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Buddha and Marx: Two paths to similar goals

Two great personalities on earth – the Buddha and Karl Marx – propagated their ideals in different fields of thought in different times. The...

28.08.2025 10

The Statesman

Patranga Basu New Delhi

Community currency can facilitate social change

Money is not merely a piece of paper or a metal disc or an electronic digit but ‘in essence it is a social relationship’. Money is the promise to...

10.06.2025 20

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Patranga Basu New Delhi

Hunger is an enemy we must tackle

Hunger is a common physiological phenomenon. It is measured by the prevalence of undernourishment i.e. an individual’s habitual consumption of...

31.05.2025 10

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Patranga Basu New Delhi

Buddha’s influence on Vivekananda

The two great men shook the world by their ideas and deeds, and lived their lives for others on this very land, twenty-five centuries apart. Lord...

19.04.2025 10

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Patranga Basu New Delhi

Labour, capitalism and poverty are linked

Economic activities have taken the centre-stage of human life. Everyone has to earn his own money to sustain – to obtain food, shelter, education,...

31.03.2025 20

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Patranga Basu New Delhi

The passionate scientist with a rebellious mind

Nineteenth century India witnessed tremendous contributions of several Indian luminaries in the fields of science, arts, literature, business,...

29.09.2024 1

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Patranga Basu New Delhi

Economic empowerment can reduce inequality

Economic inequality has persisted for long and the present global economic scenario clearly indicates it will last at least for the foreseeable...

11.09.2024 40

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Patranga Basu New Delhi