Notes from India
Back from a hurried and intense 5-day visit to Pune and Bengaluru. I am getting more involved in some exciting initiative(s) at Pune and foresee more frequent visits to the city…Updates in due course....
Category: Miscellaneous
W’end Links: Nehru, Astrology, History and Obama
Start your weekend with this fascinating article on “Jawaharlal Nehru and Astrology” by K N Rao (Thanks to Sh Krishen Kak for alerting me to this): …Nehru was a Kashmiri pandit, His uncle Bansidhar...
Does the average Indian voter have low IQ?
This “lazy” post* was inspired by a comment left by Prakash on another thread. In his comment, Prakash carried further the argument (first put forward by AG) that Indians are not particularly smart and/or...
The “50-year rule” – courtesy Scott Adams
A brief extract from Scott Adams (creator of “Dilbert”) “The Power of Ridiculous Reasons ” The human mind is wired to accept ridiculous reasons as if they are legitimate. …I mention these examples because...
Phototherapy in Ancient India
Stumbled across this remarkable fact recently: The first report of the use of ‘phototherapy’ in the treatment of skin disorders dates from 1400 BC from India… A liitle bit of digging led me to...
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