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Knowledge quest magazine

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Knowledge quest magazine Knowledge quest magazine   Published this article  It means restraining or withdrawal of senses. There is no interest left in external objects resulting in total withdrawing towards the Self. This comes only through integration of other stages of Yama Niyama Asana and Pranayama when well practiced. With this the bahiranga sadhana (external quest) ends according to Patanjali. It is the state of total concentration where all the energies are channelised to a single point. Future past and present become one. Dharana Dhyan and Samadhi are known as Antaranga Sadhana (Internal Quest) In Dhyan the dharana stage is prolonged or continued. Its reflection thus becomes meditation. It is in this state that one achieves a pure conscious state paving the way for culmination into Samadhi - Superconscious state  Knowledge quest magazine  buy . Knowledge quest magazine

Griha shobha magazine

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Griha shobha magazine Griha shobha magazine   Published this article  States from where the migrant workers have moved out have had to raise wages due to severe shortage of labour. There are instances where workers have been given air tickets to return to work! These may be anecdotal instances but they do echo the need to treat workers with dignity though under duress. One only hopes that at least some such benefits last long enough to emerge as new practices. This should take us to Gandhijis intervention in Ahmedabad textile strike to negotiate in the issue of plague allowance. In my opinion there are several reasons that necessitate thinking of a Covid allowance and determining some standards to calculate it and these are 1. The virus is very likely to stay longer than was initially feared. That makes it systemic and not temporary and hence the need to institutionalise the support through designing a Covid allowance. 2. The lockdown inspired by the pandemic has led to what i...

General knowledge refresher

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General knowledge refresher   General knowledge refresher   Published this article  The Covid-19 pandemic is a seismic event that continues to grip the world. Despite being a biological domain-related concern in its purest nature and a pandemic characterised by global health emergency the scope of the event was remarkably discernible in other aspects of human life ranging from socio-cultural economic and political level. The notion of correlation between various countries characterised by the temporal and spatial interconnectedness which played such an important role in the proliferation of the disease requires consideration to justify the idea of the concept of Global Village as being acute  general knowledge refresher magazine  buy . General knowledge refresher  

Junior science refresher

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Junior science refresher Junior science refresher   Published this article  We have been brought to an alarming situation primarily on account of excessive greed faulty planning insensitive politics and lack of imagination. Technology being value-neutral has accelerated the pace of the downward journey. Climate change and global warming are posing serious problems. The biggest polluter has been the release of carbon dioxide. To control it with speed we have to change the terms of the market. It is based on the law of profit. A change would mean rejecting the general line of dealings in the market in the world for the sake of the long-term interests of the human race. Are we ready for this major break? And here wisdom comes  junior science refresher book buy . Junior science refresher