It’s back to that time again when we have the general feel of the festivities around the air, or something that we bengalees like to call ‘Pujo Pujo gondho‘ (aroma of the festivities in the air). Currently, as I sit to write this, we are celebrating Diwali, which usually marks the end of this period… Continue reading
Category: India
Netaji, Bhagwanji and midnight musings
Lately I have started to take an active interest in Indian History, and have started reading some books and watching some online videos that are available by subject matter experts. For some reason, I have an aversion towards writers who have been loyal to the Congress Party of India. At least on the matter of… Continue reading
Third Eye according to science
I came across this article in the Hindu. All our ancient mystics, including Ramakrishna Dev, Swami Vivekananda and the like have experienced this ‘oneness’, they have travelled into the ‘transcendental plane’. I’ve read about them, but been skeptic. This may be a good step towards a belief in the ancient philosophies. Also, let this be… Continue reading
Indian Mathematics | Taking a Dig at Western Fanatics
For some time now, I’ve been taking some interest in Indian History, Ancient Indian History. And in the same vein, I had written about My India a year back. Fact is fact, no matter how harsh it may sound. And indeed bad, that post hasn’t been able to make it to the ‘Most Read’ Posts in… Continue reading
Public Policies
Today’s careergraph widely advertised a career in policy-training and research. To start with, it named Indian Policy Institute – website. Talking of this institute, I know the person who took this initiative long back – Sanjeev Sabhlok. His blog is in my blogroll. I happen to respect this person a lot, since he is one… Continue reading