By Sucharita Dutta-Asane

The Mayans will wind up their long count calendar in December 2012, completing an amazing 5,125 year-long period! Does that mean the earth will come crashing down or curl up into itself in another three years? NASA scientists reassure us that such a thing is mere doomsday prediction by hoax mongers. We human beings love to scream doom, don’t we? Why? Perhaps we want reassurance that we are still alive. Perhaps we love the drama such predictions create in our minds. Perhaps, a movie’s special effects create that mood for us and we give in to it gleefully. Whatever the reasons, let us first believe that the earth is going round on its annual cycles and all is well with the world.