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A rendezvous with the ultimate fear!
The humans have many phobias (fear of something). Some are actual, some are psychological. Some are so irrational, that they cross the boundary of rationality and can safely be called as “mental” by others (paagal ho gaya/gayi hai). Yet, there are only two fears that are inborn in an infant, they are: Fear of loud…
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Traditions and modernism OR traditions vs. modernism- that is the question!
We live in the self-proclaimed age of modernism. And we (here ‘we’ denotes humanity collectively) believe ourselves to be the most modern and most advanced of any of the human generations that have ever existed on this planet. After all, we all have studied “Darwin theory of evolution” in our schools, and therefore we believe…
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Life of a lie- 5 years or more?
In the election season, many things which don’t even have wings fly from one person to another- like booze, cash, saaris, food grains, mobiles etc etc. But, one peculiar unseen thing also flies from top to bottom- that is, lies in the garb of promises (vaada). As someone beautifully said- वादा पूरा करने का दावा …
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The Government and the business- the inherent anomaly!
With the inauguration of the new government, the US moved with the pace of light to establish a new government department called DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), to fulfill long-cherished pre-poll promise. And with the world’s wealthiest businessman (a non-government and non-elected person) as its head, the DOGE is turning out to be a Frankenstein…
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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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Is USA the only country doing charity? Or it is just drum-beating about it?
The history behind Official Development Assistance (ODA) Very recently, after the rebirth of Trump’s second presidency, the US government is gung-ho about the withdrawal of development assistance provided through USAID (US Agency for International Development) to various developing and under-developed countries. And it has been branded as they were doing charity at the expense of…
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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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An urban landscape captured by pigeons- jaaye to jaaye kahan!
When you stand in your balcony, amongst other beautiful things like greenery and gardens, you can’t help but notice one peculiar thing always without fail. That is, the presence of a ubiquitous species called pigeon. More specifically, it is the blue rock pigeon. Even if you do not recognize any bird species, you cannot deny…
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