(Image Credit: http://www.barnesandnoble.com) Philippa Foot was an English philosopher influenced by the works of Aristotle. She was also the pioneer of a thought experiment that has not just tickled the attention of an eclectic bunch of professionals from psychologists to law enforcement agencies, to politicians to sociologists, but has also spawned a cottage industry going … Continue reading The Trolley Problem Or Would You Throw The Fat Guy Off The Bridge – Thomas Cathcart

(Image Credit: http://www.pinterest.com) More often than not, there is an unfortunate yet unavoidable disconnect between what we do for a living and how we actually desire to lead our lives. This divergence is due to a total lack of convergence between passion and purpose. This absence of alignment, gradual at first, and enveloping at the … Continue reading The Doctor Stories – William Carlos Williams

(Image Credit: http://www.bol.com) The Harvard economic historian David Landes authored a magisterial work titled “Revolution in Time: Clocks and the Making of The Modern World”. The book makes a compelling and convincing case for placing the ‘timepiece’ (more than the steam engine and power looms) at the frontispiece of Western economic development. However this seemingly … Continue reading In Praise of Wasting Time – Alan Lightman

(Image Credit: http://www.netgalley.com) A very touching picture book for kids, "I Don't Have a Dog" is the soulful rants of a small child who happens to lack for nothing but a small dog. The child keeps ranting on how there is materialism is rampant all around him but the one thing which he desperately seeks, … Continue reading I Don’t Have a Dog – Contessa Hileman

(Image Credit: http://www.hachette.com.au) The wily veteran diplomat Henry Kissinger joins forces with two pioneers in the field of Information Technology, Eric Schmidt, and Daniel Huttenlocher, in deliberating and dissecting a future in which Artificial Intelligence will play not just a key role, but constitute an inevitable and integral way of life itself. “The Age of … Continue reading The Age of AI And Our Human Future – Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt & Daniel Huttenlocher 

(Image Credit: http://www.ebay.com) Doctor William Carlos Williams did not retreat to his bed once he was done examining his last patient at around eleven every night. He instead, substituted an old yet reliable typewriter for his stethoscope. Clacking away with two fingers, the medical practioner catering to the physical woes of an underprivileged section of … Continue reading The Red Wheelbarrow and Other Poems – William Carlos Williams

(Image Credit: http://www.booksirens.com) A book that teaches the tenets of selflessness and love by employing a fictional parable of two mice engaged in baking cakes, "The Country Bake-Off" makes for an excellent primer for instilling morals in children. Jazella and Pazenna are getting ready to bake their cakes in the famed Country Bake-Off competition for … Continue reading The Country Bake Off – Riya Aarini

(Image Credit: http://www.netgalley.com) This rib-tickling picture book by author Kelly Tills, has at its epicentre a hyperactive kid named Meow and his cat that is not named Meow! A chirpy, mischievous and ever moving kid, Meow is a veritable headache to his teacher. Meow is also a very intelligent and "questioning" kid. For example he … Continue reading MEOW is NOT A CAT – Kelly Tills