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Let us review the age old question. What is right and what is wrong? There is a tendency in most of us to immediately pass moral judgment on any issue. May be we are right, but if we ponder over the issue for some time we realize that all issues …

My experience of Pashupatinath darshan and the overall experience of visiting the temple and the thoughts it evoked, are expressed in this article. Rajiv Krishna Saxena काठमांडू  पशुपतिनाथ मंदिर में दर्शन     युनिवर्सटी के कुछ काम से काठमान्डू गया था | वापसी में इंडियन एयरलाइंस की दिल्‍ली फ्लाइट दोपहर बाद …

Everyone loves music. We can listen to soulful melodies of Bollywood, amazing ragas, Bhajans or even Western music and pop. But why is the appeal of music so universal? In this article, we would explore the  biological reason for the Magic of music and beats.  Rajiv Krishna Saxena संगीत के …

Geeta-Kavita site is becoming popular and its readership is growing fast. I feel happy at this interest of Hindi readers, which certainly motivates me to find even more poems for the readers. Running this site has been a unique experience for me. Many readers at times ask me the meanings …

Contemplation, thinking and problem solving are unique features of human species. Evolution of life forms over last 1500 million years has produced countless species of animals and plants but human species, the epitome of the evolutionary process, has now virtually gone beyond normal Darwinian evolution. Human beings have been around …

I  had an occasion to visit Barcelona for a scientific conference. Barcelona was the home of 1992 Olympics as well as the home of the popular European football team Barça. In this article, I outline my impressions of the city that has emerged as one of the most popular tourist …

Nirav Modi took loans worth 11,400 Crore from Punjab National Bank and it is feared that this money may never be recovered. How much is 11,400 Crore rupees? If you take money in bundles of Rs. 2000 notes, this amount of money would weigh 55,000 Kilos and would require a …

There are two paths to ultimate Truth. One is the extrovert western path of pursuing physical and biological sciences that comprises intense analytical study of the nature around us. This path creates material comforts as byproducts but also generates internal and external turmoil in society and the environment. The other …

India was essentially ruled by Congress for almost 6 decades after the independence in 1947. People became used to tardy progress, lack luster growth and in general being stuck with a leadership that was not bothered about improving the standard of living of poor Indians with any sense of urgency. …

कालाधन – सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक आठ नवंबर 2016 की रात एक ऐतिहासिक रात मानी जाएगी। प्र्रधान मंत्री मोदी जी ने घोषणा की कि मध्य रात्रि से 500 और 1000 रुपये के नोट रद्द कर दिये जाएँगे। सभी चौंक गए और चारो ओर खलबली सी मच गई। ऐसा करने की बात सभी …