While I celebrate the availability of: · Thousands of channels to watch on TV, I am dismayed that very often we feel that “there is nothing worthwhile to watch,” and remember the days when we eagerly looked forward to the next episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. · Endless…

I have a simple equation that captures the reason of being happy in a situation: Happiness = (Reality- Expectation) x Attitude. Both reality and expectation are composed of multiple factors. Take for example, the location you select to live. In that case, reality may include year-round weather, closeness to a…

Finally, the moon program, Artemis, has lifted off, launching the next era of space travel. The initial unmanned voyage to moon and around will eventually be followed in 2025 by the first manned landing in fifty years. …

Many technologists think that we blame technologies or products, instead of people, when bad things happen. According to them, instead of blaming guns for violence in US, we should blame people who use them. “Guns don’t kill people, people do,” kind of argument. Many (most?) of us, including me, disagree…

I had an interesting conversation with a very thoughtful person who I respect a great deal, about his objection to being labeled. The “labels” are what we use to describe ourselves of those we interact with. So, I may use terms like “Indian” or “Gujarati” or “Engineer” or “Liberal” to…

I have a doctorate in engineering and so understand physics, science and engineering fairly well, at least on an intellectual level. However, that does not mean that I do not experience a sense of awe at what nature has revealed to us thus far. Let’s start from the images of…

Planet Money of NPR is one of my favorite Podcasts. Recently, it had two episodes, back-to-back, that made me think about old laws in different parts of the world and what impacts they have in modern days. The first story was about lunch time in France. If you have done…

How self-centered do you have to be to put your re-election ahead of doing public good that you were elected for? How power hungry do you have to be that you are prepared to sacrifice democracy in order to cling to power? How spineless do you have to be that…

In 1984, a TV series called Far Pavilions premiered. One important role was that of Anjuli, an Indian woman. Amy Irwing was cast in that role because for some reason the makers of the series did not think an Indian actress was capable of fitting the bill. I clearly remember…