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Suppose you are stuck in a low-paying, going nowhere, boring job and someone says to you, “Just Quit! Quit! I have a rich friend, a genuinely nice guy. Surely, he will spare a few millions for you. Then you can live the easy good life! No more work, no more worries!” Will you not laugh Read more

I am sure a lot of readers are familiar with Pavlov’s dog experiments, for those who do not – here an excerpt from an online report. During the 1890s, Pavlov (Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849–1936) researched salivation in dogs in response to being fed. Pavlov expected his dogs to salivate for food, but noticed they began Read more

A recent news report sourced from the Jerusalem Post:  :  https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/life-gone-ex-hostage-couple-044237284.html describing the horrors captured Jews faced from Hamas. The full conversation below: “You look like a good guy, it’s a shame you’re a Jew. Why not convert to Islam?” “Why?” Cunio (the hostage) asked. “Because if you convert to Islam, you won’t go to hell, Read more

From Wikipedia we get this about Nicolo Machiavelli, the author of the famous book – The Prince, where he advises rulers on how to rule. “Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli[a] (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was a Florentine[4][5] diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance. He is best known for his political treatise The Read more

Some religions say God is in Heaven – like a King, sitting on his THRONE, Heaven is his KINGDOM! Demanding blind belief, obedience, loyalty, submission to him alone, singing only his praises and no other. How anyone could miss seeing a King of the Past & Dictator of the present is beyond me. We have Read more

Well, a bit of a departure from Religion, but I will tie it up. We have all seen the pictures, heavily armed masked men and women looking for Illegal immigrants – we have had a few cases of people being shot, killed! I think, few people have a problem with Illegal immigrants, without any proper Read more

Hinduism was far more popular in the west in the olden days, a few centuries ago. Back then few people saw anyone other than those that looked like them – they knew about Hinduism through our books, what travelers brought with them. They did not know us, to them we were these exotic people. They Read more

Imagine the scenario – it may be present day or some time in the past – you are a soldier or a citizen of your country or Kingdom, and you hear war rumblings. A neighboring country or Kingdom is preparing to attack your Country. You prepare to defend your country. The day comes to face Read more

It’s a good question, don’t you think? Those who are interested in Philosophy find Philosophers musing about the meaning and purpose of life, REAL LIFE! What are we doing here? Why are we here? What does it all mean? And there are few answers. One of the best answers I liked was from Philosopher Joseph Read more

We live in the REAL WORLD, where childhood lasts for only a short while. But in fact, our childhood lasts a long time when compared to other life forms on this planet – most animals, birds get barely a year or two before their parents kick them out – now they have to fend for Read more