The Resolve To Say No Vs The Etiquette Of Submission

I was wondering what could be the apt name for an article which draws heavily from Milgram’s experiment on the conflict between authority and personal conscience. Stanley Milgram called it the’ Perils of Obedience’ Lets us set the context for the article first. Karl Adolf Eichmann, sometimes referred to as “the architect of the Holocaust”, [...]

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Lateral Views: Corporate Herds!!!

According to Wiki…The term herd mentality is derived from the word “herd,” meaning group of animals, and “mentality,” implying a certain frame of mind. However the most succinct definition would be: how large numbers of people act in the same ways at the same times. Herd behavior describes how individuals in a group can act [...]

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The Indian Juggernaut

The elections in India are over. The dust has settled. For me one of the most enduring images of the elections was a policewoman guarding a locked room where the electronic voting machines were kept. She was one of the two million security personnel whose job was to ensure free and fair elections. We Indians [...]

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The Art of Being Indifferent

So what is plaguing India now? What is it that is holding the country from lifting the millions from poverty, provide basic education, health infrastructure, drinking water and innumerable other things which we should take as basic requirements of life?

Is it the population? Is it the corruption? Is it the inequitable distribution of wealth? We can also blame the politicians, the caste system, the religious fundamentalism, the lack of reforms right to the grass-root level and so on and so forth.

My point is the single biggest culprit is our apathy, our lack of concern or interest or pure indifference (which we have managed to give a real art form) to any thing which doesn’t affect us or our near and dear ones directly. We tend to forget that anything which goes around comes around and that we have no one to blame but ourselves when the cocoon breaks and we are exposed to a situation where we are the victims and not the bystanders.

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The essence of religion

What is the importance of religion in Today’s society? Is religion and myth an important component of today’s society and is it relevant? Is religion the glue which binds the society together? Does society need a religion? What is the difference between faith, religion, cult and spiritualism? Can a society do without religion or as T.S. Eliot quoted “If you will not have God (and He is a jealous God) you should pay your respects to Hitler or Stalin”. And most importantly does a society with economic sufficiency and perfect harmony still need a religion?

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