February 26, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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The most powerful man in the world is an average moron. Considering that average Americans voted him into office — not once but twice — tells you that the average American is a moron. So how does the US economy … Continue reading
February 25, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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I am continuing to read E. O. Wilson’s The Diversity of Life and recently I quoted from it. Today I continue to quote some more. The best of science doesn’t consist of mathematical models and experiments, as textbooks make it … Continue reading
February 25, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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The world of technology is magical. There are not enough hours in the day to even begin to scratch the surface of what amazing things that exist today, leave alone what is going to come down the technology cornucopia which … Continue reading
February 23, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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The great entomologist E O Wilson’s The Diversity of Life (Harvard University Press, 1992) should be required reading for all who care to understand the complex web of life that we all are part of. What is urgently needed is … Continue reading
February 23, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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Many years ago I had read a book by Mark Epstein called Thoughts Without a Thinker, which is about psychotherapy from a Buddist perspective. I enjoyed the book immensely of course, but there is something in the first chapter that … Continue reading
February 23, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these … Continue reading
February 20, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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I expressed the idea that Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is not a supreme being endowed with the power of the Almighty God in my article titled “Is Sri Sri Ravi Shankar a Con Man?” I concluded that he is doing … Continue reading
February 20, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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In my last post, we met the Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Haj, Mr Muhammad Yaqoob Qureshi, who has announced a $11.5 million reward for the murder of Danish cartoonists and has asked the Indian government to server dipolomatic … Continue reading
February 20, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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I am not surprised. Indian Minister Offers Bounty reports the website Arab News. NEW DELHI, 19 February 2006 — A minister in India’s Uttar Pradesh state government has offered a reward of $11.5 million to anyone who would kill any … Continue reading
February 19, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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The prime directive that the Buddha gave to humanity was as simple as it was wise: First do no harm; then try to do good. Easy enough to state but it is astonishingly hard to follow for the average human … Continue reading
February 17, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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Wonders will never cease. Just yesterday I commented on the fact that THEY have decided to do away with discriminatory pricing for foreign nationals in India. Now I am happy to report that another of the millions of asinine rules … Continue reading
February 17, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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It is a tradition, hoary and venerated, of dividing the people of India along myriad dimensions depending on the motives of those doing the dividing. Taking a cue from the British, past masters of the “Divide and Rule” strategy, the … Continue reading
February 16, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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So it would appear that wisdom is slowly dawning on the idiots that make policy in India. Last week I read that the powers that be have finally come to realize that it is not a good idea to rip … Continue reading
February 16, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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Nearly five years ago in April 2001, TIME magazine did a feature titled The Power of Yoga. A path to enlightenment that winds back 5,000 years in its native India, yoga has suddenly become so hot, so cool, so very … Continue reading
February 10, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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As it happens, I am off to Singapore for a few days. Blogging, therefore, will be suspended. Yeah, yeah, I know that I am not the most prolific of bloggers and stopping for extended periods of time is par for … Continue reading
February 7, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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“CAESAR: Pardon him, Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.” –George Bernard Shaw in “Caesar and Cleopatra” I titled my two previous pieces exploring the freedom of … Continue reading
February 3, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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Just for the record, I will be traveling to Hyderabad for the next couple of days and will not have the opportunity to write and respond to the comments on my recent posts. Be well, do good work, and keep … Continue reading
February 3, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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In a comment on my previous post, Nath declares that the “tough part is choosing where exactly to draw the line between legal and illegal.” It is tough only if that line is arbitrarily drawn according to the whims and … Continue reading
February 2, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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“If a nation or an individual values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony is that if it is comfort or money it values more, it will lose that too.” – W. Somerset Maugham The … Continue reading
February 1, 2006
by Atanu Dey
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Denmark in Troubled Waters. I am waiting to read reports of people rioting in India any day now. A bunch of innocents will get killed. An already poor India will slide epsilon-degree closer to chaos.