Where are we heading?

Sometimes. when I stop moving with the rapid pace of the world and take a look around for a little bit, i realize that the world is moving at a very rapid pace. There are PROS and CONS to the statement i made above (even though the sad part is that the CONS exceed the PROS)..

On the POSITIVE side, i believe that the technological development in today's world along with merging of cultures together (with emergence of globalization of businesses and education), our humanity is moving forward with great pace... The technological advancements in just the past decade exceeds that of the last 50 years or so.. This to me is one of the greatest advancements and acheivements of our human existence.

On the NEGATIVE side, i believe the growing terrorism in the world and man's excessive greedy nature amounting to the environmental pollution and other negative effects are growing concerns for the mankind's future survival. There are a myriad issues which is plaguing the world today and challenging our own existence in the future... To name a few, the terrorist activities reached a peak high yesterday when ex-Pakistani Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, has been assassinated by the ruthless and cruel terrorist organization called Al-Qaeda. The great US of A claims that it is fighting the terrorism and it's been doing so, since 2001 more actively, but nothing seems to come-out productive for them.

I believe that the basic definition of terrorism as given by USA and other developed countries is greatly flawed. To them, the terrorism means an organization, such as an Al-Qaeda or JeM or LeT etc., My question is, how can you end the terrorism by fighting and stopping a specific organization?, where-in the recruitment and funding to those organizations is taking place from amongst the normal public?? Terrorism is the result of an idea or concept cropped out of certain people among the public. All the countries must spend time to tackle this issue and start educating people on the negative effects of terrorism on the country and on human existence as a whole. Terrorism can be ended if one can stop the recruitment into those organizations from normal public with effective and healthy measures.. There is no way that anyone can win a war on terrorism by going on a war with them.

The other main negative factor of today's world is excessive greediness and dis-respect towards the environment (and also each other to some degree) we are living in. There is no respect for the nature, and no respect towards each other and today's man is spending most of the time in acquiring fortunes and he has no time to look at the nature and protect it.

Even though, Technology is growing at a rapid pace (which definitely has good and bad points to it) and we are moving from chips to holographic storage arena, do you think our human existence, can sustain and survive the ill-effects and extreme dangers caused by growing terrorism and excessive greediness among the people?

Our Chilkur and Swaminarayan Trip

I, along with my wife, parents and my brother-in-law went on a trip to Chilkur (Lord Venkateswara's mandir) and Swaminarayan Gurukul International.. I have created a movie out of the snaps i have taken during the trip.
This was the first trip we are on, after i recently bought the Canon PowerShot 100 SX (10X zoom) digicam...

Unedited footage of our Celebration at my Residence

Folks, Below is the unedited footage of the celebration at our residence in Hyderabad. The first part of this video has been cut and has been already posted in this blog earlier... but i've noticed that the audio has been missing from it and there are some other features lost in that.. That is the reason why i decided to post this full, unedited footage of the celebration..

N.B: Please note that the second half of the video has been shot by Sai Charan (he is actually oblivious to the fact that the camcorder is turned ON and he is of the impression that the camcorder was turned OFF and that he is just carrying it in his hands... i hope this part will bring a giggle to you all as well!!!!)

A small Celebration at home

My sister, Lalitha gave us a last moment surprise by hosting a sudden, surprise celebration of our marriage..
This celebration has been hosted at our residence at Sanathnagar, Hyderabad.

Mike Shermer - Jeffrey Armstrong -- Vedic Astrology

Mike Shermer is one of my favorite skeptics of this 21st century. Check out this video of Micheal Shermer's skeptic view on vedic astrology.. You will be amazed at the sketpic results at the end of the video.. I believe more study and research should be done in this filed of vedic astrology and use it for the benefit of mankind rather than money making industry..

Uyghur Song

This is the band called Shahrizoda from Uzbekistan.. A wonderful video song which a Uzbek friend of mine had given me.. Even though i dont understand most of the lyrics in this song (my friend explained a bit to me what it means, so i remember some parts of it), this music always enthralls me whenever i listen to it.. Watch it here below..

