On Indian men and why there are still boys.

Why there shouldn't be masculine movement? Are the present day men leading a better life? Do they understand everything they see? Why they suppress all their emotions as if they don't have any? The following article addresses these points to some extent.

An excerpt from the article.
"The point is, there should be no one unicorn: no new stereotype to replace the first. If there was to be a masculine movement to equal the feminist movement that has set large sections of the Indian woman free, the goal for Indian men would be to throw off some of their own deprivations. From the moment they can walk, Indian men are taught to provide but not feel. Taught to command, not empathise. Taught to expect subservience not companionship. Taught, most damagingly, to repudiate their emotions. Their inner life. Their capacity for variety".

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Facts with stats: America really needs super heroes not just the fictitious ones in the hollywood movies

Chris Jordan pictures some shocking stats | Video on TED.com

Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity | Video on TED.com

Probably the best analysis that I saw why the western countries were economically dominant compared to their Asian counterparts. However, since 1990s most of the Asian countries seem to catchup with west.

Jana Gana Mana in 39 voices - Video | The Times of India

New video on India national anthem with 39 voices singing it. Wonderful!

Jana Gana Mana in 39 voices - Video | The Times of India

Saving billion lives from hunger

A good and meaningful talk on TED that I had listened to in many months. The link to the talk is given at the end. The speaker correctly points out the fact that there is more than enough food in this world feed the whole world. Then why is it that many people starve to death? There is no proper planning, implementation and distribution system. Coming to the numbers, the speaker says that number of hunger deaths is much more than the deaths caused by AIDS, malaria and some other diseases put together. We see companies and governments spending huge amounts on research aimed at finding cure for these diseases. Though this is needed I still feel that not enough is being spent for eradication of hunger(by enough I mean not in proportion to the effected population). Why is it? Is it because our corporate world cannot benefit enough from doing s0?. The only beneficiaries here would be farmers and the hunger victims (there may be an indirect link here between agriculture produce and fertilizer companies etc.). Currently a total of one billion population is facing the hunger problem. When this portion of population receives proper nutrition the global GDP rises hugely compared to what we invest in solving their hunger problem. I feel that since the corporate world cannot benefit directly and immediately from this not enough is being spent to solve this problem. From what I can see through my research field a lot of money is being spent on many research topics which are of more interest to the corporate world.

But there is a silver lining here, the likes of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are doing their bit to solve this problem through their own foundations. I would like to see more inspirational personalities like these to raise up to the occasion. This would lead/inspire a common man to do his/her bit to this world.

I read this peace a some time in 2008 when the US government bailed out its banks and other corporations which I think will fit in here. This is how it goes - "At a time when $700 billion can be found overnight to bail out the richest bankers in the world and $1000 billion can be spent on one single “war,” when sovereign wealth funds in a few rich countries alone are at $2500 billion and growing, it stretches credulity when we are told that the world can’t find an extra $18 billion a year to save the lives of millions of children and women and meet the basic needs of the majority of the world’s population".

Josette Sheeran: Ending hunger now | Video on TED.com

She's Alive... Beautiful... Finite... Hurting... Worth Dying for.