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British poet, playwright, and writer, Samuel Johnson, once angrily retorted while discussing a girl who had converted from the Anglican Church to Quakerism “The heathens were easily converted, because they had nothing to give up; but we ought not, without very strong conviction indeed, to desert the religion in which
One needs to look at every occurrence in context of time and space. As the updates of Ayodhya Verdict kept trickling in on November 9th from the court, I could not but go back in time and feel what someone in that era when Aurangzeb or Babur raped and pillaged
There was a time when agriculture was simple and sustainable – read organic – and the process of food consumption and feedback to nature was sustainable. Farmer grew the crops, which were eaten by humans and farm animals and the feces of both would end up as natural fertilizer for the crops
As he walked out in the first innings of the final test against Australia in the 2003-04 series, Sachin Tendulkar had a stream of bad scores behind him – 0, 1, 37, 0 and 44. Ironically, his famous, almost legendary cover drive, had become his Achilles Heel. He had suddenly gotten
It has just been two years, when India lost to Pakistan by 180 runs in the Champions Trophy finals at “The Oval” ground on June 18, 2017. And two years hence, now, in the 2019 World Cup match, India beat Pakistan by 89 runs at Old Trafford on June 16,
Gleeden [https://en.gleeden.com/] is an app for extra-marital dating “created by women”. It boasts of over 5.2 mn members world-wide. The site boasts of being run entirely by a 100% female team. And interestingly women have free membership on this site. Men, on the other hand, have
CJ Roberts writes in “Seduced in the Dark” – “I’ve been doing this a long time- manipulating people to get my way. That’s why you think you love me. Because I’ve broken you down and built you back up to believe it. It wasn’t an accident. Once
Sexual Abuse is everywhere in the news. Women of all professions in all countries are coming out with their encounters of sexual abuse by men – powerful and rich. In so many cases, women experienced those assaults in normal life. And these aren’t isolated cases. Women and men all over
As the White Supremacism rises in the US and cops killing the minority victims are constantly let go scott-free, the feeling of persecution enters the mindset of minorities, specially the Muslims and some of them take up arms against the “excesses of the Government”. Such that the violence by the
Drones are being used more and their use will increase in the coming years. The poster-boy for the drone attacks has been Pakistan. US – and even Pakistan – have used it to great effect. Sometimes, there have been great misgivings, and the career-activists have been crying hoarse on the impact of
All the chairpersons and MDs of India’s top banks were meeting [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Demonetisation-Top-bankers-had-no-clue-got-a-few-hours-to-mount-operation/articleshow/55503552.cms] at Reserve Bank of India’s headquarters on the 15th floor of the Mint Street office in a special session that started at 7 pm. In Delhi, on the
Is your health impacted by your wealth? Does wealth and income impact the longevity and how healthy you are? Studies now show they do! East Tennessee State University sorted country’s 3,141 counties by their median household income using the income data from the US Census (averaged over the
The psychologists explain a lot of our behavior by linking it to how our ancestors, the early homo sapiens lived and how they adapted to the environment. Many of our traits – most famous being “Fight or Flight” – presumably comes from there. Smart People are Happier Alone, Rest Need Others for
Even before anyone had showed himself on the door, Bella – our lovely dog – started barking. If that moment someone had asked her as to what she experiences in her vicinity, she would have named that friend of mine as well. Had I been asked the same question, I couldn’t
The greatest strife in world today is the specter and blot of Islamic terror. Islamic hordes of ISIS and Jehadis of Al Qaeda and the many terror organizations that are backed, funded and spawned by Pakistan, Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia (to name a few) kill in thousands every year!
