Did you know that your Zodiac Sign or at least what you perceive to be yours, is incorrect? If you think that you’re a Sagittarius because you were born between the dates 22nd November to 21st December, then you’re misinformed. You better find something else to blame for your bad…

I’ve always wondered why we, as humans, regret certain acts of our past. “Maybe if I had done this differently, my life would have been so much better now” If you think about it, it doesn’t make much sense. First of all, what exactly is regret? Regret is the feeling…

The word propaganda itself comes from 17th century Europe when the Catholic Church started engaging in missionary activities in order to “propagate faith” and spread the word of God. A College of Propaganda was set up under Pope Urban VIII (Maffeo Barberini) which was used to train priests for missionary…

According to the WHO, around the world, about 40 million people are in dire need of assistance with their health like palliative care needs. I recently worked on developing some content for a website called “callthepall”. A company that works on providing Palliative Care services in India. …

In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move — Douglas Adams The Tower of Hanoi is a popular math puzzle that was introduced to the west in the 19th century by a French…

Have you ever noticed how some Hindu festivals occur on different dates, each year? It may be around the same time period, say a month, but the dates tend to vary. Have you ever wondered why that happens? Or do you just celebrate it each year on the day your…

My friend A and I were recently talking about Rahu Kalam (period) and how hard it is to remember the exact time for each particular day (Monday-Sunday). So we came up with an easy equation that would help you calculate the Rahu period on any particular day. But, before we…

The great Indian epic, Mahabharat, is a combination of different storylines that happened over time and comes all together to explain the main plot, i.e., the war between the Kauravas and Pandavas. One such example is the story of Parasuraman and his hatred towards people who abuse their power in…

The parallax method is a geometrical method, normally used by astronomers to detect the distance to a star, or any celestial body from Earth. It is commonly known as Trigonometric Parallax or Stellar Parallax, which uses the apparent shift in the background against which the star is seen. To measure…