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Monthly archives: June 2019

Social media comments may hinder credibility of health professionals

For health professionals, posting a single negative comment on their Facebook profiles may hinder their credibility with current or potential clients, according to a study. The findings, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, show that Facebook posts that may affect people’s perceptions of professionalism. Researchers found that only one subtle comment posted expressing workplace frustration was enough for people to view one as a less credible health professional. […]

 
 
 

Ayushmann Khurrana's " Article 15" trailer out

Merely days after the teaser of Anubhav Sinha’s new film Article 15 comes the full-blown trailer. Sinha, whose most recent movie Mulk (2018) tackled Islamophobia, promises “a thrilling investigation which reveals disturbing facts”. Ayushmann Khurrana is ready with another power packed performance in Anubhav Sinha’s Article 15. The trailer of the film is released on Thursday evening. Article 15 also stars Kumud Mishra, Zeeshan Ayyub, Isha Talwar, Manoj Pahwa, Sayani […]

Desire for Everything

Someone recently asked me about this series of articles that were published every week in a leading Tamil magazine for one whole year. The title was “Athanaikum Aasaipadu.” That means “Desire for Everything.” There has been a lot of interest, controversy and confusion in people about this. The journalist was asking me, “All the other Swamijis have been telling us to give up desire. You are saying desire for everything. […]

Global Smart Homes Market will reach $150 billion by 2025

The Global Smart/Connected home market has reached to about USD 150 billion by 2025 and is expected to grow at 12.9% annually through from 2020-2025. This factors contributing towards the growth are considerable growth of IoT market, improving energy efficiency, and increasing demand for security devices. Favorable government regulations are being implemented in several countries across the globe and next generation technologies, such as 3D gesture-based remote control in the […]

A stage for stonewallers

The eminent British Critic Neville Cardus once said “We remember not the scores or the results in after years: it is the men who remain in our minds, in our imagination. A true batsman should in his most of his strokes tell the truth about himself”. And so they do, but while the object of Neville’s subjective, romantic pieces and his flowery prose were the flamboyant wizards of the willow, […]

Castling Cannes

The famous American author John C. Maxwell said “ A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow”. This could very well apply to the Indian film industry where most of the scripts celebrate the make believe and maintaining the semblance of reality is essentially an afterthought. Suspension of disbelief is a term that is not only missing from the lexicon not because realism has been suspended but […]