Are you scared of how you will lose everything and will have to start again? Starting from scratch is the nightmare of many in the world. But there are some who have done it time and time again by reinventing themselves. Life Lessons from an 80 Year Old Who Became
A lot has been said in the media and repeated by many so-called educated and moderate Muslims – specially in India – about the peaceful nature of Quran and Islamic ideology via one phrase picked selectively from the Surah Al-Maidah. That phrase is “If you kill one human being, it is as
At the Nuclear Summit in Washington DC, Indian PM Modi put forward three important features of terrorism. They are: (1) Use of Extreme Violence as Theater, (2) Terrorist isn’t living in a cave, but in city with a computer or smartphone, and (3) State Actors working with nuclear traffickets
Meghalaya is a state which has the highest amount of rainfall in the world. Cherrapunji holds a world record of the highest recorded rainfall. In such a place, rivers are aplenty. And trees as well. When the entire land is crisscrossed with rivers – how do you build so many strong
The beauty of Sikhism is that the teachings of the Gurus is profound and yet simple. The problem anyone trying to walk this path is that one cannot find something “Spiritually interesting” unless it also comes across as profound. So, one tries to make things profoundly complex to give it
This is my first hand experience at one of the most reputed and famous Super Specialty Chain of Hospitals in Hyderabad. The story began when I called their OP for an appointment. Upon approaching the OP for an appointment, they refused stating that, the clients or patients are met on
(continued from Ancient Hindu Science and the effect on the world – I [https://www.drishtikone.com/ancient-hindu-science-and-effect-world-i]) Vedantic philosophy or Hindu Scientific ways experienced and found millennia back and document many centuries ago, also became the basis of the greatest modern scientific discoveries. How Ancient Hindu science impacted greatest modern
Upto 15% of the entire disease in mankind is related to mental illness, according to the WHO. The brain gamma-aminobutyric (GABA) (the brain’s primary inhibitory neurotransmitter) level of the brain is the major contributor to the mental disorders. Disorders like Depression and anxiety disorders are linked to lower GABA
There is a discussion going on [http://www.facebook.com/drishtikone?ref=profile#!/drishtikone?v=wall&story_fbid=118457094851758] my facebook page which is interesting and insightful for me. The story I posted was of the failed terror attack at Times Square and commented as to how poverty or assimilatio
Marriage is a strange thing. And the way the courts have been deciding recently in India, they seem to be doing a lot more activism than citizens of other countries may allow. Here are some of the interesting decisions that the Indian Courts and the Government have recently taken which
There are three law students from the same class studying for a bar exam. Two buy the popular guide books and study them completely (end-to-end) while the third just goes back to his class notes and reads them well again and doesn’t indulge in buying any guides or books.
A lot has been said about Afghanistan, Taliban, Russia and how Pakistan has “sacrificed” there. How Taliban beat the Soviets et al. Sometimes it is important to go deep into history and facts and know the truth. This is one attempt to do so. “We used them to the Hilt’
Utpal Dutt, the actor who played comedian in one of most memorable role in Hindi Cinema in Golmaal, was arrested on December 27, 1965 by the Government of West Bengal under the Preventive Detention Act. The Government of Bengal and India feared he was “subversive”. Why? Because he wrote a
The development of the racialist theory of the superiority of the Aryan “master” race is often attributed to Joseph Arthur de Gobineau, a French aristocrat and novelist and “Father of modern Racial Demography”. He did so in his book An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races (1853–1855)
In 1687, Newton published Principia where he laid the foundations of Gravity, which explained how the planets stayed in their orbits and large bodies work. Five years later, a Cambridge philospher Richard Bentley asked him a very innocuous question that hit at the root of Newton’s discovery. Bentley wrote
Dr Manish Pandit, a nuclear medicine physician from UK is making a movie on Krishna as a historic figure. Pandit has based his movie on dates and timelines coming out of scientific based research by credible evidence based on Archeology, Astronomy and Linguistics, apart from Oral evidence from Indian tradition.
