2015 / Articles
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The assumption of remorse
Why do we expect a convicted rapist to take responsibility for his crime, and feel remorse?
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Two kinds of teachers
The spiritual and the material, the wider perspective and the immediate focus.
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Karmic Hisab-Kitab
The Union Budget presented before Parliament inspires DEVDUTT PATTANAIK to look at the bigger picture to examine the balance sheet of our life.
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How Edicts Helped Ashoka
How did the king establish his power in his absence? He needed to establish monuments, pillars with his symbol: the lion, leaving no one in doubt about who was in charge. And then, putting across edicts stating clearly his goals…
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Required, not righteous
Banning anything is not right, or wrong. It is a price we have to pay for civilisation, because not everyone has the maturity to voluntarily regulate themselves.
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Recruitment Dilemma
We cannot measure Narayana, what a person is. We can only measure Narayani, what a person has, his experience and qualifications. We hope to figure out the Narayana side during interview process. But that remains highly subjective.
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Sustaining the wave of love
The other’s failings enables the self’s victory. And the self imagines it is because of its strategy. A vacuum sucks the self in, but the self believes it is the force causing the movement.
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Bromances from mythology
Our ancient texts are about all kinds of unions. Modern India could do with some catching up.
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A leader’s gaze
What happens when they see and what happens when they don’t see. What happens to that which they see. And what happens on how they see.
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Laughter Is Power
When we laugh at someone, we feel safe, secure, unthreatened, even powerful. However, when someone laughs at us, we feel insulted, humiliated, uncomfortable, even powerless.
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Are we allowed to forgive Godse?
Forgiving someone, and moving on, does not mean you justify their crime.
