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When James Watson and Francis Crick jointly received their Nobel in 1962 for their 1953-determination of the double helical structure of the DNA, other significant scientists who also aided in this discovery were left out (ever heard of Rosalind Franklin in this context as much as you may be aware of Watson and Crick?) In…
ESSENCE OF LIBERAL ARTS “This is the best reason to learn history not to predict the future, but to free yourself of the past and imagine alternative destinies. Of course, this is not total freedom we cannot avoid being shaped by the past. But some freedom is better than none.” Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus …
Pic credits: Unsplash Very often, life brings us to a crossroads, to a dilemma of sorts, where we do not know where to go and whom to turn to. It is during these times that our inner strength, our inner self comes to help us. But what is this inner self? Where does it come…
Pic credits: Unsplash The rising number of interpersonal issues and mental health concerns during the pandemic has made the world debate on issues related to well-being and happiness. Such discussions on happiness and well-being demonstrate a glaring issue. Many a time, the terms happiness and well-being are discussed separately, and sometimes interchangeably. But are they the same?…
The Chief Justice of India, N V Ramana, speaking at an event, recently commented that the modern education system tends to focus only on the ‘utilitarian’ function of education. He observed further that a utilitarian educational system is not equipped to deal with the ‘moral’ or ‘spiritual’ function of education which builds the character of…
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Business Communication Models There is an innocuous simplicity and brevity to Claude Shannon’s 1948 paper ‘Mathematical Theory of Communication’ that makes it destined to become a landmark in not just the history of engineering but also of human thought, in general. As a befuddled upstart in the business school universe, beholding…
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