Its not uncommon to see vehicles on Bangalore roads, typically autorickshaws, leaving a trail of billowing smoke, as if they were one of those sky-writing planes, road-writing some message on the road especially by the convoluted way they drive. Whenever feasible, I try to talk to them about it. I don’t have much of an…
History was one of my most boring subjects in school. It was mainly because I had to memorise so many dates and events and names and so on, I never understood what the point was when it had all got over long ago. Of course some of the stories were interesting, but overall it was…
I watched the gorilla’s eyes again, wise and knowing eyes, and wondered about this business of trying to teach apes language. Our language. Why? There are many members of our own species who live in and with the forest and know it and understand it. We don’t listen to them. What is there to suggest…
TAKEN FROM “WAKE-UP CALLS WRITTEN BY JERRY JAMPOLSKY, M.D. AND DIANE CIRINCIONE, PH.D. 1. TO BE AWAKE IS TO KNOW THAT WE WERE NEVER SEPARATE 2. NO ONE EVER TOLD US WHEN WE WERE BORN THAT “HANGING LOOSE” OR BEING “UPTIGHT” WAS A CHOICE 3. IF HEARTS WERE MORE OPEN TO LOVE, WE WOULD HAVE…
Today I received a handwritten letter. Its been a long time since I got a handwritten letter in the mail, many years (I don’t even remember when the last time was!) So it was a good surprise to find one today. The contents had a photo of a little girl, and a copy of her…
The Taj Mahal was built on the love of a man for his wife. The Pyramid is built on the belief of after life. The Great Wall of China has been built as a political divide, The Colosseum was built to pit fighter against fighter for cruel fights to the death. In our current era,…
Came across a music video that was shot entirely in Greenland in the Arctic… has amazing footage of the location and I liked the music as well… it definitely makes a strong statement about our environment. I heard recently that often times the most difficult path is also the right one. Well, this project was…
In physics, a quantum leap or quantum jump is a change of an electron from one quantum state to another within an atom. It is discontinuous; the electron jumps from one energy level to another instantaneously. ~ wiki Electrons keep changing – leaping – vibrating – all the time. But minor changes are insignificant. Its…
Online one may have a lot of friends, be very popular, interesting and interactive. But is it possible that in reality one may be a boring nerd glued to a computer a lot of the time, and neglecting a lot of difficulties? Seeking a kind of escape in the online identity? Of course I myself have been…
BarackObama is asking you to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr by volunteering in your area. Visit http://USAservice.org or text SERVE to 56333 for info. – Obama’s twitter update Obama seems to be creating a revolution of sorts by by calling on Americans of all ages to step up and help their fellow citizens however…
