Proper conduct and ideals in your career
Shrii Shrii Anandamurti said: "Encourage everyone to build their career in a nice way. Let none get the opportunity to think that their life has become useless." - Ánanda Púrńimá…
How wide is religion defined and how far does it extend today?
How wide is the "definition" of religion and how far does it extend today? For example, encompassing many spiritual beliefs and practices, new religions, new practices. Is religion a static…
Long-term impacts of slavery and racism on gender issues in developing countries today and the role of CEDAW in activism
Introduction Slavery of coloured/indigenous people along with colonialism in their homelands, and the systemic racism that went with it, caused and has left deep-rooted socio-economic inequalities in today’s developing countries.…
Is development a project of whiteness?
This essay examines some key points in considering whether ‘development is a project of whiteness’, and what are some recent trends that might suggest otherwise. As a start, we can…
Impact of global warming on validity of triple bottom line reporting
The triple bottom line (TBL) process involves identifying, assessing and reporting an organisation’s activities in terms of their impact on the environment, society, and the economy (Elkington 1980). TBL covers…
Pseudo-Culture: What Is It?
The concept of 'pseudo-culture' was discussed by the German philosopher Theodor Adorno in his 1959 essay, Theory of Pseudo-Culture. He argued that the then existing "crisis in culture" cannot be…
War as Human Darkness
The ongoing wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are stark reminders of the darkest impulses within the human mind. These conflicts—whether in Israel, Gaza, Ukraine or Yemen—are not just…
Decline of Vegetable Consumption in the USA: Profit Over Public Health
Vegetable consumption in the United States has been on a steady decline, with most of the vegetables consumed coming from potatoes and tomatoes, primarily in the form of fries (thinly…
Rational Profit
Profit is essential for businesses in the commercial economy because it stimulates firms seeking enough revenue to pay for labour, materials, rent and other expenses, plus some leftover as net…
Living the Spirit of Dynamic Movement
The word 'caraeveti' is an Upanishadic dictum for 'dynamism is the essence of life '. The Sanskritic derivation is cara + iva + iti = keep proceeding on or moving…