtYsHM
The German Step-Father of Malayalam Language | Hermann Gundert | Documentary
YouTube video by MINDIA
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December 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
On Hermann Gundert (grandfather of Hermann Hesse) and his Malayalam->English dictionary youtu.be/qxyzxUtYsHM
A video tour of India’s [Lakshmi Vilas Palace], the home of the former rulers of the princely state of Baroda (Vadodara), the Gaekwad dynasty youtu.be/5UrsGVt1e-U
Inside The World’s Largest Private Home: India’s Lakshmi Vilas Palace | Architectural Digest
YouTube video by Architectural Digest
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December 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A video tour of India’s [Lakshmi Vilas Palace], the home of the former rulers of the princely state of Baroda (Vadodara), the Gaekwad dynasty youtu.be/5UrsGVt1e-U
YASA and its new axial flux electric motors (current electric motors are radial flux) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qjB...
The YASA Story - Axial Flux Motors: The Future Of Electric Vehicle Propulsion
YouTube video by YASA Limited
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December 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
YASA and its new axial flux electric motors (current electric motors are radial flux) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qjB...
Trois-Rivières (Quebec, Canada) based Sikh film-maker Eisha Marjara's new auto-biographical film 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 is loosely based on the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182 by Canada-based Sikh terrorists. She lost her mother and sister in the crash. CBC interview with her www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii8S...
Montreal director explores mother-daughter relationships, cultural identity and trauma in new film
YouTube video by CBC News
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December 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Trois-Rivières (Quebec, Canada) based Sikh film-maker Eisha Marjara's new auto-biographical film 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 is loosely based on the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182 by Canada-based Sikh terrorists. She lost her mother and sister in the crash. CBC interview with her www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii8S...
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels’s last re:Invent keynote, starts by quoting Metallica lyrics www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y1G...
AWS re:Invent 2025 - Keynote with Dr. Werner Vogels
YouTube video by AWS Events
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December 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels’s last re:Invent keynote, starts by quoting Metallica lyrics www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y1G...
Great article about the apartment building fire in Hong Kong’s Tai Po neighbourhood. “Bamboo is, ultimately, dried kindling. When you wrap a high-rise in this combustible grass and plastic mesh, it can become a pyre”. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/152183b...
In Hong Kong, a city’s skin caught fire. Other cities may want to take note
Tai Po fire appeared to be product of cultural reliance on bamboo, a cautionary tale for tower-laden cities around the world
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December 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Great article about the apartment building fire in Hong Kong’s Tai Po neighbourhood. “Bamboo is, ultimately, dried kindling. When you wrap a high-rise in this combustible grass and plastic mesh, it can become a pyre”. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/152183b...
“A NASCAR-commissioned study found that 75% of teams lost money in 2024”. “…over a three-year period almost $400 million was paid to the Trust” owned by the France family that owns NASCAR. apnews.com/article/naca...
Denny Hamlin breaks down in tears as the first witness testifying at NASCAR antitrust trial
Three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin broke down in tears minutes into his testimony as the first witness called in a federal antitrust trial against NASCAR, which opened Monday.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“A NASCAR-commissioned study found that 75% of teams lost money in 2024”. “…over a three-year period almost $400 million was paid to the Trust” owned by the France family that owns NASCAR. apnews.com/article/naca...
India’s [Hero Motorsports] beginning to do well in the [Dakar Rally] - in 2022 they won one of the stages youtu.be/YOolnFq2kS8
So... What Exactly is the HERO Dakar Rally Bike?
YouTube video by KRANKiT
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December 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
India’s [Hero Motorsports] beginning to do well in the [Dakar Rally] - in 2022 they won one of the stages youtu.be/YOolnFq2kS8
Paul Turnbull and Matthew Lawrence of [Munro & Associates] (the people who teardown EVs for competitive benchmarking) discuss the evolution of electric motor technologies www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbLn...
The Evolution of Electric Motor Technologies: Munro Fireside Series
YouTube video by Munro Live
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November 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Paul Turnbull and Matthew Lawrence of [Munro & Associates] (the people who teardown EVs for competitive benchmarking) discuss the evolution of electric motor technologies www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbLn...
