“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” That according to Nelson Mandela. I object to the characterization of education as a weapon. Weapons are used as tools of destruction, not construction. Remember the… Read More ›
A little while ago, I saw this tweet — which I append below. It relates to the mainstream media’s response to Shri Mohan Bhagwat’s comment that “Mother” Teresa was motivated by her desire to convert people to Christianity. That seems… Read More ›
The god of the Old Testament is the same god that Christians adopted in their New Testament. Following the Jews and the Christians, Islam proclaimed the same monotheistic god. Who is this god? Richard Dawkins, a non-believer, characterized that god… Read More ›
Here’s a list of pages that deal with the “Mother” Teresa. These pages don’t show up in the category “Mother Teresa” — hence this post. Teresa: Ghoul of Calcutta by Hitchens. Sunanda Datta-Ray: “Driven by Self-interest”. Shields: “Teresa’s House of… Read More ›
I admire a few public figures intensely. Among those who are still around, the physicist Murray Gell-Mann makes that short list. Among the dear departed physicists are Albert Einstein and Richard Feynman. Politicians mostly make it to my list of… Read More ›
Lee Kuan Yew is in intensive care in a hospital in Singapore (Yahoo news.) I am afraid that he will not be around for long but I hope my fears are unfounded. I wish that India had had a leader… Read More ›
This one is hauled from the archive. Why? Because these two articles are nice. Even if I myself say so. Also, I am very busy reading and so don’t have the time to write fresh stuff. Or perhaps I am… Read More ›
[Edit note: This piece was written & published elsewhere in Oct 2013. The Indian political scene has changed somewhat since then, thankfully under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi but evidently not enough. True that Rahul Gandhi is… Read More ›
Kiran Bedi is funny. Unintentionally of course. Here’s why. (Click on the image below to get to the tweet.) . . So 2400 hours, instead of just 24 hours? Is that the total number of hours that Delhi will have… Read More ›
Let me tell you a story. It is about a friend who is building a school in India. Motivated by idealism to do something for India, some years ago he decided that he would build an excellent K-12 school. An… Read More ›
