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English or Mother language? What should be the medium of education?
Studies have proved that children who have little or no exposure to English can understand basic concepts better in their own mother tongue.
Is it safer to be one of the herd than listen to the heart?
We are seemingly living in the times of Winston Smith and Jerry, all caught up in a ‘Chocolate War’ of our own.
If happiness comes from within, how can you ‘find’ it outside?
Happiness, like joy, also can be ephemeral unless it comes from within.
International Women’s Day — Empowering or entertaining?
Our great-grandmothers and grandmothers could control the entire family, hold the purse-strings and keep the menfolk in their places without demanding an international ‘Day’ to celebrate their womanhood and empowerment, without stepping out of the house or getting a modern education.
How ego-activism is helping sell a unique 21st century product
Ego-Activism is a lucrative service industry with unlimited funding and celebrity endorsements.
Beauty contests are nothing but big biz, big bucks and big agendas
Post the economic liberalisation of 1991, India had suddenly become the biggest market for FMCG and beauty products. And what better way to consolidate the market than to give, not one, but two beauty crowns to Indian girls in the same year? How else could one explain the fact that there was not a single winner after 1966 — when Reita Faria had won the Miss World title — till the ‘double bonanza’ of 1994?
With stars in their eyes and dreams in their hearts….
Most youngsters from the underprivileged sections of urban India dream of a career in the glamour world, as they fanatically follow the lives of their favourite stars.
How important are memories to humans?
Memories are the basis of our history, culture, heritage — the very civilisation.
Let’s not take life for granted. We have only one
Why put off things for another day, which might never dawn?
Freedom to choose – Integrated medicine for better health
Traditional and alternative medicine have great potential to deal with not just a pandemic, but also to control and cure many chronic diseases when integrated with conventional medicine.
The best mantra for old age – be independent, be happy!
Elders need to develop and sustain some hobby or activity even while younger, to keep them occupied physically, mentally and spiritually as they age. In the absence of any such activity, they usually begin to look to their children and grandchildren for emotional sustenance, making them the sole focus of their attention.
‘Ye dil maange more’ of a higher kind
As the country desperately fights COVID-19, in the locked-in mode, what we need is the Vikram Batra-kind of a loftier ‘more’ in our dils, to make us better human beings.
Our elders had the best Corona-compliant routines!
Social distancing, washing one’s hands and feet after coming from outside, washing one’s hands every time one came into the kitchen to do something or take anything, quarantine – they did it all. Believe me, they would have set the best examples for Corona-compliance!
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