Monthly Archive: January 2011

Of Celebrity MPs and Performance

Actually, “Non-Performance”.  Thanks to Srinivasan-ji for alerting me to this spreadsheet detailing performance of individual MPs, courtesy PRS. (emphasis added). The performance has been measured along a number of dimensions including debates participated, private...

Mathematics, History and worms eating manuscripts…

This is a sad story of forgetten history, indifference towards ancient knowledge and wisdom & callous neglect…Read on.. From A search for India’s mathematical roots, some depressing excerpts (emphasis added): K. Ramasubramanian is the...

This one is for my soul-mate…

From a letter written by Swami Vivekananda to Shrimati Sarala Ghoshal — Editor, Bharati in April 1897 In this battle of life, men are rare who encourage the initiator of new thought, not to...

“Ye are the children of God..”

Remembering Swami Vivekananda on his 148th birth anniversary… Ye are the children of God..the sharers of immortal bliss, holy and perfect beings.   Ye divinities on earth – sinners!  It is a sin to...