Think Pieces reviewed and written by Lakshmi and Seetha Ram

Amitava Chatterjee, PhD - Google Scholar https://scholar.google.co.jp/citations?user=wRz1z7AAAAAJ&hl=en

107 victims of 2005 fatal train derailment in Hyogo remembered - Japan Today https://japantoday.com/category/national/107-victims-of-2005-fatal-train-derailment-in-hyogo-remembered-2?utm_campaign=jt_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=jt_newsletter_2022-04-25_PM

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/1184.pdf

Earlier documents such as those recorded by  Buddhist monks  link the periodic appearance of comets with the goddess Benzaiten. For example, the comet that appeared in 552, and again in late 593, were associated with Benzaiten. [7]  These records suggest that the exchange of cultural and spiritual ideas from Buddhism and Hinduism in India to Japan, through deities such as Benzaiten, occurred well before the fifth century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzaiten

Nick Bloom's Article As companies struggle to hire and retain workers, some relax back-to-work plans https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-optimal-workweek-is-two-days-in-the-office-not-three-remote-hybrid-work-11650588893?st=uj40leyd59p42fs&reflink=article_whatsapp_share

Lawrence Wong is Singapore's presumptive next prime minister from TheEconomist Well written.  https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/04/23/lawrence-wong-is-singapores-presumptive-next-prime-minister

Interests, not values, underpin Asia's ambivalence about Russia from TheEconomist https://www.economist.com/asia/2022/04/23/interests-not-values-underpin-asias-ambivalence-about-russia

Does high inflation matter? from TheEconomist Inflation seems to hold a special place in the public consciousness. Our analysis of English-language newspapers and blog posts suggests that during the 2010s media organisations mentioned inflation 50% more frequently than they mentioned unemployment, even though joblessness during that decade was a far bigger economic problem.  https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2022/04/23/does-high-inflation-matter

PM Modi also told civil servants to leave behind the trend o .. Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/90987584.cms?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TOIDesktop&utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/dont-wait-for-circular-adopt-changes-for-public-good-pm-to-civil-servants/articleshow/90987584.cms?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TOIDesktop -- Best regards Seetha Ram "Life is a journey. The destination is within oneself."

"Being reluctant to change your mind, and being reluctant to tell people you changed your mind." How Japan's slow acknowledgement of COVID's airborne spread has hampered its response | The Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/04/21/national/science-health/coronavirus-spread-airborne/

How Japan's slow acknowledgement of COVID's airborne spread has hampered its response | The Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/04/21/national/science-health/coronavirus-spread-airborne/

Why the Federal Reserve has made a historic mistake on inflation from TheEconomist https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/04/23/why-the-federal-reserve-has-made-a-historic-mistake-on-inflation

Sisu - Wikipedia Very nice.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisu https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisu?utm_source=The+Random+Acts+of+Kindness+Foundation&utm_campaign=37550ee1a8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_04_18_09_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_10eec8360b-37550ee1a8-209929851

Passing the baton of knowledge collaboration | The University of Tokyo https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/features/z1304_00164.html

One brain expert says that to encourage a child's desire to learn and grow, it is more important to praise them for the progress they make rather than entice them with rewards for completing lessons -- a strategy all too often employed by parents. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220414/p2g/00m/0li/039000c  

Part of the bird's allure lies in their unusually large brains that allows them to, for example, drop nuts on roads to have them crushed by cars. They can fashion tools from pieces of wires and sticks to reach grubs, and are known to have an uncanny memory of human faces. That advanced cognitive ability may be what makes crows both fascinating and fear-inspiring. As the crow flies: A bird's eye view of Japan's urban ecology | The Japan Times https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2022/04/11/environment/tokyo-crows-pandemic/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2022/04/11/environment/tokyo-crows-pandemic/?utm_source=pianoDNU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=72&pnespid=_eWfjodJ8PTP5bO9qx_g5uoN9RoVq3JuhBQxEVkzql2VRZ5jcUc9beHB_N1isfDpXCrn

Strategies for Recovery: COVID-19 and Urban Transport Policy in Asia | Asian Development Bank • Big data analysis can provide crucial insights for understanding the actual impact of COVID-mitigation measures and determining the "sweet spot" that balances business openings with limiting the spread of the virus. https://www.adb.org/publications/strategies-for-recovery-covid-19-and-urban-transport-policy-in-asia

Material possessions can be powerfully alluring – whether it's buying new stuff we don't need or can't afford, or holding on to things for way too long. At the extremes, these inclinations can become highly problematic.  https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-free-yourself-from-your-stuff-to-save-money-and-the-planet  

Three AIT Vice Presidents Approved by the Board of Trustees | Asian Institute of Technology https://www.ait.ac.th/2019/02/three-ait-vice-presidents-approved-board-trustees/