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Astrology in India: From a Nation of Science to a Nation of Idiots

The Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh gave a very interesting answer to reporters when he was asked about the soaring inflation in India.  He said “Let us hope, it (inflation) will come down in the coming months. I am not an astrologer.“   Manmohan Singh is definitely not an astrologer but he is an economics [...]

The Human Black Hole

Have you heard of the theory of information in quantum physics?  This theory is an integral part of the big bang theory.  The theory of information basically states that in the universe information can never be destroyed (complete information about a physical system at one point in time should determine its state at any other [...]

History of India: The First Indians

I am a traveler. I have had the privilege to travel within India and also many other parts of the world. Traveling is very important to us human beings. We inhabit this beautiful planet called Earth that is traveling on its orbit around the Sun at the rate of 108,000 Kilometers/Hour!! Irrespective of whether we [...]

Religious Leaders Unhappy About First Synthetic Cell

I always wondered about what life would be like for our ancestors thousands of years ago.  Imagine the first Indians walking along the shores of Goa and Kerala on their long journey from Africa about 65,000 years ago (scientists estimate that it took human beings about 5000 years to travel from east coast of Africa [...]

My Caste is Human

For the first time in over 70 years the Indian government is very likely to include the question of a person’s caste in the Census.  This should not come as a surprise to many Indians.  The Congress Party led UPA government has done its best to slice and dice the Indian population in whichever way [...]

More Indian than Indian

One of my old history teachers was fond of saying that “all Indians are equal but some Indians are more equal than the others”.  I was not sure what he meant that time but I have a better understanding of it now.  Some of us whether we are politicians, businessmen or the social elite enjoy [...]