Dealing with the Monday blues

The weekend, which started with such bright promise, is now inexorably rolling towards a conclusion. Even if things are going right, those Monday blues have mysteriously reappeared, bringing mild depression, echoes of loneliness or a twinge of unease or sadness.

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A philosopher nicknamed ‘the dog’

We have such a high regard for philosophers in the East and West that we hardly make a disparaging remark about them. Almost all the philosophers are eccentric, away from the centre. You find only ordinary people who cannot think for themselves at the centre of society.

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Thorns on the Side

Houses of the future

What kind of house will you be living in 20 or 30 years’ time? The truth is that today’s houses are not all that energy efficient. Even with the available technology, one can live in a more sustainable way, using energy resources wisely. Twenty or thirty years down the road, technology will be sufficiently advanced to offer a totally sustainable lifestyle centred on houses that are 100 per cent energy efficient.

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