Anil Menon

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• 7 Reason and Religion: Odd Couple Redux

  Reza Aslan and Sam Harris discuss religion and reason.

  Opinion in Culture — by Anil Menon — on Feb 06, 2007

• 6 Book Review: Bhaskara's Lilavati - "Say, lovely woman, the number of bees"

  Is math dirty? Bhaskaracharya's Lilavati gets it right.

  Review in Books — by Anil Menon — on Sep 04, 2006

• 5 Thomas Barnett: Mapping The Next Neo-Snafu

  Late night thoughts on listening to Thomas Barnett's blueprint for the future.

  Opinion in Politics — by Anil Menon — on Aug 27, 2006

• 4 When Prayers Attack

  A recent study by Benson et al. suggests other people's prayers for your welfare could be harmful to your health.

  News in Sci/Tech — by Anil Menon — on Apr 01, 2006

• 3 Wafa Sultan - Rebel, Heretic or Outcast?

  Dr. Wafa Sultan shakes up the Muslim world on Al-Jazeera.

  Opinion in Politics — by Anil Menon — on Mar 13, 2006

• 2 Abu Ghraib: Gazing Into The Abyss

  For his As I Please column, George Orwell wrote an essay on an Abu-Ghraib type photo just after World War II. Some thoughts.

  Opinion in Politics — by Anil Menon — on Feb 18, 2006

• 1 How the Buddha became a Catholic Saint

  Perhaps because stories come from people, they are also a bit like people. Stories too have origins, names, moods and shapes. And like people, stories may spread out far from their origins, shifting names, generating other stories which then begin their own migrations. This is the (true) story of how the Sakyamuni Buddha — the "standard" Buddha — ended up becoming an official Catholic saint.

  Opinion in Culture — by Anil Menon — on Oct 20, 2005