creation vs evolution (another view :))

A life with no purpose from hindu

"We lose far more than that. Darwinian evolution tells us that we are incipient compost: assemblages of complex molecules that - for no greater purpose than to secure sources of energy against competing claims - have developed the ability to speculate. After a few score years, the molecules disaggregate and return whence they came. Period.
As a gardener and ecologist, I find this oddly comforting. I like the idea of literal reincarnation: that the molecules of which I am composed will, once I have rotted, be incorporated into other organisms. Bits of me will be pushing through the growing tips of trees, will creep over them as caterpillars, will hunt those caterpillars as birds. When I die, I'd like to be buried in a fashion that ensures that no part of me is wasted. Then I can claim to have been of some use after all. "
...
"It seems to me that we are the happy ones. We, alone among organisms, who perceive eternity, and know that the world will carry on without us."

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY

"Father, let my country awake!"
Rabindranath Tagore’s Prayer

Father, Let my Country awake!
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls.
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit.
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever widening thought and action
-Into the heaven of Freedom, My Father, Let my Country awake!

quote on india

If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India!
-- French scholar Romaine Rolland

serious instructions

i have serious instruction to change/modify the content of my blog :)

for every serious story that i post, i am supposed to post a feel good story. hope thoes who read my blog find this change for the better.................

no more to say

Another night, another nightmare of a gang-rape from hindu



these stats made me sick. our society is really so rotten!!!???

Stages of Friendship

In kindergarten your idea of a good friend
was the person who let you have the red crayon
when all that was left was the ugly black one.

In first grade your idea of a good friend
was the person who went to the bathroom with you
and held your hand as you walked through the scary halls.

In second grade your idea of a good friend
was the person who helped you stand up to the class bully.

In third grade your idea of a good friend
was the person who shared their lunch
with you when you forgot yours on the bus.

In fourth grade your idea of a good friend
was the person who was willing to switch square dancing
partners in gym so you wouldn't have to be
stuck do-si-do-ing with the dork of the class.

In fifth grade your idea of a friend
was the person who saved a seat on the back of the bus for you.

In sixth grade your idea of a friend
was the person who went up to your new crush,
and asked them to dance with you, so that if they said no
you wouldn't have to be embarrassed.

In seventh grade your idea of a friend was
the person who let you copy the social studies homework
from the night before that you had forgotten about.

In eighth grade your idea of a good friend
was the person who helped you pack up your
stuffed animals and old baseball cards
so that your room would be a "high schooler's" room,
but didn't laugh at you when you
finished and broke out into tears.

In ninth grade your idea of a good friend
was the person who went with you
to that "cool" party thrown by a senior
so you wouldn't wind up
being the only freshman there.

In tenth grade your idea of a good friend
was the person who changed their schedule so
you would have someone to sit with at lunch.

In eleventh grade your idea of a good friend
was the person who gave you rides in their new car,
convinced your parents that you shouldn't be grounded,
consoled you when you broke up with your significant other
and found you a date to the prom.

In twelfth grade your idea of a good friend
was the person who helped you pick out a college,
assured you that you would get into that college,
helped you deal with your parents who were having
a hard time adjusting to the idea of letting you go.

At graduation your idea of a good friend
was the person who was crying on the inside but
managed the biggest smile one could give as they congratulated you.

The summer after twelfth grade your idea of a good friend
was the person who helped you clean up from that party.
Helped you sneak out of the house when you just
couldn't deal with your parents.
Assured you that now that your
significant other were back together,
you could make it through anything.
Helped you pack up for college
and just silently hugged you as you looked
through blurry eyes at 18 years of memories
you were leaving behind.

And finally on those last days of childhood,
went out of their way to come overand send you off with a hug, alot of memories
and reassurance that you would make it in college
as well as you had these past 18 years.
But most importantly sent you off to college
knowing you were loved.

Now, your idea of a good friend is still the person
who gives you the better of the two choices.
Holds your hand when you're scared.
Helps you fight off those who try to take advantage of you.
Thinks of you at times when you are not there.
Reminds you of what you have forgotten.
Helps you put the past behind you but understands
when you need to hold on to it a little longer.
Stays with you so that you have confidence.
Goes out of their way to make time for you.
Helps you clear up your mistakes.
Helps you deal with pressure from others.
Smiles for you when they are sad.
Helps you become a better person.
However most importantly loves you!

--Author Unknown

quote

A Circle of Compassion
Albert Einstein

A human being is a part of the whole that we call the universe, a part limited in time and space. And yet we experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical illusion of our consciousness. This illusion is a prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for only the few people nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living beings and all of nature.

higher education and sciences

Science policy: lacking a collective strategy from hindu

"Increasing the number of new Ph.D.s five-fold over 10 years, as recommended by the HRD Ministry's task force, is undoubtedly a laudable goal. But will there be a sufficient number of qualified students available to enter Ph.D. programmes without significant investment in upgrading undergraduate and post-graduate science education — investment that is not very much in view at the moment? More importantly, is there going to be a sufficient expansion of opportunities for high-quality research and corresponding development of research infrastructure to productively absorb this massive increase in numbers? These are questions that do not seem to have answers at the moment. "
...
"There is no systematic and continuing oversight of policy-making by the scientific community and no articulation of an independent vision of science building in this country. Thus proposals such as those formulated by the two SACs or the HRD Ministry's task force are not the result of any detailed and critical review undertaken independently by the scientific community based on a broad consultative process, which would at least have given them the status of desirable long-term goals. This unfortunate state of affairs, where national science policy-making is conducted by and large over the heads of the scientific community, is being exacerbated by the absence of any fresh initiatives from the younger sections of the scientific community to assert themselves and fashion an independent role in the formulation of science policy."
...
"Today, despite the creditable performance of individual sectors and individual institutions, there are serious problems that afflict basic scientific research in India. Overall, the picture of basic science in India is one of declining productivity. It is acknowledged that a career in science holds less and less attraction for the younger generation. Scientific institutions are significantly bureaucratised as noted by none other than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself. However judging by their performance so far, one of the key stakeholders in Indian science, the Indian scientific community, appears to have little to offer by way of a coherent strategy to face up to these issues."

quote

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.
-- Joseph Campbell

anonymuncule

sometimes there is so much to say but u say nothing.
because
you do not know where to begin,
what is important,
what matters

quote

Your challenge is not to find the right person to love;
It is to love the person you find.

thought

it is all a mess inside my head!

is reservation the way to go?

Centre seeks consensus on women's bill from NDTV

i donot believe reservation will solve anything.

Dr V Shanta

Chennai doctor wins Ramon Magsaysay award from NDTV

"In Chennai, there's a sense of quiet pride. The city has thrown up its fifth recipient of the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award - Dr V Shanta, an institution herself within the Cancer Institute in Adyar.

A day after winning the Magsaysay award for Public Service, Dr Shanta has been performing surgeries from 8 in the morning with hardly any time for congratulatory telephone calls.

The 78-year-old cancer specialist, this year's only Indian recipient, considers it an honour, not for the individual, but for the 428-bed hi-tech institute of oncological research and treatment, once a 12-bed cottage in Chennai. "

looks and good looking people

Looks Do Matter [via indiauncut]

are we really that hard wired? i don't agree.
but the more i read abt genetics or the functioning of the brain, the more i tend to think that we r preprogramed, we do not make the decisions it is all set in our heads and just do not know how the logic works.

i guess i need to read abt nurture not just nature.