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Forgotten Gandhi:

This video lecture is in Kannada language. The video discusses three things which makes gandhi one of the great leader. The tittle of this article is 'forgotten Gandhi'. In  dictionary the meaning of forget is, to fail to remember to do something that you ought to have done . Click to watch the video lecture in Kannada. Source: This video is received as a whatsapp forward. The video mentions it's source to have been aired in government radio channel.

Half-baked feminism:

When we look at many of our inner beliefs and its actual action in our lives, we find ourselves to be hypocrites. It’s very easy to praise a concept and preach it, but the challenge is when we start implementing in our life. Today there is a lot of discussion about feminism. This is discussed in corporate offices, educational institutions, and political arenas and so on. Let us try to understand the concept of feminism. Feminism refers to the belief that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men. It tries to define, establish and achieve political, economic, personal, and social equality for men and women. We can discuss in length on the topic whether feminism should be understood in terms of equality or equity. Let us not discuss equality and equity now. We can keep it for another occasion. Practically feminism includes seeking to establish educational, social and professional opportunities equally for men and women. And also feminism focuses on basic concpe

On mission: To deliver blood through drone...

     You have heard of šŸ• pizza delivery, Zomato, and grocery home delivery. Look at this company which is on a mission of Blood delivery model. Delivering blood to remote rural areas, helping doctors to save many lives. This is been done in Rwanda, a Country in East Africa. Rwanda is a landlocked country with green mountainous landscapes. Click to watch the video: Source: Youtube 

Is the word “Development” associated with “Industrialism”:

The word “Development” is associated with the spread of “Industrialism” --- an ideology of ever increasing material growth and consumption through faster and faster exploitation of Nature, using the wonders of large scale Science and Technology, guided by powerful Nation States and Corporations, rising world scale trade , and individualism. Last 30 years of information technology has been able to make almost everyone aspire to climb this endless consumption ladder. This has brought the world to the brink of ecological collapse, depths of socio-economic inequalities and despair, increasingly dysfunctional political institutions, and hugely stressed socio-cultural systems. In the last few decades, efforts to bring justice, equity, sustainability in the idea of development, can be classified in two broad arenas --- One, what we call , changes  within  the existing Industrialism paradigm ( such as global efforts to measure development more comprehensively be it the Human Development Inde

Is Gratitude (thanks and appreciation) good for Your Health?

- Gratitude is the feeling of being grateful or of wanting to give your thanks to somebody. - There is growing evidence that being grateful may not only bring good feelings. It could lead to better health. - This study also found evidence that more grateful people sleep better because they have fewer negative thoughts and more positive ones at bedtime. - While the evidence that gratitude practices benefit sleep is still preliminary, it’s strong enough to suggest that those of us counting sheep may want to try counting blessings instead. - Besides helping them sleep, gratitude may lead people to engage in other behaviors that help keep them healthy, like eating well and not smoking.  Click to read full article :