“If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, then we would be so simple that we wouldn’t have been able to understand it ” – Emerson Where do we draw the line about the complexity of an issue and the human ability to understand/resolve it? Are we limited by our thinking ability? What is our thinking [...]

When I wrote about a Stronger Rupee in mid 2007, some opposed an appreciating rupee – a rupee that was getting stronger against US dollar. Why? Because Stronger Rupee hurts exports. For instance, IT companies which used to get 44 rupees per every dollar they earned, now get only 39 rupees per dollar. This is because Rupee is becoming stronger [...]

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 [...]

Sankranti is one of those rare Hindu festivals which is based on a solar event, where as the Hindu calendar itself is actually a lunar calendar. Which is why we find that the calendar dates of all Hindu festivals keep changing every year. Makara Sankranti, more popularly known as Sankranti is the day on which Sun enters the zodiacal sign [...]

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 [...]

Never worry about the outcome of your efforts. Instead spend all your energy and time to concentrate on the actual effort, for worry is the misuse of imagination. Now that’s what Krishna meant in Gita when he said, Karmanye Vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana

Know India, Know World , No India, No World. History of India is the history of world. As simple as that. History of British colonial rule in India has been a series of attempts to subvert and subjugate this ancient Indian History. Watch the videos below to know the truth! Ignore it at your own risk. Part I: Myth of [...]

December 25! Merry Christmas! In the east we find thousands of great divine spiritual religious personalities who spoke about peace and love and this trend of Gandhi, Buddha etc continues even today in the form of Sri Sri Ravishankar etc, where as in the west Jesus Christ is the only person who spoke the language of peace and love, and [...]

Rigveda, one of the four vedas is said to be the world’s most ancient text. In fact, I personally consider all the four vedas to be of the same time, for Rigveda clearly contains references to other vedas as well, for instance in Purusha Sukta. So do other vedas contain references to Rigveda. If the other three vedas were later [...]

When we say that vedic texts are apaurusheya meaning not of human origin, all it means is that they are scientific laws, the laws of the universe. The very word Veda means knowledge.

The RTI (Right to Information Act) enables the Indian citizens to query the government about ANY information they want excluding the personal information of citizens and information related to security matters and defense. It is a well known fact that the dynastic politics of Nehru family has ensured that on the birth day and death anniversary of every member of [...]

August 7 1998 Hundreds of people were killed when simultaneous truck bombs exploded at the US embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya. US had faced one of the largest terrorist attacks outside US. Osama Bin Laden claimed responsibility to the attacks saying, it was in retaliation for the US invasion of [...]

The above newspaper clipping, I saw it in the online edition of the Gujarati newspaper Sandesh (page 15), dated Yesterday Dec 14 2007! Look at the advertisement there on the bottom right corner. Wondering who the person is? Well, he is the dreaded Pakistani terrorist, Masood Azhar, the leader of the terrorist group Jaish e Mohammed. Wondering who gave an [...]

In a Debate on The Ethics of Religious Conversions with the Archbishop of Hyderabad, below is a amazingly beautiful speech by eminent Indologist David Frawley . Date: February 9, 1999 Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Hyderabad. I completely subscribe to the views in this speech. Also, I do not believe that all religions are one and the same. Hindus are only [...]