Wednesday, September 30, 2015

When Hubble Stared at Nothing for 100 Hours

When Hubble Stared at Nothing for 100 Hours

Our vision of the universe will keep on expanding, thanks to advances in technology and pioneers like Galileo, Hubble, and now Williams. Many more will join their list before the human species becomes extinct through natural evolution or its own folly. Inflating the reach of god to keep pace with the expanding vision of the universe in this context may speak more of one’s own anxieties than of god himself. What thrills me, rather, is the prospect of the earthlings getting a chance to exchange notes with an intelligent alien species before their own inevitable exit. Amen!

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Books in English and Sanskrit that can be downloaded, some rare and some not so rare.

Thanks to Artur Karp. 
Here are the links to quite some books for those interested. 

"Dear List, 
Thanks to Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts hundreds of books from the Archaeological Survey of India asi.nic.in collection are available for the reading public. Among them rare, long time out of print publications. 
English (and some other Western languages) books at:
Sanskrit (and some Pali) books at:

http://sanskritdocuments.org/scannedbooks/asisanskritpdfs.html
Best, and greetings from misty Warsaw ---
Artur Karp"

Please be forewarned: Some books are downloaded blank!

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Sadhvi Prachi says Gandhiji was a British agent

Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Sadhvi Prachi on Wednesday (March 18, 2015) alleged that Mahatma Gandhi was a "British agent" and his contribution towards independence of the country was "negligible".
"It was only due to sole effort of Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Ram Prashad Bismil and Subhash Chandra Bose that India was freed from the clutches of Britishers," she told reporters at a hotel on the occasion of Hindu Dharam Sammelan in Ghaziabad.

She also added: "Gandhian ways of protests and hunger strikes were worthless in achieving freedom", and that Bismil (Ram Prasad) was hanged while Gandhi was busy with his 'Charkha' and cotton spinning!

When we have such brilliant intuitive historians, who needs academic historians!

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Prof. Romila Thapar on Secularism and Secularisation in the Indian context, delivered at Mangalore as B.V.Kakkilaya inspired lecture of 2015. Here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXbhO-cQPtk&feature=youtu.be