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the religion. In contrast, the Vedic religion is polytheistic with multiple gods with specific powers and areas to which they inhabit. The two most important gods of this religion are Agni and Indra. Agni is the god of: fire, sacrifice, the sacred cow and the inner fire in the stomach and the deity. Indra who is the god of weather and war who is boastful, reckless and fearless. These gods influence the abilities of the priests to feed the gods in exchange for order. These two of religions are…

Sheryl Sandberg image flashed in front of me. As I dropped my daughter and walked back – I wondered why Sheryl was my option A. I grew up in South India. I often saw a younger version of my mother in Indra Nooyi. That fits. She personifies what hard work and good luck can weave. If Indra is a phenomenal immigrant story, Sheryl is the precursor of what is to come. Snippets of why Few months ago, my…

Hinduism is a very complicated, yet historical, making it a very interesting religion to learn about. Hinduism has five basic beliefs. The first is that truth is eternal. Hindus pursue knowledge and truth. According to the Vedas, an ancient Hindu text, truth is one, but it expresses it in a variety of ways. Another basic belief is that the Brahman is truth. Hindus believe in Brahman as the one true God, who has no limit, no form, and is eternal. The Vedas are the ultimate authority, another…

When a person from the Indus civilization heard of the Mesopotamians' gods around 1200 BCE, they would have thought, "These are the great gods that they worship, but ours are better." They would have thought this because the Mesopotamian gods were more unpredictable than the Indus gods, as seen when Ea told Utnapishtim of the great flood: Man of Shuruppak, son of Ubar-Tutu, Tear down (this) house, build a ship! Give up possessions, seek thou life. Despise property and keep the soul alive…

There are several myths concerning their creation. One, in where they are created by Shiva to drink the blood of demon Andhakasura. According to Markandeya Purana, they emerged out of the god’s (Brahma, Shiva, Kartikeya, Vishnu, Varaha, Narasimha and Indra) bodies in order to aid the divine Devi in her fight against the demons Raktabija, Sumbha and Nisumbha. It is also notable that, in Markandeya Purana and Varaha…

interview she received a phone call and denied it immediately. Which showed a sign of respect and professionalism? As I continued I began asking who is a person she would like to meet one day and why? She said “Indra Nooyi because of her revolutionary thinking regarding business strategy’s.” Indra Nooyi is an Indian America business executive and the Chief Executive Officer of Pepsi Co. A fun fact is that I did not know even who she was and just being around her, I began learning new thing.…

Throughout the movie, iconic and empowering women are shown to prove to the viewers that you do not need to be stick skinny, have the perfect hair or flawless skin to have a leadership role. Hattie Caraway, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Rosa Parks, Hilary Clinton, Indra Nooyi, Ursula Burna, Andrea Jung help to prove that empowered women do not need to use your sexuality to obtain empowerment in the world but we do not see these women represented in the media. Instead we see the Kardashian family, Paris…

Blisters, calluses, pain, and swelling are all consequences of wearing heels. Yet some employers require woman to wear heels. For example, Nicola Thorp, a receptionist, was told by her employer that she must wear heels to work, she refused, arguing that it would impair her from doing her job. When she was sent home, without pay for her incompliance, she began a petition stating that allowing companies to force women to such policies were sexist. Does a woman’s footwear make her work more…

founders of some religions. However, it nature is very ambiguous. During the Buddha’s time, the concept of omniscience varies in different traditions/religions. For example, in the Vedas, omniscience (sarvajña) is refer to the gods such as Agni, Indra, and Soma. In the Upaniṣhad omniscience is used to describe Atman/Brahman. As the Brihadāranyaka Upaniṣhad (IV 5.6) stated, “When the Self has been… known, then all… is known.” In Jainism omniscience…

In 1962, Michael Friedman proposed a doctrine in which he states that a company whose goal is to increase profits (legally) has the only social responsibility of a company is to pass on the profits to its stakeholders. In other words, the company does not do justice to its stakeholders by utilizing part of their profits for supporting social welfare causes. Friedman points out stakeholders would not invest in a company from which they cannot the maximum benefits. [1] Over the years, this…