Allegory of the Cave

Have you heard the story of an elephant and his mahout ? Once upon a time their used to live a young elephant with a beautiful and craving trunk. He was a temple elephant  much revered and loved by the people of his town. Every day he was taken to stroll out for a walk in the evening in the busy bazar. The busy bazar filled with vendors bargaining with their customers, children crying for balloons and people quenching their thirst with sweet coconut water. The young elephant used to act as it pleased while walking through the lane. He used to grab the bunch of bananas hanging through the cart and gulp it before the vendor could stop him. Another time he used to pluck the flowers arranged and grab coconut drink from the customers quenching their thirst. The mahout used to stop him from doing this all. He even used to beat him with his stick but the elephant wouldn’t resist the bananas and coconuts. So mahout once got an idea to make him stop doing all this. Before going on the eve...

Heaven & Hell :  The Land's crown occupied with snowy peaks of Himalayas, the perennial rivers embellishing the richness of the soil, the lushy grasslands and the valleys with hamlet settlements, far from pollution and urban concrete's lies the Kashmir which not less than an " Heaven on Earth " is wishlist on every individual dream. On the other side of the coin the Kashmir has seen brutal wars on her land from the ancient period with an indoor to India's prosperity and her own people being influenced and killing their army causing bloodshed, brutally injured citizen is not less than " Hell on Earth ". The Question here to ask is How such a beautiful valley has become a " Hell in Heaven " ? Why is the problem so elusive that many leader's couldn't solve the challenges pertaining to it ? Was it ever since dawn of History ? What can we do in tackling these challenges ? Time Travel Through History of Kashmir : Time Travellin...

Have you heard the story of Zen Master and the dogs in the temple ? Once upon a time it happened that their was Zen master who was on his travelling to temples across various countries. While his travel to a temple in Himalayan Kingdom he walked through the temple gates and happened to see two ferocious black dogs not less than the hounds we fear at nights were chained to the iron grills of the temple entrance. They were straining the chains, their tongues were wagging, the saliva dripping from the mouth and barking so ferociously that one could hear their echoes in the temple.  It was just the kind of sight which could instill fear in anybody's mind !          " Don't worry master "  the local guide said.  "I know the dogs might look very scary but the chains are very tight and their is no way they could break free !".  Then the master continued to walk into the long courtyard towards the main temple. Even as he was trying...

On a Cold Day in Monsoon Season it happened I was travelling through my bike feeling the cherishness of cold breeze touching my face, enjoying the drizzling gentle rain with the ray of sunshine solacing me with its warmth. A sudden thought propelled through my neurons "Why Humans Rule The World ?". To the self propelled question I had no clue about "why humans rule the world ?". In fact the truth was I never asked that question before ever nor I heard anyone asking. Thinking days and night in anticipation of answer I still don't have the answer to it but I discovered a lot about how different we are from all the existing flora and fauna found on the earth. Genus - Homo : Travelling deep down the history some 2.5 million years ago our ancestors more than a body with flesh and bones who developed the ability to modify tools so called "Homo Erectus". Then the journey of evolution took pace and today we so called "Homo Sapiens Sapiens" have a...

Psychological warfare is " non-lethal " strategic weapon which uses the " propaganda gun " filled with " information bullets ". You might be scratching your head and trolling me Is this guy drunk ? What is he talking about ? Informational Bullet ? How an Information can be embedded in bullet ? Well sorry about my absurd metaphor. Everyone knows that " Data is the new oil " and today the world is struggling to manage Data which doesn't exists in reality. Psychological warfare works on the focal philosophy of  " If you want a man to do something you must first make him believe in you ". Seeds were sown long before : In Ancient Greek when " Alexander The Great " was on his march towards East to capture the world, there was much apprehension in the Central asia about his ferociousness and many succumbed to this without even a facing him in the battle field, an quintessential of Psychological warfare. The Mongolian King ...