It was January 2017 and I just joined a doctorate programme. The nitty-gritty of doing scientific research and longer working hours made me feel overwhelmed at times. I used to ponder while sleeping, what can I do to make me feel better? Something that can take away the overwhelming feelings sometimes. I was in particular looking for a personal activity. Personal so that I don’t have to talk to others to make it happen and I can control what, how,…
Malcolm X, an African-American leader once said- “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” There is no denying that a country’s future can be predicted by looking at its education system. Today’s children are not only citizens of tomorrow but the country’s builders in the future. Every great leader and culture understood this. That’s why even if you go back 5000 years, you would find the importance of education in…
Remember those days when the first thing you used to think after waking up in the morning was about school. When Wearing the school uniform was a part of your life. Our school memories fill us with a euphoric feeling. Those were wonderful days. Today we have come to an age where children wake up in the morning and open their computers to learn. The purpose of visiting the school and opening computers is the same, it is to learn…
A few weeks back I first heard about Prof. Rustum Roy and my reaction was ‘damn, what is wrong with me, why I haven’t heard about him before’. I know about movie stars, sports stars, and other celebrities of India and around the world but why haven’t I heard before about such an astounding person like Rustum Roy who can shift your paradigm of thinking? Perhaps because our society doesn’t consider true scientists as celebrities and the media never show us…
Where do you get your values from? Who shaped your beliefs? One would say, our parents, friends, and neighbors influenced us. Partially it’s correct. Partially because you are less of what your parents told you to be and more of the kind of media you consumed throughout your life. Especially, in today’s internet generation, it is very relevant. A child before learning how to walk learns about the smartphone. Before joining a school, a child learns to play YouTube. Most…
I often wonder, why do people celebrate their birthday? Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against it. The celebration is great and we must do that to make someone feel special. But what is the purpose? Maybe to remind someone how special he/she is or to let someone know that his/her birth has made some difference to this world or maybe something else. Perhaps there is no single answer. What do you think about this? Why a birthday celebration…
It’s been 48 days since I wrote the last blog post on this website (wrote on 23rd February). From that time to now, a lot of things have drastically changed in the world. The world has witnessed a new pandemic in the form of the novel coronavirus. Almost a million people infected and more than 10000 died till now. No one knows how many more lives will die off the virus. I have been reading from various sources about the…
In one of my previous blogposts named ‘Why Reading is Essential for Unleashing Your Potential?“ I discussed the ill effects of spending too much time in front of television. Since then a few people had asked me whether there are any positive effects of watching videos. Sure. Why not? I still believe that reading books are 100 times better than watching videos. However, in some cases, videos have an edge over books. For example, if you are trying to grasp some…
What is the first word come to your mind after hearing the word ‘Virus’? Disease, infection, infectious, harmful, etc. right. What if tell you there are viruses that can cure our diseases. Haven’t heard before! But there does exist such viruses, which are friendly to humans. Just like there are god bacterias, there are good viruses. These bacterias are known as ‘Bacteriophages’ or ‘Phages’meaning bacteria eaters. These are good because ‘Bacteriophages’ are extreme enemies of deadly bacterias which has the…
Have you ever been in a situation where your family has asked your opinion before taking an important decision? Although you were right at what you have suggested, your family neglected your suggestion and took exactly the opposite decision just because the majority of your family members support the opposite idea. Your knew from inside that what you said was absolutely correct and the wrong decision made is going to hamper your family in the future but you can’t do…
