Inverse Karma

Last weekend was important to all of us here – it would be the last weekend that we’d be free, as after that, the stress sets in with grueling 10-day JAVA modules. So we planned to get away for those 2 precious days and go to some nice place, in fact – any place other [...]

Recently, Hari showed me a photo taken by his “periya photographer” friend. Having been a budding photographer for too long, I decided to top that photograph with one of my shots. A great opportunity came along as I went to Pondicherry with a band of friends. Always the official photographer, I was entrusted with shooting [...]

Are you really breathing? Forget about taking time to appreciate nature, the question of the hour is if we do take time to really breathe? The answer is a big NO-NO. Surprised or not, research has shown that a majority of Homo sapiens breathe in just to tick over and not to really live healthy. [...]

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Greenpeace’s Green Idol campaign has decided to tackle the issue of climate change head on. Being a part of their campaign, I had recently got an e-mail with some hard hitting truths. The online petition signed by more than 50,000 people has been ignored by the Prime Minister and [...]

Have you ever thought about your thoughts? This question may seem weird but the fact is 90 % of the people don’t. We identify ourselves with our thought. We derive our sense of self from the content and the activity in our mind. But the truth is, we are not our thoughts. Ok so if [...]

Feeling bored and void of verve? Is the monotony of life hitting harder each day? Did you in the recent past wish you could pursue a fascinating venture rather than your current one? If you did answer yes to any of the above, take a break and read on. The mundane lifestyle is catching up [...]

Green Idol is an initiative by Greenpeace India that campaigns for a law on usage of renewable energy sources by 2010. At the time of posting this article, the number of people signed on was 11982. When it hits the 1 million mark, the petition is gonna be sent to the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan [...]

Over three decades ago, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) dedicated this day to promote world-wide environmental awareness. World Environment Day (WED) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. And from then, the tradition has been that a chosen nation hosts [...]

It’s been ages since I last posted in Inverse Karma. Well this is only my second post actually but I wish to be regular at least from now on . This post is going to be a great boon to those who desperately wish to shed those extra kilos. It’s almost semester holidays for all, [...]

A gentle breeze wafts through the window bringing the sweet scent of fresh blossoms. The reddish-orange glow of the rising sun is indeed a divine scene. Distant, yet energetic and happy twitter of a sparrow.. Pause.. A sparrow? Are we in the wrong time zone? Well, in today’s world, the scene described above seems to be just [...]