Movie Review: Arrival
On my way back from the East Coast, I was sitting next to a guy who looked like a passport picture. “There is not a single place on earth I won’t...read more

A Short Story: Auld Lang Syne
Sorry folks for my absence. I was suffering from writer’s block. It was not that I was vegetating due to lack of ideas. On the contrary, my thoughts... read more

Essay: Leisure and Creativity
Sorry folks for my absence. I was busy doing nothing. It was a bliss. I didn’t have anxiousness to go on social media, check email, watch bad news on ... read more

Travel: Our trip to the Grand Canyon
During February of 2016 we had an opportunity to visit Arizona with our family which included our children and grandchildren. We had a wonderful trip...read more

Editorial: Why Think Independently?
“Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?” Asked Bertrand Russell, the British philosopher in one... read more

Perspective: The Forty-fifth
Call it destiny or call it a smart strategy, Donald Trump will be the 45th president of the United States of America in less than 24 hours. Baffling as it may sound, he proved to be... read more

Book Review: Physics of the Impossible
I had not read any scientific literature since finishing Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time. Previous to that I read Cosmos by Carl Saigon, probably, twenty years ago. I couldn’t ... read more

Humor: Faking It
There are three kinds of people in this world, those who read the thread before they post, those who don't and those who... read more

Current Affairs: A Lesson Learned
In case you don’t follow the international news, something amazing happened in India last week. Mr. Narendra Modi’s party, BJP which can be compared to... read more

Commentary: A Less Valued Life?
The Indian diaspora in the US is not even 1% of the general population. Hence their votes don’t make much difference on state and national... read more

Point-Counterpoint: School Athletes Should Be Paid - School Athletes Should Not Be Paid
Not paying college athletes for bringing hundreds of millions of dollars to their schools is an exploitation of labor - In our capitalistic society, everything is judged against capital, A.K.A., money. A related topic of discussion, that has been going on forever and perhaps... read more

From the Publisher’s Desk: Impressions of Cape Town and Tokyo
My wife and I have the fortune to travel around the world while we are still in good health and are able to enjoy these travels. Having done so, and looking back, we wanted... read more

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