How good is Artificial Intelligence? Should it be used widely? In Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report (2002), based on a dystopian 1956 novella by Philip K Dick, it’s 2054 and the world has advanced to voice-controlled home automation, robot insects, and gesture-controlled computers. There’s also …
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HYPOCRISY: Democracy, Religion, and me. Recently I was accused of being a hypocrite. I was talking to a friend and, as is my wont, I was complaining about another person who failed to respond to an email I had sent them a few days previously. My friend pointed out that I was in …
Are All Beings One Single Family? From Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi, India’s politicians have often evoked the phrase ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, to elucidate the country’s global outlook. I used to think that it meant we are all part of the family of an ancient figure whose name was ‘Vasudev’ {Vasudev is a very prevalent name …
The Fallibility of Memories & Letting Go! A few days ago I came across Dr. David Eagleman’s book titled The Brain. Under the title in smaller print was ‘The Story Of You’. I picked it up and glanced at the contents; the chapters had titles, like ‘Who am I?’ What is reality? etc’. I was …
Many years ago a wise peasant lived in China. He had a son who was the apple of his eye. He also was the proud owner of a fine white stallion (horse) which everyone admired. One day his horse escaped from his grounds and disappeared. The villagers came to him one by one and said: …
Good Luck, Bad Luck. Good Karma, Bad Karma. Who Knows! Read More »
In my last blog on breathing, I had written that most of us are guilty of improper breathing. We are not taught the right way of breathing so we assume that whichever way we breathe is fine. However, it has now become clear that improper breathing is akin to eating junk food and can be …
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Hello Readers, Greetings & Best Wishes to you all. Welcome to my website. On this page, I will mainly be sending out my blogs and other write-ups. I was asked about the categories that should be mentioned on my page. My answer was ‘No Categories’, I just want to write. So the gentleman helping me …
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