Then you learn about Kepler, Copernicus, Newton, Einstien…..of Carl Sagan, Saturn rings, Armstrong, of Stephen Hawkings, of hubble, of black holes, Chandrashekar’s Limit, of probes in Titan, Ganymede, halle bop and halley’s comet, new solar system……and strings theory!!and then in a quiet moment on a lazy afternoon Walt Whitman sneaks in with…..
When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the
lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air,
and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.
And so the Universe shifts a bit !!!
This is not against Astronomer whom I find amazing. And make it a point to visit planetarium if in any city and queue up for watching anything latest happening in the universe. However it need be added, I find astrologers detesting. Astrology sections that come in media should be brought into the purview of laws against superstition and so dealt accordingly. I dare the TV “crime” channels who have started a “muheem” against “dongi sadhus”, ojhas and people into jad phook, to show the same vigor (they show in case of these poor people who trying to make out a living. Agreed that many are fraud but that is no reason for this vicious attack on all. Talking of fraud; do many of these ads. got anything to do with reality?!. Get this : Fraud has no class distinction or barrier. These 'crime channels' even take law in their hand and help mob lynch the ojhas) on mainstream media who come out with astrology and related crap (one need to switch on TV on the eve of new year to see all these scum crawl out with torret card and other predictions with one may add, excellent accent!!). Now their explanation could be that nobody is forcing it on you. Nor is an ojha forcing it on anyone. People go to them. Agreeing that medical attention should be the first option but these people generally deal with cases which are of psychological import. And impacts of ojhas and people into jad phook cannot be undermined if it helps the patient. It's a psychological placebo built on socio-culture context. The possibilities of treating mental illness through faith, cultural-traditional means cannot be negated. This is open to debate. That doesn’t mean one can support irrationality. My submission is that there is a space we need to keep open. A space to sort out things which maintain our sanity; a system to deal with unpredictable and ambiguous. Thankfully for majority of us in this country, we don’t have an organized system of religion and that makes things easy. Just think of what would happen if we were polarized on issues just because it’s mentioned in ‘revealed’ text, mostly interpreted to suit few. See how vicious the “debate” between Intelligent Design and Evolutionist is in west particularly in USA. There seems to be no meeting point. This is the sad level to which religion can be taken wherein it has so much of positive force and need be an assimilating space for larger good and open to new interpretations. Stephen Hawking tells the tale of an elderly lady who came to a talk on the origin of the Universe. Quivering with indignation, she insisted that it rested on the back of a giant turtle. “What” the speaker asked “does giant turtle stand on?” "Young man," she said, "you think you're very smart, but it's turtles all the way down!".
I am very saddened that BBC has ‘encrypted’ its service to south Asia from today. I liked BBC channel very much, particularly the high quality discussion program and interviews they show. Further it was mostly devoid of obnoxious ads. They might be having their own reasons to take this action. It is viewer’s loss though.
So the football matches are heating up. So far Spain, Czech…..have shown credible performances. Brazil was a big disappointment, albeit kaka’s goal was spectacular. Keep your eyes wide open. It’s a goooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!!!!!. Lets do that Togo dance, I am going to miss them if they don’t make it to round 16.
Plz also keep visiting ‘My Blog’ on the Link – right side of this page, to visit www.sdepalan.blogspot.com for more fun.
And so the Universe shifts a bit !!!
This is not against Astronomer whom I find amazing. And make it a point to visit planetarium if in any city and queue up for watching anything latest happening in the universe. However it need be added, I find astrologers detesting. Astrology sections that come in media should be brought into the purview of laws against superstition and so dealt accordingly. I dare the TV “crime” channels who have started a “muheem” against “dongi sadhus”, ojhas and people into jad phook, to show the same vigor (they show in case of these poor people who trying to make out a living. Agreed that many are fraud but that is no reason for this vicious attack on all. Talking of fraud; do many of these ads. got anything to do with reality?!. Get this : Fraud has no class distinction or barrier. These 'crime channels' even take law in their hand and help mob lynch the ojhas) on mainstream media who come out with astrology and related crap (one need to switch on TV on the eve of new year to see all these scum crawl out with torret card and other predictions with one may add, excellent accent!!). Now their explanation could be that nobody is forcing it on you. Nor is an ojha forcing it on anyone. People go to them. Agreeing that medical attention should be the first option but these people generally deal with cases which are of psychological import. And impacts of ojhas and people into jad phook cannot be undermined if it helps the patient. It's a psychological placebo built on socio-culture context. The possibilities of treating mental illness through faith, cultural-traditional means cannot be negated. This is open to debate. That doesn’t mean one can support irrationality. My submission is that there is a space we need to keep open. A space to sort out things which maintain our sanity; a system to deal with unpredictable and ambiguous. Thankfully for majority of us in this country, we don’t have an organized system of religion and that makes things easy. Just think of what would happen if we were polarized on issues just because it’s mentioned in ‘revealed’ text, mostly interpreted to suit few. See how vicious the “debate” between Intelligent Design and Evolutionist is in west particularly in USA. There seems to be no meeting point. This is the sad level to which religion can be taken wherein it has so much of positive force and need be an assimilating space for larger good and open to new interpretations. Stephen Hawking tells the tale of an elderly lady who came to a talk on the origin of the Universe. Quivering with indignation, she insisted that it rested on the back of a giant turtle. “What” the speaker asked “does giant turtle stand on?” "Young man," she said, "you think you're very smart, but it's turtles all the way down!".
I am very saddened that BBC has ‘encrypted’ its service to south Asia from today. I liked BBC channel very much, particularly the high quality discussion program and interviews they show. Further it was mostly devoid of obnoxious ads. They might be having their own reasons to take this action. It is viewer’s loss though.
So the football matches are heating up. So far Spain, Czech…..have shown credible performances. Brazil was a big disappointment, albeit kaka’s goal was spectacular. Keep your eyes wide open. It’s a goooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!!!!!. Lets do that Togo dance, I am going to miss them if they don’t make it to round 16.
Plz also keep visiting ‘My Blog’ on the Link – right side of this page, to visit www.sdepalan.blogspot.com for more fun.
