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Yaksha : Who is really a helpful companion? Yudhisthira: Steady intelligence is a very good friend and can save one from all dangers. Yaksha : How can one acquire something very great? Yudhisthira : Everything desirable can be attained by the performance of austerity. Yaksha : What is amrita (nectar)? Yudhisthira : Milk is just like nectar. Yaksha : What is the friend bestowed upon man by the demigods? Yudhisthira : Wife is such a friend. Yaksha : What is the best of happiness? Yudhisthira : True happiness comes as a result of contentment. Yaksha : Why does one give in charity to brahmanas, artists, servants and kings? Yudhisthira : For religious merit, prestige, maintenance and protection, respectively. Yaksha : Why does one forsake friends? Yudhisthira : Lust and greed drives one to forsake friends. Yaksha : What is the only food? Yudhisthira : The cow is the only food, for the milk that she produces is used to make ghee, which is used to perform sacrifices, pleased by which the dem...

What is weightier than earth? Mother What is taller than the sky? Father What is faster than the wind? Mind What is more numerous than grass? Thoughts By renouncing what does one become loved? Pride By renouncing what is one free of sorrow? Anger By renouncing what does one become wealthy? Desire By renouncing what does one become happy? Greed Who is the friend of a traveller? A companion Who is the friend of a householder? A spouse Who is the friend of the sick? A doctor Who is the friend of the dying? His charity What treasure is the best? Skill What wealth is the best? Education What is the greatest gain? Health And the greatest happiness? Contentment What is a man's self? His progeny Who is his God-given friend? His wife What supports his life? Rain What is his principal duty? Charity What makes the sun rise? Brahma Who moves around him? Gods What causes the sun to set? Dharma How is he held firm? Truth

Cinema is like an art that inspires you to look at the deeper aspects of life and the world around you. Bollywood Films are merely treated as entertainment dose, served to people on Fridays. People enjoy the fast food and then forgot about it completely. And Response to an accusation of unoriginality or escapism and false depiction of society is a ridiculous justification by our leading filmmakers. They are making films for the enetertainment of masses irrespective of any responsibility towards anything. Anuj Malhotra answers our basic question about bollywood: Who are we making films for then? Aren’t these films hits? If they are not made for anyone, how are they so successful? He narrates a story - In a city by the river, there was a factory – run entirely by people who were handicapped. They run machines incessantly throughout the day – never pausing for a break until the close of day, which was when they lined the gate of the factory – tired, exhausted to the extent that they coul...

The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) on Wednesday approved the environmental release of Bt brinjal. Several studies on Bt crops in particular and GM crops in general show that there are many potential health hazards in foods bio-engineered in this manner. [ Briefing Paper ] Dr Pushpa Bhargava, a renowned molecular biologist and founder director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)was instructed by the Supreme Court of India to look into the method of approval of GM crops into India, is asking. Dr Bhargava examined the current procedures adopted by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) and was shocked to note that this Committee was approving applications based upon trials conducted by the seed companies. He has called for a moratorium on the entire approval process. [ Source ] Kamalakar Duvvuru voices out following fact for wake up call . Subsidies given by Developed Nations: "Despite preaching the “benefits” of “free” trade in agricultu...

On the profound truth which is a hybrid of reality and mythology, There's no one truth & On telling stories ; What Have We Done to Democracy? - by Arundhati Roy Does the Internet spread democracy? - by Evgeny Morozov India’s Maoist dilemma: the case of Lalgarh by Aaradhana Jhunjhunwala A Former Street Kid Sizes Up 'Slumdog Millionaire' Rashmi Bansal's Talk at IIT-Kgp covered by a blogger. Thought of the Day: “You see with your eyes, you hear with the sense of your hearing, you feel with your sense of touch, and all these senses are nothing but functions of your mind which is nothing but a thought which in turn is just an idea… so if you close your eyes and go to sleep the world ceases to exist and when you wake up it comes back in different shapes and forms to every living being on the earth. ” – Arthur Schopenhauer (The World As Will and Idea)