Whenever I hear the words “Nuclear weapons”, the tragic incidents of Hiroshima and Nagasaki come to my mind. The sheer fact that hundreds of thousands of people were killed with two nuclear bombs scares me to no ends. I often wonder what if nuclear bombs were used in today’s world. Nuclear weapons today are much […]
The Earth could be an alien’s science project!
Are living creatures found on earth only? Do aliens exist? Are humans the only intelligent species? If aliens exist, are they smarter than humans? These are some of the questions that are some of science’s greatest mysteries. I often question that how can Earth be the only place where living beings exist. People say that […]
Are grades everything?
“1N73LL1G3NC3 15 7H3 4B1L17Y 70 4D4P7 70 CH4NG3” -573PH3N HAWK1NG As a student, I find that the perception of people around me about intelligence is that they think students who get good grades are intelligent. If someone gets excellent marks just by cramming the entire syllabi, he is termed to be more intelligent than the […]
It’s not wrong to be an introvert!
“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining”- Anne Lamott There are 3 types of people in this world- Introverts, extroverts and ambiverts. There is a common belief that introverts are inferior to extroverts and ambiverts. This belief is not only prevalent amongst extroverts but […]
Nothing comes before mental health!
What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor and more unashamed conversation – Glenn Close “That man is consulting a psychiatrist. He is mad”. These words represent the mentality of the typical Indian today and is something which needs to be changed. If a person is going through mental trauma and needs to visit […]
Promote Entrepreneurship!
Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t so you can spend your the rest of your life like most people can’t The ultimate dream of most teenagers in our world is to get a job in their favoured Multi-National Company and earn around $100,000 a year doing a 9 […]
Is Money Overrated?
“Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference”- Barack Obama We all seem to go after money. We all think that being ‘rich’ is the ultimate goal.We believe that once we have earned tons of money, our lives are successful. We dream of staying in luxurious hotels, dining in high-end restaurants and […]
Are we really allowed to live our lives our own way?
We live in the world’s largest democracy(India) but I often wonder that are we being allowed to live our lives our own way in this country? The answer that comes to my mind is a starightforward ‘NO’. Now my argument has 2 aspects. One legal and one moral. Let me talk about the moral one […]
Are we all racist and discriminatory in some way or the other?
Being an Indian, I often find people living around me accuse the Europeans and the Americans to be racist and hostile towards our ethnicity. Of course there are some people who are racist towards our ethnicity.The recent example being the whole T-Series vs Pewdiepie saga where people have turned aggressive against Indians calling them names […]
Is Social Media really doing us any good?
Let me start off today’s post with my experience of what people post nowadays on social networking sites like snapchat and instagram.The most common posts I see include driving in a car with some songs on and putting up stories which state how much time is left for a friend’s birthday. I find no sense […]
