Silent Eloquence

Think More, Act Less

By Surya ⋅ March 1, 2005 ⋅ 8 comments

All the answers you seek are within you.
There are limitations to what human beings can do, but there are no limitations to what we can achieve through the strength of our minds. What makes us different from the rest of the living forms is our intellectual prowess. The answers to the deepest questions of humanity [...]

Why do we appreciate art?

By Surya ⋅ February 22, 2005 ⋅ 5 comments

We enjoy art. We try to produce art. We collect art. We admire those who create art. What is it that makes us so drawn to art?
Art welcomes us a to new realm full of new ideas, new concepts, new ideologies, new possibilities. We suddenly find ourselves in the inner world of a fellow human [...]

Languages or Dialects?

By Surya ⋅ February 18, 2005 ⋅ 13 comments

When I tell people that my mother tongue is Malayalam, first they look at me like I am playing a tongue-twister game and then a good % of them follow up with ” Oh, so that is an Indian dialect”. And I ever so patiently try to explain that Malayalam is not a “dialect”, it [...]

The future of the future teller

By Surya ⋅ February 16, 2005 ⋅ 13 comments

Background: Rednova recently publised an article, ‘Can This Black Box See Into the Future’ about a new machine developed by the scientists at Princeton that can predict future events. It relies on two main things : random number generation and the power of the collective human conciousness to ‘influence’ that random number generation. This is [...]

Just how far will you go?

By Surya ⋅ February 15, 2005 ⋅ 8 comments

Is there really such a thing as a global citizen? Can you ever feel comfortable in several countries? Now, that I think is possible. The more relevant question is, as human beings, do we need to know that we belong to one country? Or can we be happily promiscuous about our nationalistic identities?

Sex is like eating

By Surya ⋅ February 12, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

You need a good palette to savour the different flavours.

Life is a funny deck!

By Surya ⋅ August 27, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Life is a funny deck. As you play , your cards keep changing. There are no rules to this game. You think you have to all figured - 4 Aces to a deck - not one more not one less. And thats where you are caught. While you pull your 12th ace out of the [...]