LET PISTORIOUS RUN !!! It looks like double-amputee South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius may still be able to compete in the Beijing Olympics this year if he achieves the required times. The IAAF had barred Pistorius, who runs the 400m sprint from competing, arguing that his carbon fibre “Cheetah” prosthetics may give him a technical [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 28, 2008
The story of a childhood friend and the Karmic Jacket
Does Karma really exist? – I often wonder if what goes around comes around or are we just living in a world of coincidences. Here is one such tiny story that makes you question the nature of things. It all began in 2005 when a friend, who was visiting for the weekend, and I were [...]
May 20, 2008
China and the importance of a robust civic society during a crisis
The importance of a robust civil society can be invaluable during a time of national crisis as shown by the current events in China. China has found itself in the unusual position of being showered with international praise, both for its reaction to the disaster and the openness with which it has allowed the details [...]
May 8, 2008
Mom, but what about Hillary Clinton?
How does Hillary and Obama’s run for the presidency transcend race, gender and power … and why is it more than just Politics? I have tried to answer this in many different ways but one particular incident made me a believer. Yesterday over dinner our conversation circled around politics, gas prices and the like; later [...]
May 6, 2008
On Rebirth, Immortality and the debris that we are
Buddhist Wheel of Life (Bhavachakra). Here Yama, the Lord of Death is holding the symbolic Wheel of Life This week I am in a pensive mood. The last few months have been rough and so it helps to step back and re-investigate some of the bigger life questions – You know the usual – what’s [...]
