When you dig a little into the ground you will find gold. And if you are happy at your place, the heart of the Earth would be made up of gold. But if you keep pursuing your curiosity and dig further and further, you will find nothing but iron. That heart of gold is actually…
Hall of fame vote – Bonds and Clemens
The day baseball Hall of Fame results are announced is supposed to be the most auspicious day in American sports. Today was also the day where a select group of voters would judge the greatest living hitter and pitcher, both of whom who have been accused of using steroids. I don't think a Hall of…
Don’t seek the death penalty, act for equality in your own home
The United States has one of the highest death penalty executions in the world. But that does not stop people from committing murders. What makes anyone think that making rape a crime punishable by death will have any effects in India? Is it just an act, or more of a show of power, of a…
Faith is beautiful
Faith is a beautiful thing. Anyone in the health profession probably knows the effects of a placebo. When we take a placebo, we believe it is a medicine and have faith that it will cure us. And when we pray, what different are we doing than taking a placebo? Whether we pray to a God,…
What is religion but the words, customs, and wisdom of the ancients trying to answer the most basic of all questions - what is the meaning of life.
Perfection
I have always been amused by people claiming X is perfect or Y is perfect. Except when one points out some flaws in X or Y, their retort is that I should not be so picky about each individual detail. It always makes me laugh and reminds me a quote of Einstein - "No amount…
Violence against women will abate when we stop seeing them as properties
I want to talk about the increasing sexual violence against women in South Asia, especially India. This week an entire nation is coming to terms with a brutal gang-rape of a young woman in Delhi - a city which has been termed as the rape capital of India for the last few years. And we…
Guns, Germs and Steel
After reading Guns, Germs and Steel...I am ambivalent about the book. It does make some good points about geography and natural resources. But it felt too politically correct and misses one very important point - the choices that people make. Geography and resources are important for the start of civilization. But how can one explain…
Guns, Moral Theology, and Biology
everyone has an opinion on how to stop, or if we can stop, these mass-murders. some say gun control and some say guns don't kill, people kill (I have heard it for years but my brain has yet to understand the logic in it). some point to Good and Evil and how we cannot stop…
History – a lesson
I love reading about history because it answers nearly all the questions we have today. By looking at history we do get an idea as to what falls on the right side of history and what falls on the wrong side of history. Paradoxically, we get these knowledge from history because it always repeats itself.…
The Philosopher-Scientist 