The concept of liberal arts is a broad concept and has various dimensions. Multidisciplinary study has been given vital importance in liberal arts education. Liberal arts is a field of study based on rational thinking and it includes the areas of humanities, social and physical sciences and mathematics. A liberal arts degree includes the study … Read more
In the 21st century, we all are surrounded by communication devices and the world today is unthinkable without them. But just go two centuries back, even a century back, a few decades back in remote areas and communication devices were obscure, if not absent completely. Thus, beyond doubt the invention of radio and other communication … Read more
True to the organic nature of life itself, a transdisciplinary education in liberal arts seeks to dissolve the interdisciplinary boundaries and equips its pupils with an eye for discerning intersectionality and interconnections as a template for learning for life and learning from life. Sociology, as one of the disciplines offered as a major in a … Read more
When James Watson and Francis Crick jointly received their Nobel in 1962 for their 1953-determination of the double helical structure of the DNA, other significant scientists who also aided in this discovery were left out (ever heard of Rosalind Franklin in this context as much as you may be aware of Watson and Crick?) In … Read more
ESSENCE OF LIBERAL ARTS “This is the best reason to learn history not to predict the future, but to free yourself of the past and imagine alternative destinies. Of course, this is not total freedom we cannot avoid being shaped by the past. But some freedom is better than none.” Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus … Read more
Pic credits: Unsplash Very often, life brings us to a crossroads, to a dilemma of sorts, where we do not know where to go and whom to turn to. It is during these times that our inner strength, our inner self comes to help us. But what is this inner self? Where does it come … Read more
Pic credits: Unsplash The rising number of interpersonal issues and mental health concerns during the pandemic has made the world debate on issues related to well-being and happiness. Such discussions on happiness and well-being demonstrate a glaring issue. Many a time, the terms happiness and well-being are discussed separately, and sometimes interchangeably. But are they the same? … Read more
The Chief Justice of India, N V Ramana, speaking at an event, recently commented that the modern education system tends to focus only on the ‘utilitarian’ function of education. He observed further that a utilitarian educational system is not equipped to deal with the ‘moral’ or ‘spiritual’ function of education which builds the character of … Read more
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Business Communication Models There is an innocuous simplicity and brevity to Claude Shannon’s 1948 paper ‘Mathematical Theory of Communication’ that makes it destined to become a landmark in not just the history of engineering but also of human thought, in general. As a befuddled upstart in the business school universe, beholding … Read more