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  • Holistic Education and Research

    Holistic Education and Research

    Na Hi Jnanena Sadrusham Pavitram Iha Vidyate – there is nothing on this earth which is equivalent to Knowledge in purity. Purity can be taken to imply importance or values and hence can be made mandatory. It is therefore naturally imperative that we have a Knowledge based Society, where, intellectuals, academicians, teachers, are revered and

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  • The Corona Virus Disease-19 pandemic: A Comparison with the 1918 Influenza pandemic

    The Corona Virus Disease-19 pandemic: A Comparison with the 1918 Influenza pandemic

    At the time of writing, the Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) is a raging global pandemic that is wreaking havoc on health systems and economies around the world. Most of the world’s population have been asked the stay indoors to stop the disease transmission. More than 200 countries are affected and already over 2 million people have been confirmed as infected with over 150,000 people succombing to the disease. A similar situation existed during the Influenza virus pandemic over a 100 years ago during which, an estimated one third of the whole human population was infected and 50-100 million people died. Here, I give my perspectives on these two pandemics, highlighting the similarities and differences. I also describe the lacunae that still exist and need further investigation.

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  • An Attempt at Quantifying Perspective: The Perennial Paradox

    An Attempt at Quantifying Perspective: The Perennial Paradox

    By Mr. Shantesh D. Hede Phd. The theme of the Evonomics online magazine in the first week of October 2016 which discussed the "Tyranny of Quantifying Everything" in which the profound words of Albert Einstein were central to the theme "Not everything that can be measured is important and not everything that is important canREAD MORE

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