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What is Yoga? (Sadhguru)
The word yoga means literally means “union” or “to merge”. More than a set of physical postures or exercises, Sadhguru defines yoga as a science to determine the nature of...
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Keanu Reeves in New York subway: Some stars are simple
This guy reading the newspaper on the subway is Keanu Reeves. And he is travelling in the New York subway just like other millions of commuters. It seems that the...
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How did Boston Bombers get so heavily armed without background checks??
Two interesting pieces of information on the Boston Bombers have emerged. First is that none of the Bombers (younger was less than 21 years old anyway) had licenses to buy...
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IIM-A Incubated company creates World’s first smartphone for the blind
Sumit Dagar, a postgraduate degree from the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, is collaborating with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi to come out with a unique device....
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Is the concern over US Debt paranoia and are we creating permanent unemployment?
To place a lot of importance to the debt that the US has accumulated is to ignore the other strengths from which the US comes to table with. The impact...
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The Jehad over “Jehad”: CAIRs “My Jehad” campaign and its counter by Pam Geller
A few months back, Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) started a “My Jihad” campaign that aimed to “legitimize” the word Jihad and also somehow take away the “stigma” from what...
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Krishna and Sudama: Sudama’s gift was greater
Questioner : You say that persons like krishna don’t make friends nor do they make foes. Then how is it that he as a king comes running down to the...
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How does it feel to be shot by a gun?
There are many crazy men and many interestingly crazy things that people do, but what this young man did to check out how it feels to be shot by a...
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What is Rashtra Dharma or Duty to Nation: Chanakya-speak
What is Rashtra Dharma (or Duty to your Nation)? Is it sucking up to the dynasties? Or is it Unity, integrity, security and prosperity of your mother-land? Chanakya deals with...
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“No Place on Earth”: How a bunch of Jews lived in a Cave for 511 days to escape Holocaust
“No Place on Earth” is the incredible story of a small group of Jews who literally went underground, into caves, to escape the horrors of the Holocaust. It happened in...
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Rajiv Malhotra at Bhabha Atomic Research Center: Why Indian Civilizational challenge to Western Universalism is required
Rajeev Malhotra’s work on Indic civilization is unique and without parallel. He has written two books – Breaking India and Being Different. And in the latter specifically, he discusses how...
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On why Pico Iyer Unplugged from the Digital Grid and Social World
The digital world has taken over our lives. So much so that we can’t escape being constantly connected 100%. We text, we tweet, we carry cell phones like they’re life...
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Three Men Deported from Saudi Arabia for being “Too Handsome”; many women could fall for them!
Some people are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some have greatness THRUST upon them. Three guys stumbled into a Cultural festival in Saudi Arabia from Unites Arab Emirates. They created...
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How the NRA conquered America’s gun debate
NRA is a powerful lobby and despite so many deaths and carnages around the country, a 300 year old culture of deviant and violent people is promoted as being the...
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Handling your loneliness and ignoring the “Tiger”
We are all alone. And we cannot handle that. When I see the world around me, I find the toughest issue with people is not material well being, but handling...
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Water is NOT a Human Right (and other Outrageous nonsense) from Nestlé Chairman
There are a lot of nuts in the world out there, but this guy certainly takes the cake! He is Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, who while interviewing for a documentary...
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Photographs from Boston Bombing crime scene tell an Intriguing story; First arrest made
Using the footage from Lords & Taylors’ surveillance camera, FBI has arrested a “brown-skinned” man for the Boston Bombings. The evidence that was available from the scene is very intriguing....
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Femina, India’s Women Mag, makes Publishing history with first Fully Crowd-sourced issue
Publishing in India is undergoing a lot of change. Of all the publications, Femina has made an interesting foray into “CrowdSourcing”. It’s first Crowdsourced issues has hit the stands as...
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Reason why Men struggle to understand Women Moods: Our Brain Systems dont work
Researchers at LWL-University Hospital in Bochum, Germany took 22 male volunteers – all single and all between the ages of 21 and 52 – to do an interesting study. They...
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Education 2.0: Social Networking and Education (Infographic)
In today’s education, Social Networks and media is a big plus. Those schools and universities which are using it have impacted the costs and also made the curriculum delivery very...
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Indian Village that plants 111 trees for ever newborn Girl Child, has a website and an anthem!
Rajasthan is a desert. Socially, in that state, girl child has not been treated well, as many parents have aborted the girl child. In such a social and ecological scenario,...
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Now Print a 3D Skeleton: Cheaper models for Biology Students
Full scale Skeletons and other parts are very expensive for students. Now, a new technique, which is still in its infancy, promises to provide cheaper alternative easily. “At Notre Dame,...
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Antarctica Melting 10 times faster than 600 years back
Scientists have found that Summer ice is melting 10 times faster in the Antarctic than it was 600 years ago, with the most rapid melt occurring in the past 50...
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Sex and the Arab World: Intimate Life in the changing Arab World
With the new developments in the Arab world – the Arab spring and the new Islamization of the politics – how are the sexual mores and pressures bearing upon the...
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Is Infosys on the Acquisition block?
Economic Times suggests in an article that Infosys is a very attractive acquisition target right now. Look at some of the facts: Infosys has Cash and cash equivalents (Rs 22,000...
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The Devil within: Is the heyday of Possessions, Demons and Exorcism back?
University of Texas at Austin historian Brian Levack, writer of book, “The Devil Within: Possession and Exorcism in the Christian West.” says that the heydays of Possessions, Demons and Exorcism may...
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Boston Marathon Terror Attacks: Is it an Islamic terror attack?
Yesterday I was watching this program on Canada’s Rawal TV from Toronto, where the gentleman Munir Sami, who is the guest on the program explains the depth, the breadth and...
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Pakistan didn’t like Kashmiris having any dialog with India to resolve conflict, so killed moderates: Wikileaks
Despite circumstantial evidence to suggest this, the Indian Government and the “peaceniks” have been going on as if somehow there will be a change in the basic architecture of Pakistan’s...
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Bitcoin, its competitors and uses: Is this crypto-currency an alternative to World currencies?
Bitcoin is a cryto-currency – not a real currency, but acting as one. It is the new rage these days. Bitcoin (BTC) is an online commodity that is based on...
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Myriad Genetics patents Breast, Ovarian Cancer Genes: Who Owns Human Genes now?
Myriad Genetics, is a Utah-based biotechnology company. It has discovered and isolated two extremely important genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer — BRCA 1 and BRCA 2. Now,...
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Improved Hiring Forecast in India as 94% businesses plan on hiring in 2013
India Inc is hiring in 2013. The confidence index seems to be stable as of now. Although it has slipped 4 points since October, but the Regus global business confidence...
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Leukemia patients pay 20 times in US vs India; India’s Drug Patents “Activism” and its impacts
Cancer in India is growing fast and drugs aren’t there. Ninety percent of children with leukemia in high-income countries will be cured, but 90 percent of those with that disease...
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I am Deaf, but not Dumb! – Daily fight of 18 mn deaf people in India that is mentally stone deaf
India has 18 million deaf people but only 250 practicing sign language interpreters! There are no TTY (Text Telephone) in the country, of course no deaf news, no closed captioning,...
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Warren Buffett bets big on selling Insurance online in India
As Indian masses come online, Warren Buffett, the master of traditional businesses, is betting big on Indian consumers. Ironically. He wants to sell insurance online. Currently, Berkshire India sells motor,...