Reflections

By Sushmita Mukherjee — Jul 15, 2024

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By Ashok Kumar Bhatia — Jan 15, 2024

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By Monika Nanda — Jul 15, 2022

The vital is a crucial aspect of the being and usually governs all our actions, which in turn shape our character and thus, our destiny. Strengthening the vital should be an important aspect of a child’s education. Being caught up in the development of the mental faculty, this aspect of vital education has not traditionally been incorporated in children’s education. This article tries to bring to the forefront some of the practical ways in which we can work on the vital in children. It is an attempt to help parents and caregivers understand the vital in a simpler way.

By Pranjali Singh — Oct 15, 2020

This poem is a potent comment on what humanity is presently inflicting upon the world .

By Lopa Mukherjee — Apr 24, 2020

Scientific methodology plays an important role in mainstream thought-systems all over the world. It started during the Enlightenment in Europe, was codified by the scientist, René Descartes and applied in Newton’s laws of mechanics. This mindset or worldview, called Cartesian or Cartesian-Newtonian, spread to the rest of the world through colonisation. The indigenous methods were abandoned, since this scientific methodology provided a surer ground. Lesser mistakes were made in practical life when the source of knowledge did not rely on human subjectivity. But practical life is just one aspect of life, and a small one at that. Now, this surer footing seems wanting, because it leaves out many questions of life, particularly the big ones. Psychology tries to tackle the big questions that are asked by a human subject. How can it then ignore the lived experiences of this human being? This article shows how the limits of the Cartesian worldview are overcome by new knowledge-systems.