Month: April 2009

My Interests

Today, I was thinking about my interests and I realized that the core of it is ‘Consciousness’. And the theory & interpretation around it is mainly through 3 schools of thought.

  1. Neuro Science – I love how our brains work and how age old responses kick in. How creativity works etc
  2. Philosophy – The WHY question. Why am I here?
  3. Psychology – Human behavior as a mirror of my very own internal behaviors.

I am pretty sure I am going to expand on top of this and add in a lot many more things in future. But this is the gist of my interests and the kind of literature I read.

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They weren’t there then

My friend who works at the U.N. sent me this. It’s hilarious and truthful:

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An ingenious example of speech and politics occurred recently in the United Nations Assembly that made the world community smile.

A representative from India began: ‘Before beginning my talk I want to tell you something about Rishi Kashyap of Kashmir, after whom Kashmir is named. When he struck a rock and it brought forth water, he thought, ‘What a good opportunity to have a bath.’ He removed his clothes, put them aside on the rock and entered the water. When he got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished. A Pakistani had stolen them.’

The Pakistani representative jumped up furiously and shouted, ‘What are you talking about? The Pakistanis weren’t there then.’

The Indian representative smiled and said, ‘And now that we have made that clear, I will begin my speech. ‘And they say Kashmir belongs to them……………………………………….