India

As I watched news about the 26/11 attack, about Shiv Sena criticizing SRK for performance with a Pak channel, and the sportsmen winning medals in Asiad, could not help being overwhelmed by the wonder that is the amazing nation of India. Carefully sewn together by Sardar Patel and Menon from the 500+ states left after [...]

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Make a Difference. Teach for India.

As a kid, I remember thinking I wish I had a teacher whom I could ask anything. How did the universe begin? How did living things come in to being? I wish my teacher was a friend, a mentor. I was fortunate to be able to study in a very good school, with the best [...]

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The Idea of Reality

If the age of the universe is about 14 billion years — as widely believed — then the average human life is as shortlived as single blink of an eyelid over one whole year.

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An Instruction Manual For Life

Wandering reader, thank you for finding your way here. It was time for renewal, and this is where it begins. A relative emptiness is exactly what I needed for the start of another exciting journey in words. Let me just leave here an interesting video I recently came across. Enjoy. See you soon, with more [...]

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Upcoming Elections, Upcoming Remarks

“If somebody lifts a hand against Hindus, or thinks they are weak, (that) there is nobody behind them, then I swear on the (Bhagvad) Gita that I will cut off that hand.” – speech by Varun Gandhi, the 29-year old grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru So now you will be the commander general inciting a war [...]

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One Laptop Per Child – heading where?

I had earlier mentioned on this blog about the 100$ laptop being designed for developing countries by the ‘One Laptop per Child’ (OLPC) project. It turns out that the laptops are ready for shipping, but: 1. The cost of each machine will be $175, instead of a hundred dollars.2. Only 3 million machines will be [...]

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Measure of a Man

Imagine being born several thousand years ago, in a world where you have to hunt for food, climb trees, live in caves. And you ‘re part of a tribe whose population fluctuates even with small changes in weather. A social animal as you are, you have a ‘community’. A group. A heirarchy. Superiority. And inferiority. [...]

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Happy Birthday!

October 2 The boy was ill. The doctor said that only an injection could save him, and asked the father’s permission to deliver the same. Any father would have permitted. But not Manilal’s. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi would not allow his son to be injected a dose which contained anything artificial and non-vegetarian. He prayed relentlessly, [...]

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