The world’s acceptance of English as a global link language should be cause for celebration — “Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.” ( H. Jackson Brown, Jr, American author) I am a non-native English writer living in India. I wrote this story more out of anguish than because I felt any deep resentment towards anybody. This is…

Our gut feelings may be more rational than we think — “In addition to their indispensable role in helping us digest large parts of our diet, it is becoming clear that gut microbes have an extensive and wholly unexpected influence on the appetite-control systems and emotional operating systems in our brain, in our behaviour, and even on our minds. …

Read the ‘CV of Failures’ written by successful people and dig deeper into their stories — Success is visible, and people flaunt their successes with gusto. Nobody wants to talk about their failures. It’s not because they lack humility; people are not just interested in listening to uninspiring tales of setbacks. Success is the most popular and bestselling self-help genre. We have thousands of titles beginning…

Automation should complement the human agency and not replace it — As negative side effects of automation become more evident, the world is realising that for many kinds of work we don’t want to replace human beings, even if the work is a little dull, dirty or dangerous. In fact, that replacement can become counter-productive. …

Radical compassion helped the young cyclist to heal and recover — Forgiveness is a demanding virtue to embrace and practice. It’s a challenge to forgive a wrongdoer even for minor transgressions and more so when the perpetrator mows you down and runs away, leaving you to die. Please read this story about a young man’s radical act of compassion and healing…

Detachment is the highest state of mind — I am a Highly Sensitive Person(HSP). Sometimes, I feel I don’t belong in this world. Yesterday I accidentally killed an ant by stepping on it. I felt bad for killing it. Am I behaving stupidly, regretting the death of an insect? Is ant’s life worthy of mourning? What about a…