Category: General

The Power of Intent

Here’s an experiment: the next time you get a call from a telecaller, smile when you answer it and keep smiling through the conversation. Even if you have to force yourself to do it. See how that call goes. You will notice that you were much calmer, you will feel...

Pay it forward

We may not be able to create our own butterfly effect that has reaching societal consequences but wouldn’t it be great if we could create our own ripples with immediate effects that we could witness? The concept of pay if forward does just that. It couldn’t have been better illustrated...

Butterfly Effect, Kindness Boomerang or both?

The butterfly effect, quite simply put, propounds the theory that the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in one part of the world can cause a typhoon in another part. Basically, a very small change in initial conditions can create a significantly different outcome. It’s a charming idea. No wonder the...

Noise in the age of digital media

Remember how we used to fiddle with the dial on the vintage radio, trying to tune in a station? When we found the signal: Voila! Music! And in between? Hiiissssss…Noise. Unlike today, times were simpler, choices were fewer and it was easier to distinguish between noise and signal. The Internet...