Miscellaneous

My Writings on Other Websites

My blog about Mahabharata (2013 TV series): mahabharata-2013.blogspot.com

My article on Substack: Innocent Chickens Slaughtered for Meat in India

An article from The Indian Express: India’s fall in fertility rate may be a boon in disguise. Here’s why

This has to be the funniest headline I've seen in a while. We are the world's most populous country, and the fall in our fertility rate is a boon in disguise? It's a boon, period.

On 6 November 2024, while returning home from my evening walk, I noticed a tempting chocolate-glazed doughnut on a shelf in a bakery. When I asked about the price, I found it was prohibitively high. Hopefully, people will avoid buying it for the sake of their wallets, if not for their waistlines.

According to Hinduism, Manu (मनु) was the first man. The terms मनुष्य and मानव literally mean "descendants of Manu."

Comparison of the ESV (English Standard Version) Bible and the NIV (New International Version) Bible

Consider Genesis 4:25

ESV: And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”

Adam knew his wife - Is there any man who does not know his wife?

called his name Seth - What is this supposed to mean?

NIV: Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

Okay, that makes a lot more sense.

Fun fact: Most of the Indus River, which gave India its name, now flows through Pakistan.

On 27 August 2025, a 23-year-old trans woman named Robin Westman walked into Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., and opened fire. Westman killed two young children and wounded 17 others before committing suicide. In the wake of this incident, senior Justice Department officials were reportedly considering proposals to limit transgender individuals' ability to possess firearms, though discussions were still preliminary.

On 10 September—two weeks after the mass shooting—Charlie Kirk, a 31-year-old right-wing political activist, was speaking at Utah Valley University.

An audience member asked Kirk, "Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?" This question was apparently asked in light of reports that the Justice Department was weighing restrictions on transgender people's Second Amendment rights after the Westman shooting. 

Kirk replied, "Too many." 

The questioner said the answer was five. He then asked Kirk, “Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last ten years?”

Kirk replied, "Counting or not counting gang violence?" 

At that point, he was shot in the neck and died later that day.

A few days later, police arrested Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old man alleged to have carried out the assassination. Apparently, Robinson was in a romantic relationship with his roommate, a man who was in the process of transitioning to a woman—further evidence that transgenderism may have played a role in his motive.