The global media featured the discovery of the Higgs boson particle extensively with photographs and lengthy articles. Virtually, every single article featured British Scientist Peter Higgs, for whom the first part of the particle is named. So now we know Higgs. But then what is “boson”? And why is “H” is always in large case…
Below are this Blog’s 10 Most Popular Articles for the second quarter of 2012 (in terms of viewer hits). 1. The Karna-Arjun Battle in The Maha-Bharat – Beyond Adjectives – September 20, 2008 – This is by far the most popular article since the inception of this Blog. 2. Cultural & Religious Defamation Tacitly…
Editor’s Note: In an earlier article, we asked Why Does India Tend to Collapse So Often? In that article, we wrote about the tendency of Indians to give up, to surrender in face of pressure. This article provides a stark modern example. What is the ‘Indian Subcontinent‘? Wikipedia defines it succinctly: “The Indian subcontinent is…
In our article Why Does India Tend to Collapse So Often, we alluded to the Indian tendency (over the last 1,000 years) to remain completely oblivious to events that are happening in their neighborhood, even events that, within a relatively short period of time, would end up being disasters for India. Over the past 1,000…
Way back on August 9, 2008, in our very first article on Afghanistan, we wrote a section titled Danger to Pakistan – What kills you is the danger you don’t see. Our simple concept that any success of the Taleban would result in a violent blowback into Pakistan. This simple concept has now penetrated the…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing decisions or…
Editor’s Note: We feel a sense of deep sadness in writing this article. It is likely to anger almost everyone of Indian origin regardless of where they live or what they do. We sincerely hope that, after their initial burst of anger, they take the time to think about our points and analyze themselves. We…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing decisions or conclusions…
Remember America in early 2009? It was such a heady period. America had just elected the first African-American President in history. And not just any African-American President but a leader with semi-divine oratory, a visionary, a man who promised to lead America from the darkness of the 2008 recession into a promised land of prosperity…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing decisions or conclusions…