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Why does religion refuses to go away?

You open the newspaper and the first thing you read today is "Woman burnt, 12 churches razed during Orissa bandh" and you wonder, as to why wont religion go away. Well we may have some answers in regards to this perplexing question. To start with, It is now confirmed (by neurogenetics) that religion like sex is hard-wired into us by evolution and so here to stay. (though there are good reasons for doing that and one can trust evolution) But with the rapidly changing times, there seems to something amiss from its essential know-how...Read on

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Prithvi (a poetic film)

On October, 2007 Sadho Poetry Film Fest premiered my 8min film "Prithvi" (The Earth). Though it was mildly appreciated, I was asked on several occasion (quite bluntly to my embarrassment) what the film was about. I had a short answer, "It is about earth, dwelling, passage of time and memories clustering to become being only to vanish and slip into unfathomable silence of the other, the other death" [...]

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The Kite Runner

What's good about the film is the internationalization of our Bollywood archetypical film formulas: Two brothers (lost in Kumbh mela archetype) discovering their identity and topped over by an over the wall rescue from the sure jaws of death has always worked in our films; It is a happy feeling to know that the international audience is also enjoying what we have savored for all these years. And then the nauch of Basanti in Sholay where the villain Gabbar aka Aseef in this case makes Sohrab the son of Hassan dance to the infectious tunes of classical music to the point where the ghungroo breaks and shatters. [...]

A Thousand Splendid Suns

In several ways, the book dangerously misleads, and does so in its own seductive way. It charms you in as it slips through its liminal gap its US specific Neo-Imperial world picture. In doing so, it sets about to pass in the counterfeit by filling its page with such gross misrepresentations and all done on such grand and massive scale that one is left wondering at the actuating politikreal of the author; often one gets the feel that one is reading a new genre, the ‘new age’ American novel, like the ‘new age’ spirituality of Deepak Chopra, a chick-lit or rather a choc-lit verity of it; even eclipsing the sentimental high tide of ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’. [...]

