Jun 10, 2008 | Self Development
The May 7, 2007 issue of Newsweek carried an article by Rana Foroohar on “The Joy of Economics”. The writer quotes from an in-depth survey report on Happiness, the product of research by scientists at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Ten countries each...
Jun 10, 2008 | Self Development
“Enough is enough”, a very common expression that is usually not enough. Not enough to explain “what is enough”. A fresh graduate gets a starting salary of one million rupiahs per month. Is it enough? Perhaps not, but does he have a choice? He looks around and finds...
Jun 10, 2008 | Self Development
One of our friends, an “expert” in Zen, advises another friend to get rid of her fear. He then very proudly mentions, “I refuse to be governed by fear.” Now, “refusing” to be governed by fear, does not free you from fear. Indeed, such refusal turns you into a fighter....
Jun 10, 2008 | Self Development
For, what we do for our families, for our homes – cannot be termed as charity at all. It is our duty, our responsibility. And, so charity does not begin at home. Charity must begin outside our homes. Charity is born of our sense of piety towards those who are not our...
Jun 10, 2008 | Jakarta Post, Self Development
For, in many ways woman is superior to a man. Emancipation, on the other hand, lowers her status and makes it at par with man. Emancipation has a “Man” as its standard. It is a dirty word, for it does not consider the potentials of a woman. Woman’s standard and...
Jun 10, 2008 | Self Development
Sanjaya was an attendant, kind of private secretary, to the blind king of Hastinapura, Dhritrashtra. He spent two thirds of his life attending to the king. He had no private life of his own. Then, one day, just before the sons of the blind king would go to war with...
