Cipher

Vaisali is a 1988 Malayalam film directed and edited by Bharathan.. It was an adaptation of a sub-story told by Vedavyasa to King Yudhishtira in the epic Mahabharatha. It is the story of Vaisali, a devadasi girl who was assigned the mission of seducing Rishyashrungan, the son of Mahirshi Vibhandakan and bringing him to Chambapuri to perform a mahayagam to bring rain. Vaisali is a mythical figure and myths are the most powerful tools used by patriarchy to subordinate women. Myths attribute to…

Introduction Cryptography can be defined as the process of encrypting and decrypting data in order to keep the information protected from anyone other than the two (or more) people involved in the communication. Preventing unauthorized users from being able to read the information exchanged over an insecure channel, i.e. maintaining ‘privacy’ is one serious cryptographic problem, which is why it is essential for the communicating parties to share a key that is unknown to others. This key…

In the poem “I am Going to Start Living like a Mystic” Edward Hirsch describes his view of his natural surroundings as he walks around a park. A walk through the natural world could be like a pilgrimage as stated by Edward Hirsch. Looking at the trees, the sky, the snow, and all the beauty that nature has to offer, as a human one wonders and expands upon his or her idea of nature and its tangible limitations. However, at the same time one may lose focus and fall into delusion, as the human heart…

Inside the Aquarium, by Viktor Suvorov, is a spy novel that tells the story of his personal rise and fall of being a GRU officer during the Cold War. Even though this novel is classified as a biography, not all of it should be assumed as true. Through analyzing how Suvorov portrays the adversaries, the allies, and the tradecraft in the novel, a deduction can be drawn to if this novel is a credible source of information. The first area to analyze to determine the credibility of Inside the…

"You're a damn fool, Aric Jorgan!" Lieutenant Vorne slammed his datapad down on his desk with enough force that Jorgan winced. He'd heard the man shouting orders on a battlefield, but he'd never been on the receiving end of his wrath. Still, Jorgan stood straight and stared at a fixed point on the far wall. The older man put his hands on his hips and shook his head. "What were you thinking?" "Our intelligence was faulty, sir," he answered simply. Vorne looked at Jorgan for a long time before…

The Women’s March was on January 21, 2017, around the United States of America. Millions of women united in Washington D.C. to protest the presidential election that insulted minorities. This march conveys how much power that women posses. Every so often you get a poet that is able to speak for a generation. Jasmine Mans is a poet that can be seen as a pressure point for many celebrities. She uses the lyrics of their own music to point out the irrational behavior and great influence they…

Intellectual Achievement The United States and the Soviet Union have had multiple stressing issues throughout history prior to and during the time of the second World War. Such issues were deep-seated mistrust and hostility due to the Soviet government withdrawing Russia from the first World War and was opposed to a state ideologically based on communism. During the second World War the United States and Soviet Union were allies, based on the common aim to defeat Nazi Germany. However, the…

Introduction When we rely on banks for money transfers, online payments, money withdrawal or just savings, we are giving them trust; we have to trust that the bank will not go bankrupt and that our money would always be available for us; furthermore, we have to provide all our personal details, trusting that those will not be disclosed without our agreement. If we wanted to avoid using banks as intermediaries, we would have to keep all our savings in cash, which means it would be impossible to…

Albert Einstein had said, “But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live Its whole life believing that It is stupid.” This quote is a prime example of American education. The American system was established with an immensely limited approach to teaching; moreover, the system is currently changeless, opting to remain the same. This world becomes further advanced year after year, forming new technologies, visions, and issues. The human race cannot predict where the world…

The Zodiac The Zodiac killer in the movie and the one in real life did totally different things, there are many significant differences in the murders and the movie. The movie has many discrepancies not everything matches. The film follows the lives of many people as they try and solve the case. It is based off a book by Robert Graysmith that he actually spent 10 years writing and lost a marriage. In the movie reddish-brown colored Mustang is visible as Darlene and Mike drive through the…