The scale of hydro engineering at Niagara Falls, both on the Canadian as well as the American side youtu.be/7mdvEtmo1pM
The Hidden Engineering of Niagara Falls
YouTube video by Practical Engineering
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November 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The scale of hydro engineering at Niagara Falls, both on the Canadian as well as the American side youtu.be/7mdvEtmo1pM
Canada’s capital Ottawa’s main newspaper ‘The Ottawa Citizen’ newspaper’s Twitter handle is based in the United States
November 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Canada’s capital Ottawa’s main newspaper ‘The Ottawa Citizen’ newspaper’s Twitter handle is based in the United States
Singer/Songwriter Norah Jones (daughter of Ravi Shankar) interviews Sarah McLachlan (founder of Lilith Fair) on the latter’s new album ‘Better Broken’ youtu.be/GOjbj1q5ia0
Norah Jones Is Playing Along with Sarah McLachlan (Podcast Season 2 Episode 6)
YouTube video by Norah Jones
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November 21, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Singer/Songwriter Norah Jones (daughter of Ravi Shankar) interviews Sarah McLachlan (founder of Lilith Fair) on the latter’s new album ‘Better Broken’ youtu.be/GOjbj1q5ia0
How Costco creates the opposite of the “Walmart Effect” in its communities youtu.be/ldQAZNXecBY
How A Single Costco Changes Its Local Economy
YouTube video by Micro
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November 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
How Costco creates the opposite of the “Walmart Effect” in its communities youtu.be/ldQAZNXecBY
India's oligarchy blocks Chinese investment in India (Carl Zha in an interview with a Pakistani podcaster) www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tKQ...
Why India Can’t Replace China — Carl Zha responds to CNN's Fareed Zakaria’s viral claim
YouTube video by The AliTM Podcast
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November 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
India's oligarchy blocks Chinese investment in India (Carl Zha in an interview with a Pakistani podcaster) www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tKQ...
On the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’ (1975), another Great Lakes freighter the ‘Paul R Tregurtha’ tackles springtime ice youtu.be/RxP6WPCPR1c
Mighty Ships: MV Paul R. Tregurtha | Season 1 Episode 5 (Full Episode) | MIGHTY
YouTube video by Mighty
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November 16, 2025 at 3:56 AM
On the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the ‘Edmund Fitzgerald’ (1975), another Great Lakes freighter the ‘Paul R Tregurtha’ tackles springtime ice youtu.be/RxP6WPCPR1c
A comparison of the [International Space Station] with China's Tiangong ("heavenly palace") space station www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0I1...
The SHOCKING Reality of Life Inside China’s Tiangong Space Station
YouTube video by SpaceX Insider
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November 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
A comparison of the [International Space Station] with China's Tiangong ("heavenly palace") space station www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0I1...
On the different types of microphones out there www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC13...
Dynamic vs. Condenser vs. Ribbon Microphones | How Are They Different?
YouTube video by Sweetwater
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November 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
On the different types of microphones out there www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC13...
Cory Doctorow of the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) explains what he means by his term "enshittification" youtu.be/I8l1uSb0LZg
The “Ensh*ttification” of the Internet and How to Fix It | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
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November 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Cory Doctorow of the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) explains what he means by his term "enshittification" youtu.be/I8l1uSb0LZg
Why garage doors look the way they do www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6iI...
The amazing invisible detail.
YouTube video by Rex Krueger
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November 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Why garage doors look the way they do www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6iI...
The baseball pitching machine made by Toronto-based [Traject Sports] founded by Mechatronics students from the [University of Waterloo] youtu.be/HCSI3PYrQk4
TRAJEKT: The Pitching Machine That is Revolutionizing Baseball Training
YouTube video by Driveline Baseball
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October 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The baseball pitching machine made by Toronto-based [Traject Sports] founded by Mechatronics students from the [University of Waterloo] youtu.be/HCSI3PYrQk4
First China->Europe container ship voyage via the Arctic Ocean www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ka5...
First container ship arrives in UK via Arctic Route, a faster and cheaper China-Europe alternative
YouTube video by ShanghaiEye魔都眼
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October 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
First China->Europe container ship voyage via the Arctic Ocean www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ka5...
India’s civilizational influence on southeast Asia youtu.be/fWnkTlzaM_o
India's Civilizational Influence on Southeast Asia - Professor Tan Tai Yong
YouTube video by Keith Yap
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October 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
India’s civilizational influence on southeast Asia youtu.be/fWnkTlzaM_o
On Canada’s massive renovation effort for its Parliament building youtu.be/IxFcNOmND00
Why Canada Blasted a Huge Hole Outside its Parliament
YouTube video by The B1M
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October 20, 2025 at 12:28 AM
On Canada’s massive renovation effort for its Parliament building youtu.be/IxFcNOmND00