Unwanted Guests “Do not overstay your welcome.” If all abide by this rule, there will be lesser problems when friends and relatives turn up unannounced. India is famous for its “Atithi Devo Bhava” concept (Guests are equal to God) but this “Atithi” or guest must...
A Busy Street In India, nearly every street is a busy street. Some are interesting, like narrow market streets overflowing with artifacts, garments, bags, bangles and a whole lot of other temptations. Other streets, with houses on either side, peddlers selling vegetables, traffic of cycles,...
A Jugglers Show Have you ever tried your hands at juggling? My uncle had once promised to take me to a jugglers show. Actually, he took me to the Circus but promised me that there were special jugglers. I could feel the excitement as I...
Censorship Censorship means monitoring, screening and putting certain reasonable restrictions on the public, by the Government, to maintain communal harmony, peace and tranquility. The Constitution of India guarantees freedom of speech but necessitates certain restrictions in the interest of the Sovereignty and integrity of the...
Bioethics Bioethics is a branch of applied ethics which studies the philosophical, social and legal issues arising in medicine and life sciences. It is a relatively modern science, emerging only in the 1960s. Sciences are always progressing. Experiments and research are endless, the outcome varied,...
A Visit To The Mall My father’s job kept him moving from one small town to another. Understandably, luxury to me was the inauguration of the first decent bakery! Come summer vacations and we went to visit our grandparents and cousins in New Delhi. I...
Health And Nutrition In this fast moving world we really have to push ourselves to make it big. Survival is difficult. If you want more you have to give more- more time, more energy, more effort, more focus…. more and more! In the bargain we...
Superstitions “The black cat has crossed our path. Something terrible is about to happen.” This is an age old superstition still going strong in our country. There are many others. Is India the only country to follow such inscrutable myths? No! You can find them...
Atheism The word ‘Atheism’ originates from the Greek word ‘a”theos’ meaning “no God exists.” From time immemorial, human beings have believed in some supernatural power. The concept of religion or deity came in much later. However, in the 18th century, with the spread of free...
Eureka Eureka means “I have found it” in Greek. It is an exclamation to bring out the excitement of a discovery. The word has always been used as a matter of fact in the Greek language but it became famous the world over because of...
