Think Tank

Got this wonderful forwarded email from a friend:  
Professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see & asked the students “How much do you think this glass weighs?” 
‘50gms!’ ….. ‘100gms!’ …..’125gms’ …the students answered. 
“I really don’t know unless I weigh it,” said [...]

In his autobiography, Gandhi ji tells about a Gujarati stanza which was his guiding principle. Here is its translation:  
Return Good for Evil 
For a bowl of water give a goodly meal;
For a kindly greeting bow thou down with zeal;
For a simple penny pay thou back with gold;
If thy life be rescued, life do not withhold;
Thus the [...]

 दिन जल्दी-जल्दी ढलता है! हो जाय न पथ में रात कहीं,मंज़िल भी तो है दूर नहीं -यह सोच थका दिन का पंथी भी जल्दी-जल्दी चलता है!दिन जल्दी-जल्दी ढलता है!बच्चे प्रत्याशा में होंगे,नीड़ों से झाँक रहे होंगे  -यह ध्यान परों में चिड़ियों के भरता कितनी चंचलता है!दिन जल्दी-जल्दी ढलता है!मुझसे मिलने को कौन विकल?मैं होऊँ किसके हित [...]

As we read this, one top Maoist leader has taken responsibility of killing Swami Laxmananda Saraswati [Link]. It can’t go more interesting than this: they don’t want government to do any investigation and are sending scapegoats to accept all the blames! Think how much exposed and globally embarrassed the missionaries will be if government carries [...]

  I am a huge fan of Salil Tripathi and I wait for his fortnightly column ‘Here, There, Everywhere’ in Mint. After reading him, I came to realize the meanings of wise and otherwise. No debates, no arguments, no claims, no hypocrisies; simply Salil :) Do not miss this week’s article:      Borrowed Admiring a flawed Gandhi  I am [...]

Dear Naina,  I don’t even know why I am taking the pain to write this to you, because I have been seeing how inconsequential this discussion always turns out to be. The way things have been developing, I doubt whether you would even care to read this. But still if it doesn’t hurt much, extract [...]