TRUTH ABOUT INDIA’S FASTEST GROWTH Vishu Menon Moody’s certifies it. Professor Jeffrey Sachs repeats it in every speech he makes to taunt his bête noire Donald Trump.: India is the fastest growing economy. What is meant by the fastest growing economy? Growing 2% faster on a low base economy that cannot sustain 70% of its … Continue reading
SHASHI THAROOR, MATHEMATICS, PLEASE
Shashi Tharoor is a man of remarkable intelligence. Yet it was his gift of the gab that persuaded Mr. Modi to give him the leadership of a team touring the world to explain India’s standpoint on the how and why of Operation Sindoor, where India nearly brought the subcontinent close to war. Even the Hindutva … Continue reading SHASHI THAROOR, MATHEMATICS, PLEASE
ALL ABOUT SOULS
1. HINDU SOUL Rebirth for restitution A young woman I knew delivered a baby. It cried the moment it was born. Normally, the babies were picked up and slapped on the buttocks to make them cry for their first intake of life breath . This child was thought to be a miracle, a god’s … Continue reading ALL ABOUT SOULS
LOVE YOUR GOD OR GODMAN? TELL THE WORLD.
The situation would be funny if it were not dangerous. In Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, during an Eid Milad-un Nabi procession, some Muslims installed a banner reading “I Love Muhammad”. A group of Hindus objected. This led to a near-riot not only in Kanpur, but in a few other places. Police arrested a few men – … Continue reading LOVE YOUR GOD OR GODMAN? TELL THE WORLD.
THE STORY OF A CIVIL SERVANT
The pretty young thing walked towards me with a smile, gracefully swinging her hip, and bowed. She placed a tray of steaming coffee cups and biscuits on the small table. I half-raised my posterior and said Good Morning. “No, no no, screamed Mrs. Chawla, who sat in a high chair. “She eez survant. Not our … Continue reading THE STORY OF A CIVIL SERVANT
LAXMAN REKHA IS NOT FROM THE GENIUS OF VALMIKI; IT IS A PRODUCT OF A PRIMIIVE MIND
One reason for the scream for banning of a book on the history of Hinduism by Sanskrit Scholar Wendy Dungier was that it mentions some stanzas of Valmiki, the original author of Ramayana, that the “Hindu” critics haven’t heard of. To “hear of” the contents of an epic, one has to read it. I will … Continue reading LAXMAN REKHA IS NOT FROM THE GENIUS OF VALMIKI; IT IS A PRODUCT OF A PRIMIIVE MIND
IF RHETORIC COULD WIN A WAR
It happened to a conniving national upstart in Europe during the late 1930s to mid-1940s. In the beginning, he only claimed to be setting right the injustices done to his nation by the victors of the previous world war. But between 1938 and 1940, he had his nation in the palm of his hand. He … Continue reading IF RHETORIC COULD WIN A WAR
NO, MADAM, AI IS NOT DANGEROUS
IN the Genesis myth, God shaped man from dust and breathed life into him. From man’s rib, he made woman. But when man reached for the fruit of knowledge, God feared man might become his equal. As a second rung of precaution, He barred man from the tree of eternal life. ALAN TURING TEST God’s … Continue reading NO, MADAM, AI IS NOT DANGEROUS
The EinsteinMind, DeepMind and Me
How the last two among us interacted, with Einstein’s mind in the background, on a Sunday night and came up with some fantastic discoveries On last Sunday night, I was invited to try out Gemini, Google's AI platform with DeepMind for its Large Language Model (LLM) . What followed was a long discussion that began … Continue reading The EinsteinMind, DeepMind and Me
HOW THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF A MACHINE MIND SHARES MY LOVE OF VALMIKI RAMAYANA
Every month, I receive a copy of Rasna, a Sanskrit magazine published in Palakkad. It is an incredible effort by a few enthusiasts to keep alive a language that is no longer in common use. The magazine reaches me through Prof. Gangadharan Nair, a retired professor of Sanskrit from the ŚrĪ Śankarācārya University of Sanskrit, … Continue reading HOW THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF A MACHINE MIND SHARES MY LOVE OF VALMIKI RAMAYANA