[silk] Bangladesh, Nepal, and the UN

Two more excerpts from Factfulness by Hans Rosling. Not sharing graphs, but they are so juicy. 1--- Thanks to better education, new affordable solutions, and global collaborations, the decrease in death rates is impressive even among those who are stuck on Level 1. Back in 1942, Bangladesh

Re: [silk] The Gap Instinct ~ Hans Rosling

Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 2:09 PM Vani Murarka <vani.mura...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Excerpt from Hans Rosling's book "Factfulness" > > > > This book is in my To Read list. Do you recommend it? > > BTW, Hans Rosling was an amazing human being (and communi

[silk] The Gap Instinct ~ Hans Rosling

Excerpt from Hans Rosling's book "Factfulness" --- So why is the misconception of a gap between the rich and the poor so hard to change? I think this is because human beings have a strong dramatic instinct toward binary thinking, a basic urge to divide things into two distinct groups, with

Re: [silk] silklist Digest, Vol 101, Issue 2

> > Anyway, reality :: cabbage is a nice image of the infiniteness of truth. > > Thank you Vani for bringing the spiritual element to the list. > > Pleasure Srini. Yes, cabbage is a nice image. Same place, same journey, digging deeper and deeper. Same circle, again and again - zooming out or

[silk] They lived looking, looking, looking

Am reading "Upstream: Selected Essays" by Mary Oliver these days ― Were they seed eaters? Were they meat eaters? Not the point. They were dreamers, and imaginers, and declarers; they lived looking and looking and looking, seeing the apparent and beyond the apparent, wondering, allowing for

[silk] To keep things a bit balanced

engagement. It is about connection, also known as love. Universal love. We have the power to choose. Question is, what will we choose? Fear of our own power, or love for the power that has been gifted to us? Fear binds. Love frees. -- Vani Murarka * vani expressions - blog writings <h

Re: [silk] Building a better world

> > I wanted to fork the thread "War on Science" to deal with the more > interesting discussion to me - Why isn't fairness, honesty and all the > wholesome qualities of being human so often absent in politicians, > scientists, business leaders and other guardians of society? > > I guess "isn't"

Re: [silk] War on Science?

ion, truth and beauty does find a way to emerge. That limitation that the entity imposes on itself, itself becomes its strength. This, the present moment, on a global scale, is a very fertile time. All that is erupting is only taking us towards that -- truth and beauty. -- Vani Murarka * vani e

Re: [silk] Mental Illness, Relationships, and Awareness

stories everywhere and sharing helps) as do all the wonderful people who come out and talk about mental illness. Thanks once again, for all the responses. -- Vani Murarka * vani expressions - blog writings <http://manaskriti.com/vani-expressions/> * काव्यालय (Kaavyaalaya: House of Hindi

Re: [silk] Mental Illness, Relationships, and Awareness

Yes. Thank you for sharing. On Jan 15, 2018 8:23 PM, "Madhu Menon" wrote: A combination of medication, talk therapy from time to time, and the acceptance of the fact that this is a managed condition, not something that has a vaccine, so there *will* be some periods where it

Re: [silk] Mental Illness, Relationships, and Awareness

is for everyone, just like physical workouts are for everyone. Also, a friend of mine - Amrita Tripathi - has started a mental health collective. Those curious can find it here: http://healthcollective.in/about On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 6:56 PM, Vani Murarka <vani.mura...@gmail.com> wr

Re: [silk] Mental Illness, Relationships, and Awareness

> health issues had found The White Swan to be a great resource. Especially > > from the perspective of the caregiver, which often goes unacknowledged: > > http://www.whiteswanfoundation.org > > > > Hope this information helps you. > > > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018, 10:

Re: [silk] Mental Illness, Relationships, and Awareness

foundation.org > > Hope this information helps you. > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018, 10:59 Vani Murarka <vani.mura...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have multiple sclerosis. It is a result of trying to meet the ailment > > proactively and as responsibly as I can, that I learnt a

[silk] Mental Illness, Relationships, and Awareness

from being in that experience? -- Vani Murarka * vani expressions - blog writings <http://manaskriti.com/vani-expressions/> * काव्यालय (Kaavyaalaya: House of Hindi Poetry) <http://kaavyaalaya.org> * गीत गतिरूप - कवि का अनोखा साथी <http://manaskriti.com/geet-gatiroop>

[silk] Poetry

On 11-Jan-2018 11:38 pm, "Radhika, Y." wrote: Deepa and Vani, You might be interested in Tisha shrivastava' s Poettery group on FB. Are you on FB? I can invite you. Radhika Thanks Radhika. I am a part of Tisha's groups.

Re: [silk] Filter bubbles as weapons

Deepa, > Ironically, both of us, if we were to > meet, might be so comfortable in our bubbles that our minds might not reach > out to each other! > Oh! In that case good that we've met online first and our minds are already reaching out to each other. > Looking at your links. Haven't read

Re: [silk] Filter bubbles as weapons

anyone, fix the world or anyone's way of thinking -- that is why I rarely feel the need to engage in debates. I do feel a desire to express myself, which I do via my writings -- whatever anyone might want to pick up or infer from there. -- Vani Murarka * vani expressions - blog writings <h

Re: [silk] Luck Matters More Than You Might Think

Good point John! On 21 April 2016 at 16:31, John Sundman wrote: > I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor > the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to > men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill;

Re: [silk] New Someone in an Old Someplace

need to focus on local adoption. Some cross-country nice stories have occurred - a mountain climber in Bangalore getting Jamling Tenzing Norgay's book to read from Bombay - a poetry lover discovering authors she did not know of and such like. Vani -- Vani Murarka * MeULib: Book Garden grown b

Re: [silk] New Someone in an Old Someplace

:-) Good to meet you Mohit. Thanks Biju. On 19-Dec-2015 12:07 pm, "Mohit" <mohitmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Welcome. Lovely to see someone as interested (probably significantly more > interested) as I in hindi poetry > > Regards, > Mohit > > > On Sat

[silk] New Someone in an Old Someplace

-sustained public library. http://meulib.com * Science and Me - article series on my blog - don't know when I will write the next one - http://manaskriti.com/vani-expressions/category/writings/sam-writings/ Looking forward to seeing what happens here and meeting all you invisible folks. Vani Murarka

Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

Wow. What a great day to join Silklist! On 19-Dec-2015 11:05 am, "Udhay Shankar N" wrote: > On 12/1/2015 3:38 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > > Date? I’ll travel over. > > The date is today. Happy birthday, silk! As it happens, though, our > party plans got derailed by