Category: Sustainable future
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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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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,…
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The artificial world of “Artificial Intelligence”-
It’s conflict with “Natural Intelligence” and the rapid rise of moral dilemmas The other day, I was reading an article about how ChatGPT can be used to write a note on a particular subject. Initially, I doubted its capability to write a note and hence was reluctant to use it. But after some nudge, I…
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Are we running faster than we should?
Maybe, it’s time to slow down a little bit In today’s times, everything has become fast paced! The internet has become fast. The electronic gadgets have become fast. The redundancy of obsolete technology (like mobile phones, tablets) has become fast. And even food has become “fast” (food). I wonder that in this transition of life…
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Going back to the basics!
We, human beings, are incredible creation of Mother Nature. Over millions of years of evolution, we have become so called “modern”, “advanced” and “most-civilized” of all the previous generations that ever existed on this beautiful planet. Indeed, we have come a long way, no doubts about that, in terms of technological advancement, ease of living…