What does Eliot’s famous line ‘I have measured out my life with coffee spoons…’ mean? — This line is from the poem ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‘, in which Prufrock is a mythical person symbolic of the 20th century man. The poem highlights the emotional woes of this man, who has no self-confidence, is indecisive about proposing to …

Edward Osborne Wilson is an American biologist (Myrmecology, a branch of entomology), researcher (sociobiology, biodiversity), theorist (consilience, biophilia), and naturalist (conservationism). A two-time Pulitzer Prizewinner, Wilson argues that human behaviour can largely be explained by biology. He is Pellegrino University professor emeritus of entomology at Harvard University. Wilson is known for his career as a scientist, his advocacy for environmentalism, …

Ehud Olmert was born near Binyamina in the British Mandate of Palestine, Olmert is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with degrees in psychology, philosophy and law. According to Olmert, his parents, Bella and Mordechai escaped “persecution in Ukraine and Russia and found sanctuary in Harbin, China. They emigrated to Israel to fulfill their dream of building a …

Dr. Avtar Singh Paintal M.D., Ph.D. (September 24, 1925 in Mogok, Burma – December 21, 2004 in Delhi, India) was a medical scientist who has made pioneering discoveries in the area of neurosciences and respiratory sciences. When people, whether young or old, climb a mountain, they are easily tired. If they still over exert themselves, breathlessness overcomes them and they …

Didi Maa Sadhvi Ritambhara Ji — Over the years, Sadhvi Ritambharaji has emerged as one of the most prominent Indian spiritualist in the contemporary times. Though there have been many who have been charmed by the spiritual and the divine affection of the mother, it is only Sadhvi Rithambaraji who has tried to mould this affection into a village of …

Diana Baumrind — Diana Blumberg Baumrind was born on August 23, 1927. She is a clinical and developmental psychologist. Baumrind was born into a small jewish community in New York City, the first of two daughters of Hyman and Mollie Blumberg. She completed her B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy at Hunter College in 1948, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in …

Dharnidhar Boro — Until the late 1990s, the national highway that connected Assam’s capital Guwahati with the Kaziranga National Park, around 215km away, was a dusty, choppy road, eroded by years of devastating floods. In the past decade, Assam has become a tourist-friendly state. The same highway is a cruise now. Beyond the smooth roads and the new tourist resorts …

How did the term ‘window dressing’ originate? — Textile and readymade shops dress mannequins (models of human bodies) with attractive clothing they sell and place them in display windows. Likewise, mutual funds and banks add more temporary assets and liabilities on year ends to ensure their balance sheets remain attractive to the public, especially investors. As their intention is to …

Daati Ji Maharaj — Shree Sidh Shakti Peeth Shanidham Peethadheeshwar Shree Shree 1008 Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Daati Ji Maharaj i.e. Paramhans Daati Ji Maharaj. Paramhans Daati Ji Maharaj is an adept yogi, Through extensive meditation carried out by him over long period of time, he appeased Lord Shani and was bestowed the title of Shree Sidh Shakti Peeth Shanidham Peethadheeshwar. His …

Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941), known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford’s Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. Dawkins describes his childhood as “a normal Anglican upbringing”. Though he began having doubts …