Philosophy

Insecure NRIs and India Bashing

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Indians love to abuse their country. However, there is a particular type of NRI whose entire self worth is linked to having “escaped” from the hell hole of India. These obnoxious individuals will go out of their way to pick out the very worst of every aspect of our nation and completely deny any redeeming … Read more

Are plants really alive?

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Demonstrates that entities like plants are not really alive. Also debunks traditional definitions of life . Goes on to give a real definition and shows how it is the correct one

Rape and Men’s Psychology

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This is a post, which I admit reveals rather more about myself than I would like. Nonetheless, I have something to say. More so because not a single site or article on the Internet says what I feel is the truth. Not even close. The time has come for someone to stand up and stick out his neck with the facts.

First, my formal position on the whole rape issue. I do not condone rape. It’s a violation of a person’s privacy. This article is merely an examination of mostly subconscious responses in more or less every man or woman I have spoken to and is academic in nature. So no flaming please!

Here goes…

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Extraordinary Human Potential For Excellence

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I have recently recommended “The Count of Monte Cristo” to my wife, and as a result I am myself once more encountering characters that I loved like the Abbe Faria who trained Dante in prison. This extraordinary man, in the limited confines of Prison, had demonstrated the human potential for making the most of what … Read more

Dying Unexpectedly

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I was reading Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot” yesterday, and his description of what a man’s state of mind when he is about to be executed really struck a chord. I guess I think of death more than most people – not morbidly, but as a matter of fact, and I always thought that I would face … Read more