Month: March 2020

Unethical Veljibhai Vs Economical VeljibhaiMayank Gandhi & Shrey Shah My mother told me in panic, “Shrey, hand sanitizer bottle is finished, please go and get a new one from Velji bhai. His shop might be open. What will we do without sanitizers?” Avoiding marauding policemen, I entered Veljibhai’s shop from the back (he was closed […]

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Eradication of small pox Ravinder Sindhu It was in the summer of 1973 that somewhere in Himalayas near Nainital a holy man made a strange prediction to his American Disciple. The prediction was uncharacteristic of any holy men in any part of the world then and even today . It was not at all about […]

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HOLISTIC AYURVEDA Dr Manaan Gandhi Ayurveda has always been considered as a holistic science. The word holistic means that it looks at every aspect. While there are multiple therapies and systems of medicine that proclaim to be holistic, I am yet to come across any one of these that can show it. The reason why […]

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BUTTERFLY EFFECTS AND PANDEMICS Prasad Chaphekar The current pandemic has exposed the fragility of current human society. The more connected and interdependent we are, the more fragile we get, at least, this seems to be the case today. As Nassim Nicolas Taleb, a Lebanese- American scholar working on problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty points […]

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There are teachers and masters. A teacher is one who teaches and is surrounded by students. Intelligent teachers talk, argue, preach and attract thousands. A student accumulates knowledge, information and ends up being another teacher. A Master is different. He is enlightened, knows himself and is surrounded by disciples – students are prohibited. He will […]

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UNIVERSAL WARNING Let us make this article quirky and interesting, one that can shake the foundation of your basis and concepts. My mind is always full of questions and after every natural disaster, I ask myself ·      Why was the Nepal earthquake of 2015 just 7.8 Richter? Why is the highest earthquake of 9.5 R? What […]

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UNDERSTANDING EXISTENCE Every time there is a major natural disaster – Tsunami, Earthquake, Cyclone, drought, flood – I am bewildered. The Corona virus and other pandemics has multiplied my puzzlement.   Why? Nothing on earth is random. Mankind has not been able to prepone or postpone the rising and the setting of the sun by […]

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