Is Science now coming to Hindu view of Atma and Parmatama?

Last updated on: October 31, 2012 at 12:40 pm By Desh Kapoor

Dr Stuart Hameroff, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychology and the Director of the Centre of Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona, and British physicist Sir Roger Penrose have come up with a new and interesting theory Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch-OR). It can also be called the Quantum theory of Consciousness, where they say that essence of the “soul” is contained in the microtubules within the brain. They have tried to look at the Near Death Experiences... Read more

Four Lessons from the 1962 Chinese Invasion of India

Last updated on: October 30, 2012 at 1:46 pm By Desh Kapoor

Nice article by Brahma Chellaney on the 1962 attack by China on India. He identifies four major lessons from the Chinese invasion of India, which are worth remembering. These are the things that China has continued to follow even in the case of Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Kashmir, Nepal and Myanmar. Unless the Indian Defense establishment wakes up to a real threat to India from China, we could see an encore. SURPRISE China places immense value on blindsiding its adversaries. The... Read more

Male ego hurt, Tharoor raises anti-Modi boggie to deflect corruption reminder from Modi

Last updated on: October 30, 2012 at 12:03 pm By Desh Kapoor

In the 3rd season of Indian Premier League, there was a major controversy, where Rendezvous Sports World Group defeated Adani group and Videocon to win the ownership of Kochy IPL franchise. It was later known that Sunanda Pushkar, then girlfriend of Shashi Tharoor, surprisingly had received a “sweat equity” of Rs 70 crores. When the IPL and franchise offices were raided by Income Tax authorities, they unearthed some murky deals. Shashi Tharoor, as a result, resigned. Now, while campaigning in... Read more

Meaning and Significance of Brahmananda Swaroopa: Mantra consecrated by Sadhguru

Last updated on: November 1, 2022 at 1:11 pm By Desh Kapoor

Two Mantras have been very dear to me – one is the Gayatri Mantra and the other is one that is given to the Isha meditators by Sadhguru which is ” Brahmananda Swaroopa, Isha Jagadisha Akhilananda Swaroopa, Isha Mahesha At very crucial and critical times of my life, this mantra has sometimes performed “miracles”. I don’t use the word miracle as in to denote some kind of outlandish happenings – though sometimes even that happened in some ways – but... Read more

India is adding 18 mn Internet users every year @ 41% growth rate!

Last updated on: October 29, 2012 at 3:42 pm By Desh Kapoor

In the coming years, India will become a major market for online products, information and services in every area. It is one of the world’s fastest growing market and has been growing at an astonishing rate of 41% annually. That’s amazing for the size that India has. “Among the Bric nations, India has been the fastest growing market adding over 18 million Internet users and growing at an annual rate of 41 per cent,” the study said. The Internet user... Read more

Little known facts about Narendra Modi

Last updated on: October 29, 2012 at 3:28 pm By Desh Kapoor

Here are some interesting and often little known facts about Narendra Modi, who is being voted in almost every media poll to be the next Prime Minister, despite the vilifying campaign against him by the media at large. (Source – Quora) His full name is Narendra Damodardas Modi. He has been elected continuously 3 times as Chief Minister of Gujarat State. Some success achieved under Narendra Modi’s leadership: – Gandhinagar is the Greenest Capital City in whole Asia. – Surat is... Read more

Saudi Govt demolishing 3 historic mosques in Medina

Last updated on: October 29, 2012 at 2:47 pm By Desh Kapoor

Three historical and religiously important mosques – dedicated to Abu Bakr, Umar and to the place where Mohammad offered his first prayers for Eid – Masjid Ghamama – are being bull-dozed. Do you see any burning of flags? How about killing of the Ambassadors of the country doing it? At least a few riots would surely be appropriate? I mean three of the most historic mosques will be razed to the ground, and gone .. poof! Yet the Muslim world... Read more

8 Interesting Facts related to India from Twitter

Last updated on: October 29, 2012 at 10:26 am By Desh Kapoor

India has more citizens with IQ’s over 120 than the total population of the U.S. — Funny Facts (@FunnyFacts) October 28, 2012 Breathing the air in Mumbai, India for just ONE DAY, is equivalent to smoking 2.5 packs of cigarettes. — FACTS (@OhGoogleFacts) October 29, 2012 The youngest serial killer in India was only eight years old — Everyday Facts… (@Everyday_facts) October 25, 2012 In India it is sometimes cheaper to have sex with a prostitue than buy a condom!Follow... Read more

India is 132nd out of 185 in Ease of Doing business

Last updated on: October 29, 2012 at 9:08 am By Desh Kapoor

Overall, India has a pretty bad record in the ease of doing business. Out of a total of 185 countries, India ranks 132 in a World Bank study! This page has the tables for overall competitiveness and key indicators for each topic as well as benchmarks against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages. As one can see the situation of India is pretty bad. While it take 27 days to start a business in India, the South Asia average is 19... Read more