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Today, when we “live stream” something, we are receiving information from a faraway invisible source. The fact is that all religious teaching and divine truth was believed to be essentially live-streamed into prophets and mystics, who were…
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India has six major religions – Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Sikhism, where Hindus form 80% of the population and others are minorities. There are also States in India with majority populations of other religions…
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I have recently been thinking of how the enforced solitude during the worst of the epidemic had people responding to it so differently. Some of us, though finding it tedious, settled into the isolation, keeping ourselves busy — even…
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The mind is the only problem. Hence, philosophy comes up with many solutions, many conclusions, but no conclusion is conclusive. Immediately, many more problems pop up. Not one single question has been solved by philosophical endeavour,…
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Things turn ugly in a relationship when we lose our calm and engage in yelling, arguing, nagging, complaining and criticizing. This is certainly not how we want our children to remember us, or they would want their future children to…
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Sometimes we may feel that success depends upon what we consider as the ‘important’ events in our life—succeeding in competitive examinations, receiving awards, etc. However, we should remember that when a child in first standard wins the…
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One never appreciates the earth unless one really lives with it, works with it, puts one’s hand in the dust, lifting big rocks, stones; one never knows the extraordinary sense of being with the earth, the gigantic trees and strong grass,…
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Fear is the most primordial emotion. Life and fear are interrelated. If there is life it will be afraid because the survival of a living being is very much controlled by fear. It allows the life form to devise strategies and take all the…
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There are times in life when, despite our best efforts, we are disappointed with the results, or our efforts are underappreciated by those we are looking to serve or help. When this happens, we tend to become selective in our efforts,…
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Doctors and therapists spend up to ten years to get a license to practice. But anyone can become a parent without any training or preparation. We need to create an ‘Institute of the Family’ where young people, before they get married, can…
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