Category: Random moorings
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Demystifying the existential mystery and natural laws!
The world we look around seems to be very complex juxtaposition of several things, entangled with each other in a very intricate and multifarious manner which makes it sometimes very difficult to understand. We may try to simplify things to ease our understanding, yet it does not change the nature of things that exist in…
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There are no free lunches in the world!
There are absolutely no free lunches in the world! Lunch here is just a metaphor for anything which is “supposedly” being provided to you for free. And if you are being offered something for free, then you have every reason to doubt the true intention behind that. Even in charity, people have their own self-interest…
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Everyone loves a debt- but only till it’s not defaulted!
Vikram is an ambitious man. He is doing great in his small business of manufacturing shoes with an annual turnover of Rs. 20 crores and earnings of about Rs. 2 crores per annum. But, Vikram wants to grow his business and doesn’t have enough capital for that. So, he goes for taking loans from the…
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Stepping into unchartered territory of future….
The future has never been so uncertain and unpredictable in the history of humanity, as it is now. This may seem a little exaggeration to some of you, but don’t rush, it will be clear to you in a few minutes if you are ready to be patient. Earlier, the pace of change throughout human…
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Into another dimension of mental sojourn….of time and space!
There are certain things and activities that can elevate the level of your mind into a completely different dimension of time and space. Those who are passionate about something often experience this dimension when they are truly engrossed in doing “the thing”. In such moment or series of moments, the horizons of your mind expand…
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What is true freedom- chaos or orderliness?
When the universe started expanding after the big bang explosion about 13.8 billion years ago, expectedly there should have been an utter chaos! A small super-high density mass at one place exploded into smaller fragments (similar to a bomb explosion), yet there was a beauty in this chaos. It was not any usual explosion- it…
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Do we really need a Chanakya in the current scenario?
Philosophy of साम, दाम, दंड, भेद (saam, daam, danda, bheda)- a critical review A little while ago, I heard a politician making a remark that “saam, daam, danda, bheda, etc. whatever is to be used for winning elections, we will use that”. Sometime back, one of my acquaintances was telling me that in politics “saam,…
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Does the “number” in the “Number of working hours” really matter?
Or there is something else that really matters! Since the Indian software giant founder Mr. Narayan Murthy advocated for 70-hour work week for young Indians to improve productivity at work and then the (in)famous L&T Chairman SN Subrahmanyan advocating for 90-hour work week even including on Sundays and then some entrepreneurs across the world suggesting…
Anupam- The Dreamer 