Invitation to Kerala Congress (M) for merger was sincere: Apu John JosephKerala Congress (Joseph) leader Apu John Joseph has clarified that the invitation for the Kerala Congress (M) faction to rejoin the UDF was...
Warren Buffett: Why ‘risk’ doesn't mean what Wall Street says it meansIn a letter to shareholders, Warren Buffett declared war on one of finance's most sacred concepts: Beta. The academics had it backwards, he...
Why fixating on war is a luxury we can't affordWar offers a powerful distraction, but focusing on conflict wastes valuable attention. Ancient wisdom and modern entrepreneurs alike advoca...
Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 release date, spoilers, episode count and titles: Cast, characters, production changes and filming scheduleAvatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 release date, spoilers, episode count and titles are now confirmed for the live-action adaptation of Av...
Warren Buffett’s cautionary tale: Why investors still chase ‘oil in hell’Warren Buffett often recalls Benjamin Graham’s parable of “oil discovered in hell” to illustrate herd-driven investing. The tale highlights...
- Equanimity mantra
A parable illustrates the philosophy of Taoism through a widowed farmer's response to life's ups and downs. Whether faced with good or bad ...
Occam's razorOccam's Razor, a problem-solving tool, seeks logical answers with minimal assumptions. The principle suggests choosing the simpler explanat...
Three sons & 17 camelsLife is not like a superhighway, with fixed rules and defined paths. Life is wild. In fact, no path exists; you walk and you create your ow...
Anand Mahindra reacts to Harsh Goenka’s tweet on paying back to elderly, says many children spend their lives erasing mistakes of parentsMahindra retweeted Goenka’s viral tweet with his unique perspective.
Parable of inequality: MGNREGS as social protectionThrough its sophisticated social protection system with schemes like the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS...
Divine MiraclesRealising the divine requires single-minded ardour on one's part that leads to His blessings to make a divine miracle happen.
President gives assent to India's first good samaritan bill of KarnatakaThe president has given his asset to the Karnataka Good Samaritan and Medical Professional (Protection and Regulation during Emergency Situ...
- Impossible Elephant
The fifth lays his palm against the belly and believes it’s like a huge wall. The sixth taps on the tusk and thinks it’s a spear-shaped cre...
The Parable of AntsDon’t let pride affect you; remember Indra and the ants: everything passes, including the rains!
'Doing' to 'Being'Dr Nirmal Chordia, the holistic healer of Chennai, illustrates the issue through the parable of a sage, who came to live in a certain place...
Bhopal as a parable of compromiseWhy blame the chief judicial magistrate of Bhopal for his tame ruling, when he was left with little choice.
The future of good SamaritansOften, the opposite of ‘dispassionate’ is not ‘passionate’ but ‘compassionate’. To illustrate this point, Henry S Thompson of the Universit...