Prakash Kumar

Throughout history, civilizations, communities, and individuals have sought to uncover the true purpose of human existence. Rationalists, scientists, spiritualists, and religious leaders have all contributed their perspectives, resulting in a vast array of literature on the subject. Yet, a universally humane definition of the purpose of mortal human life remains elusive. Each entity endeavors to define it in its own unique way, varying widely across regions, communities, and individuals. Amid this diversity, a unifying thread has often been missing, leaving the multitude of definitions on the purpose of life seemingly disconnected. Recently, I came across the thoughts of Nick Cave, a multifaceted individual—a musician, songwriter, screenwriter, novelist, and actor—whose reflections seemed to serve as a connecting point, shedding light on the fundamental purpose and meaning of our existence. Cave delineates two essential pillars that lend meaning and purpose to our brief sojourn on this...

Reflections on the journey through 2023 have been a profound learning into the complexities of life, akin to navigating through a maze of professional, personal, emotional, sentimental and familial challenges. As I sit here in the final week of the year, the external facade of control belied the internal maelstrom that persisted, known only to the depths of my own being. At times I enjoyed this inner struggle to come out of the situation. Throughout this tumultuous but remarkable year, I endeavored to employ every learned life skill and experience to weather the storms, yet often found myself in the throes of inner turmoil, occasionally erupting into harsh external manifestations. While there were moments of brilliance, quietness, and remarkable events, the overarching narrative was one of enduring internal strife, conflict, and confusion.The solitude which I was used to was no where. In the midst of this chaos, I grappled with the struggle to exist in the present moment, wrestling wi...

How to identify areas or activity to give back to community ? Yes we are thinking right. Successful people in their respective field having desire to contribute or give back to society or their community world over are finding it hard to identify suitable area or activity to contribute for long term beneficial impact to community. Thai is impactful giving ? In my opinion it happens because most of us at this age have more or less construed a certain view of the society /community and try to find a solution based on our experience. It becomes a top down approach similar to what is happening everywhere in the country be it govt or private sector . Some time it succeed. But the best way in my opinion is to go back to the community members men, women, boys ,girls , children etc who are in our minds /thoughts and who needed the support. The real needy members of the community. We need to reach out to our community members residing in rural areas, peri-urban areas and in cities . We nee...