In the beginning Love arose,which was the primal germ cell of the mind.The Seers, searching in their hearts with wisdom,discovered the connection of Being in Nonbeing.A crosswise line cut Being from Nonbeing.What was described above it, what below?Bearers of seed there were and mighty forcesthrust from below and forward move above.-Rig Veda Read more
This is the dress this lady wore on a flight. Exact description: It consisted of a snug-fitting white top with a scoop neck that stopped just short of showing cleavage. Over the shirt was a green sweater that buttoned underneath her bosom. It was finished with high-heeled sandals and a white denim mini-skirt with a fashionably frayed hem. She, Kyla Ebbert, works in a Hooters restaurant. And was travelling to Tucson, Arizona. But she was asked to leave the plane! Why? She was dressed too provocatively! Hmm... which part? Well.. that's what she asked too! Here goes - her conversation with the flight attendant who asked her to leave: Read more
Not many people realize that the economic relationship between China and US is a quid pro quo that is just meant to prop up the feeling of wealth. Despite the fact that I am nowhere near to as economic-savvy as most of the world economic gurus, I do believe it is a case of "Who Blinks first?" kind of a scenario! The relationship though fruitful until now, is by no means sustainable on a long term basis! Action of both, the US and China are meant to help each others economy. What probably has not been factored is the rise or interaction of any other economic entity that might upset the cart! Read more
Kalahandi in Orissa is one of the poorest districts and where people regularly face starvation - which the Government vehemently denies! The truth is that the food hardly reaches the starving and hungry. But even that knowledge does not provide the utter unhuman behavior of the Indian babus in this area of utter hopelessness! Here is what is happening: Read more
Here is an informative list of personal finance blogs. Worth keeping for interesting reading. Here are the top five... 1 GetRichSlowly 2 MyMoneyBlog 3 TheSimpleDollar 4 FiveCentNickel 5 BankDeals Read more
Everyone knows that men and women think differently. But nowhere is the difference more apparent than in the attitudes on sex and courtship. Here is an interesting study on kissing and what turns men and women: Researchers in the US have determined what many of us already knew: women think of long-term relationships while kissing, and men think of sex."A lot of the findings might seem self-evident but what's self-evident to females is not always to males," Gordon Gallup, an evolutionary psychologist who led the study at the State University of New York (SUNY), said.Lesser-known phenomena that the researchers hit on in the study, in which 1,041 US university students took part, included the fact that men like their kisses wetter and with more tongue contact than women, and that women place more importance than men on the state of their kissing partner's teeth.Just over half the men said they would have sex with someone without kissing, compared with 15% of the women who took part in the study, which was carried out using "self-reports, not direct observation or experimental manipulation." Read more
There is a widespread belief in the non-Muslim world that the Islamic world has been in the throes of illiteracy and even when education is discussed it is only in context of Quran and Islamic education. Secular education - specially science based - is frowned upon and indeed termed as Anti-Islamic. It was difficult to see anyone from the Islamic world come up and say it and find the reasons for the pattern. Finally, here is a very interesting and detailed analysis by the Head of Physics of Qaid-e-Azam University - QAU - (the largest in Pakistan, I believe) - Pervez Hoodbhoy. When he talks on the history of Science in Islam, he points to the time of Mu'tazilites - as the time of Golden period (between 8th to 15th century). So, was the time in Persia I guess. But in both cases, the protagonists differed and went away from the central Sunni traditional beliefs. Interestingly, Abdus Salam, the only Nobel Prize winner from Pakistan for particle physics, was banned from entering several Universities, including QAU. Why? because he belonged to Ahmedi sect - which has been termed as heretical (and not allowed to call themselves as Muslims or purport to use Islamic rituals or words) in Pakistan as long back as 1974 (and has been ethnically cleansed in Pakistan...for example, the Ahmediyas can be tried for blasphemy - leading to death - if they are caught addressing each other with the "Salam Alaikum" greeting!). So, my question is - is Islamic Science the labor of only the heretics and those who stray away from the central breed?? Read more
I have read this before.. but it is still worth recounting here for posterity because it is so true! Sent by Nandi. ***** ***** Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water.After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it. Read more
The Self thought, "How can this be without me?If speaking is done by speech, breathing byBreath, seeing by eyes, hearing by ears, smellingBy nose, and meditation by the mind,Then who am I?" Entering the bodyThrough the gateway at the crown of the head,He passed into the three states of consciousnessIn which the Self resides.-Aitareya Upanishad Read more
Its as if the water and sky are on fire! What a picture! Courtesy: Flickr Read more
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