Lal Bahadur Shastri died under very unusual circumstances in Tashkent and the reason why he was there in the first place are nothing short of shocking!! In the 1965 War against Pakistan, after India had won the Haji Pir and Tithwa – two important peaks, and made considerable gains, India went
Shahrukh Khan is in trouble. Because the Muslims believe that he said something insulting about the Prophet. He was asked by a magazine “According to you who is the most impressive figure in history?” He replied “There are lots of them, some negative ones like Hitler, Napoleon, Winston Churchill and
59 Hindus were returning from a pilgrimage in Ayodhya when on February 27, 2002; their train bogies were set to fire. Men – young and old, women, and children were burnt alive. Teesta Setalvad a self-proclaimed Secularist told Washingon Post (published on February 28, 2002). The people were returning from Ayodhya
For a long time now, I have repeatedly raised the question of 1984 Sikh Massacres and the complete silence from the Indian Pseudo-secular burgeosie. These same people jump on anything Hindu – from Muthalik to Varun Gandhi – to push the blame on them for all that goes wrong with Muslims; but
A commenter [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/?q=blog/barkha-dutt-and-ndtv-terrorists-dream-come-true#comment-9253] had mentioned this guy called Zaid Hamid. I have been listening to his discussions which follow a unique pattern that I have ONLY seen in the analysts of Pakistan: Delusionary, Inflammatory, Provocative and downright Hallucinating. Here he talks
> William Webster, who had come from the FBI to become the new CIA director after Bill Casey’s death in May 1987, vowed to straighten out an agency tarnished by its reputation for deceit. Webster turned up the temperature on Pakistan by showing Bhutto exactly what the US knew about
Note: According to latest understanding [https://www.drishtikone.com/blessing-traffic-jam-and-how-indian-media-helped-terrorists-planning-mumbai/] , intelligence based on media reports were fed to the terrorists by “field officers” so they stayed a step ahead of the Indian forces. Barkha Dutt and NDTV is a terrorist’s DREAM COME TRUE!! They must really love having Barkha
Around 30-50 odd people land on our shores from a foreign land.. dropped by a ship with ammunition, night vision equipment and satellite phones… and attack our largest city. I am trying to understand HOW is this different from a FORMAL DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST India?? If Pakistan or any
A woman’s body has been a playground throughout the human history. And still man cannot get enough and justifies everything in the name of some ideology – whether it is religious, cultural or modernity. The effect is always the same – mutilation of body parts. Here are some of the well
India is passing through a very tough time in terms of its national integrity. Indian Mujahideen – the indigenous Islamic group – has tried its best to wreck as much as it could with a very blatant attitude. And they tried their best to hire the top techies – Yahoo software employee – to
This week in a landmark judgment [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Bharat_Mata_a_work_of_art_SC/articleshow/3459623.cms] of its sort, the Supreme Court termed MF Hussain’s painting of “Bharat Mata” (or Indian Goddess) in nude as a “work of art”. The 92 year old painter
Kashmir is a major problem between India and Pakistan. Most often the cloak on every issue and problem between states is sewn from the thread of emotions and “principles” for public consumption. Actually, and in hard reality it is rarely so. At the expense of sounding non-chalant, let me state
The Indian Army, which should have ensured the safety and return of Pandits, was busy in un-necessary and fruitless tit-for-tats with these inhuman terrorists. Enough water has flown below the bridge, while the sensitivities of Kashmiri Muslims have been front page news, and actions, which have virtually hijacked the agenda
Note: Given the extremely unfavorable sex ratios that one is seeing in India today – as families keep killing unborn daughters and girls, the day is not far when some believe that Polyandry will become pervasive in the society as a matter of norm and social compulsion!! A lot of cultures
Since 2002, when the Gujarat riots broke out, a lot of things have happened. Modi was a villain in my eyes as well at that time. But over the years, pragmatism and realism has taken over. I have had this firm realization now that words like Secularism and Communalism have
Budh in the Celtic languages is the name given to Mercury meaning wise [http://cura.free.fr/xv/11ellis1.html#Ref13]. Guess where have you heard that before? > Boudi and the stem budh appear in all the Celtic languages. It means – all victorious, gift of teaching, accomplished, exulted, virtue and
