Tech Chords

Like the five basic senses, fear is our basic reaction to the unknown. Fear is why I probably write this blog (notes to self, if you please). But what do I fear? It's laughable as the emotional state it generates, but I fear forgetting. Forgetting is natural. Do you remember the first time your folks picked ...

I became a published writer in 1999. And yesterday I wrote my first article. Between the two I have written reams of copies for various Indian and international publications, both print and online, and a couple of books. That's what I've been told, and there's evidence to back this up. The best thing about resetting the ...

The essence of all forms of spirituality is that "you're not this body". Medical science tells you otherwise. Who to believe? If your recovery is medicinally controlled, you'd mostly likely believe in the latter. But there's no medicine for recovering lost memory. When you have to rely on other people to find yourself in a photograph, ...

You have time. Lots of it. All of it. I notice a trend as I reconnect with friends. The words "vicious cycle", "busy", "hassled", "caught up", "buried", seem to be part of their lexicon. And they live with these words. They shouldn't. If there is one thing I clearly know, thanks to my neurological experience, it ...

The brain is divided into two hemispheres -- left and right. To get a better idea, don't Google for images. Instead watch Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor's "Stroke of Insight" video on TED. Not only will she show you the two hemispheres, she'll also tell you how it feels when the connection between the two hemispheres is ...