Pieces of the Green Puzzle

Maldives is an island country in the Indian Ocean-a perfect natural combination for the ideal tropical holiday destination. At just 4 ft 11 above sea level it is also the lowest country. World meat production has more than quadrupled in the past half-century to some 220 million tons annually. The increase has been driven by [...]

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Umbrella Morals

I was in a training programme and one of the topics for discussion was our internal value system- those ideals and beliefs which are important for us and which we hold as special and non negotiable. It is good to have a strong value system. I mean for me fairness is a very important personal value. However the important questions here is -how good are we at deciding what is right and what is wrong? I mean do we have an internal value meter which tells us what is wrong ( in absolute terms ) or do we have some sort of convenient value meter which is more of a relative adjustment-my action compared to something which is more seriously wrong or grave in nature. And is it not true that sometimes we let ourselves off the hook for those small transgressions. Is there something called the absolute value system or do we get our judgement into deciding our right and wrong deeds? Let me explain.

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Lateral Views: Inglorious Basterds 1.0

One of the wall hanging in my sister’s room says “Take time to give, for it is to short a day to be selfish”…Though it’s picked up from a street-walk hawker, but the quote is a million dollar. The Bible preaches to help even ones enemy, you’ll find even the most sinful worshipper helping others by feeding/giving [...]

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The Drunkard’s Walk-Leonard Mlodinow

This is not a book review, more like a preview review. I had just read the prologue to the book and I got so impressed with the beginning , that I could not stop sharing it with others. And Randomness being the flavor of the season, let me quote the author from the prologue. A full review [...]

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The Ugly Truth : Lateral Views

It was one of those usual nights, a friend came to Mumbai, need an overhaul for couple of nights at my crib and off course the usual session. A doctor, an I Banker and off course me were the members of the session. When we were about half bottleful somewhere we began to talk about life randomness…It started [...]

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