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Kolkata Cops Arresting Noise Pollution Virtually

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I enjoyed reading the Times of India on the flight from Kathmandu to Delhi two days ago, November 23rd.  Getting a flavor of local color is a priority when you travel. An article, Red Light to Honking on Sundays by Krishnendu Bandyopadhyay, on page 2, I found particularly engaging at a number of levels. I [...]

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Acting on Feedback

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On my beach walks last week – glorious beach walks, as the day trippers have all left, leaving the beaches to the gulls, the tiny piping plovers, the rare fisherman and occasional walkers like me – I became more conscious about the range of feedback available to me and how valuable it all is.  There [...]

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Good Passion Bad Passion

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Since my blog is called Pursuing Passions, I was keen to learn more about the dualistic nature of passion when I attended the First World Congress on Positive Psychology this past weekend in Philadelphia.
That there is good passion and bad passion is not new.  But appreciating the psychological impacts of good and bad passion is [...]

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Let Passion be your Power

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Life is what happens to us when we have other plans, is, I think, a paraphrase of John Lennon, the great lyricist of Beatles fame.  Perhaps Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President-elect) in Iran could be thinking just that right now, as the people Iran rise up to demonstrate that they had other plans.  Big story to be [...]

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