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What role does Spirituality play in World Economics?

December 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev in conversation with Kavita Chhibber:

Economic activity in the world is as old as humanity. Beginning as a rudimentary activity, it has become more and more efficient, complex and finally disastrous to the planet today.
Until the inner well being is in place, organization of the outer world will continue to be haphazard. We [...]

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Tags: culture · economic development · globalisation · health & well-being · human development · leadership · spirituality

On race in music

December 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Thanks mom for sending me this blog post by Suzanne Vega on her new song, “Daddy Is White.” You can listen to it, too.

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If you’re happy and you know it–update your status!

December 6th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’re feeling great today, you may end up inadvertently spreading the joy to someone you don’t even know.

This network from 2000, colored for average mood, shows yellow as happy, blue as sad, and green as in-between.

New research shows that in a social network, happiness spreads among people up to three degrees removed from [...]

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Yatra to Diyatra

September 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Just got back from a visit to a village outside of Bikaner, where my mother-in-law’s family is from. In the middle of the desert, but still filled with life. We visited local ponds, schools that the family had built (and of which my husband’s grandfather is very proud), ate watermelons and other produce from the [...]

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Tags: culture · rural india

I’m not the only woman writer in Jaipur!

September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

The Jaipur Times today has an article called ‘Penning their way to freedom’:
Determined to find their own expression, women in Jaipur are increasingly taking up writing as a serious pursuit. Despite cultural challenges and family responsibilities, they are living their passion as successful authors. Today, most of them have to their credit, several books on [...]

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