I am All Smiles...

“I am all smiles...”, this was the status of a friend of mine on a social networking site a few days ago. Several comments, as usual. But what I want to know is upto what extent? Every body has one or the other problem every day, some big ones, some small ones, so why this overstatement? Another very common misnomer is “I am fine, thank you”. Whenever you ask any person, how he/she is, almost unanimously you get the above statement in reply.

Social Networking or Friendship???

We are living in a cyber age. It all started with basic networking, sharing information, e-mail, chats and now social networking sites. Social networking sites have given us a convenient medium to search our 'old' friends, 'manage' friends, 'share' things etc. etc. etc. Everything is pretty fine but think...has it changed meaning of 'friendship'??

Against All Odds...

In my last post I promised you a story of a boy who went against his so called fate. Here we go...

Luck, Fate, Destiny...

'Luck', 'fate', 'destiny'... these are three common words which we use in everyday life. Although they have a similar meaning, they are not exactly the same. 'Luck' stands for 'the chance happening of fortunate or adverse events'; 'fate' is the 'force behind such chances' and 'destiny' stands for 'a predetermined course of events considered as something beyond human power or control'.

The Superior Species...

While studying evolution we see how the species originated and evolved into advanced life forms from crude ones. Charles Darwin's “Survival of the Fittest” and “Natural Selection” theories give enough evidences that Homo sapiens (or simply humans i.e. us) are the most superior forms of life (well, at least we think so). But here I am not talking about such evolutionary phenomenon.

Injustice with Research Fellow & M.Tech Students- Artilce by Anand Pal

The following article is by Anand Pal, a Resarch Scholar regarding discrimination between students.

It is high time now when India needs to be tagged as a "Developed nation" rather than a "Developing nation". When we all focus to produce more Ph.Ds and attract more young brains in Science and Academics we are hard hit by the social and financial status of research students. Most of us lack assurances for jobs and settlements. We have to cross the hurdles of Ph.D and Post Doc (While most of us losing hope and giving up for better other options).

The 'Value' and The 'Price' of Money...

I belong to a well to do middle class family. For me spending Rs.100 on some junk food is no big deal. Although I am not a spendthrift, but I have seldom realized the actual value of money until a few weeks back. It was when I met an old friend of mine after long years of separation (we were in contact online though). He was going through some family crisis. Economically we belong to more or less the same class, but now it seemed that he was in deep trouble.

A Nation's Progress... a Displeasing Perspective...

How do you define progress? It means improvement, moving ahead, a gradual betterment. Now, what does this very word stands for when we consider a Nation?? For many, it is regarding socio-economic status, education, industry etc. Now, let me consider my own Nation, perhaps the most beautiful on earth...

The Obvious Chaos...

Egypt, Syria, Libiya, Yemen, Bahrain, London and now Bharat (or you may call India). There are revolts, uprisings for some common cause, may be justifiable (as in most cases) or unjustifiable.