My random ruminations

In a village, the barber shaves everyone who does not shave himself, but no one else. This statement appears to be innocent but when you ask the question," Who shaves the barber? ", it all starts falling apart.

This is a very old and famous tale, usually associated with the knowledge of Jainism.

I have decided to change the aim of this blog. I am currently stalled* and I realized that I am going to be so again and again, I have decided to post not just my thoughts but other stuff also. I intend to keep the nature of the content just as it is now but just generalize it more. I will now also share whatever I chance upon during my semi-aimless research. Basically converting it into fuel for thought. In this post I am sharing a speech delivered by Alexander Schindler  to some university students.

It was around Christmas that I came around a question on reddit which asked,"Why do atheists also celebrate Christmas?". So, I wrote this. It seemed good at the time but I now see the pitfalls and shortcomings:

Another semester over. I would like to share about my experience of it but this blog is about my thoughts. So, while I look for some stimuli to produce some interesting thought reactions, I am sharing this answer of mine on Quora . The question is: Why do people find it so difficult to question their values and beliefs?

This is another post adapted from my answer to a quora question : How should a person deal with his or her sexuality issues? Especially for those who are still figuring things out to avoid coming to a wrong conclusion. I think the answer I came up with is quite interesting and applies to a lot of things we are in doubt about ourselves.