Wide Eyed Wanderer

AMARTYA SEN is one of the leading intellectuals not just in Asia but throughout the world. In this collection of essays, he cements his reputation as a clear-thinking visionary for the future through his thorough understanding of both the past and the present. His arguments are persuasive, infused with concern for people of all stations and filled with the calmness that derives from a masterful employment of discourse. Perhaps the best of these is the second section, entitled "Culture and Communication", which is instrumental in defining the overarching themes of the book. In "Tagore and His India", Sen re-establishes the work and reputation of Rabindranath Tagore as a polymath with concerns political and practical. The stories of the pilgrimages of Chinese monks to India to secure Buddhist texts are well-known; less well-known are the travels and lengthy sojourns in China of Indian sages and their impact. In the section entitled "Politics and Protest", Se

Despite prime minister Manmohan Singh having won over top atomic scientists who had earlier opposed the India-US nuclear deal, bureaucratic opposition to the deal remains entrenched. There’s been a flap following the sensible suggestion from C N R Rao — who heads the PM’s scientific advisory council — that the private sector should be allowed entry into the nuclear energy field. Nuclear power plants are long-gestation projects. They require enormous investments in the beginning, but produce cheap power over the long term. Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL), the PSU tasked with generating nuclear power in India, has not covered itself with glory. The major benefit of the India-US nuclear deal was supposed to be a boost to civilian nuclear power production in India, but this can’t be realised if the sector remains starved of capital and technology. Since the deal clearly separates India’s military and civilian plants, and the latter will be placed under interna

well the last few years of my life can be easily summed as follows... ""I'm tired of being what others want me to be, Feeling so faithless lost under the surface, Don't know what they're expecting of me, Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes, Every step that I take is another mistake, And every second I waste is more than I can take, I've become so numb, I've become so tired so much more aware I'm becoming, this all I want to do Is be more like me and be less like you....""

well each day on my way to palampur i crossed that way through the woods thinking of just getting down from the bus and walking on it so as to see where it leads to but could never manage and finally i got down the bus and started on that way today. The way through the woods.... They shut the road through the woods Seventy years ago. Weather and rain have undone it again, And now you would never know There was once a road through the woods Before they planted the trees. It is underneath the coppice and heath, And the thin anemones. Only the keeper sees That, where the ring-dove broods, And the badgers roll at ease, There was once a road through the woods. Yet, if you enter the woods Of a summer evening late, When the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools Where the otter whistles his mate. (They fear not men in the woods, Because they see so few) You will hear the beat of a horse's feet, And the swish of a skirt in the dew, Steadily cantering through The misty solitudes, As thou

Well hats off to manu for a splendid display of football the other day against Fulham... it was a pleasure to watch them rout the Fulham team apart. Manchester really outplayed them in every department of the game although Fredinand would be a little unhappy about the lone goal fulham scored. Nywayz in all it was the big bang opening game that provided the glimpse of the season ahead. It certainly wouldn't be that easy for Chelsea this time around... The war continues...

Whatever name we prefer to give the Supreme Being — Jehovah, Allah, Buddha, Shakti, Vishnu or Krishna — the concept of a Supreme Creator is that He is of extraordinary attributes, and is universally attractive. The name Krishna means ‘the all-attractive One’. “Sarva akarshati iti Krishna” — this describes the attractive nature of the Lord and so describes the absolute Truth, the supreme personality of Godhead, in full. The Lord administers the world through the laws of material nature — gross such as the law of gravitation and subtle such as the law of karma. But when predominance of materialism over spirituality disturbs the universal order, the Lord descends “to deliver the pious, annihilate the miscreants and re-establish divine principles”, says the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna descends not just to maintain law, but to awaken love. The love that our heart longs for through relationships with various persons finds fulfilment only when it is reposed in the Supreme. When we love Krishna, ou

We live in an era of interdependence. Although each one of us knows that man is a social human being, yet our mindsets are still firmly anchored in an era where nation, and national interests, came first. In reality, events somewhere seem to have ripple effects across the world. Following the scare about bombs in the UK targeting US-bound aircraft, Washington tipped off New Delhi about terror attacks planned around Independence Day, and India has gone into high alert. The Lashkar-e-Taiba is usually thought of as an anti-Indian group, but its chief Hafeez Saeed has been placed under a month’s house arrest in Pakistan following revelations of a LeT hand in the UK bomb plot. Unfortunately, terrorists display greater coordination than the democracies they target. It’s not just India that is hurt by terror emanating from Pakistan — all jehadis’ roads lead to Pakistan at some point, whether it is 9/11, 7/7, the Bali bombings or the latest UK bomb plot. Yet western democracies remain remar

Well i had started writing on this blog with an idea that I should write down my thoughts each day just so that I can go back and say to myself, "What the hell was I thinking?" I do that a lot. I was gonna do it on my pc at home, but I am afraid people I know will read it. So instead I decided to put it out here for a world of strangers to read it. Life is pretty outta wack like that sometimes." I like this idea of blogging as it seems to allow me to express myself. I don't care wat u think about me, everyone's got their own opinion and who am I to deny you that. But still ur opinion would be of utmost importance as it would help me know myself. Anyways, I will keep this short and sweet. And don't sweat that this sounds so serious, trust me, I will tell as many funny stories as I can."