https://portfolio.kronos-nexus.com/blog/ Essays and field notes — the culture and heritage of Tulu Nadu, the systems I build, and ideas worth thinking through properly. Researched and sourced. en Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0530 https://portfolio.kronos-nexus.com/posts/a-cloud-of-my-own.html https://portfolio.kronos-nexus.com/posts/a-cloud-of-my-own.html Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0530 Technology Most people rent the cloud. I built one in the corner of my room. On why I run a homelab — ownership, control, and learning how the internet actually works. https://portfolio.kronos-nexus.com/posts/my-ancestors-alphabet-became-code.html https://portfolio.kronos-nexus.com/posts/my-ancestors-alphabet-became-code.html Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0530 Culture & Technology How the endangered Tulu-Tigalari script got into Unicode — where heritage and engineering meet. https://portfolio.kronos-nexus.com/posts/nagara-panchami-the-forest-we-never-cut.html https://portfolio.kronos-nexus.com/posts/nagara-panchami-the-forest-we-never-cut.html Thu, 20 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0530 Culture & Heritage Every Tuluva family keeps a patch of forest it will never cut — the serpent's grove. Nagara Panchami and the sacred ecology of Tulu Nadu. https://portfolio.kronos-nexus.com/posts/aati-the-month-with-no-gods.html https://portfolio.kronos-nexus.com/posts/aati-the-month-with-no-gods.html Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0530 Culture & Heritage The one month the Tulu calendar goes silent — Tulu Nadu's forbidden monsoon month, its wild medicine, and the bitter ritual of Aati Amavasya. https://portfolio.kronos-nexus.com/posts/my-house-was-whispering-to-strangers.html https://portfolio.kronos-nexus.com/posts/my-house-was-whispering-to-strangers.html Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0530 Technology A story about DNS, control, and the evening I realised my ad-blocker was a scarecrow — on Pi-hole, unbound, and taking back my network. https://portfolio.kronos-nexus.com/posts/tulunad-heritage-land-of-daivas.html https://portfolio.kronos-nexus.com/posts/tulunad-heritage-land-of-daivas.html Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0530 Culture & Heritage A deep, sourced dive into Tulu Nadu — Bhuta Kola, the Daivas, Nagaradhane, the Aati rituals, and the endangered Tulu-Tigalari script. https://portfolio.kronos-nexus.com/posts/why-i-write.html https://portfolio.kronos-nexus.com/posts/why-i-write.html Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0530 Meta A home for the things I want to understand properly and say in my own words — heritage, technology, and ideas, always with sources.