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Stress Management: A Different Approach
0Sheikh Saadi was passing across a wasteland when he saw someone sitting under a solitary tree. ”Who is he?” enquired […]
The Duryodhana Syndrome: Causes and Remedies
0After a spate of scams and a strong popular uprising against corruption, we feel the pressing and urgent need for […]
Human-management — the Key to Social Health
0Society and human relationships can be a source of stress to an individual, just as it can be a source […]
Social Service, Philanthropy and Spirituality
0Social service and philanthropy are normally considered as great altruistic activities which lead to moral and spiritual development. But Sri […]
The Secret of Good Governance
0(Review of the book, Lee KuanYew: The Man and His Ideas by Han Fook Kwang, Warren Fernandes, Sumiko Tan, Singapore […]
The Vision that made the Nation – IV
0The Vedic Social Ideal The other important question regarding the Vedic vision is whether the Vedic ideal is purely individualistic […]
Sulabh – A Revolution like No Other
0In 1967, 25 year old Bindeshwar Pathak had missed getting a First Class that would have landed him a lecturer’s […]
A Task for Everyone
0It is common for Indian businessmen to complain of the slowness of procedures in India. Equally, most citizens complain of […]
Piecing the Puzzle
0In an article in the Deccan Chronicle (6th January, 2010), the author M.S. Swaminathan expressed his view that “only science […]
The Busy, Busy Bus
0“Doorstep” is the story of how a small individual initiative has blossomed into a mini movement. Begun in Mumbai in […]
Pearls before Breakfast
0A man sat in a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold […]
A Learning Place as Home
1Every evening between 4 and 8 o’clock, Kamalam, Kannan and their little son surrender their house to 150 children who […]
Bridging the Gap
0Frequently, when we despair of where India is at the moment we do one of these three things: first we […]
A Man of Honor
0It was probably the April of 1974. Bangalore was getting warm and gulmohars were blooming at the IISc campus. I […]
Designing Cities for People
0Many of us discuss about the future of our cities, and about the direction that personal transport needs to take. […]
The Republic of Dreams
0(Mahasweta Devi had people in tears at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2006. Delivered with passionate heart, her inaugural speech […]
Social Relations & Complications
0There is one situation we all face very often in our lives and social relations, which gives rise to a […]
Indigenous Peoples and the Quest for Wholeness
0Early in February, news reached the western press of a brutal double killing in the Andaman Islands, an Indian-ruled archipelago […]
A Battle Worth Fighting
0Slavery and bondage exists in today’s world as much as it did in the centuries gone by, prevalent in every […]
A Land of Children Dancing in the Rain
0One often hears of the high prevalence of child labour in our country. Of the many reports I have read, […]
Man and Society: Human Relationships
0Human relationships can be a source of stress, as much as support and succour. Often this goes quite unrecognised because […]
What does Society Expect of Us?
2That’s a question that will take most of us a lifetime to answer! Are we socially more acceptable if we […]
A Pilgrimage with a Difference
0Great men undertake works of gigantic proportions, accomplished by the call of their inner voice. Their pure consciousness makes them […]
History and the Future – IV
0One of the major defects which pursues the study of history is the lack of a proper perspective. The subject […]
Parivartan
0For a democracy to amount to more than a mere ceremony of elections, it must have dynamic media, courts and […]
An Aspect of Identity
0Readers may pardon me for beginning with an anecdote that is probably known to some of them. Once an Englishman […]
Are Indians Corrupt?
0Are Indians Immoral or is it the System? Firstly, let us examine the question of morality. If it is indeed […]
The Case of a Fatal Fascination
0Once again the largest democracy in the world is going to elect a new government. That brings back into this […]
Where is the Youth?
1Where is the youth? May be there isn’t one. As the world becomes increasingly complex, it has become difficult to […]
