How Can We Matter

A Hidden Crisis in the Red Sea While global attention fixates on the palpable threat of a Strait of Hormuz blockade and the consequent shortages of vital commodities like LPG and petrol, a far more insidious and potentially catastrophic vulnerability remains dangerously overlooked: the critical network of undersea fibre-optic cables running through the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb strait. This digital infrastructure is not just a convenience; it is the silent, essential backbone of the modern global economy , and its fragility poses a major, hidden threat to India's digital future. Here’s a map illustrating the complex network of undersea fiber-optic cables located in the Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and the Persian Gulf connecting Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Image Source: Telegeography The Unseen Lifeline of the Global Economy The common misconception is that international data is primarily transmitted via satellite. The reality is strikingly different: over 95% of all in...

Our Essence At the simplest level, we humans are solid matter with mass and embedded energy . As children, we consume food, grow, and gain weight. In old age, our food intake lessens, our bodies weaken, and eventually, at death, the body disintegrates. What sustains us throughout is energy—the life force that drives our dynamism . When it is gone, we say the life force has departed . Image Credit: Gemini Our body is a finite system, powered not by a hidden reservoir but by the subtle body —an unseen yet experienced dimension made up of mind, intellect, memory, and consciousness . This subtle body has no mass; it channels vital energy throughout us, animating heartbeat, digestion, thought, and action . Yet this energy is limited. Like a fixed-capacity battery, it cannot be expanded or reduced. When it is fully depleted, the subtle body separates from the solid physical body . At that moment, since the life force has left, the solid body becomes still and finally disintegrates. This ref...