(I had written this essay for an online competition conducted by the IPHU on the theme of “Innovating for the health of all” )
Countries of the world have been busy investing money in making bullets to silence communication. What we need now is for countries to invest time on making valuable communication.
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When the meaning of [...]
Archive for the ‘Ideology’ Category
A thought on communication
Posted in Development, Health, Ideology, Introspection, Verbal diarrhoea, tagged Approach, Communication, Development, Health, Innovation on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Illusions of Time, Space and Person
Posted in Environmental Concept, Ideology, Introspection, tagged Actions, Buddhism, Consequences, Environment, Illusions, Philosophy on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Consequences of action seek definability. One knows through experience not to touch a steaming cup of coffee or their hands or lips may get burnt in the process.
The ramifications of ones actions are not always so definable. If one spills water on the stairway, someone else may slip and fall a few minutes later. But [...]
The Earth Organism
Posted in Environmental Concept, Ideology, Introspection, tagged Crisis, Environment, Gaia Hypothesis, Philosophy on February 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve already introduced the term ‘Gaia Hypothesis’ in a previous post and I think it is about time we explore a little further into this all important concept.
An easy way to get a better understanding of the concept is to compare the earth as a whole to the functioning of the human body. The human [...]
Ideologies in environmentalism
Posted in Environmental Concept, Ideology, tagged Anthropocentricism, Biocentricism, Ecocentricism, Environment, Philosophy on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If one were to read the literature discussing the evolution and history of the approaches to environmental issues, there are 2 or 3 basic ideologies that govern the thought process of human perception about the environment. More specifically, the various outlooks to other living beings are of prime significance in our approach to nature.
A few terms which are to be discussed [...]
The ’special’ dilemma
Posted in Education, Ideology, Introspection, tagged Environment, Holistic approach, Interdisciplinary sciences, Philosophy, Problem definition, Specialists on November 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
During my final year at medical college a professor made a joke “Soon we will reach such a high level of specialization that there will be a ‘Left index finger’ surgeon”. Of course we all laughed at the idea.
Through ever increasing number of ‘experiments’ and ‘research’ there is now so much literature and technique that each subject [...]
Arrested development
Posted in Development, Ideology, Introspection, Verbal diarrhoea, tagged Development, Education, Environment, Sustainable Development on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Post no. 20
Moving on further in understanding dichotomy, we now arrive again at the word ‘development’. I have already mentioned in my previous posts that this is one of the most abused words in the english language; and now it has so many meanings that it can possibly be used for anything.
The dominant paradigm in [...]
Science and nature – Fukuoka’s views
Posted in Environmental Concept, Ideology, Introspection, Science, tagged Environment, Farming, Masanobu Fukuoka, Philosophy, Science, The one straw revolution on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“All I could give them was one straw”….
Very recently I read the book “The One Straw Revolution”. I was raving about it to my colleagues, more so on the evening of the 17th of August. On the morning of the 18th, I got the news of the death of Masanobu Fukuoka, the author of the [...]
Our foundations are out of order!
Posted in Education, Ideology, Introspection, Science, tagged Chaos, Education, Environment, Perspectives, Philosophy, Science, The Matrix on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is a scene in the movie ‘The Matrix’ where Neo decides to save Morpheus from the clutches of Agent Smith and the other agents despite the fact that it would certainly be a suicide mission. The dialogue below is from the scene that follows the above decision:
Tank: Okay. What do you need, besides a miracle?
Neo: Guns. [...]
E=mc2 versus Eco-philosophy
Posted in Education, Ideology, Science, tagged Albert Einstein, Eco-Philosophy, Education, Environment on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Albert Einstein is revered and respected by every student while in secondary school and thereafter. Though most of us don’t understand what his contribution is to our world, he did say things and prove stuff which only a handful of people have understood in the entire world. His scruffy image with the out-of-control hairdo is [...]
Need, Want and Population
Posted in Development, Environmental Concept, Ideology, Introspection, tagged Environment, Philosophy, Population on June 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In my most favourite poem, Alfred Lord Tennyson says “…for men may come and men may go, but I go on for ever”. Here ‘I’ refers to a brook. The beauty, the importance, the benevolance and the power of the brook has been beautifully captured in this timeless piece.
Men continue to come and go. Over the years, [...]
