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Are Meaningful conversations rare? Is it possible to live an entire life and suddenly realize that a real conversation never happened? It can be quite scary to acknowledge this fact for most of us. We will completely deny this recalling the long talks on various issues with friends, family, colleagues and even strangers on a train journey. A conversation, by definition, is a two way phenomenon. Its not about simply speaking, driving point, persuading, imposing, flaunting k

O ne may wonder, how a barely less than decade old phenomenon of short reels and videos has converted itself into a mass addiction. The people looking at their mobile phone screens, either when static or even when moving , is an extremely common site. The average time spent on social media and reel consumption by billions of people across world is to the tune of 02 to 04 hours per day. On the other hand, 'reading' among the masses started in the 19th century i.e. more th

H umans produce their offspring. The question is Why? One of the reasons given is biological and natural instinct. This reason fits perfectly well for living beings, other than humans. The other reason given in Eastern societies  is that the children will become a support for parents in their old age. But this reason seems quite narrow and selfish on the part of parents. They are giving birth to a son or daughter for their own physical security. They are giving birth to someb

A small Himalayan kingdom with a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy since 2008 faces a unique set of challenges. Its terrain rises from 200 meters to 4,500 meters within just 240 kilometres, creating every climate zone from temperate to alpine. Villages are scattered across valleys and high mountains, and many remain without road access. Most people depend on agriculture and cattle rearing, and their lives are deeply shaped by religion, traditional culture, a

A modern individual; though seemingly intelligent, globally connected, full of information; actually operates from islands of ignorance. Meaning , their ignorance and helplessness immediately come to surface as soon as they are away from vast network of Products and Services. As individuals, or even in small groups, they are like an island - incomplete, insufficient and extremely vulnerable. They do not possess skills, strength, adaptability and knowledge to live directly

A  thing of beauty is also an object of anxiety. One part of mind adores the beauty, the other part repents on its fragility. One part says - Oh! its the only one, like none other. The other part asks - will it go on? The realization of its fleeting nature, and the ensuing gloom- shadows the appreciation. And in this perplexity, the thing of beauty, passes into oblivion. ******

T he colour and shine of leaves in Andaman’s Havelock and Neil islands astonished me. It looked abnormal, as if somebody had painted them bright and had put extra illumination to make them shine. But after a few days I realised that this was normal. The cities have trained our eyes in a such a manner that we have forgotten the true colour of leaves. The dust, micro particles,  grime and grease on city leaves have permanently changed their colour. The leaves are helpless. They

This novella was written by R. K. Narayan, one of the first Indian authors to write in the English language. The Novella is approximately 100 pages in length. I found it so amusing that I wrote a short version of around seven pages for kids many years ago. B efore beginning the story, I must describe the period in which it takes place. The events occur around the time before and after 1857 in British India. The setting is a village in Tamil Nadu near Kumbakonam. To appreciate

We often talk about the achievements of life. We celebrate the great things people accomplish, the peaks they reach within their lifetime. We feel entitled to step into their “peak moments,” hearing about their struggles only after they have succeeded. But what if they never reached that peak?What if their efforts never bore the fruits of fame or glory?What if they got stuck in the middle and faded into obscurity? Does that make their struggle any less meaningful?Or does it m

The loss or near loss of those who mattered most in life often brings about a harsh academic learning—a truth realized perhaps too late to amend past mistakes or reclaim lost relationships. This reflection acknowledges the profound difficulty of translating this hard-won knowledge into practical application, especially when seeking to mend emotional bonds.  At the heart of this struggle lies the inherent deceptiveness of language, both spoken and written, suggesting that an o

QUESTION:   Can narcissism be a collective phenomenon of a large social group, race or humanity itself, especially when the human ity is not doing even a small fraction of action that should be done to preserve other forms of lives, non-lives and vegetation? The unabated  ruthless exploitation of everything for pleasure, comfort and ease including humans by other humans goes on. ChatGPT said: Many philosophers, sociologists, and psychologists have proposed ideas very much alo

I. The Human Paradox Humanity stands today at a paradoxical summit of achievement. Never before has our species commanded such mastery over matter, energy, and information. We have harnessed the atom, decoded the genome, built machines that learn, and connected the world through invisible threads of communication. Yet beneath this dazzling progress lies a persistent unease. Poverty, conflict, and ecological destruction continue to haunt every corner of the Earth. The more pow

A Journey Within: Reflections after Fifty. - By Narayana 1. The Nature of the Search  Life, Narayana reflects, is an unending search — not for external achievements, but for alignment between experience and inner understanding. He once believed that the search would end at some definitive moment, yet with maturity he realizes that the search continues as long as one remains conscious. Each phase of life reveals a fresh layer of inquiry and a deeper invitation to look inward

I confess, I hate getting up early. But my father insists that I go for a jog or at least a walk, declaring that "morning time is your own, so live it with eyes wide open". On a short trip to Kolkata, before my class 10 th  board exams, staying in a new area characterized by wide, empty roads, apartments, and open fields, I was reluctantly pushed out of bed at six on a  winter morning. Grumping, I bundled my hair into a ponytail and went out. Though I started lazily, I was so

Inner Philosophical Exploration: On Finality and the Quiet That Follows The first time I faced death not as an idea but as an undeniable fact—bones turned to ash lying silently before me—something within me paused. Not a polite pause, but the kind that shakes loose the foundations on which life casually rests. The person who once breathed, laughed, perspired, occupied space, cast shadows, and warmed the world simply… wasn’t.  And yet, the strangeness was not death itself. Dea

1. The Collapse of Old Beliefs  1.1 Shattered Certainties  Many times in life, long-held beliefs dissolve unexpectedly. Ideas we inherited from childhood or adolescence often fail when confronted with reality.   1.2 The Nature of Re-examination  Re-evaluation doesn’t happen deliberately or systematically. It unfolds gradually—through experiences, encounters, and exposure to different personalities and ideas. Suddenly, what felt like firm knowledge reveals itself as incomplete

The Pleasures and Explorations Found in Writing Writing offers pleasures that unfold slowly, like layers of meaning revealed through each movement of the pen. At first, it feels simple: ink meets paper, thought meets form. But in this simple act, something much deeper begins.    One pleasure lies in the sheer physicality of writing—the resistance of paper, the glide of the nib, the measured rhythm of shaping each letter. A fountain pen becomes more than a tool; it becomes a c