Army of Peace
The son of Gandhi's chief secretary recalls: "The time was during World War II, when Japan was advancing on India. I was lying in my room one night, pretending to sleep so I could listen to my parents. The topic was this: That afternoon, Gandhi had said that if he had an army of nonviolent soldiers, he would like to defend the country nonviolently by standing before the advancing Japanese troops.... posted on Nov 18 2003, 799 reads

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Everybody loves a fat pay raise. Yet over the past half-century, as developed economies have got much richer, people do not seem to have become happier. Surveys suggest that, on average, people in America, Europe and Japan are no more pleased with their lot than in the 1950s. Economist Richard Laylard thinks it's because we work too long, driven to choose more income instead of leisure. In a rec... posted on Nov 15 2003, 1,422 reads

An 11-year-old boy who wanted to know what the Big Bang sounded like; that prompted University of Washington professor John Cramer to start a research project that gave startling results. Scientists now say that the universe began with a deep hum rather than a Big Bang. An analysis of radiation left over from the dawn of creation has been used to create audio files which can be played on a compu... posted on Nov 14 2003, 1,032 reads

Penelope Trunk of Seattle Times has a suggestion: abolish the word "busy." We all have the same 24 hours to fill. Everyone's are filled with something. The difference is that the "busy" people feel frenetic during those hours. Being busy gives you an excuse for poor performance. It gives you a way to ignore parts of your life that are falling apart and need attention.... posted on Nov 13 2003, 1,013 reads

Riding the Bamboo Bike
An Indian professor, D P Mishra, rides it everyday to work, it has a horn that sounds like a flute, and it is made largely from bamboo! Yup, it's a bamboo bike he has invented to make bicycles more affordable and to reduce pollution.... posted on Nov 12 2003, 1,130 reads

She loved to surprise people with gifts. When Father Joe Carroll opened an envelope from her, expecting a copy of an article, he found a check for $1 million. She shelled $15 million for relief, after the Red River flooded Grand Forks. In the late 80s, she anonymously gave $7 million to build an AIDS wing at a college in the Bronx. So when the McDonald's heiress, Joan Kroc, passed away last mo... posted on Nov 11 2003, 736 reads

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