Why we have the capability to see stars which we will never be able to visit. Stars like Betelgeuse or Orion nebula triplet stars, or Sirius, all of which we can clearly see unaided, that lurks in the range of around 800 light years, should not have been allowed to…

At certain stage in our life, we get bogged down by our own expectations, others expectations, prevailing realities, our talents(or lack of it), our goals, dreams, etc. Freddie Mercurie’s lyrics “I am just the pieces of the man I used to be” is indeed a piece of genius wording. Everything…

Recently I read a book titled “Death doesn’t exist” written by “The Mother”, supposedly a disciple cum co-worker of Sri Aurobindo of Auroville Pondicherry. The content of the book do true justice to the title. The Mother posits that death is merely like a transition from one room to another…

Its fascinating to observe that when one switches over to L2, the whole thinking process undergoes a dramatic transformation. Our mental faculties otherwise a spontaneous, continuous, flowy one becomes more skeletal, stripped-off, rule based, formal and discretized. The mental representation of the outside world reflective of its objects, the relationship…

10¹⁰⁰ : Roughly the number of elementary particles in the observable universe. 45 billion light year across is observable universe 18 billion light year across is what is reachable. It means only 6% of observable universe is reachable 1 elementary particle/metre cube is the rough density of the universe. …

A recent census related data indicates that around 19500 languages or dialects are spoken as mother tongue in India. 121 languages are there with more than 10000 speakers. Yet only 22 languages are considered as scheduled languages. i.e, the languages with constitutional validity and backing. There is not a single…

The Grand Inquisitor is a tale discussed by one of the characters in Dostoevsky’s magnum opus The Brothers Karamazov. During the Spanish inquisition in the 15th century, Jesus descends into the city of Seville. People notice him and understands that he is indeed the Jesus himself. Jesus begins to perform…

Daniel Kanheman expounded this theory of the existence of two systems, named system 1 and system 2, in our thought process. System 1 comes into play when answering a question like “what is 2+2”. On the other hand system 2 kicks in for the questions “what is 721/13”. One is…

The most perplexing and terrifying aspect of our life is the profound realization that there would be an ultimate end. A permanent cessation of consciousness and self awareness. Every religion is predicated on this terror. It wouldn’t be even dreamlike as there is some self awareness in a dream. That…