Author, THE ASTRAL SURGE
I'm notorious for firmly burying my feet into the ground and saying NO to anyone who suggests that I travel, see different places. Notorious, for two reasons. ONE: I just don't feel like traveling for the sake of traveling. Of course one learns a lot by seeing lots of places. I don't deny. But, I... Continue Reading →
History has a strange beauty. It makes us feel like fuller people... if we turn around and take a closer look at it, that is. Needless to mention, we're the products of History. And, it only seems fair we trace our roots in our own interest. 'Cause, it helps us stay grounded. And, healthy. In... Continue Reading →
YOU MAY LIKE TO CHECK OUT PART 1 BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THIS POST. The audience clapped uproariously. And I smiled, seated in the audience, wondering how Husain Haqqani could even ask such naive and rather simplistic questions and yet walk away with such heartfelt appreciation from the enlightened audience. Some of his earnest questions were: Would anyone... Continue Reading →
What a highly impractical - and therefore a preposterously inane - question to ask... ...especially when we do know the gory history of Hindus and Muslims bestially tearing at each other right through the 18th and 19th centuries. Much before the British entered the scene! The going-at-each-other juggernaut started rolling at an accelerated pace when... Continue Reading →
CONTINUED FROM AI: THE ‘HUMAN AND NON-HUMAN INTELLIGENCE’ FACE-OFF! 2050 AD Garrix, the Alpha version of an Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) being, lands in an isolated remote village in Congo, Africa. Coming face to face with a little tribal girl, he wonders who this is. 'Cause, the haggard little thing is out of his data... Continue Reading →
CONTINUED FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: (EM)POWERED BY HUMONGOUS DATA GENERATED BY US, THE HUMAN CYBORGS! Let's start with a basic question. What sets us humans apart, from all other species? Our creative streak. Streak! Without art, we’re not human. The ability to imagine and to take that imagination and make it into reality is one of... Continue Reading →
CONTINUED FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: GENESIS OF AN AVANT-GARDE GENIE! I google Taylor Swift and Beyonce Knowles. For obvious reasons. You google Barack Obama. Your sibling googles Kylie Jenner. Your buddy, a basketball aficionado, googles LeBron James... ...a rather personal, innocuous search we make for personalities whom we personally like. Why not? That's what we've our... Continue Reading →
"2 x 2 = ?" "What? Silly! 4." "4 x 25 = ?" "Ridiculous! 100." "100 x 528 = ?" "Aaarrrgghh! You wasting my time! 52800." "628487 x 287849 = ??" "Mmm... okay. Wait. This will take some time. Need to put the grey matter to a li'l bit more of work. Biological constraints, you... Continue Reading →
CONTINUED FROM BASELESS FEAR ASSOCIATED WITH SHARING WHAT WE KNOW: DEMYSTIFIED If I don't share what I know, I'll cease to be human. Sounds like an emotional, philosophical curse damning me to perdition if I'm not gonna be altruistic enough towards my fellow beings. Just that it's no curse. Take a closer look. It's a... Continue Reading →
