Earth was closest to Sun today this year; notwithstanding the cold weather...
Today, (Jan 2) Earth is closest to the Sun for this year (2013). This point is called perihelion. The point at which the earth is the farthest is called aphelion. Today Earth was just 91,402,560...
View ArticleGobbledygook Analysts, Reverse Hatred and Targeting Culture will not solve...
Sanjay Srivastava is professor of Sociology at the Institute of Economic Growth in New Delhi. In his article in The Hindu, he suggests that somehow Swami Vivekananda’s photograph and his pose with...
View ArticlePakistani News Editor sacked for Cooking up a “Wikileak” story to please his...
Certain changes are happening in the Pakistani world, that give reason for hope to the outside world. This incident of sacking of a news editor because he cooked up a false Wikileaks report to please...
View ArticleDelhi Gangrape: What Should Boys Be Taught About Rape?
Here is an interesting discussion on what the boys should be taught about rape. Akhil Sharma discusses the whole issue of how boys are brought up and what messages are they getting.. specifically with...
View ArticleDelhi Gangrape Solutions: Sakha Cabs for Women in Delhi; Cabs for women...
After the gang rape in Delhi, the discussion about women safety has come to the forefront. For women in New Delhi, just the basic transportation back and forth from work is a question of life and...
View ArticleBy the way, why was Salman Khurshid the Defense Lawyer – and sympathizer –...
This was Union External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid’s remark on “Saffron Terror” and the BJP. External affairs minister Salman Khurshid today backed home minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s statement on...
View ArticleSadhguru speaks to Dr. Sanjeev K. Chaudhry, CEO of Religare on health
Sadhguru spoke with Dr. Sanjeev K. Chaudhry, CEO of Super Religare Laboratories (SRL), in a recent event in New Delhi. Sadhguru started off by speaking about his own experience with yoga and how to...
View ArticleIndia has a law against rape 56 days later; US has nothing 58 days after...
Washington Post is lamenting that US can’t seem to act in a crisis fast enough. At least not as fast as India can. Although the Sandy Hook shooting happened 2 days before the Delhi Gangrape, a law is...
View ArticleRahul Gandhi Jokes: The joker does make for a good laugh if not much of a...
Here are some of the best: To start off – it is important to know where does a politician think about “Politics”. Where and what is this “Politics”. Apparently, it is not where you think it is! Have...
View ArticleThe Indian Job Program Scam: Plunder under MNREGA
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is the flagship rural employment program of Dr. Manmohan Singh’s Congress Government. It is also the greatest mechanism created in India to suck...
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