Society
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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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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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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.
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Five lessons India Inc can learn from the Pandavas
Sometimes what is our negative trait is also our positive trait. When we win, our boorishness comes across as determination. When we lose, our kindness comes across as weakness.
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Organizations need scapegoats to take responsibility for failures
For all talk of measurability and rationality, modern corporations make great use of scapegoats.
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There Is No Escape From Myth
All cultures — Hindu, Christian, Greek or American — are guided by a myth communicated through a mythology.
