RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR The legendary philosopher Aristotle divided emotions between morally good and bad states. He extolled emotions, such as self-belief, elation and cordiality as ‘good’ and fear, envy and hatred as ‘bad.’ Ironically, the wisest of Greeks did not include eudaimonia, a distinctive form of happiness, which is synonymous with the modern concept of mind-body, […]
Author Archives: Rajgopal Nidamboor
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Cricketing contexts are boundless means — not arbitrary constructions. They are, in more ways than one, nestled truths anchored in wide and deep realities, where each of such truths is a part of other wholes. In other words — a myriad artwork that more than highlights, or celebrates, a particular context. This also […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR The word, cancer, sends an eerie chill down everyone’s spine, or cascading gun fire in one’s mind. In medical terms, cancer is a group of cells, usually derived from a single cell that has lost its normal control mechanism. The consequence is unfettered cell growth. Cancer can begin almost anywhere in the body. […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR There is evidence to show that being overweight puts you at amplified health risk — high blood pressure, heart disorders, diabetes, and gall bladder disease, among others. Losing weight is, therefore, a key part of any early treatment plan, albeit recent research presents a paradox — that having a few ‘supplementary’ pounds may […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR When Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity ‘toppled’ Sir Isaac Newton’s model which was dominant since the Renaissance, it led to a new resurgence — that the fundamentals of scientific discernment were not a fixed, or inflexible, set of edicts. Rather, such models were elucidations of certain composite portents reliant on societal norms, just […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR All of us know its essence, if not its subtle nuance — yet, we are, for the most part, too tense about what the future would hold for us. As Albert Einstein said, “I never think of the future; it comes soon enough.” For most people though, the future is always near and yet […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR It’s a simple question with the most complex of answers. Why psychological and emotional factors make us anxious, sick, or ill? Or, why our body’s neural and chemical processes trigger psychological distress — and, upset our immune system — leading to illness? Or, why a certain number of people spend most part of […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR The philosopher Plato thought that we are all in the same yacht apropos of our vision. This, notwithstanding the fact that all of us aim to be better than others while imbibing and cultivating wisdom, valour, balance, or commitment, and not being absurd, anxious, indisciplined, or prejudiced. The inference is apparent — if […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Mindfulness is about guiding our attention inwards, in the present moment, and relating to the sensations we are feeling, and what thoughts and emotions we’re going through. When diversions occur — a child crying, or TV jabbering, a bird singing, a new recollection surfacing — we just let them go. The mind is […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Genius, said Arthur Schopenhauer, the great philosopher, is the ‘completest’ objectivity; a decided predominance of knowledge over will. It holds up to us the magic glass of all that is essential in the clearest light. So much so, what is accidental, or foreign, is automatically left out. Genius, added Schopenhauer, is not merely […]