Washington D.C. 1st Public Talk 20th April 1985: ‘In The Present Is The Whole Of Time’ This is not a lecture on any particular subject according to certain disciplines, scientific or philosophical. Lectures are meant to inform on a particular subject or instruct, but we are not going to do that. So this is not a lecture, nor is it a form of entertainment. In this country especially, one is greatly accustomed to being entertained, amused. Rather in these talks,... Read more
For so many of us who want to take care of their health, what is the best way to handle the exercise regimen, is an important question for all us. A new research gives an interesting insight into what is better? Researchers from Maastricht University in Holland, split 18 youngsters aged 19 to 24 into three groups – one sat for 14 hours doing no exercise, the second sat for 13 hours but did an hour of vigorous exercise, and... Read more
In an interesting study on Parenting, researchers say the way modern parents praise their kids at the slightest chance may be harming them overall. It may be better to applaud their efforts and not them as individuals. Parents who want to encourage their little ones to take the right attitude to overcoming challenges should praise their efforts rather than than the children themselves, a new study reveals. The research was done in University of Chicago. Study leader Elizabeth Gunderson, now... Read more
Lal Bahadur Shastri was the Prime Minister who almost led India to a victory, when he had to go to Tashkent to talk of truce with Pakistan. We have discussed it earlier in our blog post “The Betrayal of Tashkent in 1965“. Here is some additional and interesting information about how Lal Bahadur Shastri’s death was covered up and leaves many questions un-answered. Circumstances point to the fact that he was assassinated. By whom? That is still unknown. Read Quote... Read more
A law student Asher Kohn, 25 has come up with a futuristic design for a city to counter and foil drone attacks. It uses the sci-fi type of design on Middle Eastern architecture. It uses a number of ways to confuse the drone sensors and conceal the inhabitants. He is calling it the “Shura City” – after the group / clan in Islamic countries. Architecture against drones is not just a science-fiction scenario but a contemporary imperative. ‘Such creations are... Read more
When BJP has put pressure on the Government, Salman Khurshid – the schizophrenic moron has this to say, and its at once the most bizarre as well as bewildering argument. “There is no such thing. It’s pro-active. There is such a thing as lawful. Whatever has to be done by law has to be done. I don’t think that we should do anything that is done to please the opposition or because somebody puts pressure on us. What is lawfully... Read more
We are surely very rich, aren’t we? The PM and the rest of the VVIPs want to move around in machines which even Obama thinks is very expensive for him and others in the US! US president Barack Obama had found a variant of the AW-101 helicopters too exorbitant to pass muster in 2009. But the Indian government had no such qualms while inking the Rs 3,546-crore deal for 12 plush AW-101 helicopters just a year later in 2010. Btw,... Read more
Many hypothetical questions bring out interesting implications. This is one question and answer that really intrigued me. I believe we take many things for granted. This list brings out those things: Read Quote of Andrew Cote’s answer to Hypothetical Questions: What would happen if oxygen were to disappear worldwide for five seconds? on Quora Read more
There is a strange activism being done on Pakistani TV these days. The hosts – specifically women – are taking upon themselves to become BOTH – the morality laden Mullahs and the Police. And, are raiding houses, and businesses and people’s privacy as and how they want. Maria Khan has done this on her program “Baat se Baat”, where she took a few policemen and her camera crew to raid a beauty parlour while openly making charges and racist comments... Read more
We had talked about how the helicopter deal to the Italian company Finmeccanica had massive bribery issues and investigation was going on in Italy. It also came out in the investigations in Italy that the technical specifications were tweaked deliberately to give the contract specifically to this Italian company. India allegedly tweaked the technical requirements in the tender to procure 12 VVIP helicopters for the Air Force to help Italian manufacturer AgustaWestland enter the race, an associate of the suspected... Read more
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