Krishnamurti discusses what awareness is. Most of us think that awareness is a mysterious something to be practised, and that we should get together day after day to talk about awareness. Now, you don’t come to awareness that way at all. But if you are aware of outward things -the curve of a road, the shape of a tree, the colour of another’s dress, the outline of the mountains against a blue sky, the delicacy of a flower, the pain... Read more
Such is the vanity of “Didi” Mamata Bannerjee, that her sideys see nothing wrong is replacing even Netaji’s photograph with hers in the main office. Party workers said it was Fire Minister Javed Khan who during his visit to the office on the day of the inauguration noted that Netaji’s portrait and not Didi’s photograph was on the wall facing the main entry to the office. “Khan asked us to remove the picture of Netaji and replace it with Mamata’s.... Read more
Everyone knows that the American Health system is fairly broken. Doctors don’t really care much for the patients. If you have a simple ailment, it takes ages for them to come to a conclusion even after several tests. I have been at the receiving end, where after a Blood Test, Urine Test, MRI and other things, a Rheumatologist wouldn’t tell me categorically if I had Gout! When I pushed her, she told me, I can only come to the conclusion... Read more
Was Krishna real or not. Did he walk this earth? Well some people are doing some research and here is an interesting video based on research on one guy – Prof Achar. ALso read through the detailed research articles by another person, Mr. Ramesh Panchwagh, which differ slightly from Prof. Achar’s work, but in many dates they are same. Astronomical Proof of the Mahabharata War and Shri Krishna: Part I Astronomical Proof of the Mahabharata War and Shri Krishna: Part... Read more
It seems the Indian students are not going to England to study anymore. 24% drop in the Indian students to Britain is a big drop in one year. There has been a 24 per cent drop in the number of Indian students coming to Britain to study during the 2011-12 academic year, latest official figures show, reflecting concerns generated due to visa restrictions imposed on non-EU students by the David Cameron government. According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA),... Read more
One doesn’t know what to call it except “Breakdown of India’s Judiciary System”. With the volume of cases that we are looking at, and the number of judges that we have, there is no way we can handle the who Judiciary system properly. The cry for speedy justice is going to be shriller in the next three decades as a conservative judicial estimate predicts that case pendency is going to register a five-fold increase to touch 15 crore but the... Read more
We have heard the Facebook wants to come out with a Facebook Phone service. Well, it has started with one of the initial steps. Now you can make free calls within US through the iPhones. In early January, Facebook began testing free calling over Wi-Fi and cellular data for allMessenger for iPhone users in Canada, and said that a US launch could be coming soon. Apparently, the test went well — a new free calling button has appeared in the app. Facebook has... Read more
Microsoft’s MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger were some of the first most widely used IM clients in the earlier days of tech. Then came along Skype and it disrupted the whole space. Now, Skype is replacing the MSN Messenger (or the Windows Live Messenger, as it is called now). It is being sunset, as Skype takes over as the main IM technology from the Microsoft stable. Windows Live Messenger will officially retire this March, Microsoft announced Tuesday in a mass email to the chat... Read more
When passing an exam becomes the main entry point to the world of money and riches and that certification can be had by cheating, then people go all out to get by any means possible. This story of HI-Tech cheating methods being used in a MBBS Medical school exams in AP is just mind-boggling. The extent to which these guys go – preparing the equipment and then practicing on for months to get it right.. is just amazing… and extremely... Read more
The Brits are in a bit of trouble. Their Beef burger patties had Horsemeat in it as well. Many of Britain’s biggest retailers were forced to pull products from their shelves yesterday as their suppliers were found to be selling beefburgers laced with horse meat. Tesco’s were found to contain up to 29 per cent equine DNA, while Asda, Sainsbury’s and the Co-op all withdrew frozen burgers as a ‘precautionary measure’. I am not sure what the logic behind adding... Read more
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