Recently my wife was reading Kathy Reichs novel where she has described about mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Kathy Reichs is also producer & writer of the popular TV series Bones. Before hearing about mtDNA, I had very little idea about any types of DNAs, except Y & X chromosomes. My DNA knowledge is/was limited to doing paternity [...]
The answer is simple – Stability allows a person the freedom of choice. People can pursue their dreams only when they are living in a society where survival is not a daily threat. We don’t need a stats professor to tell this. Surprisingly I found these very thoughts in ‘The Immortals of Meluha’, which is [...]
Ahhh… this is going to be controversial topic. To start with, I m not all against any religion. Religions have been existed since civilizations came into existence, and probably religion/faith was the root and foundation of these civilizations. That was then… thousands of years ago Before Christ (BC), when religion actually played a role in [...]
I was a kid, but I still remember the news flashes of Tiananmen Square massacre on 4th June, 1989. The protests were mainly led by students and intellectuals demanding political liberalization, free market reforms, right to freedom of speech & access to information. In all, the protest was a demanded for democracy. More than two [...]
If I ask you a question “What are you proud of in India?” then probably you will have many answers, probably I have some answers like rich heritage, glorious past, national monuments, and many such things, richest cricket board, largest rail network, highest battle field, the list will be too long. But if I ask [...]
Somewhere in India there was city, where people from all over the country come to work and earn there living. In that city was an apartment complex where people from all religion and different parts live together. They celebrated all festivals together, party & play together, to an extent that they used to fight together [...]
Well the label says it all – myths cannot be real and politicians cannot be honest. Time and again many of our respected politicians keep proving how shallow they are, without any principles & ethics. The recent example was shown by Kalyan Singh, ex-Chief Minister of UP when he left BJP to join SP. The [...]
“…when I tried to classify your species, I realized that you are not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctly develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but humans do not. You move to an area and multiply & multiply until every natural resource is consumed and only way you can survive is [...]
I have been a strong advocate of following traffic rules. Indians have the best of brains in the world and I recently got a mail which tried to prove so by giving the statistics of number of Indian doctors in US, number of scientist of Indian Origin, or number of people who get H1B visa [...]
I did not liked it when Arundhati Roy said that “Kashmir needs freedom from India and India need freedom from Kashmir”, but the fact is that Kashmir has been a cause of problem for us since Independence. There are two ways of looking at the problem: First, in medical terms amputation is a common phenomenon. [...]
Hi, I try to see life through different color glasses at different times. This blog is my day to day experiences with people, books, mysteries, myths, and above all my way of looking at life. It need not be right or wrong... it's just my way...
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