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Rama’s lessons to remember
The legend goes that Diwali is celebrated to mark Lord Rama’s return to Ayodhya after slaying Ravana. We have been celebrating Diwali for ages. But it is important is to remember that more than Rama’s victory, it is the values he stood for that needs to be recapitulated and imbibed....
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As we enter the last lap
01 November 2020 | Pramod Pathak -
The Corona Kerfuffle
11 October 2020 | Pramod Pathak -
Stand up Bollywood
27 September 2020 | Pramod Pathak -
Lessons from Bhagavad Gita
13 September 2020 | Pramod Pathak -
HiddenSouls | Let the visible hand work
30 August 2020 | Pramod Pathak -
Symbolism of Lord Ram
16 August 2020 | Pramod Pathak -
Forget CSR, It is ISR
02 August 2020 | Pramod Pathak
Open the eye and shut the I
Human beings are strange creatures. Strange because they are driven by a formless entity called ego. It was this ego that was the undoing of many a mighty kings in the past. The legend goes that when Lord Ram reached Ayodhya after killing Ravana, many residents asked in dismay how...
The new scourge
Human mind is the main source of stress as well as its main victim. Stress has always been a major psycho-somatic issue afflicting human health from ancient to the modern times. For the ancient man, the problem was anxiety of the uncertain. Little knowledge, naturally, proved dangerous. The irony is...
The deluge and after
Future historians may be tempted to draw a line between the Before Covid (BC) and the After Deluge (AD) world, given the impact of the novel coronavirus on the entire humanity. As our aptitude in terms of science, technology and medicine provide little clue to the pandemic, we need to...
Rethinking public health
As the entire humanity reels under the pandemic impact an important question crops up. Do we give public health the same kind of priority that Defence gets? In all probability, no. The global obsession with war preparedness is rather an ancient phenomenon that indicates our insecurity and inclination to be...
Back to Gandhi
The coronavirus pandemic has changed many things in the world most of which are going to stay. At least for a considerable period. Not only did it ensure that the wheels of globalisation come a full circle, it also brought several realisations on the part of the humanity at large....
Parables on Coronavirus
For something as apocalyptic as the present times, the typical American slang is SHTF, that is, when the Shit Hits the Fan. A rather crude expression for a catastrophe. Nevertheless, as the whole world is in such a situation, let’s examine what is happening. Two old time parables paraphrased here...
The lockdown syndrome
For the first time in their life people are experiencing this kind of a situation. We learnt that movement is life. We now realise that staying put is life. And this is for the whole world. Super powers with their guns and bombs appear clueless to the wrath of a...
