Himani Sancheti
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Himani Sancheti is a liberal arts graduate, loves to play violin. Currently, she is working for an Ed-tech startup and aspires to study philosophy with physics some day.
Education is not merely to generate wealth
In the discourse about the status quo and the zeitgeist of the modern times, it is evident that the emphasis is majorly on the building and sustenance of financial capital. The World Bank’s The Changing Wealth of Nations 2018 report shows that the global wealth grew an estimated 66 percent ($690 trillion to $1143 trillion) from 1995 to 2014…
Humanity in diversity: Can it really exist?
Very serious thoughts about human nature and diversity emerged in my mind after the recent protests by the JNU students. The subsequent – and completely unrelated – questions raised by the news media on the significance and utility of the education being imparted at JNU was intriguing. I wondered what it was that made a…
Changing personifications of the ‘Idea of India’
We can reasonably say that discourses about Indian culture mostly borrows its context from closely knit familial bonds, institutions like marriage, caste, respecting elderly wisdom, and so on. There are also aspects that place immense emphasis on devotion, spiritual enlightenment, wisdom from rishis and epics, minimalist and frugal living, coexistence with nature, written and said…
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