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Mood Freezing

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 By Dr.J.J.Savithri Anger is red hot. Like other instinctual drives, existential experiences and primitive affects, anger can be denied or repressed. And when anger is chronically repressed, it becomes problematical, pathological, toxic and potentially dangerous to self and others. The solution, however, is not to hit a punching bag: This will not make the anger, resentment or bitterness disappear. But it will likely provide some momentary release of tension. The misconception that was held for long was that venting anger is an effective way to reduce stress. Venting feels great. It feels like if you get the bad stuff out you’ll return to normal. An experiment was conducted in the year 1984. In the experiment the subjects after being deliberately annoyed were given placebo pills which according to the instructions were supposed to calm them or at least make them believe the same. When these participants are artificially infuriated and then given the fake pill, they both reduce ...

The Mind

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By  Dr.S.T.Nambi Mind is the next most important thing after our physical body. While the body is tangible the mind is intangible and hence difficult to fathom. But what is mind? The answer still remains elusive as science, philosophy and religion conceptualize it differently. Science defines mind as the set of faculties involving  cognitive aspects and non-cognitive aspects. Cognitive aspects include things such as consciousness, imagination, thinking, intelligence, perception, judgment, language and memory. Non cognitive aspects include things such as emotion and instinct etc. Philosophers and religion answers this differently. Is the mind part of the body, or the body part of the mind? Are they same or are they different? If they are distinct, then how do they interact? And which of the two is in charge? All these inevitable questions led philosophers to propound theories such as dualism and monism. Dualism is of the view that the mind and body both exist as se...

That’s what we all want when we start the day

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By Mr. Sreeraman Nandhi  There are various means to talk with your mind. One of the best way is to write down in a paper, this helps the mind to echo. Before going to sleep one must prepare his or her mind for two important things, one is to assimilate the day’s events so that he or she gets good sleep. Next is to prepare the mind to work for the next day. How can it be achieved? It’s very simple, all that is needed is to write down the day’s event honestly as an essay for at least one page. Then spending few minutes on what is written to ensure that everything is captured. This process will help to close the day and also shutting down our brain after the day’s work. It’s like shutting down the PC at the end of the day. Once this is done, three learning’s for the day and five things which need to be done for the next day as top priority during the first half, should be written in separate page. This whole process should be completed in less than 15 to 20 minutes. After completing t...

Lexical Addition - Doomscrolling & Doomsurfing

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 By Ms.M.N.Viveka The Covid 19 pandemic has brought the world to its knees. In consequence, it brought about huge shifts in our way of life and also altered the lifestyle of people. The human race is experienced in transforming challenges into opportunities. Hopefully, this crisis will also be used to recreate something new and more humane. The First major change Covid has brought in is the shift from offline to online in everything especially traditional, face to face teaching learning to online virtual mode. The surge in sign up for online courses is greater than ever. The Second major fact is personal hygiene. Washing hands, sanitizing things before use and wearing mask while going out has become a habit. The third major change that has become a part of our life is working from home.     In this uncertain situation there are so many things happening around and we cannot stop ourselves from paying attention to certain sad or bad news though it may be depressing. This ga...

What would Nature want post Covid19? – “Biomimetics”

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 By Dr.P.Sangeetha “We’re seeing a bit of Utopian glimmer coming through, and natural selection chooses what works over and over. So, when we get back to normal, we get this glorious choice to put back in our lives only what is best, only what we found made life worth living.” We’ve just been eating through [the planet] and colonizing it. And we’re spillover prone-or virus prone- right now. Life’s natural defenses –its immune system –which normally keeps everything in balance, has been threadbare. “Viruses are all around us. In a square meter, 800 million viruses a day fall from the sky. They are a hugely important part of our world and our evolution. But these pandemics happen when the natural defenses are broken. Meanwhile the climate change is just putting everything under stress. So we’ve got this natural system that is out of kilter.” Our current plight should encourage a rethink about how human systems-both economic and social-might ease the strain on our natural system....

NEO BANK – RISE OF THE INVISIBLE BANK

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 By Mrs.S.Johnsi A   digital - only bank   provides banking facilities exclusively through digital platforms, such as mobile, tablets, and the Internet. These digital banks offer services using electronic documentation and automated processes. Technology changes the way with which cash and cheques are deposited and payments and money transfers are carried out in these banks. So, digital banks have emerged as an influential choice for the young generation. The top two digital banks and the key features is discussed in this article.   1.    MONZO BANK Monzo is an online bank in the United Kingdom. It was founded by Tom Blomfield, Jonas Huckestein, Jason Bates, Paul Rippon and Gary Dolman in 2015. It originally operated with a mobile app and a pre paid debit card. From 2017 the bank started to offer deposit accounts. By providing excellent customer service Monzo differentiates it with all other banks and has reached 40,00,000 customers. The key features of...

Tokenising Business – Taking the ICO route

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By Dr.Deepa Venugopal In February 2018, Mumbai based Drivezy – A Peer to Peer car and bike rental platform raised $5 million in the first round of its Initial Coin Offering -ICO. The company used Rental Coins 1.0 as its private cryptocurrency token to raise money from investors and HNIs based out of Singapore and Japan. In the recent past,numerous Start-ups have successfully integrated blockchain technology into their business and has taken the ICO route to raise funds for their business.   An ICO is a novel method of fund raising for start-ups by issuing digital tokens. This issuing of digital coins is known as Tokenisation in the crypto world. A Token represents something “particular” in the business ecosystem. This could be a value, service, voting rights etc.Are crypto currency and tokens one and the same? The answer is No. A cryptocurrency has a value outside their indigenous environment. But tokens are based (derived from)on an existing smart contract platform like Ethereum...