Category: A figment of my mind
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The time elasticity and the sense of time!
It is a common saying that we cannot experience something unless we do it ourselves. And this is very true in the context of time as well. Whenever we try to imagine some event that has happened in the past, we try to look it from the lens of our understanding of “time elasticity”. This…
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Beyond the obvious- the invisible reality!
Einstein once remarked that “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” And why go to far away to look for miracles, than ourselves? The human body, as it has been estimated, consists of 7 billion billion billion atoms (i.e. 7 followed by 27 zeros!).…
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The road to sustainable development goes through empowerment
If you are asked what does one student need for obtaining good education? The answer would be pretty simple. A willing and keen student, a knowledgeable and righteous teacher, and the right environment. This pretty much sums up the basic tenets of a good education system. Now, apply this to the society. What does a…
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Race to the bottom- for- race to the top
Some people in this world are amazing visionaries. They observe the world and make prophecies which hold true even after they are no more. One of such legends was the poet Sahir Ludhianvi, who wrote beautiful lines in mid-20th century, which goes as follows: ये महलों, ये तख्तो, ये ताजों की दुनियाँ ये इंसान के…
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Trump’s triumph- Will it trump the goods done so far?
There was a king in the medieval history. He sat on the throne of Delhi in 1325 A.D. and he was infamous for his big big blunders. Can you guess his name? He was none other than the legendary Mohammad Bin Tughlaq (MBT). Mind it, it was a monarchy form of rule, where the king’s…
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Why everyone loves a free pap(rev)di!
But, how free should anything be free… Recently, lured by my craving to eat something good, I went to Bikanerwala outlet on a cold chilly evening and I ordered to pack 150 gm of Gajar Halwa. And as I stood near the counter, the person behind it started weighing the Gajar Halwa from a big…
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No utility of divergence in life, if not followed by convergence
There is a deep and fundamental underpinning to the concepts of divergence and convergence. It may sound a bit philosophical, but I will demonstrate that it is much more than being just philosophical and has immense practical significance. Divergence can be defined as breaking down something into small parts, then breaking down parts into sub-parts…
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Forget MAGA, it’s time for MIGA now!
MAGA=Make America Great Again; MIGA= Make India Great Again “All right Mohan. Go, light your bulb!” These words from his boss opened new vistas for the brilliant Mohan Bhargav and encouraged him to ditch MAGA (Make America Great Again) dream to fulfil yet another dream of MIGA (Make India Great Again). If you haven’t identified…
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Is it opportune time to revisit the ghost of Malthus?
Inherent contradictions between Human population growth, quality of life of every human and the expanding resource crunch More than 2 centuries ago, in 1798, famous economist of that era Thomas Robert Malthus prophesised in his book called “An essay on the Principle of Population” about Mathusianism or Malthusian trap. According to this theory of Malthusianism,…
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Will there be an end to this “Dilli ki Sar(dar)di” in Delhi NCR?
About 21 years ago, there came a song which went away from the public memory as soon as it came :D. It went like this: सारी रात जगाये रे.. प्यार तेरा ..दिल्ली की सर्दी हवा जब हवा चलती है ..हवा जब हवा नशा ही नशा रहता है.. नशा ही नशा…. At that point of time,…
Anupam- The Dreamer 