Marcel Proust was an early 20th-century French writer behind what is officially the longest novel in the world: À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time) – which has 12,67,069 words in it. The text was published in French in 7 volumes, spanning over 14 years. And was immediately hailed as the […]
Author Archives: nandita
28
Apr
Apr
Yes, you are using these mechanisms almost each day. Yes, you are unaware of their usage. Yes, you should now become aware of them.
28
Apr
Apr
Today, we bring to you a special story from the life of the mystic and the saint, Kabir Das. Buddha was to give an extremely special talk one day. Thousands of people from miles around had come. When Buddha arrived, he was holding a flower. Time passed but Buddha said nothing. He just kept looking […]
27
Apr
Apr
Kabir Das, a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, composed during his lifetime couplets that are as simple with their words as they are sublime with their wisdom. If we try to understand the golden meaning behind these dohas, we’ll be able to lead our lives more fully. In this series, we attempt to interpret […]
27
Apr
Apr
Jonathan Dancy is a 20th century British philosopher who has written on ethics and epistemology. In his text, An Introduction to Contemporary Epistemology, Dancy offers us three arguments that the skeptics offer us to prove the uncertainty of knowledge. These are ‘Brains in Vats Argument’, ‘The Argument from Error’ & ‘The Arguments from Experience’.Skepticism is […]
26
Apr
Apr
On this World Mental Health Day, we recall a story full of wisdom for the self, as narrated by OSHO.
25
Apr
Apr
Imagine that you decide to volunteer for an experiment. You reach the laboratory and are asked to perform the boring task of filling the beakers with water and placing them onto the trays for a good 15 minutes. Once you do the needful, the experimenter thanks you and tells you to describe your boring task […]
25
Apr
Apr
Let’s see what the ancient Greek Philosopher had to say about life! 1. Pain Is Essential Aristotle believed that to learn something important, one had to exert both physically and mentally. And many a times, this effort towards learning involved pain. He encouraged us to embrace this pain and see its bright side: the learning. […]
25
Apr
Apr
Nanak naam jahaaj hai. Charhe so uttare paar. (O Nanak, the name of Waheguru is like a ship which will take you to your salvation) This saying by Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism, is what so many souls around the world turn to during difficult times. His life was full of events […]
24
Apr
Apr
Client-centered therapy or person-centered therapy is a non-directive kind of talk therapy developed by Carl Rogers. Coming from a humanistic perspective, Rogers believed that people are innately good. He also strongly believed that people have an actualizing tendency or the ability to work towards achieving the best they can out of themselves. And based on […]