Controversy was the flavour of the year for science as top academies got the flak in the heated debate on commercialising genetically-modified crops and mishandling of radiation sources by universities that resulted in the death of a person in the capital. The year gone by also saw the country’s atomic power plants generating more electricity as the crucial uranium fuel…
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Can apps help us follow New Year resolutions?
Today there is an app for almost everything, from losing weight to finding a job. Can any of them help us keep our New Year’s resolutions? Yes and no, says Ananda Mitra, professor of communication at Wake Forest and the author of ‘Alien Technology’ and several other books on digital media. He says an app can make things simpler, but…
Mail from a frustated man due to Fwds – too good
Dear Friends I wanted to thank all my friends and family who have forwarded chain letters to me in 2009 & 2010. Because of your kindness: >>> I stopped drinking Coca Cola after I found out that it’s good for removing toilet stains. >>> I stopped going to the movies for fear of sitting on a needle infected with AIDS.…
Hours Mean No More or Less than Years
Hours mean no more or less than years. A moment is a point with no dimension. People count to undermine their fears, Persuaded numbers lead to comprehension. Yet time is an illusion of our motion, No realer than the rising of the sun. Each line we draw rests on a restless ocean, Way, way beyond the scope of more than…
Banish Worry & Doubt, Dont worry about Mistakes
When you were very young, you developed an astounding number of new skills in a short period of time. You quickly worked your way from a helpless infant into a capable and knowledgeable young person. How were you able to make such rapid progress? One big reason why you moved ahead so quickly was because you weren’t worried about making…
A New Day… A New Ray of Hope………..
Past is like a NIGHT…. but there’s always a NEW DAY after a NIGHT. There are 12 months in a year… but they all have different season…… In 365 days, our world (earth) rotates 365 times…… In 24 hrs (a human day) we see DAWN, MORNING, MID-DAY, AFTERNOON, EVENING, TWILIGHT, NIGHT…. Wow…. nature goes thru so many phases in a…
Why do we read Bhagavad Gita, even if we can’t understand a Sanskrit word????
There’s a beautiful story: An old Farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Bhagavad Gita. His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could. One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to…
Indian Hackers Did What Politicians Failed to DO [Response to 26/11 Terrorist Attack]
The Indian government has failed to live up to the citizen’s expectation in dealing with 26/11 terrorist attack issue. While government spends crores in keeping the Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab safe and sound (he now claims that he was not at all involved in 26/11 attack controversy), a few Indian hackers carried a mass defacement operation against many public and…
If We Could be Only in Fantasy
Our Fantasy world is so different from our Real World… Fantasy World would be a place of peace… Real world full of TRAFFIC POM-POM Fantasy World… 70mm smile on face even if we are alone…. Real World… Smiling alone??? is he/she mad or crazy? Fantasy World… no rules to follow or break Real World…. too many things divided into Right…