Creative impulse

We falsely consider ourselves as great thinkers but we require the right elements of our body to bring in the right amounts creativity and imagination...

"There is always dialogue going on in your own mind. We all have a filter in our mind through which we listen and we accept only what we already know. Something which doesn’t already fall within our belief system, we straightaway filter out."

Thought is a creative impulse where there is proper synchronization of all the physical elements of once body which leads to great actions and hence very fruitful results...

Pandith Sri Sri Sri Ravishankar illustrates these stimulating ideas and also explains the elements of body that needs to be synchronized...

Link: creative impulse

India Misses its sputnik moment

The launch of the first man made space shuttle by USSR and the subsequent establishment of NASA and the historic success of America landing a man on the moon lead to significant contributions not only to the success of the two countries but was also to the world at large...

When our PM Manmohan Singh said that China has turned out to be far superior to India in development of science and technologies, it should have created ripples in different echelons of the society but sadly, it has not... When China is following the formative and the secretive -- USSR model, India should have taken the aggressive and the vibrant -- USA model in the development of science...

However India is a confused and a non-imaginative lot who are not taking advantage of competing with China and in the process contributing to world science,
opines Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr in DNA editorial Jan 9th, 2012...

http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column_india-misses-its-sputnik-moment_1635141

For level electoral field, Election Commission orders draping of Mayawati's statues

Times View - Consistent - and correct


Counterview - A meaningless decision


-The Times of India, January 10, 2012

Running Dry

India, Iran and the oil question

Running dry

-The Times of India, January 10, 2012

Cricket's cold wave

How the winter of our discontent can become a glorious summer

Cricket's cold wave

-The Times of India, January 10, 2012

Power, Not Principles

Anti-Congressism is the common plank of those motivated by short-term political gain

Power, not principles

-The Times of India, January 10, 2012

Personal Review: An article that traces the history of "anti-congressism" - in the form of political parties, and some other "groups" that have continually rose only to oppose Congress, and not to "get on with their work."

Revive Research

Fundamental changes required to boost Indian R&D


Revive Research

-The Times of India, January 10, 2012

Personal Review: The article outlines a few important statistical measures, along with suggestions towards social and political measures that can be undertaken in order to facilitate Indian R&D.

Tehran twitchy over upcoming elections

Parliamentary elections in March seen as the most sensitive in Iran's history.

The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Tehran twitchy over upcoming elections
"Many observers see the March elections as a battlefield between supporters of President Ahmadinejad on one side and conservatives close to Ayatollah Khamenei on the other. Observers speculate that Ayatollah Khamenei might block Mr. Ahmadinejad's parliamentary allies, arguing they belong to a “deviant current”, seeking to undermine the authority of the supreme leader. "

India is the success story of South Asia — that is a fact: David Miliband

David Miliband: “…my experience is that other Europeans know that the European Union is much stronger for Britain playing a central role.”

The Hindu : Opinion / Interview : India is the success story of South Asia — that is a fact: David Miliband

This is the concluding part of The Hindu's wide-ranging interview with David Miliband, man of ideas, former U.K. Foreign Secretary, and a charismatic figure in the Labour Party. Mr. Miliband, 46, was recently in Chennai to give a lecture on ‘The emerging new world order: economics and politics'.

Fake bomb smuggled into Olympic site

"U.K. police carrying out tests smuggled the device onto the main site. While the Olympic Delivery Authority ... said “testing is standard practice” in all major security operations. “Such tests have a key role in developing our capability to ensure that London 2012 is safe and secure ..."

The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Fake bomb smuggled into Olympic site
The terror threat is the biggest security worry for the London Olympics, which take place July 27 until August 12.

Building sustainable habitats

"At a time when efforts should focus on enforcing existing codes to improve sustainability of habitats, the Union Ministry of Urban Development has decided to bring in new rules to address concerns related to climate change."

The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : Building sustainable habitats

The thrust must be on making easy-to-implement codes at the local body level, and improve the supply of sustainable building technologies and materials.

A long, long way to go

"During Taliban reign over Afghanistan, women were subjected to atrocities and repression of the kind the world thought had ended with the medieval ages. When they were ousted in 2001, much was made of the promise the moment held for Afghan women ... But more than a decade later, and under the west-backed Hamid Karzai goverrnment, the ground situation has shown little improvement."

The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : A long, long way to go

"Given the dismal uncertainties of present-day Afghanistan, it seems unlikely that its women can even regain those limited freedoms any time in the near future, let alone lead 21st century lives."

Russia for a close knit economic alliance

"The Eurasian Union will be a full-fledged economic bloc, modelled on the European Union, with a common currency, harmonised legislation, and coordinated economic and monetary policies."

The Hindu : Opinion / Lead : Russia for a close knit economic alliance