Diwali is the most important festival in Indian Dharma. Like almost all of Indian precepts, the message of Diwali is both universal and historical. We take this opportunity to wish Happy Diwali to all our readers.Diwali or the Sanskrut “Deepavali” literally means a row of lights (Deep = light and Avali = row). As in the case…
Vikas Bajaj of the New York Times is a smart reporter who covers Indian economy better than most reporters. This week he wrote an article titled India Finds Itself Awash in Foreign Investment. While reading this article, we remembered that he had written another article in May 2009 titled India, Suddenly Starved for Investment. The difference…
India has a richer and more diverse collection of stories than any European or Middle Eastern culture or country. That is probably the result of a continuous, unbroken culture over the past 5,000 years. Every Indian child grows up being told these stories and reading them. A decade or so ago, many of these stories were picturized in…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. Our Web Software does not permit embedding of the clips into our articles. So we shall have to be content to include the links to the actual videoclips. We are very happy with the tremendous response from readers to this series…
There are four updates to our Top 10 list since our last monthly update on September 12. “Mo Force is On Board the Deflation Wagon” has entered the Top 10 list in the 7th place. “First Snoop Dogg, Now Sylvestor Stallone – Everyone Is Getting Aboard The Bolly-Holly Train” has reentered the Top 10 list in the 10th place….
We are getting very concerned about the discussion in America about Afghanistan and the future of America’s mission there. It appears that the vast majority of American opinionators on TV and in Print have zero knowledge about Afghan history. So, myths are being spread about the land and its people. That prompted us last week…
Last week, we wrote an article titled Instinctive Intelligence vs. Analytical Intelligence. This article seems to have created an impression that we are fans and/or supporters of President Bush. Frankly, we are neither. We believe that President Bush made several mistakes during his eight-year tenure. We also believe that the Invasion of Iraq was poorly…
On August 9, I had written an article about why I chose a Non-Exercise Lifestyle and how it has helped my health. It was purely a personal article. Some readers thought it was funny. But, a few readers were apparently riled. One such reader sent me a humorous “response” to my article by illustrating why Drinking (alcohol) is better…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with brief comments. Our Web Software does not permit embedding of the clips into our articles. So we shall have to be content to include the links to the actual videoclips. We are very happy with the tremendous response from readers to this…
When I think about intelligence, I remember a Mathematics Professor at my graduate school. If you listened to him speak or teach, you would come away with a very negative opinion of this Professor’s intelligence. He was incoherent, he jumbled his words, he made mistakes. I remember a class in which he was confused…