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• Compiling Ultra fast Blender 3D on Ubuntu
  August 27, 2008 at 10:06 Well, here are the necessary steps to compile an ultra fast Blender-3D binary on Ubuntu 810. #Go to the blog page
• A Bugs life
  August 24, 2008 at 9:38 The Film 'A bugs life' was said to be inspired by the Greek fable...Interestingly the Children film “A bugs life” completely inverts the original, the grasshoppers are shown to be the devilish ‘Mafia’ like while the ants meek and innocent; The basic emotion aroused is to protect and save the ants from the Grasshoppers. It may not seem obvious at first but this new theme marks the neo- pro active morality and runs under the hood of the modern neo-conservative American consciousness, one just have to pick up Ayn Rand or the latest avatar “Manliness” by Harvey C. Mansfield, with the moral lesson that the strong should protect the weak, Insha’Allah ‘La Iraq’. #Go to the blog page
• The curious case of Ken Haywood
  August 19, 2008 at 12:09 If any one is interested about sources, I forgot to mention that all information was taken from: The curious case of Ken Haywood Whether this information is true or fabricated, I have no Idea, Infact we will never have any Idea except that maliciousness sells like hot cake. It says editor@expressindia.com which made me laugh. The Article is filed under the name of Sagnik Chowdhury, Smita Nair & Johnson T A Just in case you are curious as I was. #Go to the blog page
• All about Earth Insects, Ufo’s and Aliens
  August 18, 2008 at 2:52 Truth will be revealed today, everything will be laid bare and explained, every bit of it ;) To start with, the latest talk in the Indian world-scape is the escape of the American suspect Ken Haywood which has triggered conspiracy theories by trigger happy Indian luckkas about the American double game aimed at de-stabilizing the Indian subcontinent by fomenting sectarianism and how Indian and Pakistani luckkas are katputlis in their hands; puppets in the great post independence puppet show. Hmmm so far so good. Its normal you know to say he is doing it, she is doing it. (a bit weird in this case, but never the less, the gossip windmills are churning fantastic flights of imagination and this includes a luckka like me too) All very very filmi-read on: #Go to the blog page
• Hindi Vindi
  July 27, 2008 at 10:15 ...you can see from this RajivMudgalam instant brew brand of poem below, I am having quite a difficulty with chandrabindus and matras. #Go to the blog page
• What is it about our first Poem
  July 25, 2008 at 8:50 Yesterday, my 10 years old daughter Anagha presented me with her first poem, and it instantly took me down the memory lane. #Go to the blog page
• About ghost and ghost stories.
  July 24, 2008 at 6:20 As an Indian I had grown up on a steady diet of Kathasaritasagara and translations of it in the children mag 'Chandamama" and other various Hindi dailies, These stories were written with a touch of that typical grandma breath and it is these that I had grown up with, and over time, had learned to associate what a good cool Ghost stories is. #Go to the blog page
• Gandhi, Einstein and the Atomic Bomb
  June 16, 2008 at 12:09 Gandhi was assassinated in January 1948. The following year, when Nehru visited the United States, he related his conversation with Gandhi to Albert Einstein. With a twinkle in his eyes, the great scientist to Nehru's astonishment took a pad and pencil and wrote down a number of dates on one side, and events on the other, to indicate the parallel evolution of the nuclear technology and Gandhi's non-violent technique of satyagraha respectively, almost from decade to decade since the beginning of the twentieth century. It turned out that, by a strange coincidence, while Einstein and his fellow scientists were engaged in research that made the fission of atom possible, Gandhi was embarking on his experiments in peaceful non-violent resistance in South Africa and India; indeed, the 'Quit India' struggle almost coincided with the American project for the making of the atomic bomb." [...] #Go to the blog page
• Sardar and the Bomb
  June 15, 2008 at 5:46 Sardar and the Bomb and the what and why of Atomic energy. What is the cheapest source of power, naturally Hydroelectricity. The costliest -Atomic power. Gas turbines was hailed by corporate America as the best alternative and in came Enron and other giants  (some are history already). What Indians don’t know is that Atomic power is [...] #Go to the blog page
• Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
  June 15, 2008 at 5:44 Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins is an intriguing book by a man who once was supposed to be a real world jackal. Jackal’s are special duty agents whose job is to ferment internal conflict and create situations leading to covert/overt overthrow of government. According to this insider, the Corporatocracy (corporate America), is [...] #Go to the blog page
• The Indo-US nuclear deal
  June 11, 2008 at 6:40 Time for us Gandhian's to celebrate (not to be confused with the left.) Atomic power is the climaxing of egocentrically of industrial reason in its ultimate violation of the feminine. A fragmenting at the very core of care.[...] #Go to the blog page
• White House spokesman Ari Fleischer denied today that US President George W. Bush does not know where North Korea is
  June 10, 2008 at 9:14 In the News: breaking news brought to you by João Pedro de Magalhães: White House spokesman Ari Fleischer denied today that US President George W. Bush does not know where North Korea is. Rumors had been circulating suggesting that America’s obsession about Iraq is due to Iraq being the only foreign country George W. Bush [...] #Go to the blog page
• Everything about little Pandu
  June 10, 2008 at 2:14 Its a mystery she said, an complete mystery (as if there are half and incomplete ones) But this atleast is something I can solve. and by god, I have solved it. I was now curious as a kitten as to what this mystery could be and what exactly she had solved. Whats the mystery I ask. Ah, the mystery. here it is:What would you wear for camouflage if you were hiding in a gingerbread house? A puzzle I said now whats the mystery. It is for me she replied. Ok! so how come you were able to solve it. Thats simple she said, it is as simple as: How does little Pavdu cross the road? He looks to the left, he looks to his right, and he looks up at sky to make sure nothing falls on is head! Hmm, from where did I get that one from. well from a grasshopper who claims to be manjushree followed by one [...] #Go to the blog page
• Supercomputing Cheaply
  June 7, 2008 at 6:28 Belgian researchers develop desktop supercomputer How much computing power can you cram into a single desktop PC? In our research on image reconstruction we often have to perform large-scale scientific computations, which can easily take weeks on a normal PC. To tackle this problem, we have developed a special PC that is capable of performing our [...] #Go to the blog page
• 509 Bandwidth Limit Exceeded
  May 29, 2008 at 8:18 If it is possible for strange thing to event themselves, then they happen is the most unexpected ways. Yesterday my site went blank with a warning 509 Bandwidth Limit Exceeded. I had a hard time getting through their mobile, but the provider once notified got it up and running in five minutes. I wonder, how I could [...] #Go to the blog page
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