On news and views

Below is the link of a good article on the need for separating facts and opinions, as media decides to take sides.

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toi-edit-page/my-darling-columnists-credibility-of-political-pundits-is-low-but-voters-need-for-punditry-high/

Movie: The machine (2013)

What would be the consequences of creating thinking machines? How will these machines respond to us? How will thinking process work for a machine?

If you are looking for a science fiction thriller with a thought gone into it.Watch this movie.(Yup! It's not Transformers). The acting throughout the movie is superb.

I watched the movie and enjoyed. It is the kind of movie You can enjoy on a relaxed Sunday afternoon. :)

Good things always happen to good people.*

And by good I mean everything: honest, respecting, caring ...
You can be good due to two reasons
1. Consciously choosing to be good.
2. Unconsciously choosing good: It's Just like your religion. You didn't choose it. You were just X (Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jain, Sikh etc.) and you would remain an X throughout your life, no matter what.

If you are consciously choosing good, You should be aware of a myth:
Good things always happen to good people.

Why? Because you are good!
Is there some kind of entitlement for being good? If you think so. Think again.

The world is complex. The good and bad overlap. Sometimes good people pay despite no fault of theirs.

I do not imply that being good is disadvantageous, but sometimes It would be and knowing this helps you to be good consciously. That way You wouldn't blame such as
"This world is not for good people."
"Only the corrupt succeed in today's world."
etc.

Be good but remember like all approaches in life it will also have its pros and cons.

The pros of being good are You don't have to remember what you lied to whom, You don't need to fake and most importantly good qualities are a reward in themselves. So Be smart. Be good. :)

How to change your phone number on ebay india?

Looks like an obvious thing but it's really not. Don't worry! It's not very difficult either. So here we go:

Step 1: Login to your ebay India account

Step2: Click "Account Settings" from the drop down menu

Step 3: Click "Addresses"

Step 4: Click "View all shipping addresses"

Step 4: Now click "edit" for the corresponding addresses to change the phone number. Got it? :)

Movie: The Mechanic (2011)

For all the action buffs : It has Jason Statham So we know what to expect. And he doesn't disappoint here.
If you have seen "3:10 to Yuma", You know Ben Foster. The role of Harry's son was made for Ben Foster. Even if you haven't seen it, no worries. :)

Arthur is a hitman, providing services under the term mechanic, to fix things. Harry (Donald Sutherland) is his mentor. As always a rule in action movies: You don't tell what happens. You watch!

The pace of movie is good. Great action flick with great acting from all actors and actress. Watch it if you want to enjoy an action flick.

History should be based on evidence or belief?

The new Chairman of ICHR has a deep faith in Ramayana and Mahabharata and that's great. But where I disagree with him is :
"The writing of history cannot depend only on archaeological evidence. We have to depend on folklore too."

History should be based on evidence not on hearsay.

 I am sure, many from my generation sat in front of TV every sunday to see Mahabharata and Shree Krishna on Doordarshan.If he feels strongly about learning from Mahabharata and Ramayana, Introduce it as optional learning. There was Catechism subject at St. Paul's H.S. School alternatively with moral science.

But I am not for modifying text on the basis of folklore. Next Harry Potter may become the new God!

Source: http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Ramayana-Mahabharata-Are-True-Accounts-Of-The-PeriodNot-Myths/291363

That mushy feeling

Being a single guy, I have always wondered what it's like to committed.
I have seen committed people talking hours with each other and the inane conversations including what you had for dinner?
And frankly as the kind of person who doesn't remember what he wore yesterday I got irritated at such conversations.

With time I have developed two things
1. More patience for such conversations :P

2. and the understanding that there are two feelings at the core of our existence, which the mind knowingly or unknowingly pursues
a. To be pampered (Obviously!)
b. To have someone to pamper. (Yup! We all need one)
 That's one of the reason for looking for love.

It is an equal pleasure to get pampered as it is to pamper someone. See for yourself! :)