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Category: Perspectives
When asked for his view on morality, Albert Camus, the French philosopher offered a simple answer—“If someone told me to write a book on morality, it would have a hundred pages and ninety-nine of them would be blank. On the last page I would write, ‘I recognize only one ...
T he only person you can depend for the rest of your life is you yourself, your inner-self.” —Upanishad.
Most people underestimate the power of silence and associate it with ignorance or aloofness. Perhaps it is the most misunderstood faculty or the state of mind. Silence provides a chance to ...
Airports, for me, have always had an odd appeal. They are worlds between worlds, places between arrivals and departures, reality and fantasy. They are sites for indulgence; for dreaming. They are locations where one can be totally anonymous and therefore totally free.
Perhaps airports are mystical because, for a ...
calico—noun\ka-li-ko\a: cotton cloth imported from India b: British : a plain white cotton fabric that is heavier than muslin: any of various cheap cotton fabrics with figured patternscalico—adjectivea: a blotched or spotted animal; especially one that is predominantly white with red and black patches ...
Rudimentary languages get embellished by the induction of words, phrases and idioms that help to communicate effectively and trigger various emotions in the human mind. These are the shiny trims that hang on the bare language tree. English language has evolved with this kind of ornamentation over centuries of ...
Yes, the minimum driving age should be raisedAs we approach summer break when 16 year olds are eagerly taking Drivers Education classes and getting their permits, we must stop to ponder if 16 is indeed the appropriate minimum age to start driving. A vehicle, if not driven carefully, can ...
It is impossible to explain some of the games we played as kids to my eight-year old son, Sid. Many times, my descriptions of some of my childhood games sends him into reels of laughter. Sid enjoys his evenings with his friends. But, Sid and his friends usually need ...
Should Obama Have Warned the Supreme Court that Overturning ObamaCare Amounts to Judicial Overreach?
No, Obama should not have issued a public warningPresident Obama recently warned the Supreme Court against overturning his health care law—stating that such an action would be “unprecedented.” What is really unprecedented is a sitting President, regrettably, not only commenting on a matter before the court, but also ...
For every human life comes a moment when mortality stares it in the face. For me it came last autumn, when I went to my hometown of Nagpur. My last visit had been three years before, when I had gone to tend to my dying mother. Now I was ...
When asked for his view on morality, Albert Camus, the French philosopher offered a simple answer—“If someone told me to write a book on morality, it would have a hundred pages and ninety-nine of them would be blank. On the last page I would write, ‘I recognize only one ...
T he only person you can depend for the rest of your life is you yourself, your inner-self.” —Upanishad.
Most people underestimate the power of silence and associate it with ignorance or aloofness. Perhaps it is the most misunderstood faculty or the state of mind. Silence provides a chance to ...
Airports, for me, have always had an odd appeal. They are worlds between worlds, places between arrivals and departures, reality and fantasy. They are sites for indulgence; for dreaming. They are locations where one can be totally anonymous and therefore totally free.
Perhaps airports are mystical because, for a ...
calico—noun\ka-li-ko\a: cotton cloth imported from India b: British : a plain white cotton fabric that is heavier than muslin: any of various cheap cotton fabrics with figured patternscalico—adjectivea: a blotched or spotted animal; especially one that is predominantly white with red and black patches ...
Rudimentary languages get embellished by the induction of words, phrases and idioms that help to communicate effectively and trigger various emotions in the human mind. These are the shiny trims that hang on the bare language tree. English language has evolved with this kind of ornamentation over centuries of ...
Yes, the minimum driving age should be raisedAs we approach summer break when 16 year olds are eagerly taking Drivers Education classes and getting their permits, we must stop to ponder if 16 is indeed the appropriate minimum age to start driving. A vehicle, if not driven carefully, can ...
It is impossible to explain some of the games we played as kids to my eight-year old son, Sid. Many times, my descriptions of some of my childhood games sends him into reels of laughter. Sid enjoys his evenings with his friends. But, Sid and his friends usually need ...
Should Obama Have Warned the Supreme Court that Overturning ObamaCare Amounts to Judicial Overreach?
No, Obama should not have issued a public warningPresident Obama recently warned the Supreme Court against overturning his health care law—stating that such an action would be “unprecedented.” What is really unprecedented is a sitting President, regrettably, not only commenting on a matter before the court, but also ...
For every human life comes a moment when mortality stares it in the face. For me it came last autumn, when I went to my hometown of Nagpur. My last visit had been three years before, when I had gone to tend to my dying mother. Now I was ...
