Who is Bush in Bengal ? Is Nandigram Gujarat or Iraq? Bush attacked Iraq in the acquisition of keeping Atomic and biological weapons and Nandigram is sent to grave in the charge of storing land mine by Maoists extremists. Both the cases the persons pointed there faulty fingering their faulty finger; proved pathetically false. ‘’ […]
A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF YOUR MIND
What is the self? How does the activity of neurons give rise to the sense of being a conscious human being? Even this most ancient of philosophical problems, I believe, will yield to the methods of empirical science. It now seems increasingly likely that the self is not a holistic property of the entire brain; […]
Key Lockerbie Witness Admits Perjury
[They] have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear … –Ezekiel 12:2The Lockerbie Affair has taken yet another extraordinary twist. Last month, I received from Edwin Bollier, head of the Zurich-based company MeBo AG, a copy of a German original of an affidavit. The document is dated July […]
At One With Dual Devotion
The altar in Becca Topol’s living room carries a statue of Buddha and a garden stone painted with the Hebrew word for peace, shalom. In April she celebrated Passover with a "Zen Seder" feast that opened with a modified Haggada narrative comparing Israel‘s exodus from Egypt to Buddha’s liberation from suffering. "I’m a Jewish Buddhist […]
Child Labour Still Exist
Defining child labour Though definitions vary, child labour means work that is done by children under the age of 15 (14 in some developing countries) which restricts or damages a child’s physical, emotional, intellectual, social and/or spiritual growth. Sometimes, work does not harm children. Work may even help them to learn new skills or to […]
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan – The Non Violent Giant
n July 1988, one sunny evening I went over to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi during visiting hours to visit a friend’s father who was admitted there. It was the visiting hours and normally there was no security; but on this particular occasion, there were some policemen on duty guiding the […]