Sony Kumar's BLOG

  • The existing gaps in how we measure productivity and economic activities: Time for us to acknowledge that being a parent is one of the toughest profession

    At times I do wish I could sit down with both my parents and reflect on my journey so far, but I am afraid I can’t do that because I lost them both few years ago. So now I keep them in my imagination, where I tend to keep most of my precious things. I

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  • Pandemic – The unraveling of the society

    I guess we have all seen posts shared by friends, friends of friends on WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media platforms about the pandemic. Some in complete denial about the virus claiming it to be a hoax, while others raising questions about the draconian restrictions imposed on the society by democratic governments across the world.

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  • What is a GOD ?

    This is a question that I have been asking myself for decades with no good answer. In my own pursuit to know a God or at least find a working description of God, I have found myself completely lost in religious literatures. I have had endless conversations on the subject matter with my fellow beings

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  • Perhaps empowering greed is a way to power the green economy ?

    Some say a real market economy is the one that ensures greed is good. But on the other hand, there are those who argue that greed is in fact what is fuelling the rapid climate change. I am not sure if blame game is the right way forward. Also, I am not really sure if

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  • Centre of Excellence for Integrated healthcare- Reinventing the future of healthCare

    Most of us have been closely watching the world’s reaction to the covid-19 pandemic. And I must say there is a lot of learning for all us going forward. Like many of us, I have gone through a journey of personal introspection. Also after losing both my parents along with my eldest sister ( not related

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  • The collapse

    Nature is the largest investor in all of us, making it one of our key shareholders alongside us and our parents. And nature has equally invested itself in all what it has created, not just us humans. The collective value of what nature has created is immeasurable, and it’s economic value is also immense. Take

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  • A line of enquiry: Where do you think you belong ?

    Based on our current understanding of the big picture, the consensus view is that the story of modern humans journey started in Africa some 200,000 years ago. And modern humans most likely evolved from their common ancestor, Homo erectus, which literally means ‘upright man’ in Latin. Obviously Homo erectus is an extinct species of human that probably lived

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  • Inspired by Nature: Creating a sustainable economic system

    As the society and the economy gets more complex, the design fault lines are becoming increasing visible. Today, the global economy faces a number of serious challenges and issues. For example, while globalisation had a good run over the past 4 decades  benefitting a large percentage of the global population, but at the same time,

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  • The idea of money

    Productivity, success, wellbeing, influence, power and authority, and almost all aspects of human living is now tied to money. That is our modern society today. But the value of money gets derived from people. The idea that somehow money is store of value and people aren’t is based on flawed understanding of value. What is

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  • Finding ways to fund the Indian economy during a pandemic

    The COVID-19 induced pandemic has clearly overwhelmed the Indian society. Seeing the tragedy unfold on our TV screens has been heart breaking for many. Loss of lives has been immense. And my heart goes out to everyone. Hopefully, lessons are being learnt, and people along with businesses will find the relief that they badly need,

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