Enlightened ... There are no special effects.

I saw this man waiting near the postbox near my home.  He was looking for someone.  He was getting ready to walk.  As another man came near him, they both started walking. A very common event, that we come across almost everyday.  We walk together with others.  I wonder at the ability of our brains to do something as simple as walking together. Walking, by itself demands a lot of coordination between the brain and the limbs.  That's out of scope for this blog.  Other than that, a lot of processing goes on in our brains to walk together.  The first one is to identify the other as someone related.  Note that we don't attempt to walk together with total strangers.  This is followed by continuously adjusting the pace of walking.  The brains of both the walkers continue to go through this process. Do animals exhibit this capability?  Dogs do, probably due to their long association with humans.  With other animals, this i...

"I owe it all to the two policemen.", said Balram with a smile.  I looked at the two policemen sipping tea at the next table. "No, I don't mean them." continued Balram. "How old are you?" "Mmm... thirty." "Yeah, you wouldn't know.  You must have been five or six then.  There were these two policemen from Haryana." He paused take a bite of sandwich. Balram was in his early fifties, fond of talking.  He must have had lot of friends during his younger age. "These two policemen were caught snooping on Rajiv Gandhi.  Apparently they were sent by a Haryana strongman to spy on Rajiv.  Rajiv got upset with the government that he was supporting. He promptly decided to withdraw his support." "Chandrasekar was the PM, he had no option but to quit.  I liked Chandrasekar.  A very sad looking man, as if he had all the worries of countries in his head."  he chuckled.  "And I also think he had enough of...

அந்த அறையில் ஒன்றிரண்டு மனிதர்கள் தவிர எல்லாரும் பிற உயிரினங்கள்.  அதில் மிகச்சில உயிரினங்களே, அவனுக்குப் பரிச்சயமானவை.  ஒன்றை ஒன்று தின்னும் இனமானாலும், அவை மிக அ...