Whatever is here, is found elsewhere. But what is not here, is nowhere else. – Thus goes a line in the first chapter of Mahabharata
In the 21st century, the same could be said about the Internet
Internet has become the sum total of the entire knowledge collected by humans all over the known history.
Thousands and thousands [...]

Wanted to make a prophetic prediction Searched the search engines for a popular question
Started thinking about the day on which the world is going to end, As that was the current trend.
think.. think.. think deeeply deeeeeeply deeeeeeeeeplyyyyy
So deep that the pacific depth reaches everest height!
And lo, saw light at the end of a tunnel rain [...]

Disclaimer: Trying to be as non-technical as possible, requires basic physics at the level of quantum mechanics and relativity
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Unlike other physicists, Einstein developed almost the complete theory of relativity based on this thought experiments. In other words, he carried out the experiments of his theory in his mind! He set [...]

This is a post in response to the comments made by the readers to my previous post Moral Vegetarianism .
In the earlier post I had cited that choice of diet is a personal matter. I might not like eating animals, while others might not mind it. Debating whether meat is healthy or unhealthy is altogether [...]

One of the site visitors asked a question . Isnt vegetarianism violence against plants ?
Vegetarianism is very popular life style amongst many hindus. It is compulsory among Jains. It is considered good for two reasons.
1) Animal meat is detrimental to human mind, spirituality and health.
2) The principle of ahimsa or non-violence against animals.
Those who [...]

Today is the tomorrow that we used to worry about yesterday
So folks, stop worrying, for worry is the misuse of imagination.
Use your imagination wisely, and think about the shape of time!
Shape? Yes, not a physical shape, but an imaginay one.
As we are aware, time flows at the rate of one second per second, locally!
Why only [...]

How is it possible to see the past via a live telecast? Live means present, right ? How can past be telecasted live?
Clue: Light cones.
So here we go
Wouldnt it be nice if we can watch the actual video of the evolution of our solar system?
How were the planets around the sum formed? How were the [...]

Who is wise? The one who thinks otherwise
Who is a fool? The one who thinks otherwise
Who is ignorant? The one who doesnt know that there is something to think!
Or in other words.
People who know that they know, and also know that there is only what they know are not wise.
People who know that there is [...]

Prabhudeva – The great Indian dance choreographer/actor/dance master is also my most favorite dancer in the movies. He dances as if there are no bones in his body! His acting is also great, especially in comedy scenes.
Below is one of his great dance numbers from the Tamil movie Gentleman.
Another great song from the Tamil [...]

The greatest asset of being a human is the ability to imagine
When there is a problem at an unknown level, one of the ideal ways to solve it quickly would be to look for a symmetrical existence at a known level.
For instance, while trying to imagine how a 4-dimensional Cube or a 4-dimensional sphere would [...]

I was trying to search for some information about the nature of monkey like characters in Ramayana and any related research about these beings called vanars.
Note that its not only monkey like beings, but also bear like beings that are mentioned in Ramayana.
Given the ancient timescale of Ramayana occurring in Treta yuga, were these some [...]

One of the greatest music directors ever, the one and the only Maestro Ilayaraja.
Below is a beautiful composition by this great man, the uniqueness of this tune being that its composed using only three notes of an octave.
In other words, out of the sa, ri, ga, ma, pa, da, ni notes, Ilayaraja has used only [...]

CNN-IBN recently came up with an in-depth analysis report by looking at the Sethusamudram controversy, not just in terms of its religions nature, but also in terms of security risks, the ecological disaster, loss of livelihood for the local people, etc that would be caused by this project.
The most important thing that has to be [...]

The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think!
Great volumes have been written about beauties and brains.
A friend recently asked me How do you prefer your life partner to be?
I believe understanding and caring is of a higher priority than being beautiful or [...]

In a country dominated by the word Gandhi, there are innumerable other unsung heroes of the freedom movement of this country.
One such hero is Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

Bhagat Singh (born on September 28, 1907) was one of the most famous youth revolutionaries of the Indian Independence Movement, who at the very young age of 13 was [...]

The Men in Blue did it for India. India has won the first ICC 20-20 Cricket World Cup Championship. Click here to watch the final over of the finals

One needs a fire inside to win, and Indian team definitely had that fire as was visible throughout the tournament. Nobody dreamed that India would make it [...]

Never take your life seriously. Nobody gets out of it alive anyway
Not only people die, even civilizations die, even planets die, stars die, and so does the universe too!
Once I had written an article called How to avoid death , and some cool guy commented on it saying Death can be avoided.. [...]

Nesara in Kannada means Sun. And this song below from a very old kannada movie about sunrise is one of my most favorite songs. An amazing music with a great melody and wonderful lyrics.
So thought will share this beautiful song with you all. Nesara Nodu means look at the sun in Kannada.

The ongoing controversy over the Sethusamudram project actually had to be a rational debate over the economic benefits of the projects V/s its negative geographical impacts, ecological destruction and loss of a heritage site.
Now, thanks to the irresponsible affidavit by the government of India and to the politicians of DMK this rational debate has turned [...]

Rational thinking is thought based on logic supported by scientific facts and evidences.
But many rational thoughts depend on whether the science has expanded and investigated into the areas that are currently being debated.
And over a period of time rational thoughts become irrational and vice versa.
A millenium back it was rational in Europe to think that [...]