Recently I was reading an article in Toronto Star about our weaning faith in human ingenuity. For a moment, fear and disappointment froze me and put me out of action. But I recovered soon enough to realize that our faith in human ingenuity may be in short supply, but there is no short supply of [...]

Recently I read an article in Time titled “‘Tis the Season of Six-Inch Stilettos” that goes in some depth as to why women wear those Stilettos.
As the article points out,  the reasons are many:

Women want to project an image that is both powerful and feminine.
To be fashionable, to overcome peer pressure or to satisfy their [...]

Up front I must be honest with you. While the rest of this article is mine, the title of this post belongs to my friend and colleague at my office. While we were discussing about corporate scandals, he said that he cannot state with any level of certainty that God exists. But he knew for [...]

“People were there earlier and border came later.” Well, that was the reply I got from my German friend when I asked him, “What would it feel like to be in the then East Germany” We were standing right at the border (you can say no man’s land) of the then divided East and West [...]

I intend to visit Brazil for vacation before my retirement. That begs two questions to be answered: 
1. Why Brazil?
2. Why not after retirement?
The answer to the first: I think of its beautiful carnival dancers in bikinis and Brazil’s breathtaking beaches to soak in.
To answer the second: Please see the answer to the first.

But I didn’t [...]

You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” – Barak Obama
After this remark, amidst the claims of Democratic supporters and counter attacks of Republicans, here is an imaginary conversation that never took place.
McCain: Barak, I knew that your reasoning abilities were suspect. But I didn’t know you were blind too.
Barak: I [...]

We take it for granted our ability to think. Often it happens unconsciously i.e. we don’t even know that we are doing it until we bring it into focus (like when we breathe). As much as it is a blessing it turns into a curse if done unconsciously.If we inspect our thoughts, too many of [...]