We Humans are insignificant players; 'Universe' exists only for those who think and acclimatize! Otherwise it is virtual

‘Pure souls, didn't I tell you not to be seduced by this colourful world for I am the Ultimate Painter.’  Rumi We humans give ourselves too much credit, like we are causing the next mass extinction - the sixth in the history of life on Earth - this is nothing bu …

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The connection between the anvil and human evolution

The anvil that you see in front of the kids in this picture is the most important tool for human evolution -- from hunter/gatherer to what we are today. This picture posted today set me on a tangent of thinking, one that I have always believed in.

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Whitney - another victim of superstardom...

Last night we were discussing the underlying philosophical and emotional causes that lead to sad, untimely deaths of icons like Marilyn Monroe, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse and Whitney Houston. The death of the latest was most disturbing.  It was only last A …

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Who is going to nail the '95 Theses' edict on the door of Alazhar or Shiite Marjah in Najaf or Qum? 'Cometh the hour, cometh the man.'

On why some nations flourish whereas others stay trapped in debauchery of intelligence!The preeminence of ‘Mullahs and Ayatollah’ is the principal test that the nation of Islam faces within the crescent of crisis that extends from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocea …

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Time flies by but nothing really changes in the mindset of self-destructing people

Time flies by but nothing really changes in the mindset of self-destructing people. Reaching out, talks, cohabitation, and peaceful living are alien terms for these self-destructing men.

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Freedom is born from the womb of 'science' not 'dogma.'

  History of freedom is a linked phenomenon. I see hands of science behind this waft of freedom all across the Middle East.

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And never the twain shall meet - 'Google based revolutions' and 'The Will of Allah'

Rudyard Kipling, in his Barrack-room ballads, 1892: "Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet."

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Who are we? A life without 'enquiry' is not worth the while to live

Carl Sagan asked a question: "Who are we?" And answered it with, 'we find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.'  Carl Sagan had highlig …

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Frustrated gang of killjoys. 'The Punjab Assembly' new acrobatics!

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Exponential growth and life before Newton -- A brief history from 4000 BC to 2200 AD

I was asked a question by a friend today who had read a discussion on civilisations somewhere.

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A Quest on the Origins of Man

We are 'nobody' but once we know that we are insignificant conscious creatures in a vast infinite universe, we become ‘someone,’ i.e., seekers of knowledge to unravel our greatest mystery – the Universe itself.

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"Infidel vaccine and Polio Martyr'' - The Evil That Men Do!

A new perverted and evil Jihad that Taliban forcibly administer! Polio has a deadly sting! Politically-driven cruel fanatics have politicised the debilitating disease of polio causing immense harm to blameless children.

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How valid is the Muslim Brotherhood vision of the 'Mastership of World.'

Muslim Brotherhood Declares 'Mastership of World' as Ultimate Goal through 'Resurrection of a caliphate.' Some think that Caliphate 'very existence would usher in a state of constant hostility.

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Pornistan - A Brief History of Sex ("From 'Immaculate Conception' and 'virgin birth' to Hafiz i-Shirazi and Abu Nuwas "unaging youths as beautiful as pearls")

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Iranian regime's "doomsday option" is stupidity of highest order!

  'Better to have an intelligent enemy than a foolish friend.'     In the event Iran is attacked by the Israel, Iran’s political and military leaders are reported to rely on a “doomsday option,” this option calls for closure of the Strait of Horm …

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Can you have judgment if you have no faith?

'Man has just learned to walk upright, and now he presumes to create his gods.' Trevor Karsdale 

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Kim Jong-Un's North Korea - Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!

In the eyes of 'The Big Brother:'    ''All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.''     North Koreans are mass victim of the Symptoms of Stockholm Syndrome! Definitely, all this public expression of grief and howling cannot be ma …

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Akhoonds and Ikhwans please: Your 'heretics' are our 'heroes.'

The true heroes are heretics of Islam.    Iran and Egypt at the cross roads of history today. Both children of five thousand years old civilisations who nurtured the desert Islam and regions that were nurseries of nascent Islam who helped introduce insid …

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Idea of bombing Iran is absurd! 'Great civilisations' should not be subject to ruthless obliteration.

At the core of the Socratic ritual is the readiness to query and discuss. In an open  world, deliberations should be comprehensive.

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Ashoura - The champions of self-flagellation!

Some people are champions of self-flagellation, Hezbollah is unquestionably one. Hezbollah leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, forgetting the results of his 2006 incursion into violence in the region, reiterated and talked about arms and militia and venom.

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Afghanistan in Bonn - World grapples with mankind's last frontier of medievalism!

As World Gathers in Bonn today to chart Afghanistan's Roadmap Beyond 2014, I thought it was important to look at the origins of this deep rooted problem.

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How a rape victim ends up becoming an adulteress? Story of Gulnaz and her pardon.

  "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." Gulnaz an Afghan Woman is to be freed from Jail after agreeing to marry her rapist.

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Whitewash of a mini-genocide!

Psychiatric evaluation finds Norway killer insane  A psychiatric evaluation of confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik found he was insane during the July 22 bomb and shooting attacks that killed 77 people in Norway, prosecutors said Tuesday. Anders Behring Breivik …

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Are despots better for nations trapped in the Age of Ignorance?

An interesting exchange:  Iqbal Latif: Emperors who had unbridled power created the most stunning buildings and monuments of the world.

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Mr. Gingrich, your test is wrong! We are at the cusp of a great leap forward !!

 ''That which can be destroyed by the truth should be.”    “Does faith matter? Absolutely,” Gingrich said.

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