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Blame this on Herbert Spencer. He read Charles Darwin's On The Origins of Species [1864] and found in it an endorsement of his own economic theories. So, he coined the term 'Survival of The Fittest'.
Later, Darwin was persuaded to accept the term 'Survival of the Fittest' by his collaborator and fellow traveller, Alfred Russel Wallace, and thought that the term 'avoided the troublesome anthropomorphism of selecting'. So, he wrote, in the fifth edition of the Origin, published in...Read the full article »
Tags: Darwin, Survival, fittest, Nature, Herbert Spencer
"My idea of Village Swaraj is that it is a complete republic, independent of its neighbors for its wants, and yet interdependent for many others in which dependence is a necessity". M K Gandhi.
It could be a movie, but it's true. Born in Kuthambakkam in a well-to-do lower caste family, Rangasamy Elango describes himself as a rebellious youth who was committed helping his village escape the stranglehold of a caste-based society.
Elango went on to...Read the full article »
Tags: Governance,Sudhakar,Ram,Mastek
"I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence": Explorer, diver and conservationist – Jacques Cousteau.
Imagine a roadway through an ancient village, with houses on either side – a few big houses, owned by the rich, as well as modest middle-class homes.One day, after renovating his house, one of the rich residents throws his old unwanted furniture and out on the side of the road. Poor people take away some of...Read the full article »
Tags: Sudhakar,Ram,governing,the,planet,newconstructs,earth
"The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances". Victor E. Frankl
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I read the story of Victor Frankl in the early 90's and was deeply moved and inspired. Victor Frankl, as an inmate of a Nazi concentration camp, made a powerful choice. He refused to allow himself to sink into depths of despair and gloom despite seeing his near and dear ones being led to the gas chambers. Instead, as a psychiatrist, he chose to exercise...Read the full article »
I read the story of Victor Frankl in the early 90's and was deeply moved and inspired. Victor Frankl, as an inmate of a Nazi concentration camp, made a powerful choice. He refused to allow himself to sink into depths of despair and gloom despite seeing his near and dear ones being led to the gas chambers. Instead, as a psychiatrist, he chose to exercise...Read the full article »
Tags: freedom,choice,sudhakar,ram,mastek
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