After a mild visa hustle, I finally leave for USA tomorrow on an Airbus. This post is a feeble attempt to pen down all the complex things happening in my life and my brain since I decided to go to US. During those months when mom was trying to pack for me all things ‘I’ – from a pressure cooker to packets of Indian spices (some whose names I hadn’t heard) to a special Ayurvedic hair oil which I can’t... Read more
India is situation is interesting and plight incomparable. Here are three stats that portray India’s dichotomy: Three Indian states – Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal – have a combined population of 421 million of “poor” people using the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), which measures a range of “deprivations” at household level. This was developed and applied by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative with UNDP support. This number is more than that in the 26 poorest African nations combined (410 million). So, the... Read more
It is important to know where we are headed with the climate change issue. I am personally convinced that it is a disaster unfolding. Now, there are many who keep debating the climate change vs climate cycles theories but such are useless discussions. There is enough evidence available now to suggest that higher population and irresponsible consumption and industrialization is causing and will continue to cause immense harm to the planet. Here are some interesting observations from this article on... Read more
Hina Rabbani today made headline as well but for a different reason – other than politics strictly. Bangladesh tabloid has come out with pictures and news report that Hina Rabbani and Bilawal Bhutto (Benazir’s son) are having an affair. Some close and compromising ones as well. Rabbani is a very glamorous politician in India and has been pursued for her good lucks by the media Here is a media sensation Rabbani’s pictures for you [scrollGallery id=15] Read more
Bollywood’s Kapoor family has provided some of the finest Cinematic talents to the Indian film industry. In Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor and even Rishi Kapoor – some of the finest actors seen on Indian screen. Shammi Kapoor wasn’t a great actor but a charming personality that was unique in his own right. Despite all that, or probably because of all that one has seen from the Kapoor family, I could have never prepared myself for someone as talented... Read more
“Guilt is socially cultivated emotion, a poison directed towards yourself.” – Sadhguru Guilt assumes a certain assumption of one’s ownself. A sense of ego. “This is how I should be and not that way”. For a burkha-clad lady, sitting in bikini in front of strangers on a beach will make her full of guilt. While for another woman, that would make her feel good (if she had kept her body well as well!) But this guilt is not something that... Read more
There are many folks in India who get all mushy mushy when Pakistan raises the “Peace” card and starts negotiating Siachen. One place that they lost and its strategic. The way the argument is cloaked is always on the basis of high human principles – like lives being lost and the climate change. Those are true. But that are some other damning truths as well. Thankfully, the Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh has spoken on why we cannot let... Read more
Every day I interact with my pet dog Bella, I learn something new. I have shared here, how she loves to come and sit/lie near me when I am doing my morning meditation and also how she likes to sleep in the area where the meditation is done. Apparently, she can relate to the energy that has been created there. I have also seen her snore and fart as well as sneeze just like we humans do. Sometimes, she also... Read more
This morning, NPR carried a very interesting story. One that related Expectations the teachers have with students, Behavior of the Teachers towards the students, the subtle messaging that happens, and the results of the kids. In one study, Harvard professor named Robert Rosenthal, did an experiment in a San Francisco school. He took a standard IQ test – “Flanagan’s Test of General Ability” and covered it with a new label – saying it was a special Harvard IQ test which... Read more
In a very influential online magazine, there is an interesting article on the Operation Neptune Spear – where the US Navy Seals killed Osama Bin Laden. This is what the article says: The fourteenth page of images in No Easy Day contains a map showing the routes taken by the two flights of helicopters: the Black Hawks taking the assaulters to Abbottabad, and the MH-47 Chinooks carrying a quick reaction force (QRF) and forward area refueling point (FARP) team. While the latter flew... Read more
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