All sarcasm aside, I found it very interesting to read about how the zero was arrived at. One of the books I read on this subject (can't remember which one) asks why the greeks who were so advanced in mathematics did not "invent" (or should that be "discover"?) the concept of the zero. Apparently, the answer is that there was a great fear of the void/nothingness in their civilization while Indian civilization (gross oversimplification, but bear with me) has always been comfortable with the concept of "shunyata." I would never have imagined such an answer and feel a sense of wonder whenever I think about it.
Whether this story is true or not, I feel that we should not lose our sense of "Indianness" in a globalizing world. I see a loss of our identity in the blind manner in which we accept the notion of "intellectual property." We have never reduced intellect into property so why should we do so now? Venky On 12/28/07, shiv sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 27 Dec 2007 9:29 pm, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > > India has given zero to the world > > > > > >Well Modi is right isn't he? > > > > About? > > > Meant to be a joke. India has given zero to the world. > > shiv > >
