Think Tank

When we were kids and we did something great – like doing well in exams or winning a prize – we would naturally like to show our achievements to all. We would love if people came to know how brilliant we were and if they patted us on the back. Not that we got many [...]

Five years ago, the BJP had strongly opposed inclusion of Shibu Soren as a minister in the UPA government as he had several criminal charges pending against him. Today, the same BJP joined Shibu and his JMM to form a government in the state of Jharkhand. 
These two sentences may appear to make a “full story” [...]

What can be a paradise more beautiful than this?
 

(Rahul)

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As the world is, we can see certain things coming to us. One of these, as shared by many friends is: There is 100% surety that some time in the life of your son or daughter, s/he will be approached by a Christian evangelist who would like to inspire him/her to convert into Christianity. This [...]

From what I have understood, if there are some basic practices in Hinduism which are rooted to the most fundamental elements of our belief and psychology, then “Mother Worship” or “Feminine Worship” is one of these. Recently I saw something which made me think in the direction leading through this text:   
As we know, Mumbai has [...]

Sometimes, reality is more interesting than fiction.  
We were to celebrate Traditional Day in office, the next day. We had received an email asking colleagues to come in the traditional attire. Last time we had celebrated it, it was a fun day which had ended with prizes being given to the best (traditionally) dressed males and [...]

Watched James Cameron’s flick “Avatar” and didn’t enjoy it. When it comes to successfully bringing imagination live on the screen, I would give him 10/10, but are not movies to enjoy? I found it too emotionless, too weird (characters were awful to watch), and so typical a storyline (team goes to exploit the unexploited; conflict [...]

These days media is fascinated with two names: Headley and Rana. What makes the case interesting to me in the first place is how Indian media is using the names of “Headley” and “Rana” repeatedly, without ever clearly mentioning the real names of these two!   
Real name of Headley (David Coleman Headley) is Daood Sayed Gilani [...]

Ye DuriyanKyun

There won’t be many other used and abused surnames like a ‘Gandhi’. In his own India where he is revered as ‘Father of the nation’, the ‘Gandhi’ surname was hijacked by the daughter and grandchildren of Pandit Nehru. Gandhi was a larger than life brand, and everyone exploited it enough. The places where Gandhi has [...]

I read this interesting doha (translated into English) from Goswami Tulsidas. Tulsidas, who is remembered for his Ram bhakti and for writing Ramcharit Manas, was a contemporary of great king Akbar during the Muslim invasion of India: 
—“It is a legend that a blind, old, poor, Muslim, feebled by age, was pushed down to earth on the street by [...]