Simple Words of Wisdom

- Pratik Badgujar  6 min read Military Technology development has always been a topic of debate in intellectual circles. It is said that it is luxurious to spend on the military while the basic survival needs of people are not fulfilled. While the counter-argument is that without ensuring the safety of citizens, it is futile to talk about their needs and wants. There have been numerous technological developments that were done for armed forces but later used as solutions for many everyday problems. Here are a few examples: Internet and GPS were initially developed for military usage, and we cannot thank the inventors enough for them! Packaged food was again developed for soldiers and now this has made the lives of so many people easier than before.  Wristwatches were also developed for soldiers first.  Aviator glasses were first developed for aviation aircraft pilots (and hence the name).  Alan Turing’s work on developing the encryption decoding machine during World War II laid the fou

  - Chandrashekhar Sangoi 8 minute read As the lockdown was imposed in India due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many people shared glimpses of their everyday actions through social media. Since lockdown in itself was a never-before the incident, millions of people were forced to stay in their homes for weeks. This stay facilitated for them to be in each other’s company. People used this homestay in their own ways creatively. Although, the staff of essential services had to perform their duties and couldn’t have this privilege of the homestay. It's a human tendency that we cannot bear the monotony for a long time. Working continuously or being lethargic, both situations are not favorable for human development. In both cases, the beauty, enthusiasm, and excitement of living disappear. You start feeling insignificant, the mind becomes dissociated with everything, and nothing seems appealing. In the absence of enthusiasm and interest in work, your development stops, and life starts appear

- Pratik Badgujar   3 Minute Read It is 29th July 2020 today and India has received her first batch of 5 out of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft purchased from France. This inclusion of Rafale will boost the combat capabilities of the Indian Air Force (IAF) significantly. Frankly speaking, I am not much happy at the moment. After all, we have just purchased Rafale and not developed ourselves. I understand that purchasing war equipment is not like buying groceries. A lot of diplomatic touches are required to convince a country to sell its war equipment to us and hence completing a military purchase is a victory of Indian Diplomacy in some sense. Rafale was first inducted in French Navy in 2000 and was inducted in its Air Force in 2008. So, by that standard, we are still at least 12 years behind the French Air Force. In these 12 years, French defense companies/military research must have certainly advanced further. India produces the largest number of engineers in the world. The number o

- Pratik Badgujar                                                                                                                                                  4 minute read  Twitter: @pbadgujar24 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pratikbadgujar.24  NEWS- its something we are surrounded of. Boring, funny, astonishing and exciting; news comes in all flavours! Formally defined by Merriam Webster as ‘a report of recent events’, news is an important source of knowing the recent developments all around the world.   Many times, those developments are a key input for lot of decision making for almost all of us. A significant part of daily conversations is about news. Gossip, after all, is nothing without sharing of surprising news about a third person! A thought Experiment Consider that you are a rich fellow and you like to live on an island alone in your own solitude- far away from other humans. Also, you do not like to communicate with others by any means. Now, to keep abreast of h

चन्‍द्रशेखर संगाेई            8 minute read कोरोना महामारी के चलते भारत में जब लॉकडाउन शुरू हुआ , तब सभी लोगो ने सोशल मीडिया के माध्यम से लॉकडाउन में उनके रोजमर्रा के कार्यों की झलकियाँ डाली। चूँकि लॉकडाउन अपने आप में एक विचित्र घटना थी , जिसके कारण करोड़ो लोग एक साथ महिनो तक घर मेें रूकने के लिए मजबूर हुऐ । इसी समय का आप लोगो ने अपने - अपने तरीके से उपयोग किया। हाँलाकि आवश्‍यक सेवा (इसेंशियल सर्विसेज) क्षैत्रो में कार्य कर रहे लोग लॉकडाउन के दौरान भी अपने कर्तव्य निभाते रहे। साधारण दिनों में आप चाहे लगातार अपनी आजीविका के कामों में डूबे (workaholic) रहे हो अथवा लॉकडाउन के दौरान लगातार महीनों तक घर में बेठे रहे हो , दोनों ही स्थितियों में आप लगातार लम्‍बे समय तक नहीं रह सकते। दोनों ही स्थितियाँ जीवन के विकास के अनुकूल नहीं होती है। दोनों ही स्थितियों में जीवन की सुंदरता समाप्त हो जाती है और जीवन निरस होने लगता है। अधिक समय तक निरसता पूर्ण जीवन जीते रहने के कारण आपको जीवन