Eye for an I
Your “I” is your evil ego, lose it, they said; do not think of yourself as an ‘I’. How is that possible, I asked. If I
Future Imperfect
What if we stopped thinking about the future…about consequences…about what ifs….. We revel in futuristic forward thinking. A lion hunts when it is hungry. Once it
Simulations and Illusions
Simulation is the buzz word of the day in popular science magazines, of nascent and tenured philosophers and established scientists. Even popular figures like Stephen Hawking
The Loner
When the survival of a species depended on and still does on its social construct and its very evolution has been defined by the connected
TIME
Time exists because of the intrinsic dynamism of matter. Electrons revolve around the nucleus. Planets revolve around the sun. Movement and time are intertwined. Remove
Of Perceptions
We need to find the essence of life, mired as we are in the mundane, the daily commute, the rise and fall of the stock
The Chasm of Chaos
There is this chasm of the mind that has very slippery slopes. No matter how much the mind tries, it keeps slithering back down…no matter
Beyond Science, Beyond Religion
***This blog will remain in a constant state of flux, between the edited and the updated…constantly changing…like life itself…evolving as thinking evolves…*** Some of
My Father
Saraswathi Ganapathy. Is no more – in his mortal form. But will live on. At 92, a mind as vast as the cosmos, an intellect
Life in Quanta
Just as the massive energy of a dying star involutes and implodes within itself to become a black hole out of which no energy can
Chasing happy
Happy is not our natural state of being. In fact it isn’t a state of being at all. We always yearn for happiness, work on
Tick Tock
The hermit on the hill – And so the hermit sat upon the mountain top for ages. That’s what the people said. For years and