I first came to know about this illegal, horrid and absolutely criminal practice when it was mentioned in Khalid Hossieni’s “The Kite Runner” where Amir returns to Afghanistan to find his friend Hassan’s son sold and kept captive to feed… Read More ›
Society
The God helmet
Recently I was watching the wormhole with Morgan freeman in the science channel. The topic was “Is there a Creator?” While all the people and theories presented were fascinating I was particularly hooked on to one person and his one… Read More ›
Why do People Cheat?
Well why do they? The easiest answer and the most common reason we are taught is they are bad or that bad people cheat. As a kid you learn this, you know it is bad and yet you grow up… Read More ›
Walking on Coal for Self Confidence – Murdering Childhoods
I am saddened at hearing the news of kids being made to walk bare footed on burning coal. An incident reported in Indian Express today that seemed to have happened in a private school in Surat, India as an effort… Read More ›
Godmen, Politicians and Cameras
Godmen who are suppose to be pious turn out to be frauds, Politicians who are expected to be honest turn out to be corrupt and the convenience of small video cameras are now exposing them both. Isn’t that interesting. Recently… Read More ›
Neutral Learning
Is there something called Neutral Learning? If so is that a possible thing for us to achieve? By neutral learning I mean an ability to compose ourselves to a level of neutrality in order to learn or research impartially on… Read More ›
Anupam Mishra on Water Harvesting
Self Reliance and self sufficiency are always a topic. It is so amazing to see how technology and innovation in its raw form can make a change to common life. While we run around with mobiles and laptops thinking that… Read More ›