Someone asked this question on Quora in this way: The older codes of Indian law define the following six categories of children (sons) and their legal inheritance rights, excluding adoptions: 1. Born of a woman through her wedded husband, called the son of the body (ourasa) 2. Born of a woman by her second marriage, called the son of a remarried woman (punarbhava) 3. Born in accordance with the law of Niyoga(*), called a son begotten on a wife (kshetrajna)... Read more
Gravity Light: A generator powered by weight of gravity, which has been built for the developing and poor countries. It does not use any battery nor any expensive stuff. It would cost the people $5 to buy and there is no running cost. It comes with a durable bag, which can be filled with stones or sand and the weight of that creates the power to light the lamp or even run a radio. It is an incredible idea indeed!... Read more
Sometimes in the face of extreme adversity comes extreme courage. When I read about the girl in Delhi who was the victim of gangrape and what she is going through as well as her love of life and strength to fight back despite of what she has left with her of her life – psychologically, mentally, and physically – I have nothing much utmost admiration and love for her. As per the police, she was very forthcoming about giving her... Read more
Agniveer is a Hindu educational organization, which does detailed analysis of Vedas and scriptures. It presents things in a very scientific way. It also spearheaded the campaign against Zakir Naik and his Peace TV. Thankfully Peace TV has been banned in India now! Here is something that this website – Agniveer – got from Zakir Naik’s organization: Some 3 years ago, Agniveer received a message. It was sent by an IRF (Islamic Research Foundation, Zakir Naik’s organization) official. The person... Read more
It seems the Government Agencies in India seem to go in to some kind of philosophical high road when it comes to Hinduism – if it suits them, and then takes a whole turn around when it doesn’t. We hear all about the devilish “Hindutva”, a fanatic belief system, and how Hindus those who support a certain cause is no good. Also, it is very popular to paint Hinduism black with caste systems etc. But ask for a legal stand,... Read more
Times of India has now launched an interesting “Interest-based Social network” by repurposing its iTimes site. On the new site, you can discuss your different interests. The site has had appreciable number of visitors and pageviews and what was started to be “India’s Facebook” was seen to be attracting people who wanted to discuss. The social networking activity wasn’t as much as the discussion part. Which is what the team decided to capitalize on. The site has remained popular since... Read more
After Modi’s victory, there is a lot of discussion and debate on both sides of the aisle – those who support Modi and those who don’t. Here is one such remark by Markandey Katju I have been asked my opinion about Mr.Modi.Till now I avoided commenting on him since I thought that my views may be misconstrued as if i wish to influence the Gujarat elections. Now that the elections are over I may speak out. The test of every... Read more
Pakistani kids are in a tough situation. Either polio cripples them or those who give them vaccines, the Taliban kill them. Between Disease and Islamist Jihadi, they are being hounded. And there is no answer as to how to handle it. At least nine people have been killed for their involvement in Pakistan’s polio eradication campaign to deliver vaccines to 33 million children. The World Health Organization and UNICEF announced a temporary suspension of the vaccination campaign due to... Read more
India is rather high in the black money hoarding list. India is among the top 10 developing countries in the world with a black money outflow of $1.6 billion ( Rs.8,720 crore) in 2010, a report by Global Financial Integrity (GFI) said. The report, to be released on Tuesday, said the total outflow of black money from India since independence until 2010 was $232 billion, generally in the form of corruption, bribery and kickbacks. The cumulative value of illicit assets held... Read more
NASA Johnson Style is a volunteer outreach video project created by the students of NASA‘s Johnson Space Center. Read more
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