Was watching a program in NG (or Discovery) yesterday on Universe. Immersed in deep thought. So huge is the universe -- billions of times bigger than Sun !!!!! Containing countless stars, many galaxies, black holes, etc etc. No end. Just we cannot measure and all numbers become numb. So old. Millions of years is the story of star. Universe billions of years elder. Time stops at times, awestruck  !! Compared to that story of earth is so young -- still counting million years. Homo sapien  is very nascent. Human recorded history -- vedic period, biblical period, Mayan culture --- just born baby. So tiny infront of universe -- just nothing. Heard that whole universe is made up of so many gases/energy. We, human, included in this same material/energy. Densely packed energy displayed as our skinny structure. Our body is lesser than minute dust particle to compare in large universe(earth itself is like a dust particle compared to universe). Questions like "where our bo...

Was going through some stats.. Average Life expectancy data across globe look like this. Average Life expectancy in India is ..   The term "Average Life expectancy" depicts, in simple/rude terms, average age of a person when he dies. The "Life" as I define,  is a period, when a person leads an active routines independently, feel part of the same generation to large extent and  never feel out of place. It is not just a physical parameter -- whether brain is functioning or not OR heart is beating or not. Life span has to be define considering physical, social and mental conditions. Till age of 30, we never worry about our health. Body (and mind) is strong enough to take care of itself. Lots of energy. Mid 30 onwards we get into exercise or physical fitness domain. In 40s start taking health bit seriously.  Dieting, exercise becomes part of normal routine. But why do we do all this ?  To lead an independent and healthy life beyond, say 60 ? Are we ...