In these time of political and economic strife its seems ever more difficult to get a good night’s sleep. Sleep is an important and very essential part of both our biological and spiritual life. We spend almost as much as one third of our lives sleeping. The same time is used by our brain and [...]
I was going through my daily dose of news and views on the Internet today. As expected Benazir and her death a year ago is spread all over the media and the blogosphere. This hysteria has spared nothing, amazingly, not even my own blog. There were a few things that i wanted to share with [...]
In this modern age computers are everything to us. Computers are our friends, foes, facsimile machines, copiers, printers, safe boxes and everything else and in between. It is little wonder that i guard my passwords more than my life these days.
Anyway’s a computer is of little use to a common user without its [...]
The spiritual leader of the Ismaili community has been severely injured in a skiing accident. He was flown to a hospital in Boston where he remained admitted before being flown back to his Paris estate. But interestingly this incident has been kept under the rugs and away from the scrutiny of public eye. [...]
Our younger generation is looking for new avenues to recreate. Most of the time these avenues of recreation involve use of illicit drugs. For some, the use of illicit drugs means moving into a higher dimension or a tangent of thought otherwise inaccessible. For others it involves being in the social circle that defies norms [...]
I know this is not a crisp topic to discuss at TPS, but it is still worth a mention. America is well known for its hollywood cinema. Hollywood’s influence spans a world wide audience. But American public is really more addicted to the sitcoms that are produced for cable TV. Some [...]
Sometime ago, not in so distant past, I went through a publication in British Medical Journal (BMJ) that talked about diabetes in British population of South Asian descent. I must admit that it was a pretty revealing article. Over the past two decades diabetes has acquired the status of a world epidemic. [...]
News of the primaries in Ohio, Texas, Vermont and RI are pouring in. Voting has been completed in all four states and almost 90% of precincts have reported in the two major states, Ohio and Texas. Hillary Clinton is the projected winner in both states that matter on March 4. Her wins [...]
There have been numerous reports of Avian Influenza _ more commonly known as bird flu _ showing up at different places in Pakistan. Of late it has possibly infected birds in the poultry farms of Karachi and adjoining areas. It has been discussed at TPS here and here. Whenever the news of [...]
Keeping its population healthy is one of the basic duties of state. If a population is unhealthy it can not deliver on any front. Developed societies place a large emphasis on improving health indicators of their populations.
Keeping a population healthy is a complex business. It depends upon the amount of money going [...]
