As an atheist, I am angry that we live in a society in which the plain truth cannot be spoken without offending 90% of the population. The plain truth is this: There is no good reason to believe in a personal God; there is no good reason to believe that the Bible, the Koran, or …
Month: February 2007
Swades: My comments
I have been wanting to make a post on this movie called Swades for a long time. But I have always been distracted by the topics of interest and never seemed to have any time or mood. But now, here's my chance. It's one of my favourite movies. For the synopsis of the movie, go …
My Temple Tours in India
Last time, three years ago, when I went to India, we only went to Thirupathi. But this time in 2006, we went to a lot of different temples. We went to Thiruvannamalai, Srirangam, Namakkal, and Palani. And what more, it was Ayappan season and so we saw a lot of guys in black clothes. Once …
A meme-craze
I'm not sure if the image is clear. So bear with it:P
An Educational Scandal
I borrow the above post title from Richard Dawkins's book, The God Delusion. Steven Layfield, the Head of Science at Emmanuel College in Gateshead, once gave a lecture called The Teaching of Science: A Biblical Perspective. For goodness's sake, he is the head of science! And it seems that he has no masala in his …
The gullibility of children
It has been a long time since I've posted. Most of the time, I was busy and even when I had the time, I was not in the mood to blog. Not to mention not having any topic at hand to discuss. But now I have. I have always been wondering why so many scientists …
Fun SMS
An SMS that I got from my friend:Tamil Hero's next film titles... (just for laughs)RAJINI: Sivaji, M.G.R, Geminiganesan, NageshVIJAYKANTH: dharmapuri, masalapuri, cholapoori, panipuriVIJAY: pokiri, pichakaran, mollamari, kepemariAJITH: Varalaru. Science, Maths, GeographySURYA: 6, 7, 8, 9JEEVA: E, erumbu, kosu, kambilipuchi :-)LOL!!:)
Thaipusam
The hindus in Singapore celebrate Thaipusam very elaborately. Check this link. It's a news item from the local news channel. It's really amazing how multicultural Singapore is. Traffic has been diverted and roads blocked to facilatate the crowds in the roads during the procession of the devotees.
Priya Jayagopi 