Category: philosophy
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From FOMO (Fear of missing out) to COSO (Courage of standing out)
FOMO i.e. Fear of missing out, is not a new phenomenon in the history of human civilization. It was present in earlier times as well, but has become much more pronounced in today’s age of social media. The culture of “show-off” has reached exorbitant proportions in this era of consumerism, where there is a mad…
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Going beyond “Management by Exception” – introducing “Management by Inaction”!
If you have heard or read a little about management/administration theories, then you must have heard about “Management by Exception” (MBE). This simply means that the managers or bosses intervene in the work of their subordinates only when there is a deviation from the set goals/standards/parameters. Until and unless, the subordinates are achieving the set…
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Are you abiding the law- as a matter of convenience, obligation or duty OR not at all?
If you stand at any general traffic signal in any typical city of India (apart from the major big traffic signals), you can observe following different of behaviours with respect to compliance of traffic laws and rules: First, is the category of people, who only follow traffic rules when there is traffic police to monitor…
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Meditation- one step closer to God!
There is a large portion of human population which has turned atheist and agnostic from theists in the present generation. Infact, the proportion of those who believe in God is constantly decreasing in the world. For example, as per this report the number of people who identify as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” rose…
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From the beginning of time to timeless being- we seem to have come very far!
The BIG-BANG!!!! I am sure if you would have looked at the night sky with a sense of awe and curiosity, some of these questions have definitely crossed your mind at some point of time in your life- “What was there at the beginning of this universe? Was something there even before the big bang…
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Everyone wants the benefits, but are you ready to pay the price?
Human beings are strange creatures in many ways. And in ghor Kalyuga, one tendency has increased in human beings- that everyone wants to reap benefits of things, but they are not ready to pay the price or make sacrifices for achieving that thing! (This is a general statement applicable to majority of population, so please…
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Caught between cosmic scale of infinity and nothingness!
Before starting the discussion, here are some facts about the size of the universe to blow away your mind: 1. Earth is very tiny Compared to the Sun You could fit about 1.3 million Earths inside the Sun. 2. Our Solar System Is Much Bigger Than You Think If the Sun were the size of…
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Lessons from the mountain trek
Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, remarked that “It is not the mountain that we conquer, but ourselves”. Looking back at my trek experience at the Hampta pass (situated at a height of 14,100 ft above sea level), I cannot agree more with Mr. Hillary.…
