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Thursday, May 19, 2011

A Very Apt Quote by Carl Jung

Carl Jung - the famous psychologist said -

"If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and to love their fellow men better. A little less hypocrisy and a little more tolerance toward oneself can only have good results in respect for our neighbors, for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures."

I found this quote very apt about the way we deal with the not-so-bright sides of hostorical figures and leaders. Case in point is the intolerent and hasty reactions towards 'failed-to-understand-the-cultural-tones' claims about homoerotic relationship of Mahatma Gandhi.

He is a great inspite of such true-false discoveries. Isn't it?

Thursday, February 10, 2011

ForbesLife Launches - Looks Good (and familiar!)

Forbes India recently launched a very high end magazine ForbesLife India - a quarerly magzine which costs Rs. 200. Nice range of content and a visual treat. However, it reminded us of a magazine which my friend Amit - a journalist and entreprenuer - had picked up in South Africa almost 4 years ago. Since we are in same business of content generation and design, for a trained eye the similarities are too stark to go unnoticed. The dimensions of magazine (size), paper quality, design elements, content strcuturing bear striking resemblence with the South Africal magazine 'Monocle'. [Click the link to read about the latest issue of 'Monocle'.] Here is the link to the subscription page of the latest issue of ForbesLife India.

And yes, they both have a picture story!!