The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think! Great volumes have been written about beauties and brains. A friend recently asked me How do you prefer your life partner to be? I believe understanding and caring is of a higher priority than being beautiful or intelligent. Of course

In a country dominated by the word Gandhi, there are innumerable other unsung heroes of the freedom movement of this country. One such hero is Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Bhagat Singh (born on September 28, 1907) was one of the most famous youth revolutionaries of the Indian Independence Movement, who at the very young age of 13 was a part of

The Men in Blue did it for India. India has won the first ICC 20-20 Cricket World Cup Championship. Click here to watch the final over of the finals One needs a fire inside to win, and Indian team definitely had that fire as was visible throughout the tournament. Nobody dreamed that India would make it even to the finals.

Never take your life seriously. Nobody gets out of it alive anyway Not only people die, even civilizations die, even planets die, stars die, and so does the universe too! Once I had written an article called How to avoid death , and some cool guy commented on it saying Death can be avoided.. if ppl stop reading ur bullshit

Nesara in Kannada means Sun. And this song below from a very old kannada movie about sunrise is one of my most favorite songs. An amazing music with a great melody and wonderful lyrics. So thought will share this beautiful song with you all. Nesara Nodu means look at the sun in Kannada

The ongoing controversy over the Sethusamudram project actually had to be a rational debate over the economic benefits of the projects V/s its negative geographical impacts, ecological destruction and loss of a heritage site. Now, thanks to the irresponsible affidavit by the government of India and to the politicians of DMK this rational debate has turned into a communal issue

Rational thinking is thought based on logic supported by scientific facts and evidences. But many rational thoughts depend on whether the science has expanded and investigated into the areas that are currently being debated. And over a period of time rational thoughts become irrational and vice versa. A millenium back it was rational in Europe to think that earth is

Now the political blame game has started regarding the controversial Sethusamudram project where the current Congress led UPA government is planning to build a canal called Sethusamudram by destroying the ancient Rama Sethu. One of the blog readers provided this news item according to which, the Congress is blaming the BJP of hypocrisy saying, it was actually the BJP led

Karunanidhi, who just few days back declared that Ram is a myth , is a classic example of a politician who makes extensive use of the fact that Public memory is short lived , to his greatest advantage. This same chief minister of Tamilnadu Mr Karunanidhi, who today wants the Ram Sethu to be destroyed to build the Sethusamudram canal,

ashtau shloka sahasraaNi ashtau shloka shataanicha aham vedmi, shukau vetti sanjayo vetti vaa nava This is a verse from the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata. It means that there are 8800 riddles in Mahabharatha, and that the author vyasa, and Shuka know the answers to all the 8800 riddles, while Sanjaya might know answers to some of those riddles! In

Time flies like an arrow Fruit-flies like a banana! A funny quote indeed. But why does time fly like an arrow, always in the same direction? From past to future. Or does it? I have been curious about this time ever since I read A Brief History of Time while in high school. There is no law in physics which

Know India, Know World No India, No World! This is what I felt after watching this wonderful slide show containing a great deal of information about India, both the past and the present, which was shared by a blog reader. It was so amazing that I thought it is really worth to be shared. Please click here to watch this

While the government of India and Archaeological Society of India (ASI) are blabbering left and right about Rama, Ramsethu and Ramayana without doing any proper research on the subject, here is a simple yet powerful research done on the subject. Based on the astronomical dating of the events described in the original ancient Valmiki Ramayana and using modern software to

After a long time I was glued to the television yesterday to watch the India Pakistan cricket match of the 20-20 world cup As always, India Pakistan cricket matches have their own flavor of thrill, suspense, emotions, excitement, a nail biting finish and what not! This is the first 20-20 cricket world cup, where the number of overs bowled is

Can’t these political parties do developmental work without hurting the religious sentiments of the people of this country? Be it the religious minorities or the majorities, the political parties of India have only used them as vote banks in this country. While the BJP and other ideological allies of it have used the majority sentiments to fuel their vote bank,

More than 2700 years back a huge university existed in that ancient India where over 10,500 students from all across the world came for higher studies. This was the TakshaShila university of ancient India (wrongly spelled as Taxila today). During its times this university was the IIT and MIT of the world, where the students from all across the world

How long a minute is depends on which side of the bathroom door youre on. The countries that are yet to occupy a great power status simply cant wait any longer and want to occupy that power seat as soon as possible. On the other hand the countries that are currently great powers, are simply not ready to vacate their

Remember those wonderful days of our childhood? When the great video song Mile Sur Mera Tumahra symbolizing the cultural and linguistic diversity of India and the unity in that diversity, used to evoke the wonderful feeling of Indianness and pride every time we listened to this beautiful song. An Indian National Integration video whose melody resides deep inside the heart

The drive against corruption and bribes has taken a new turn in India. The zero rupee experiment started in Chennai is now reaching other parts of the country. The Zero Rupee campaign against corruption and bribes is started by an Indian NGO 5th pillar , which identifies the common man (you and me) as the fifth pillar of democracy apart

One of the things that I always love to do when I go on treks to places far away from urban life, free from light pollution, deep inside forests, on top of hills, is to look at the night sky in an open place. The entire universe lies exposed there with about 2000 odd stars visible to the naked eye.