Religion played an important role in transforming a tribal society to a civil society. It is not playing a constructive role any more and given the transformation we are going through in urban societies across the world it will become increasingly irrelevant.
As Karl Marx said more than 100 years ago that the religion is the opium of the people could not be truer...
Thursday, November 08, 2007
What time is it?
I am in Germany for 2 weeks due to work commitment in central european time zone, going though my jetlag. It is 10PM and I just came to my room after dinner. I am calling my wife who is in Memphis for her work commitment and I calculate the time to be 3PM central standard time in US.
I go to bed and try to sleep. After a few round trips to the bathroom I wake up at 5AM and decide to call my parents in India to give them some updates about my upcoming trip to India. I calculate the time to be 9:30AM Indian standard time in India.
I am in office now and it is 2:30PM. My manager wants me to call him in Ohio. I calculate the time to be 8:30AM eastern standard time in US.
I should call my travel agent in Sunnyvale, California to discuss some issues with my ticket.It is 5PM now, I calculate the time to be 8:00AM pacific standard time in US. I decide to hold off until 10:00AM pacific but then it will be 7PM here and I have a team meeting at 7PM. My colleagues are in US in eastern, mountain and pacific time zones so I have to remember whether to say good morning, good afternoon or good evening. Does not matter.
It is 6PM now and it is quite dark already here. One of my close friends is in Japan now and I was supposed to call her. What time is it now in Japan? Let me check ...
I go to bed and try to sleep. After a few round trips to the bathroom I wake up at 5AM and decide to call my parents in India to give them some updates about my upcoming trip to India. I calculate the time to be 9:30AM Indian standard time in India.
I am in office now and it is 2:30PM. My manager wants me to call him in Ohio. I calculate the time to be 8:30AM eastern standard time in US.
I should call my travel agent in Sunnyvale, California to discuss some issues with my ticket.It is 5PM now, I calculate the time to be 8:00AM pacific standard time in US. I decide to hold off until 10:00AM pacific but then it will be 7PM here and I have a team meeting at 7PM. My colleagues are in US in eastern, mountain and pacific time zones so I have to remember whether to say good morning, good afternoon or good evening. Does not matter.
It is 6PM now and it is quite dark already here. One of my close friends is in Japan now and I was supposed to call her. What time is it now in Japan? Let me check ...
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