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Who came first? Chicken or the Egg?

Posted by Gurudev on Jul 18, 2010 in Sci-Tech | 6 comments

What came first? Chicken or an Egg? Is it only a Metaphor? What does evolution and science has to say about this puzzle? Is this still a mystery or is there an answer to this puzzle?

Origin and History of Cow Slaughter and Beef Eating in India

Posted by Gurudev on Jun 28, 2010 in History | 72 comments

Before the British came to India, the Muslims of India were not eating Beef. All muslim rulers of India including Mughals had banned Cow Slaughter in their kingdoms. It was Robert Clive who started the first slaughter house in India at Calcutta with the intention of breaking the back of the prosperous Indian agriculture.

Sugar – A Sweet Indian Gift to the World

Posted by Gurudev on Dec 30, 2009 in History | 10 comments

The most popular sweetener in the world – Sugar – was invented in India. Prior to the introduction of Sugar in the west, the most popular sweetener in the western world was – HONEY!

India I Cry – Remo Fernandes

Posted by Gurudev on Oct 13, 2009 in Society | 5 comments

India, I cry
I cry, India

You were the world’s spiritual flower,
Now you’re just a starving nuclear power.

We’ve built the tall, ivory tower
While the slums outside, grow by the hour. – Remo Fernandes

The Pros and Cons of Elections 2009

Posted by Gurudev on May 17, 2009 in Politics | 4 comments

“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” More so in the Indian context as we saw in the previous parliaments. A left block with 10% of the total seats used to dictate the government’s economic and foreign policies. Blocks [...]

When Intuition overtakes Investigation

Posted by Gurudev on Dec 8, 2008 in Politics | 0 comments

I don’t so much mind that newspapers are dying-it’s watching them commit suicide that pisses me off. – Molly Ivins Soon after the recent mumbai terror attacks in India, immediately after the lone terrorist in the attacking group, Ajmal Amir Kasab was captured by the Indian authorities on the spot of the carnage, it was [...]

India Enters Deep Space

Posted by Gurudev on Oct 22, 2008 in Sci-Tech | 0 comments

About 30 Kms away from the IT capital of India – Bangalore – lies a small village called Byalalu. Here if you ask the villagers, about what their village is well known for – the reply you receive will be – we get good rainfall here, people here work very hard and the farmers grow [...]