An interview with a textbook writer conducted by a magazine sheds much light on various issues regarding textbooks that have been raised here.

An earnest and well-intentioned attempt at giving something back to textbook writers as a small thank you for all that they have given me.

A careful study of textbooks reveals a uniquely interesting picture of the people behind the texts.

A mildly depressing story of tasty animal food, marital problems, and the fleeting nature of friendship.

The bittersweet and cautionary tale of how following instructions from your textbook can at times result in damage to very pain-sensitive areas of the body.

Have you ever wondered why only models who are already beautiful/handsome  are used for promoting sales of beauty enhancment products? Why don’t they show “before” and “after” photos of ordinary men/women? all the religious places in the world have to lock their premises against thieves and have elaborate security protection to protective their respective gods [...]

From what I am reading in the major newspapers of the world, there is incontrovertible evidence that there are some countries that are evil by all standards. The countries are: Switzerland Saudi Arabia and China.

I am reproducing below two factual incidents for you to draw your own conclusions. *** 1. By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Published: March 7, 2009 ROME (Agence France-Presse) ? A senior Vatican cleric on Saturday defended the excommunication of the mother and doctors of a 9-year-old girl who had an abortion in Brazil after being raped. The [...]

What is wrong with the world today? I’ll tell you what is wrong: The greed of capitalism: One of the root causes of terrorism in the world today is the ruthlessness of capitalism as it is being practised in the world today. The main issue for corporates the world over is to maximise profits at [...]

You must have been noticing in the print and media the erosion of wealth in the world and the billions of dollars being pumped in to save this wealth. Many of us must be wondering from where all this money is coming from. To get a fair idea of the value of 1 billion US [...]

A lot of hype has been created about the Olympic movement and its lofty ideals. To me it’s a lot of hogwash. The olympics is nothing but a big business opportunity for the multinationals who sponsor the telecast and other rights. The host country can never make a profit under the guise of nationalistic pride.

The past 100 years we human beings have made tremendous strides in inventing things that have made our lives more pleasurable. For example inventions like electricity, transportation, electronics, software, air travel, computers, the internet and communication have developed in most parts of the world in the past 100 years only. But unfortunately, the above mentioned [...]

Most of the problems the world faces today are caused by lying through the teeth. Though every religion tells us that we should be honest by not telling lies, we see the exact opposite happening in every aspect of our lives. When we are toddlers we are warned not to be naughty otherwise the policeman [...]

Last month I completed 56 years of my eventful and mostly satisfying life, the satisfaction coming mostly in the latter years. As I now realise that years left for me on this wonderful planet have remarkably reduced I have begun to wonder at the ingenuity of a select few in enriching themselves at the expense [...]

Every passing day we human beings pride ourselves on the level of intelligence we have achieved/developed compared to say a hundred years ago. But, given the way intelligence is used by the corporate world to maximise profits and downsize the labour force, I wonder whether we have been punished with too much intelligence! The basic [...]

People living in democracies the world over pride themselves on being “Independant”. But I am sorry to say that being independant is a mere illusion. If each one of us goes through our entire life right from the time we are born you will realise how hopelessly dependant we are on so many factors. Look [...]

On 15th August, Indians will be celebrating Independence day. I wonder why. Together with Independence we seem to have inherited a sham form of democracy, where individuals with barely 20% of the vote get elected to govern us. My view of independence is to have the basic necessities of life like good water, electricity and [...]

Throughout the ages mankind has tried to strive for perfection in conducting our lives. But will we ever reach a perfect environment? I hardly think so. Mankind can never ever reach a perfect state of living where mistakes can never be made. In my opinion, I feel that every aspect of our lives is governed [...]

Most of you may be of the opinion that Slavery is no longer prevalent in the world. I would beg to differ. What we now have, is a more insidious form of slavery. The world is run in such a way that each and every one of us becomes a slave of the economic system! [...]

In the past fortnight, several cities of France have been hit by continuous riots. You may have read several explanations by so called “experts” as to why this should have happened. However, none have touched upon the most plausible reason that democracy is the most probable cause of these riots. In my opinion, democracy is [...]

A few months back I happened to visit the U.K. for a sales meeting together with my son. After the meeting I scheduled a small sight seeing programme for the benefit of my son as it was his first visit. Most of the places of tourist interest were invariably based on the lifestyles and misdemeanours [...]

Taking off from my first rumination I now wish to delve on one of the most dishonest fields in this world: advertising. If all the claims of advertisements were true, then we would not need a life after death for everlasting happiness. Unfortunately this can and will never be the case. Most advertisements make outlandish [...]

Every day when I read the newspapers I get more convinced that maybe god gave us too much intelligence! Too much intelligence in the human race makes them use it for the wrong and devious purposes. Let me give you one example of the con games of the human race: Democracy: I my view this [...]

I have been asked by my youngest son, Rolando, to contribute some nuggets of what, in my view, would help readers of this website to make their sojourn in this crazy world more satisfying! So, here I am, ready to contribute my 2 bits of my point of view, which, I would like to make [...]