Society
Social Division in Modern India
The positive and negative impact of the booming economy on the social contour of the Indian society. A growing wealthy middle class due to increasing opportunities. Places like UP, Bihar remain backward due to the inability of local politicians to make the dividends and growth of rich economy reach their people.
Society
India – Backdoor dumping ground for toxic waste?
The negative effects of shipbreaking industry in Gujarat, India which is resulting in polluted soil by toxic chemicals like Asbestos, health hazards to workers and in clear violation of international norms.
Logic
Are Gods Aliens?
Logical analysis of the possibility of the gods in the mythological texts being aliens who visited earth during that period.
Sci-Tech
Electricity and batteries in Ancient India
A 3000 year old ancient Indian text Agastya Samhit has verses about producing electricity using copper sulphate and mercury-amalgamated zinc - Voltaic Cell.
Software
Garbage Collection in C#
Implementation of IDisposable interface in C# to call the Dispose method which should be used to deallocate all allocated objects by the class. Use of SuppressFinalize to prevent calling of Finalize method.
Software
Guide to Garbage Collection in .Net Programming
A Simple Guide to how automatic Garbage Collection work in Microsoft Dot Net. The role of Garbage Collector in memory allocation in a managed environment.
Software
Difference between ADDR and OFFSET
The difference between ADDR and OFFSET in assembly language programming is the scope of the variables referred ie local or global.
Motivation
Never Give Up
Lessons to learn from a lost battle. Life is all about continuing to play the game without worrying about the end results. Persistence is the key to success. He who dares wins. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Motivation
How does GOD helps us?
Do prayers really help? Do miracles happen when we are in trouble? Does God really help us in times of need? Are prayers enough to save us during bad times? How should we face problems?
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Motivation
Online Education should be interactive and innovative – Fun to Learn
For online education to succeed for smaller classses - it should be as interesting as cartoons. Online education cant succeed unless it is more interesting, interactive and innovative than offline schooling.
Linguistics
The Complete List of Dhatus – Sanskrit Root Words and their English meaning
A complete list of all dhatus (root words or verb roots) in Sanskrit dictionary and their meanings with corresponding IPA transliteration.
Linguistics
Sanskrit Lesson 4 – Word Creation Magic using Dhatus
Learn how easy it is to create new words in Sanskrit using root words called Dhatus. This simple process of Sanskrit grammar powers the entire language.
History
The Secret Role of Karma in Mahabharata
The seeds of Mahabharata were sown long back Duryodhana or Dhritarashtra were born. The story of Kaurvas and Pandavas is only the second half of the cycle of Karma. So what is the first half?
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History
Takshashila – World’s Oldest University
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...
Sci-Tech
Grahas are not Planets – Nava Graha is not the same as Nine Planets
The difference between Planets and Grahas. Why are Sun and Moon included in the list of Navagrahas? Isn't it true that Rahu and Ketu do not exist? What about Earth?
Sci-Tech
Place Value, not Zero is most important invention of ancient Indian Mathematicians
The most important contribution of ancient India to mathematics was not zero but the place value system or positional notation system.
Sci-Tech
The Sacred Secrets of Ganga
Science behind the mysterious power of Ganges river. The reason why piligrims take the holy water of Ganga to their places and add it to local ponds, wells and lakes across India.