“If a tree were to fall in a forest where there are no human beings would there be any sound?” An average person on the street was not aware of this old philosophical question, however, he (or she) clearly remembered what the Great One had said when asked about existence. …

We Jains have a very ancient history getting back to thousands of years. Almost everything worth discovering was discovered by Jains. You would know this if you just read our scriptures. …

Go slow my life, I still have debts to pay, some pains to heal, some obligations to meet; While walking through you (my life), I offended some, some got estranged; I need to appease them, and make the crying laugh; Some desires are to be fulfilled; some work has to…

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…