Archives for: November 2007
History Demystified – An Introduction

History is the biography of mankind. It is never complete, and will continue to be updated as tomorrows continue to vanish into yesterdays . And these yesterdays continue to influence and shape the tomorrows of mankind. History is the echo of past in the future. History is the reflex of future acted upon the past. So it is very important

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The Need for Speed

Indian supercomputer Eka (meaning one in sanskrit) built by the Pune’s Computational Research Laboratories (CRL) of the Tata Group is the fourth fastest supercomputer in the world! Great going! The top two fastest ones are from US and the third one is from New Mexico. Then, read a news report which said that MDGRAPE-3, a new super computer from Japan

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Non Locality = Universal Consciousness?

One of the greatest mysteries of quantum mechanics is non-locality. Non locality is if you take two quantum particles that were twins and separate them billions of miles apart, and then do something to one particle here, the other particle billions of light years away will immediately come to know about what you did to that one particle here!! This

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Vedic Science vs Modern Science

Just had a passing thought while thinking about the reason as to why modern science is finding it difficult to come to terms with the finest details of universe like consciousness, awareness, particle non-locality, quantum teleportation, etc. The reason I think is, Modern science tries to formulate everything into the way our human brains can understand. It is like taking

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No Vendor Lock for Mobile Numbers

I was eagerly waiting for something like this to be initiated for mobile users in India. I have a mobile number which I have shared with all my friends. Then I find that some other service provider is offering a better service than my current provider. But now, in India changing my service provider also means changing my mobile number

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Blast with a difference

I was riding my bike down the street on a late evening. Vrooom! Two missiles flew by! There were bombs set off all around.. Right in front of me two big ones went off. Could hear Bofors guns firing continuously in the next street.. As I continued to ride, I had to zig zag to avoid the land mines laid

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Chinese way of winning the FDI Race

I was always wondering how come China gets so much more FDI than India? FDI or Foreign Direct Investment is the money invested in a country by foreign companies. Foreign companies might invest money in another country either to expand their existing facilities there, or to acquire/merge with existing companies there or to start new branches there. For instance Hyundai

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Metro Meteor Relations

For a change, lets have a unique quiz Where do most of the meteorites hit on earth? No no, its not a general knowledge question. Its a common sense question, where this sense is common only amongst the Indian explorers! So, once again.. Where do most of the meteorites hit on earth? Where else? Of course on the roads of

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