Author: Dr Rajagopala Soondron

We have always been reprimanded, as students, not to judge or work out of context for the simple reason that we would be missing the gist of the

Puzzles and enigmas never existed – but we humans have found the knack to complicate our intellect in a bid to give meaning to our life!

Recalling them is enough to send our mind into deep emotional flavour. One may not agree with the idea that the past is dead, because we ourselves are

With the surge in mental illness, especially depression, that the world is witnessing nowadays, we might be forgiven to think that it is a problem of modern times.

The gap that is causing some flurry in some quarters is the one between the poor and the rich. Everyone is wondering, year in year out, how come

Scientists are convinced that the universe can exist by itself, without the blessings of a Creator. Are we befuddled by our restricted mental capacity which arises out of

Recent events in our country force many of us to ask: of what purpose is a lot of theory for flushing out miscreants and corruption in all walks

From time immemorial philosophers and religious people have been battling to understand the self; they are still at it as it eludes definition. The 17th century philosopher John

We never seem to be happy with what we have. Yonder field looks greener

We have heard about ‘nothing succeeds like success’: any success enrobes us in its magic, raises the dopamine level in our brain and gives us that wonderful feeling

In the USA, a mafia murderer, who had all evidence against him, went home scot-free. During trial all went well; the prosecutor had done his work, confident to

Anyone of us can be corrupted, according to new laboratory research. But we go on believing that we are honest – fortunately: we sort of reinforce our sanity.

That BBC documentary had drawn a pensive smile from me. It revealed that the Indo-Arabic numerals would have been more complicated to all of us had the zero

So sing the commercial enterprises and their financial pundits. We suspect that business experts have a hand in its generation and popularity; after all it would be a

These days we are exposed to the much-abused expression of “daylight robbery”. In fact since our high school days we had known what daylight robbery meant – when