ARROW OF TIME

Space-time began at the big bang singularity and would come to an end either at the big crunch singularity, or at a singularity inside a black hole. The most accepted theory is that it started with singularity and then begun to expand. But why is the universe expanding? Why the time we assume is in forward direction? Why don't we measure it in backward direction? These are some of the many questions to be answered yet. "TIME", a very simple word, yet a complex topic for the people interested in science and for the people who think deeply about it. Before Einstein's "Special Theory of Relativity" everybody thought time is absolute. But after Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity we came to know that time is not absolute. Time is relative. This prediction was tested in 1962, using a pair of very accurate clocks mounted on the top and bottom of a water tower. The clock at the bottom, which was nearer the earth, was found to run slower, in exact agreem...