Posted On Aug 13, 2007, Under:
Veda
The Equation Nature=God or God=Nature This is a mystic equation from the ancient Indian vedic culture. Which is why you find 33 crore Gods in Hinduism which is based on the ancient vedic culture of India. When it says nature is God, every form of nature, every part of the universe becomes God. All animals, trees, sun, rain, water, thunder, [...]
Posted On Aug 13, 2007, Under:
Society
Now this is what I call a real innovation, the kind of innovative thinking India needs to make it a true developed nation and a super power. This one is not from an Indian youth who is below 25-30 years, but from a retired Chennai based Indian engineer, Venkataraman, who is still young at heart and mind at the age [...]
Posted On Aug 12, 2007, Under:
Society
Well, yes, it happens only in India! On the eve of 60th anniversary of Indian Independence have some glimpses of some of those things that happen Only in India Below is a three part video from CNN-IBN on It happens only in India. See how anything that enters India from outside, gets absorbed into India, and develops its own Indianness [...]
The Success Recently I had been to forum mall to buy few blank DVDs as I wanted to back up some of the data in my computer.. As usual I asked for the Moser Baer DVDs, and the store guys informed me that they didn’t have stock of that brand, and offered me to buy DVD from other companies.. I [...]
Posted On Aug 10, 2007, Under:
Society
This is a follow up post in response to the responses received to an earlier article of mine – Stronger Rupee = Stronger India How to build a Stronger India? Well, As I have pointed out in the article, innovation is the key to build a real super power out of India, because to become a superpower we need state [...]
Posted On Aug 9, 2007, Under:
History
Ashoka The Great… one of the greatest emperors of ancient India… Who reigned from 273 BCE to 232 BCE as a great Mauryan Emperor.. Ashoka means “without any sorrow” He was also called “Dev?n?mpriya” meaning the “one who is beloved of the Gods”. The famous science fiction writer, H G Wells once said about Ashoka, “ In the history of [...]
We are aware of the search functionality in the internet and on our local desktops We can search for specific information in the internet using search engines like Google.. We can search for specific documents, email messages etc in our local desktop Now what about searching ourselves? Today morning I had forgotten about where I had placed my bike keys.. [...]
Posted On Aug 8, 2007, Under:
Society
The four pillars of a democracy are Legislative (the Government, Ministers, MP, MLA etc) Executive (the IAS, IPS officers, bureaucrats, etc) Judiciary (the Courts) Press We know that the Legislative in India is corrupt.. not functioning anywhere near the expectations.. politicians are corrupt to a large extent.. there are criminals too. etc and lot more etc Similarly we also know [...]
The incredible Indian percussionist, THE BEST in the world, Shivamani Below are two videos of his performance, worth enjoying In the second video below see how amazingly he plays using spoons, tins and plates as his instruments! He has mastered percussion like anything.. he can get good beats out of almost everything.. you can see how in the first video [...]
Posted On Aug 6, 2007, Under:
Veda
One of the blog readers asked me a question A very simple question.. but for which I don’t know the answer The question was How to attain salvation? One of the reasons for which I have my photo in the blog.. bcos many people get mislead by my name Gurudev , thinking that I am some saint who just came [...]
Posted On Aug 6, 2007, Under:
Logic
65 millions years ago!! At the end of the mesozoic era.. Let us assume that the dinosaurs never got destroyed.. Let us assume that the mighty asteroid that hit earth or the super volcano that erupted or the global climatic change that took place never happened 65 million years ago.. So the dinosaurs moved on in the evolutionary ladder.. today [...]
Posted On Aug 5, 2007, Under:
Society
Hydro electric power projects – generating electric power by building dams against rivers, is what becomes an act of terrorism against nature when common sense beats sense common sense says we all need developments.. all states want to be developed. make more money, improve their economy, satisfy their energy needs sense asks.. well, fine.. but at the cost of what [...]
I am a great fan of the music maestro Ilayaraja Today somewhere read that he had once composed a song using only three swaras.. or the three keys.. i.e sa re ga in classical Indian music.. or in western notations C, D and E Got inspired by this great gifted musician and I composed a tune with only two swaras [...]
Posted On Aug 4, 2007, Under:
Society
This is something that we should ensure that it DOES NOT happen in India. Nobody thought that this would happen so soon.. China can finally say that it is ahead of US… China is now the largest… No, I am not talking about development.. I am talking about pollution China is the now the largest emitter of Carbon dioxide (CO2) [...]
Posted On Aug 3, 2007, Under:
Humor
Disclaimer: Don’t take it seriously, I mean the disclaimer.. just a crazy funny thought below Was sipping the tasty coffee in the office canteen.. and a superluminal thought passed by.. yes thoughts are always superluminal.. they travel faster than light.. which is why time travel is possible in your thoughts.. you can think about past as well as about future, [...]
When I was in the school once I had read that Jupiter just missed from becoming a star! In other words it was a failed star and became a planet! Jupiter as we know is the largest planet in the solar system, about 2.5 times larger than all other planets put together.. If it had been about 75 times more [...]
Posted On Aug 2, 2007, Under:
Society
I was shocked to see this link sent to me by one of the blog visitors! A person who had a three wheeler 15 years ago, today has sold over 5500 (let me repeat again, it is 5500) plots in Delhi !! A person who sold tea in North Delhi 15 years ago, today has 52 luxury cars with fancy [...]
Posted On Jul 31, 2007, Under:
Society
The Sensational News I started reading the headlines today on the CNN IBN website. First it read Sanjay Dutt enters jail, his lawyers head to SC okie good, finally he got at least some punishment for the crime he had committed against the country I thought.. Then the next headlines read, Bollywood shocked, says court harsh on Sanjay Dutt What [...]
One of my all time favorite songs by the colonial cousins I love the melodic voice of Hariharan.. Krishna Nee Begane Baaro in Kannada means Oh God, Come back soon. The wonderful lyrics in this song goes as follows: Darkness coming around, And every body fighting with the brother Every body wants control, Don’t hesitate to kill one-another So come [...]
Posted On Jul 30, 2007, Under:
History
Cause: August 14, 1947 – The Partition of India Effect: September 11, 2001 – WTC Terrorist Strikes and its aftermath Yes, the root cause of terrorism in the name of islamic jehad which is affecting the entire world today can be traced back to the Partition of India. The Blunder In 1947 when the British were reluctant to grant independence [...]