By पूनम पांडे
महिला अधिकारों की जब बात उठती है तो महिलाएं क्या मांगती हैं? जाहिर है बराबरी का अधिकार। लेकिन अगर बराबरी की मांग करते-करते कोई खुद शोषणकारी की तरह बर्ताव करने लगे तो…. कम से कम कुछ मामलों में तो यही हो रहा है। इसमें कोई दो राय नहीं है [...]
इस पेज का नाम ‘जस्ट जिंदगी’ ही क्यों? इस सवाल से जूझते हुए हमें तमाम जवाब सूझे। जस्ट जिंदगी क्योंकि [...]
Ever wondered what those idiotic (and supposedly innovative) TV ads are only methods of fooling us? Or may be we’re already all so much fools that all such ads just occurs to us naturally. In case you’re too afraid of looking into the mirror, just see what some others among us are up [...]
Once upon a time, there was a king. The king liked one of his followers very much because he was very wise and always gave very useful advice. Therefore the king took him along wherever he went.
One day, the king was bitten by a dog, the finger was injured and the [...]
In this reprise of a now-classic Stanford psychological experiment from the 1960s, kids are put in a room with a marshmallow and told they can either eat it immediately or wait until the researcher gets back, and they’ll be given a second marshmallow. Hilarity ensues as the kids suffer marshmallow temptation!
But [...]
Back in our grandfathers’ day, there weren’t as many choices about what do with one’s life. And in our great-grandfathers time, there were even fewer choices. You might take over the family farm or family business or choose to pursue one of the trades.
These days we’re faced with a veritable onslaught [...]
At the turn and beginning of the 20th century, life was changing rapidly for Americans. People were moving from the farm to the city and taking jobs in the new industrial economy. Consumerism as we know it today really began to take root in society. Where most people had previously made the things [...]
In his latest book, The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins offered Alternative Ten Commandments. I enjoyed the list so much I wanted to share it here. Whoever wrote it, I think it is a great list of principles.
Do not do to others what you would not want them to do to you
In all things, strive to [...]