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 creates the universe, life forms, [...]

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 the first time in history. [...]

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 there would be “no [...]

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 no need for you [...]

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 received all just by few [...]

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 since it will make India [...]

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 once after its destruction [...]

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 Rs. 5 per litre, [...]

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, developed their own industries, earned [...]

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 to hand in India! [...]

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 always to be very cheap, [...]

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 one of them [...]

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 times that, considering all the light [...]

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 in our lifetime. Every year [...]

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 all women out there. [...]

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 Indian Rupee, considering an [...]

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 its some animal! Obviously [...]

What actually is a commercial advertisement? It is an attempt by the commercial corporations to convince us that whatever stuff we already have is crap, outdated, doesnt look good, has drawbacks, is out of fashion, unimpressive, ugly, the other gender hates it etc. And then they go on to tell us how the stuff they have recently manufactured is far [...]

“The result (of outsourcing) is more American jobs, higher wages and a faster growing economy overall… Global sourcing continues to be a net positive for American workers and the US economy” – so said Harris N. Miller, president of Information Technology Association of America in 2005. Look at the contradiction now. Here is what Mr. Barack Obama, the democratic presidential [...]

There’s so much pollution in the air now that if it weren’t for our lungs there’d be no place to put it all. Pollution has always been a byproduct of technological advancement of humans. Every new technological innovation of humans has given its own contribution to the pollution of nature on this planet. One of the first pollutants if I [...]