Tag: resources
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Eradicating the bottlenecks in your life- The “Strait of Hormuz” story!
Ask any kid aged more than 10 years old about the “Strait of Hormuz” now and he/she will tell you where it is and what is its significance in the energy security of the world! Basically, it is a choke point or a bottleneck passage connecting the Gulf of Persia with the Indian Ocean, through…
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Do we need reverse urbanisation- movement from the fragile urban ecosystem towards the resilient rural ecosystem?
If you would recall the times of COVID-19, you would remember one thing clearly- the massive movement on foot/buses/railways towards the villages by the migrant workers! In the times of distress, millions moved back from the cities and towns towards their villages, the place where they could feel safe, get some food to eat and…
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Are we turning into anti-international?
Yes, you read it right (or wrong?)- Anti-international! You may have heard of the word “anti-national” several times, as it is often quoted in rhetoric, on news channels, by politicians and super-intellectuals. But, now it is time to think about “anti-international” persons, thoughts and ideologies! Our identity at the international level, by and large, is…
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Evading responsibility- आखिर कब तक?
In the recent past, there were many “zero civic sense” memes that went viral on social media, wherein the creators highlighted the poor civic sense amongst us Indians- on the roads, in the markets, in public places, aboard trains etc. It does not take you far from your home or around your office to see…
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Human species- are we really the smartest or the dumbest?
I once read somewhere that we humans are a very strange species. As first, we cut trees and then make papers out of the tree bark, and then write “DON’T CUT TREES” on that paper itself. The problem here is not that we are not aware of the problems facing us. The actual problem is…
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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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