This is from Wikipedia. If you have any other source and evidence that this is not correct, please let me know. But for me, it is not at all surprising that the Kashmiri separatist Muslims and their secular friends in India are creating use-less myths about Amarnath Shrine. It is
“Stop talking of Kashmir, if you do not know what happens there!” burst out Khurshid. He had been listening to the self gloating talk of four guys who had been praising how the Indian Government was handling the situation. He had seen how his younger brother’s bullet ridden body
In an article written in July 2001, Kuldip Nayar describes how after the rout of Pakistan in the 1965 war – a war that was started by Bhutto as per Ayub Khan himself – Lal Bahadur Shastri did all he could to get peace with Pakistan. Bhutto never wanted that to happen
She was doe-eyed and long-haired. As she walked down the aisle of the library, Samardeep looked up. His eyes melted into the beautiful tresses of Radha. She was not the most petite one, but her eyes were poetic and seemed to hold mysteries of yonder. He seemed to have suddenly
The note accompanying this movie says this: > This film is based on original video footage of 14 march killings of peasents, in Nandigram, West bengal. CPM, a left party Government is responsible for this. Spacial thanks to Bengali poet Wishwajeet sen for providing this film. Now, look at how the
– How many zeroes are there in 90,000? – What’s the square root of 25? – I’ve come 10th in my class for the past two years. What have I done wrong? – What’s the price of pumpkin in Ghaziabad? – Who killed Mahatma Gandhi? – What’s the price of milk
I have already talked of the role of Traitors played by Indian Communists [https://www.drishtikone.com/indian-traitors-communists-look-other-way-while-china-kills-tibetans/] in the Indian history since independence. If you have to look for details – the declassified CIA documents that go into the relationships that the Indian communists developed with the Russians and Chinese
Lord Krishna has been known as the greatest Vedic philosopher of his time, probably of all times. Vedas [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedas] – four as they are named in modern times – are said to be the scriptural authorities for the Hindus. They represent the eternal knowledge captured in words.
A fearful mind cannot be a spiritual mind. A mind where fear exists, will not be able to approach the Truth. Such a mind, because of its aversion to the object of fear will create new camouflages.. new make-beliefs. Such running away from the the basic normal reality of life
One of my close friends – Vish – has written this based on an earlier post on drishtikone. I think it is very informative and analyzes our poverty in context of our age old wisdom in the Vedas. ==================== Desh posted a story [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/?q=shame_on_us_
by Dr. Sanjay Goel A poverty-stricken country has to manage inflation as a priority but growth can not be undermined. To keep the inflation low, the government has been raising the interest rates and lowering the exchage rates. Now, the demand is being forced downwards, and supply is being glutted
India is a poor country today. But was it always like that? If you look at the GDP figures [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_past_GDP_%28PPP%29] (courtesy: Wikipedia) of India vs the rest of the world – the journey is extremely interesting. For most part
This article for Drishtikone by Peter Navarro, the author of “The Coming China Wars” gives a flavor of the detailed analysis of the effect of China on the world at large in the coming decades in his book. I strongly recommend the book to read about each “War” in detail!
In October of 1927, Born, Dirac, Heisenberg, Pauli, and Bohr came together and expounded as well as accepted “an” interpretation of the new quantum world that was reeling in the aftermath of Schrodinger’s Wave Collapse experiments. They called it the Copenhagen Interpretation. With the collapse of the wave wherein
It seems the D-company [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1678918.cms] of Dubai and Karachi fame is not entirely done. While Indian intelligence and the rest of the world concentrates on Pakistan and Dubai – which Dawood called his home – he has been deftly but surely moving onto newer pastures in
“Revolutionaries of one era are moderates of another” …… was how Bal Gangadhar Tilak assessed Dadabhai Naoroji’s opposition to his “Swaraj is my Birth-right!”. Little realizing that one day he himself will “live” his own principle! July 30, 1920: Tilak Dies Aug 1, 1920: Gandhi launches Non Cooperation Movement Is
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