Category Archives: philosophy

Going Galt

By Nistha | Published: July 7, 2009
The Russian thinker Ayn Rand continues to amuse and intrigue me. Her mind boggling influence fascinates me. If you scan daily journals, you would have undoubtedly come across critics and reporters connecting Rand’s theories with recent financial downturn. Some interesting excerpts-
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CJR – World of Paine

By Nistha | Published: June 13, 2009
Today’s feature- If Thomas Paine were alive today, there’s little doubt you would find him blogging from www.commonsense.org, challenging concentrated power, conspicuous wealth, and a culture amusing itself to death. Paine would likely have cherished the chance to engage his readers in debate, and spur them to direct action for better government and a more [...]
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Witnessing a shift in career visions and realities

By Nistha | Published: April 17, 2009
Few interesting excerpts from NYTimes’s “With Finance Disgraced, Which Career Will Be King?” Today, the financial crisis and the economic downturn are likely to alter drastically the career paths of future years. The contours of the shift are still in flux, in part because there is so much uncertainty about the shape of the economic [...]
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