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Scouting For A Meaningful Education                                                                                                 *Saumitra Mohan             The problem with the orthodox education system is the assembly-line production of degree and diploma holders, with no real value. The focus is always on mechanical transfer of facts and information through rote-learning. Here, the stress in more on passing an exam and scoring better marks, making the ...

Being An Enlightened Selfish                                                                                                 *Saumitra Mohan             One of the many questions asked by Yaksha to Yudhisthira , the eldest of the Pandavas, during a mythical conversation, was, ‘What is the greatest wonder’? Yudhisthira answered the same saying, “Day after day, countless creatures are dying, yet those remaining behind believe themselves to be immortal. What ...

Sanitizing India: Some Empirical Insights                                                                                                 *Saumitra Mohan             Total sanitation is one of the biggest challenges facing the Government for a long time now. Be it the Government at the Centre or various state governments across the country, they have all tried and toyed with different ideas, schemes and programmes to fix the sundry issues surrounding the pro...

Life is a Crucible for Spiritual Progression                                                                                     *Saumitra Mohan             Many of us remain very discontented and disgruntled, whining about everyone and everything around us. Incapable of exploring their own immanent potential and savouring the splendour of a human life, they are busy cribbing and crabbing about anything and everything. Such people don’t spare even the Almighty, cursing Him for all the mess in their personal and public ...

Rebirth and Our Spiritual Evolution                                                           *Dr. Saumitra Mohan             Birth and death have been perennial subjects of human interest with varying perspectives and expostulations in different religions. Many of them believe the next birth to be linked to our actions in extant life. However, there still remain many issues relating to birth and death which continue to remain abstruse and beyond human ken. Hinduism, of all the faiths, has the most hoary and elaborate discourse on the same.             Many of us have often wondered, if a ‘...