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Science as a belief

It's interesting how much one doesn't know of oneself until he is asked specifically and has to think about it. So the other day Khatri bhaiyya asked me why I get so flustered whenever the topic of homeopathy comes up. As it turns out, I really do get irritated but if he had not mentioned [...]

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God and Russian literature

We all understand that it's all a theater, don't we? That the world as we know it is just a cosmic afterthought, a mere divine joke in which a lot of people take their parts far too seriously and the rest of them have a hearty laugh about it. It's like a friendly banter over [...]

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Ultra Deep Field

(*Clicking on the above image will take you to a high resolution version. But beware, it's 18 MB so it will take time to load). The above image is frequently referred to as the most important image ever taken by humanity. It is also a source of very personal and intense emotions to me. Whenever [...]

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