Another beheading by Jehadis in Pakistan. This time of a Sikh living in Northwest Pakistan. Not only was he beheaded, but his body was also mutilated because being sent back. More importantly, what makes a person do such a thing? Why are the fighters in the Islamic world – both, in the Pak Army (like they did to the two Indian soldiers) and Jehadi alike – SOOOOOO besotted by this SICK idea of Beheading? I mean.. honestly.. why?? What’s the... Read more
A very interesting discussion on the Unconscious Mind. Leonard Mlodinow, author of Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior discusses how our unconscious mind rules what we do during our conscious time. Read more
Here is a very interesting discussion on the situation and treatment of Minorities in Pakistan, and specifically the Hindus. One of the guests Munir Saami has an incisive take on mess in Pakistan. He gives reference of the Persian rulers – the Mughals – who also treated Hindus extremely badly. He cites a popular Poet of that time, which underscores his point. Related articles from External Sources Art treasures of the Mughal empire Bilawal Bhutto Zardari condemns attacks... Read more
Honestly, one doesn’t understand the motivation of Pakistanis – their forces and the passionate Jehadis – to act as worse than animals. To behead someone and carry their heads around as trophies is demeaning. It is more a comment on the guy who does that, than someone whose head was carried. Every soldier is fighting for his country – whether it is an American soldier or a Canadian, a Saudi, a British, a Pakistani or an Indian. The least one... Read more
What happens when you find an over 2000 year old ship wreck under sea and rummage through its contents. Specially when you get access to the “Medical Chest” of that crew. Well, that is what the researchers got hold of from a Roman shipping vessel, Relitto del Pozzinosank that sank off the coast of Tuscany around 120 B.C.E. That cargo, it turned out, included ceramic vessels made to carry wine, glass cups from the Palestine area and lamps from Asia minor.... Read more
We all know how the Tablets are eating into the world of laptops and PCs. Well now it is the time for the Laptop-world to hit back the Tablet-monster where it hurts the most. By end of this year, we may have Ultrabooks – thin Notebooks, which will require Touch and will actually retail for less than $600! So spake Intel at the Today at its CES event, Intel made the claim that by the end of 2013, the market... Read more
Jay Piatek – a meteorite enthusiast – was in Morocco and he found a stone that was supposed to have been from a meteorite. He bought the – weighing less than a pound – stone and sent it to the researchers in University of New Mexico to analyze it. Their analysis came up with some really interesting insights and finds. Unlike other samples collected by Martian rovers, this stone seemed to be from Martian crust as opposed to the mantle! ... Read more
J. Krishnamurti was “discovered” by Theosophist, Annie Besant when she saw him on a beach in Chennai. Theosophists believed that two World Teachers had come before – Buddha and Jesus. The third was to arrive. J. Krishnamurti was the third. So they thought. He was taken away from his parents and made to go through an education in Oxford. There he didn’t do remarkably well in studies. In fact, it is said, he failed most subjects. However, he had a... Read more
Certain changes are happening in the Pakistani world, that give reason for hope to the outside world. This incident of sacking of a news editor because he cooked up a false Wikileaks report to please his bosses in ISI and Pakistan Army, does show that some sections are standing up against the whole establishment. Siddique Sajid, editor of Pakistan’s Online news agency, has been sacked after it published a fake WikiLeaks-based report that New Delhi allegedly played a role in... Read more
A few youth came together to show their talent to the passer-bys on a railway platform in India – most probably in Mumbai. Honestly have not seen such remarkable dance talent in this genre in India. Read more
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