Sohail Arshad

(The writer can be reached at s_arshad7@rediffmail.com)

According to religious scriptures, Man has been inhabiting this earth for about five thousand years and will live on earth till the Day of Judgment. According to geologists, the planet earth is over 4 billion years old. Science does not say what will happen to the earth or the universe in near or far future. But religious scriptures have their own ideas or theories about the creation and dissolution of the universe. The Hindu scriptures, particularly the Shwetaswar Upanishad Stotra 5/7 says that the process of creation and dissolution of the universe has been going on for time immemorial.