Enigma Solution

30 Quotes in Praise of India For 2000 years, the great civilisations of India and China had an excellent relationship. Between them they represented 52% of global GDP.  Because of its great spirituality, and ability to continuously acquire, store, apply and transmit  knowledge very effectively, India was the elder brother in the relationship. India was the world's  greatest exporter of technology, culture, science, art, literature in addition to being a provider of high quality goods. People came from all over the world to study at India's countless Gurukuls , ashrams , universities and institutions. In spite of this incredible power, India never tried to conquer any land, seize resources use force, or coerce in any manner.  It preferred to have partners rather than vassals.  In today's age and time this may be considered foolish and  naive. But this is the nature of a civilisation, to always seek a win-win, mutually beneficial long last...

We had invited a niece for dinner. She works for a famous but struggling information technology company. Arriving rather late, she explained, "Actually my work got done quite a long while ago but we just hang around because that is our company culture. They say that it is the responsibility of employees to hang around for longer periods at the workplace on their own time." Could it be insecure managers and leaders, or employers trying to extract the maximum from their people for what they pay them, that cause such a culture to be imposed.  Such behaviour is mostly counterproductive as I learnt. I asked her what she felt about having to work an extra 2 to 3 hours of her time? She said, "It is unfair and stupid. Most people have no inspiration, are mostly demotivated, in fact they are anti organisational and often work against the organisation's interest, by doing the minimal amount of work, slowing things down, not pointing out problems or weaknesses, and...

“The real enemy is the man who tries to mold the human spirit so that it will not dare to spread its wings.” In an age obsessed with practicality, productivity, and efficiency, I frequently worry that we are leaving little room for abstract knowledge and for the kind of curiosity that invites just enough serendipity to allow for the discovery of ideas we didn’t know we were interested in until we are, ideas that we may later transform into new combinations with applications both practical and metaphysical. This concern, it turns out, is hardly new. In ' The usefulness of Useless Knowledge' , originally published in the October 1939 issue of  Harper’s , American educator  Abraham Flexner  explores this dangerous tendency to forgo  pure curiosity in favor of pragmatism  — in science, in education, and in human thought at large — to deliver a poignant critique of the motives encouraged in young minds, contrasting those with the drivers that motivated so...

It is said that; 'As per all known laws of aerodynamics, considering the body shape, mass, design and frequency of flapping of the wings, the Bumble Bee cannot fly. However, since the Bumble Bee does not know anything about the subject of aerodynamics, it flies.' Surprisingly, knowledge is often a barrier. Some people know so much about certain things and what could go wrong that they get paralysed. Here are two examples from the lives of our father and uncle which shows that following their instincts and ignoring 'knowledge' can sometimes pay off. My father Man Singh ji along with my Uncle Manohar Singh ji had founded our organisation. Both brothers had been schooled only to the 4th grade in a large village in rural Myanmar. They could not study any further because of the advent of World War II in Burma. They emigrated to India in 1964 after the Burmese Govt nationalised all properties and businesses belonging to foreigners, rendering most Indians almost penniless. B...