Simply no other way to describe the smile I saw on his face. It was the last day, the silence was broken, some students had animated conversations, while others still stayed more or less silent. And this particular gentleman was among the more silent ones, quietly having his lunch. I was sitting opposite to him,…
One of the biggest mistakes we make about global terrorism is to associate it particularly with one religion – Islam – this is nothing but outright racisim. Those who want to argue vehemently that its justified may read The faith militant and those who feel hurt or angry about this mistake may read The way…
I guess this question could have a lot of interpretations from superficial to deeper levels, and so there’s no one single “correct” answer 🙂 Not that I’ve been obsessed by it or something, but it hangs around at the back of my mind once in a way, and some answers pop up now and then…
Received this from a friend… anyone in Bangalore interested please email me…! Anybody wanting a loving pet, please contact us ! We recently found a 6 month old puppy (female) on the road who had hurt her hind legs and could not walk. She was very weak and close to dying. Inspite of her condition,…
A very old one but I love this Kannada folk song – was delighted to come across its lyrics recently. It says “kuladalli keeL yaavudho hucchappa, mathadalli mel yaavudho?” – “in caste which is inferior, mad man, in creed which is superior?”.
This is a short parable from the beginning of Richards Bach’s Illusions [Illusions](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/sim-explorer/explore-items/-/0440204887/0/101/1/none/purchase/ref%3Dpd%5Fsxp%5Fr0/002-0866658-8621634) Makes excellent reading, even though I’d read it earlier. [In a Time not so Long Ago](http://yearightproductions.com/home/short_story_from_illusions.htm) Excerpt…
Chanced across some straight-as-a-bullet answers from J Krishnamurti to a few ordinary questions which I expect a lot of people would have. [If you’ve watched the Matrix, please skip this para. For those who haven’t or don’t recollect the details… In the movie (lets ignore sequels please), Neo is a computer hacker who doubts whether…
Someone in the corporate ng had put up a photograph to identify, which looked to me like a red squirrel so I googled to make sure. It turned out to be a big issue in England. The last thing that really concerns me is the decline of red squirrels in the north west of England,…
Prerequisite: See [nine dot puzzle](http://msanjay.weblogs.us/entries/133/my-dads-second-last-puzzle) More than the solution to the [nine dot puzzle](http://msanjay.weblogs.us/entries/133/my-dads-second-last-puzzle) , the struggle involved in solving it is what really matters – the point is that it’s a clear demonstration of the fundamental folly of all of humanity, regardless of race, intellect or era.
Nowadays Einstein’s quotes *surprise* me more than anything anybody else has ever said. This one jolted me so much that I cannot resist posting it here. Here’s what he says about machines… “You cannot love a car the way you love a horse. The horse brings out human feelings the way machines cannot do. Things…
