The thought behind this post has been vaguely floating in my mind for the past few weeks. A quick preface first. Medicine has advanced enormously. Genome mapping, human cloning, or even plastic surgery would have been considered far fetched by the common man a century ago, but in the past…
So, everyone lies – at some point, in some form, to various degrees. Kids lie, because [http://nymag.com/news/features/43893/] they are just copying their parents. I came across Raul’s ‘mesmeric yet whimsical’ rant about the lies he told his 3 year old [http://www.mexicanpictures.com/headingeast/…
Most of us have no idea what’s really going on inside our heads. How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forget – and so important to repeat new knowledge? With the Brain…
After a poised loss against Australia, this is what the skipper of the Indian cricket team Mahendra Singh Dhoni had to say [http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2008/feb/01dhoni.htm]: > “The crowd was noisy but I don’t think the boys were distracted by it. In smaller towns,…
The latest monster film, Cloverfield [http://www.cloverfieldmovie.com] (IMDB [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060277/]), has drawn a massive buzz online. This film will not leave you with a middle-ground, so you’ll either hate it, or you’ll love it. We saw Cloverfield last weekend, and for a…
Noting that cricket is one of the great things that bind the Commonwealth nations together, British PM Gordon Brown has hinted [http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=9129cb2d-1f72-4d9d-bd2c-9d48104e63d3&&Headline=Brown+for+bestowing+knighthood+on+Sachin] that Sachin Tendulkar [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar], one…
Arthouse style films, specially shorts and micro-movies, have been one of my keen interests for the past few years. This creative medium of depicting and sharing a personal view in a public forum is a challenge, and a delight to watch. The other day, I stumbled upon a short film,…
The other day we watched “Taare Zameen Par [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0986264/]” (Stars on Earth), a new hindi movie. An enlightening film to say the least. A must watch for all ages! One of the songs, “Maa” (Mom/Mother), is touching with its simple yet beautiful lyrics. It…