On a plane thinking of the future of AI .. Artificial Intelligence. What is AI? Machine learning ? If that's all it is, then we are surrounded by AI. All of Google is one huge AI machine. It can deduce from Data that I put in what I might like .. what I might buy. [...]
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Gandhiji or Mahatma Gandhi ?
So what does Gandhi mean to the world, to India and specially to us, who are born in India and brought up to almost worship him. We tagged him with the prefix 'Mahatma' with has mythic and religious symbolism. And there lies the problem. We have such a wonderful way to consign a life to [...]
I am a Hindu
I am Hindu, and very proud to be one .. but I have often wrestled with that question. What does it mean to be a Hindu? I have spoken to some of the best minds, the most spiritual minds. I have journeyed to many places in my quest. and I have to come to believe [...]
That uncertain Act of Creativity 1
And thats a question I am always asked. What is creativity ? What is the creative act ? What defines you differently from others if you are defining yourself as creative ? Well .. let me say upfront .. The creative person is not born different. Every child is creative. They satisfy everything that would [...]
And where do all the discarded phones go? By Eshla
During the launch of iPhone 6, Apple fans lined up outside stories for 2 days, camping out with sleeping bags and energy bars, simply to get their hands on the newer, sleeker version. While Apple may have sold a record number of 20 million units, the real story is the millions of phones that will [...]
The Silk Route
This post is submitted by reader Jolly Shah I am about to complete a year in Afghanistan this August. Before I moved here, I had decided to write about the country and my experiences here but I procrastinated until I got this urge today to write. And write first about what- women and Afghanistan! Before [...]
Friends of the Kathputli Colony, Delhi
This letter came to me and I thought it was worth publishing : Dear Sir We are writing to you on behalf of the traditional artists at Kathputli Colony, Delhi. This colony is a beautiful hub of different communities of artists from different states of India who have been living here for more than 50 [...]
Ocean of Imagination
In this infinite ocean of imagination within which exist infinite ripples of imagination Each ripple colliding with another creating infinite ripples of imagination Ceaseless, eternal never-ending no one ripple imagining the whole yet forever and constantly changing the whole Out of this imagination matter forms out of this imagination matter is destroyed [...]
A Inspirational Life : Joao Carlos Martins
João Carlos Martins was enjoying a brilliant career as a concert pianist, with performances at prestigious venues such as New York’s 2,800-seater Carnegie Hall, when disaster struck. Asports injury damaged a nerve in his right hand and, at the age of 28, he had to accept that he had lost the ability to play perfectly – even [...]
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens: JUSTICE, social, economic and political; LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; EQUALITY of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all FRATERNITY assuring the dignity [...]