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Hinduism and Science by Shukavak N Das

Posted on March 13, 2014 by admin
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In many ways the relationship between science and religion can be determined by how the members of a particular religion view scripture. And as might be expected, within Hinduism, there are conservative Hindu views, modern liberal views and everything in between. … Continue reading →

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JPL, NASA A Trip

Posted on December 26, 2012 by admin
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I was recently invited for a private tour of NASA’s JPL site in La Cañada. I had done a family wedding for someone who worked there, so I had been offered a tour, and to my utter delight I was … Continue reading →

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Curiosity

Posted on August 6, 2012 by admin
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August 6, 2012 Riverside CA Last evening I stayed up and watched the rover, Curiosity, land on Mars. It was a spectacular feat of engineering to land this 1000 pound vehicle on a planet hundreds of thousands of kilometers away … Continue reading →

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A University Education should never be Wasted

Posted on July 22, 2012 by admin
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4/28/11 Dear Radhika, A university education should never be wasted on a job. When I heard that you had been selected for Berkeley and that you had elected to attend this school, I was delighted. Berkeley is a top school, … Continue reading →

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Astrology

Posted on November 25, 2011 by admin
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Wednesday, July 21, 2004 8:03:50 AM  Let me tell you about the inner working of astrology. It is true, like you noted, that astrology and religion are separate things in Christianity, but in Hinduism religion and astrology are still part … Continue reading →

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Musings On Art II

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Shuka
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There are places in this world that I call “mythological zones,” and by this, I mean places where the natural beauty of the land is so compelling and so overpowering that it opens pathways in my mind to an altered … Continue reading →

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My Creative Process

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Shuka
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When I want to write something I sit down and try to think about what to write. At first the process is slow and hard and mechanical, but there comes a point when I enter into a state of heightened … Continue reading →

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Writing

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin
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“Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind.” * In a work outlining the … Continue reading →

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My Theory of Art

Posted on June 14, 2011 by admin
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“Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?”* I went to the Musee D’Orsey in Paris to see my Manet, Monet and Renoir and the rest of the Impressionists I have been studying for … Continue reading →

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My Strategy to Buy Art

Posted on June 14, 2011 by admin
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A painting is good not because it looks like something, but because it feels like something.* Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.**   These days I … Continue reading →

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