Indian Youth are the Happiest in the World but Still want to Emigrate!??!!!

Last updated on: December 4, 2006 at 3:02 pm By Desh Kapoor

India is a crazy land!! The youth in India is the most excited about the opportunities there as one of the surveys said.. and so you would assume the urge to leave the country would be the least.. right? WRONG!! The youth in Delhi is the most motivated to emigrate of the major cities that were surveyed recently by BBC in their Generation Next series! I dont know about you.. but I find that hard to reconcile this! On the question of immigration, 79% thought that people should be able to live in whichever country they chose and 64% said that they would emigrate to secure a better future. The proportion of respondents that would emigrate to secure a better future was highest in Nairobi (81%) and Delhi (81%). In Baghdad, 50% of the sample said they would not emigrate - the biggest negative response of all 10 cities. Read more

Tu mera Pita…

Last updated on: December 4, 2006 at 8:13 am By Desh Kapoor

Here is a nice hymn from Guru Arjan Devji. I think it is beautiful - I have taken it from DK Matai's blog who has also provided the English translation for every line. Savor and Enjoy: Tu mera pita, tu hai mera mata, tu mera bandhap, tu mera bhrata. You are my father, You are my mother, You are my kinsman, You are my brother. Tu mera rakha sabni thai Ta bho keha kara jiyo You are my Protector at every place then why should I have any fear? Tumari kirpa te tudh pachana Tu meri ot tu hai mera mana Read more

Here and there

Last updated on: December 3, 2006 at 9:08 pm By Desh Kapoor

What is here is also there; what is there, Also here. Who sees multiplicity But not the one indivisible Self Must wander on and on from death to death. -Katha Upanishad Read more

I am awake

Last updated on: December 2, 2006 at 9:25 pm By Desh Kapoor

Nice poem - a declaration really from one who has gone beyond the illusion... Yesterday, I lived bewildered, In illusion. But now I am awake, Flawless and serene, Beyond the world. From my light The body and the world arise. So all things are mine, Or nothing is. -Ashtavakra Gita Read more

Many Selves and Many Christmases

Last updated on: December 2, 2006 at 6:20 pm By Desh Kapoor

Here is a transcript from one of my favorite radio program - Engines of our Ingenuity. In this one John Lienhard tries to explain the mysteries of Quantum Mechnics - and uses the "Many Worlds Interpretation" (MWI).. interesting read It's been a century since Max Planck published his famous paper introducing the quantum theory. For a century we've tried to figure out what it means. Every explanation takes us further from all that common sense says about our world. We try to reject each new violation of human intuition, but quantum mechanics relentlessly passes every rational and experimental test. Read more

Words and the Way

Last updated on: December 2, 2006 at 5:21 pm By Desh Kapoor

A little zen verse for the weekend: Words! The Way is beyond language, for in it there is no yesterday no tomorrow no today. -Seng-Tsan, “Verses On The Faith Mind” Read more

Karan Thapar's interview of the SoB Arjun Singh!

Last updated on: December 2, 2006 at 4:42 pm By Desh Kapoor

This is an old interview of Arjun Singh by Karan Thapar - an interviewer who does serious and deep research on the subject - where the Minister who masterminded the entire reservations for OBC is speechless and squirming. You can clearly see what an SoB and a bastard he is! Read more

The Taliban are back while the Eye-rackees pay!

Last updated on: December 1, 2006 at 8:31 pm By Desh Kapoor

Well.. we all knew that the Taliban had simply gone underground (probably literally!) and while the Bush's men concentrated on Eye-Rackees (Iraqis), the Talibans were getting ready... so the threat like 9-11 had simply been kept in abeyance.. not really neutralized.. while hundreds of thousands of Eye-rackees have paid for Bush's hunting game! Sami Yousafzai and Urs Gehriger of Die Weltwoche recently met with a member of that hard core. In the border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan, they sat down to cups of green tea with Mullah Sabir. During the years of Taliban rule (1994-2001) Sabir, 40, was responsible for security along the border with Iran. Today he is governor of Ghazni Province (south of Kabul) and commander of 900 fighters. Seated on a thick cushion and flanked by two bodyguards, he spent an hour talking about victory, strategy, spies, and his view of the world. He also proffered, for the first time, a copy of the Taliban's new code of regulations. Read more

Source of Joy

Last updated on: December 1, 2006 at 6:56 pm By Desh Kapoor

Message from Gita for today: Those who realize the Self are always satisfied. Having found the source of joy and fulfillment they no longer seek happiness from the external world. They have nothing to gain or lose by any action; neither people nor things can affect their security. -Bhagavad Gita Read more

Top 50 ideas to Fight Global Warming!

Last updated on: December 1, 2006 at 6:49 pm By Desh Kapoor

For the future of this planet.. PLEASE READ THIS! Google recently partnered with Global SchoolNet to invite teachers and students to use Google Docs & Spreadsheets collaborative software in a project to brainstorm strategies for combating global warming. Children of all ages from more than 80 schools around the world participated, and on November 27th we took out a full-page ad in USA Today to put their ideas in the spotlight. Include global warming/climate change in school curricula (as part of National Science Standards), so when the students are in charge they can make educated decisions. Read more

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