I am the shark among the fishes, and the Ganges among the rivers – Krishna in Bhagavadgita In his book Discovery of India, Jawaharlal Nehru says: The Ganges, above all is the river of India, which has held India’s heart captive and drawn uncounted millions to her banks since the dawn of history. The story of the Ganges, from her

Why did the Ancient Indians invent Zero ? To indicate Nothing in a place value based numerical system, like the binary, decimal etc. So in the number 101, 0 means there is NO value in the tenth’s place. If there was no zero then 101 should have been written as 11, which leaves no room to differentiate between actual 11

In one of the temples of southern India, I happened to observe what otherwise most of us in India have been overlooking all the time. The human headed, lion bodied structure which we commonly find in a lot of Indian temples, especially in the South. What we overlook here is, this is same as the Sphinx of Egypt . The

The science and astronomy behind the celebrations of Makara Sankranti (Sun entering Capricorn) and Utttarayana (Winter Solstice)

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page in it For those who have not been to India, here is a glimpse of what is on the offer when you happen to visit here. This is one of those promotional videos from the Ministry of Tourism , India. You can find more videos

Australia wins the second test match at Sydney, ironically enough cricket loses. What else can you conclude when a team is subjected to a series of umpiring mistakes one after the other all going against it, and as a result of which the team loses. The Indian team played well under all adverse conditions which were non-sportive in nature and

God They are dividing the society in your name They are converting others with your claim They are misleading the world misusing your fame They are misbehaving with others causing you shame God, save me from your followers Why cant I worship you in a different way? Why cant I call you with a different name? They say if I

This is yet another classic example of people using their freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they can’t make use of! Look at this travel guide published in Guardian by some Chris Madigan , there jump directly to the month of September which talks about Mumbai. The author says that Ganesh is a God

Your attention please. Time is happy to inform the world that she has been blessed with a new baby – 2008. Applause! Time keeps delivering new babies at regular intervals. But the birth of this one baby of time is eagerly awaited and celebrated all over the world – The New Year. Sayo nara 2007, Welcome 2008! Wish you all