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 a valid scientific issue. [...]

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 are vegetarians [...]

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 outer [...]

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 movie Kaadhalan, the one [...]

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 look for us [...]

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 kind of hominid [...]

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 three notes ie [...]

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 noted in this report [...]

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 intelligent. Of course [...]

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 a part of [...]

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 even to the finals. [...]

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.. if ppl stop reading ur bullshit [...]

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 into a communal issue [...]

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 earth is [...]

Now the political blame game has started regarding the controversial Sethusamudram project where the current Congress led UPA government is planning to build a canal called Sethusamudram by destroying the ancient Rama Sethu. One of the blog readers provided this news item according to which, the Congress is blaming the BJP of hypocrisy saying, it was actually the BJP led [...]

Karunanidhi, who just few days back declared that Ram is a myth , is a classic example of a politician who makes extensive use of the fact that Public memory is short lived , to his greatest advantage. This same chief minister of Tamilnadu Mr Karunanidhi, who today wants the Ram Sethu to be destroyed to build the Sethusamudram canal, [...]

a??au ?loka sahasr??i a??au ?loka ? at ? ?ica aha? vedmi, ? ukau vetti sanjayo vetti v ? ? a v ? This is a verse from the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata. It means that there are 8800 riddles in Mahabharatha, and that the author vyasa, and Shuka know the answers to all the 8800 riddles, while Sanjaya might [...]