onsidering how we spend our entire lives in the dogged pursuit of happiness, how come the polities of nations have neglected this aspect? This is as startling as, perhaps, the full stop after the heading of this piece. The delight that an exclamation can express is painfully missing, perhaps leading many of you to think…
ntuitively, one knows that mental and emotional well-being of citizens elevates their performance – they are easier to work/collaborate with; they are more sound decision makers; they can think along creative planes; they are productive; and they approach situations with the attitude of problem-solving. Such well-being enriches the physical, intellectual and social assets of a…
hy can’t Manmohan Singh get Barack Obama on the hotline and tell him: ‘Dear Mr President, my country has just realised that the deal that the Indian government brokered with an American company that had killed 25,000 Indians in Bhopal 25 years ago was unfair and unjust. We need more money to compensate the victims…
here is growing respect for ‘sustainability’ as a philosophy and a practice for businesses. It is this respect that is driving the sustainability movement, perhaps with greater gravity than any other motive. The other motives include the motive of targeted public-relations building and the motive of business’ cause alignment. There is a moral basis and…
