When Algorithms Curate Minds…
The tools and technologies that were initially designed to help us understand the world around us are increasingly determining and controlling how we think.
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The Holy Quran Invokes Reason to Instill Faith
Not many know that the Holy Quran establishes the veracity of The Bible, The Torah, and many other scriptures (that have been lost over time) as Divine messages. The Quran states that time and again the Creator has sent Messengers and Scriptures to guide the human race, so that they know the purpose of life and follow the principles of righteous living.
Of Fairytales and Nightmares
Recent researches have been conclusive on the impact of social environment on human brain development. The results suggest a potential neural connection between gender inequality and cognitive and emotional disability.
Self: an infinitesimal dot of the natural world we exist
The process of creation is unique and a miracle so commonplace that we hardly give a thought to it. Yet creation again and again unfolds it for us, so perhaps one day we pause to think if there is anything that it tries to teach.
The Quest for the Fountain of Youth
The yearning for immortality and the quest for the fountain of youth is a desire embedded in the human psyche. Poets and writers immortalized their thoughts and their powerful words transcended through generations of sensibilities staying relevant until today. Similarly, scientists, explorers, artists, sculptors, painters, and people of great excellence have defied the confinement of one human life and have lived beyond mortal existence. But the mortal self has to go and ageing is the most natural progression of this culmination.
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The Value System that Sir Syed’s Aligarh Imbibes
Only when we learn to identify, recognize, and respect the most oppressed and marginalized section of a society, the foundation of a just order can be structured. What better place than an institution to establish this order?
Two Parallel Worlds and Neither Just
Over centuries the so-called evolving society has given women a generic profile to follow, where every digression has been opposed with vehement aggression. And it is equally true about both the conservative and liberal societies.
The Vagaries of a Marriage in India
The story is just not about love and fulfillment that adorn a marriage. It also touches upon the loss and longings of the ones who lose their partners in the journey of life.
Dear Mother, thanks for teaching me to live life with grace
It is spring time in the northern hemisphere, and much like the blossoms there are innumerable bird species feeding, nesting, and rearing their hatchlings. A few days back, I had the chance to watch a pair of adult sparrows teach their young hatchling how to fly. Each time they flew to a nearby branch encouraging the baby to flap its wing, the young chick hopped and showed its effort. I am sure by the end of the day the baby must have taken its first flight and one of these days it will deftly e
The spirit of Ramadan: Why it is crucial for the world today
It was a shiny one rupee coin, a special one that my father gave because I was fascinated to admire and play with it. I partially knew its material value. Perhaps it was worth a few of my favorite toffees. It was the beginning of a month and the time for my older siblings to get their pocket money as well. My mother gave them their allowance but it came with a piece of implicit advice. Mother said, ‘while charity is always a good deed in the eyes of God, during Ramadan the reward for such a deed
Brainfeed Magazine Sept 2016
Brainfeed Magazine Sept 2016
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What it's like to survive as a non-conformist woman in workplace
Living the life of a female is more complex and a little perplexing if you do not have the usual feminine mindset. I am sure to receive backlash from my female counterparts when I point out the innate whim of a conformist female, who place presentation over personality.
But I just want to pour my heart out and relieve the pressure of living under the constant torture of being presentable. Call it social fabric or personal choice women grow up to be more conscious of their social presentation in
But I just want to pour my heart out and relieve the pressure of living under the constant torture of being presentable. Call it social fabric or personal choice women grow up to be more conscious of their social presentation in
Rags to riches stories great for TRPs, but not necessarily ethical
A rags to riches story invariably sells in the market. This theme has hogged an unprecedented limelight after the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014 elections, where the largest democracy of the world voted. Modi had many more credentials to feed the sensationalist mindset, nourished by fiery slogans, social media gallantry, etc., but that is not the matter of discourse for now.
As a society of unequal opportunities, we must celebrate the efforts when individuals fight od
As a society of unequal opportunities, we must celebrate the efforts when individuals fight od