Time flies like an arrow Fruit-flies like a banana! A funny quote indeed. But why does time fly like an arrow, always in the same direction? From past to future. Or does it? I have been curious about this time ever since I read A Brief History of Time while in high school. There is no law in physics which [...]

Know India, Know World No India, No World! This is what I felt after watching this wonderful slide show containing a great deal of information about India, both the past and the present, which was shared by a blog reader. It was so amazing that I thought it is really worth to be shared. Please click here to watch this [...]

While the government of India and Archaeological Society of India (ASI) are blabbering left and right about Rama, Ramsethu and Ramayana without doing any proper research on the subject, and without even knowing any ABCD of Indian history, here is a simple yet powerful research done on the subject. Based on the astronomical dating of the events described in the [...]

After a long time I was glued to the television yesterday to watch the India Pakistan cricket match of the 20-20 world cup As always, India Pakistan cricket matches have their own flavor of thrill, suspense, emotions, excitement, a nail biting finish and what not! This is the first 20-20 cricket world cup, where the number of overs bowled is [...]

Can’t these political parties do developmental work without hurting the religious sentiments of the people of this country? Be it the religious minorities or the majorities, the political parties of India have only used them as vote banks in this country. While the BJP and other ideological allies of it have used the majority sentiments to fuel their vote bank, [...]

More than 2700 years back a huge university existed in that ancient India where over 10,500 students from all across the world came for higher studies. This was the TakshaShila university of ancient India (wrongly spelled as Taxila today). During its times this university was the IIT and MIT of the world, where the students from all across the world [...]

How long a minute is depends on which side of the bathroom door youre on. The countries that are yet to occupy a great power status simply cant wait any longer and want to occupy that power seat as soon as possible. On the other hand the countries that are currently great powers, are simply not ready to vacate their [...]

Remember those wonderful days of our childhood? When the great video song Mile Sur Mera Tumahra symbolizing the cultural and linguistic diversity of India and the unity in that diversity, used to evoke the wonderful feeling of Indianness and pride every time we listened to this beautiful song. An Indian National Integration video whose melody resides deep inside the heart [...]

The drive against corruption and bribes has taken a new turn in India. The zero rupee experiment started in Chennai is now reaching other parts of the country. The Zero Rupee campaign against corruption and bribes is started by an Indian NGO 5th pillar , which identifies the common man (you and me) as the fifth pillar of democracy apart [...]

One of the things that I always love to do when I go on treks to places far away from urban life, free from light pollution, deep inside forests, on top of hills, is to look at the night sky in an open place. The entire universe lies exposed there with about 2000 odd stars visible to the naked eye. [...]

Some pain is physical, and some is mental, but the one that’s both is dental I usually brush my teeth twice a day, once in the morning before bath and once in the night before going to bed, just to avoid feeling yuk!! I remember having tooth ache when I was a kid. Actually one teeth from the first set [...]

In one of the India Rising documentaries, narrated by the top Indian Mega Star Amitabh Bachhan , a line goes as follows: This is An India that no longer boycotts the foreign made goods, but instead buys out the companies that make them ! Yes, the Indian companies are on a shopping spree across the globe, buying out and acquiring [...]

Enjoy your weekend with the beauty of classical Indian music. The below concert is based on the melody of tunes composed using Kaapi raga. The wonderful violin is played by Balabhaskar and the band is called the Big Indian Band. Every time I listen to some great music like this I get tempted to give up all this IT, software [...]

Richard Feynman once said about quantum mechanics If you say that you understand quantum mechanics, and if you are NOT surprised, then you really did not understand quantum mechanics ! The reason being there are so many mysteries and puzzles in the field of quantum mechanics that otherwise would be considered super natural, unscientific, etc by a common man. Feynman [...]

India, the spiritual capital of the world, birth places of great cultures and religions like the Vedic culture , Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, etc. Buddha, the prince who was born in India.. He walked.. He searched.. He thought.. and he attained enlightenment in this Incredible India! His thoughts and spiritual messages spread all over the world, towards the east and also [...]

Indian Democracy – Neighbour’s envy, Owner’s pride!! Look at our neighbors. Where are they moving towards? Pakistan – India’s western neighbor is today ruled by its military led by General Musharaff. There is no democracy in Pakistan, and people’s voices are not heard. China – India’s big neighbor has no democracy either and is run by a oppressive communist party [...]

With the successful launch of the India’s multistage GSLV rocket carrying the indigenous communication satellite Insat-4CR on September 2, India has now become capable of launching satellites into Geo Synchronous Orbits with the only other countries in the world with this capability being US, Russia, European Union, China and Japan. India with this launch has now not only lifted its [...]

Just few months back I wrote about lead painted dangerous toys, toxic pet food, toothpaste containing industrial solvent, substandard vehicle tires etc, all Made in China Now we have the next installment added to this list of Made in China and this time followed with more innovation! The Chinese have been manufacturing fake pain killers and aspirin tablets off late [...]

One of the blog readers commented on my earlier article The Evolution of God , with an idea of equating Human+God relation to Computer+Human relation by saying: A future day analogy: I have often thought about a generation of computers which can think by themselves and reproduce (may be computers themselves control manufacture). And there is an argument between two [...]

Brahmaputra + Moscow = Brahmos This is how the name Brahmos was arrived at, using the names of two great rivers of India and Russia, for the world’s fastest cruise missile which travels at a supersonic speed of Mach 2.8!! In fact as of today it is the world’s only supersonic cruise missile! Brahmos is a joint venture between India [...]