Sanskrit - Western Fusion

There are three versions of this song called Rame by Snap. I've posted two of the them here.. All the three versions are wonderful..
I would put this under New Age Genre.. Enjoy folks..
This is another version of Rame. Great to listen..

Great Moves, you'll ever see.. Dave Elsewhere

This guy Dave elsewhere is just spectacular.. He is believed to be the one of the few flexible people around the world, when he first came into light (some 8 years ago).. The good thing about this song is his decent moves for a terrific music given by Boards of Canada.. I believe to make moves to such a composition is a tough ask for anyone.. If you have ever seen an iPod ad with a shadow making great moves, you will know who Dave elsewhere is..

watch the video and judge for yourself.. Enjoy...

Scientific view of Mahabharata

Science tells us that planet earth is a living being. But an imminent ecological cessation due to the reckless destruction of earth's assets finds humanity facing the challenge of saving the planet.

To put the earth we inhabit in a true perspective, Veda Vyasa personified the Earth as Kunti Devi in the epic Mahabharata. As a young girl, Kunti was granted a boon by Sage Durvasa Muni that she could invoke any God by chanting a sacred mantra.

Kunti was always fascinated by the rising Sun. In the aura of the Sun, one day, she saw a handsome man adorned with divine armor and brilliant ear-rings. Remembering Durvasa's boon, she chanted the sacred mantra and the Sun God had appreared before her. The Sun God, by the power of divinity, granted her a Child. Kunti had then, gave birth to a son called Karna. The child also wore armor and ear-rings (kavacha & kundala in Sanskrit).

In Sanskrit, "Kun-ti" means "The Earth". Kunti's other name is Pritha or Prithvi which means the same. Life originated on Earth with the help of Sun's rays. Vegetation was born. Karna, literally means, grain with chaff. He represents seed, the essence of the vegetable kingdom. But a seed cannot sprout without water. Kunti placed her child in a basket in the waters of the river Aswa. karna was found and brought up by Adhirath, a charioteer, who lived by the banks of the river. "Adhi-rath" actually means, "anxiety for the body".

Karna grew up as a great warrior later to be known as Ang-raj, meaning "ruler of the body". The significance of Karna's protective armor and ear-rings can be comprehended from the Sanskrit words, kavacha and kundala. The entire vegetable kingdom has a protective skin or peel, hide or shell, husk or crust. Kavacha in Sanskrit means protective covering and also rind or bark. And fruits hanging from trees just look like ear-rings or kundalas.

Kunti, used the boon of chanting the sacred mantra, and with the help of celestial grants, gave birth to the 5 Pandavas - Yudhistira from Dharma, Bhima from Vayu, Arjuna from Indra, Nakul and Sahadev from the Asvins.

If Kunti's first born (Karna) conceived through the energy of the sun represents the vegetable kingdom, all the 5 Pandava brothers may be considered to constitute different parts that go to the making of the man, the highest manifestation of the animal kingdom.

Yudhistira represents Buddhi, Bhima - the mind, Arjuna - Prana or breath and the twins Nakul and Sahadev - arms and legs respectively. They were born one after the other, just like the child emerges from the womb - head first (this is the place of the Buddhi i.e., Yudhistira) then the brow, the place of the mind (Bhima) then the organs of the senses from the ears downwards through which the breath can pass (Arjuna) completing the principal parts of the man. Then we have arms, followed by legs, which are alike in every part and lie together in the womb; and so they are twins represented by Nakul and Sahadev.

The above interpretation merely seeks to draw attention to the importance of all aspects of the environment, for, as human beings, we have within us, all the elements t hat exist outside of us. The earth and its inhabitants therefore need to live in mutual harmony is the essence which Ved Vyasa is portraying to the common man through this epic story of Mahabharata.

Me and my wife

I recently got married to this cute & intelligent girl, Sirisha. We got married on Dec 22, 2007.

My Idea of Blog

My Idea of Blogging:
Just want to jot down and share my thoughts on a variety of topics with people around the world. I spent quite an amount of years in United States where i had the opportunity to meet and make friends with people from all around the world. To me, it is a scintillating and fascinating experience which one person could get in a life time. In the same way, i do hope to find people to share the knowledge and make this blog an interesting place.. Thank you.