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Ethics in Buddhism & Jainism 13 Sep 2018 5 min read Ethics in Buddhism Buddhist ethics are neither arbitrary standards invented by man for his own utilitarian purpose nor are they arbitrarily imposed. Man-made laws and social customs do not form the basis of Buddhist ethics. Buddhist ethics finds its foundation not on the changing…
Indian Thinker: Swami Vivekanand (1863-1902) 16 Nov 2018 7 min read About Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda was born Narendra Nath Datta, on 12th January, 1863. He was a monk and chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramhansa. He introduced Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing…
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Emotional Intelligence 15 Mar 2019 7 min read “Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody’s power, that is not easy.” —Aristotle Emotional…
Right to Information 19 Jul 2019 15 min read Why in news? The government is going to introduce a Bill to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 which will change pay and allowances of information commissioners, who currently enjoy benefits equivalent to election commissioners. The move has been criticised by activists who said…
Gandhian Ideologies 05 Aug 2019 8 min read What is Gandhian ideology? Gandhian ideology is the set of religious and social ideas adopted and developed by Mahatma Gandhi, first during his period in South Africa from 1893 to 1914, and later in India. Gandhian philosophy is not only simultaneously political, moral and religious, it is…
Sikhism 29 Nov 2019 11 min read Why in News The year 2019 marks the 550th birth anniversary year of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev, whose birthplace is Sri Nankana Sahib in Pakistan. On this occasion, Kartarpur Sahib Corridor was inaugurated by PM Modi and Pakistani PM Imran Khan to connect Dera Baba Nanak shrine…
Good Governance 24 Feb 2020 15 min read What is Good Governance? ‘Governance’ is the process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented (or not implemented). Governance can be used in several contexts such as corporate governance, international governance, national governance and local governance. In the 1992 report entitled “Governance and Development”,…
Hellenistic Philosophy 08 Jun 2020 15 min read Introduction The Greek philosophy began as speculation into the nature of the cosmos or universe (Meta Physics). The early philosophers, in the Pre-Socratic era, like Sophists, Democritus, Pythagoras and others made bold speculations about the origins and nature of the universe. With the advent of Socrates, Plato,…
Schools of Indian Philosophy 29 Jun 2020 8 min read Philosophy arose in India as an enquiry into the mystery of life and existence. Indian Philosophy refers to several traditions of philosophical thought that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Over centuries, India’s intellectual exploration of truth has come to be represented by six systems of…
Empathy 17 Jul 2020 12 min read Empathy is the ability to emotionally understand what other people feel, see things from their point of view, and imagine yourself in their place. Essentially, it is putting yourself in someone else’s position and feeling what they must be feeling. While people are generally pretty well-attuned to their…