Think about this. When you were a child still learning how to walk, how many times did you fall before learning to stand straight? How many times did you fall before being able to ride your bicycle for more than a minute without falling? If you had opted not to fall, could you have still [...]

Now that the Indo-US nuclear deal has been approved by the US establishment and will be signed soon by both the countries, let us look back a bit at NSG, the group of nuclear supplier nations which recently approved the supply of nuclear materials to India for civilian use.
How many of us are aware of [...]

Take any currency note and have a look at it. You will find wordings similar to this.
“I promise to pay the bearer a sum of….”

So what does this mean? It means that the reserve bank of the country (in other words the Government) promises that the person who possesses the currency note (i.e the [...]

This article is the second part of my earlier article on the vedic concept of God, where in I have tried to further simplify things based on reader comments and queries.
What God is NOT
First and foremost, God as described in the vedas is NOT some super human being with super human powers, who [...]

Dr. Arnold J. Toynbee, the famous British Historian said in the 20th century, At the close of this century, the world would be dominated by the West, but that in the 21st century India will conquer her conquerors. –
Well, the arrival of India in the 21st century is not something that is happening for [...]

A set of few simple questions which the citizens of India would like our prime minister and the UPA to answer.
Its all about the Indo-US nuclear deal, which the government is trying to project to the masses as if it is a one stop solution to all our energy and strategic needs and as if [...]

We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there.
Just imagine how nice it would be if you would be able to access all those different systems at office, your ATM, etc without having to remember all those usernames and passwords!

Imagine if there was [...]

Indians Only Please
OK, now continue
July 31 is the last date I think to file the Tax returns in India this year Well, now you can file these IT (Income Tax) returns online. It is VERY EASY, I just did it for myself, VERY SIMPLE STEPS and your returns can be filed and acknowledgment [...]

Rarely comes a time when I support the Left front in India. In the context of the Indo-US nuclear deal , Left is Right is what I believe. Left is opposing the deal since it doesn’t wants a strategic tie up with US which goes against its communist interests, and I am opposing the deal [...]

The Alien Study
July 4 2002… It was 11:30 pm… 230 km northwest of Kabul at an altitude of 2500 meters… In the Bamiyan valley landed an UFO..
Photographs of the destroyed Buddha statues were taken.. compared with the Buddha who once stood there… The left image shows the Buddha who once stood.. and the right [...]

The wait is over, the government of India has finally awaken from all its political compulsions and saw that the global oil prices have increased a lot, that the oil companies in the country are making a huge loss, and hence has decided to increase the fuel prices effective from 5 June.
Petrol has increased by [...]

Once upon a time in a village people used to travel mostly by bullock carts. There was only one bus service from the village to the nearby town every day. Most of the people could only afford traveling by bullock cart and not by bus. Over a period of time the poor villagers worked hard, [...]

India is the only country in the world where people would love to be called backward, and the numbers are exponentially increasing.
India is the only country in the world which since its independence has become increasingly backward, with more and more castes being added to the backward list. Economic boom and increasing backwardness go hand [...]

USA – A country where even to go to a nearby shopping mall which is just a stone’s throw away, you take out your private vehicle! A country whose public transport system is pathetic and owning a car is a necessity, not a luxury! A country where petroleum is taken to be granted, and has [...]

It all started long long ago..
40,000 BCE…
In the dense forests of africa a group of pre-historic humans are working hard all day long, lifting rocks, moving boulders, breaking and rearranging them, clearing the entrance of a cave, to build a new home for themselves. Humans then used to do all the physical labour themselves. Each [...]

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star How I wonder what you are? All your light from the world so high Why isn’t it visible in the night sky?
Okay, this was my attempt to poetically state the Olber’s paradox
Olber looking at the night sky started wondering, and came up with a reasonable paradox of his [...]

As a kid in the school I had read about this wonderful bird called ‘Arctic Tern’. The life of this bird fascinated me a lot because it is the only species which covers earth from one pole to other, and that too every year! Even we humans with such advanced technology dont travel so much [...]

One in every two people on this planet is a woman. Happy Women’s Day to all
No, this blog post is not yet another discussion about feminism or about the rights of women. There is nothing to discuss or debate about it.
Men, their rights, nothing more. Women, their rights, nothing less.
Happy women’s day to [...]

Look at the rate of rising IT salaries in India.
In 2006 there was a salary rise of 14.4%. In 2007 it was 15.1%, the forecast for 2008 is 15.2%. More importantly, this is the fifth consecutive year of a salary rise of above 10%! Going at this rate, and considering the weakening US dollar against [...]

The pilot is preparing the plane for yet another landing. As usual, clearance comes, the landing gears appear, run way is in sight, the plane climbs down.. everything as usual..
And suddenly the pilot notices something unusual, something moving on the run away. What the hell on earth, as soon as you land on earth?!?! Oops [...]