Understanding Contentment in Everyday Life (Jitendra K. Singh and Girishwar Misra)

The present study has tried to delineate the notion of ‘santosh’ (contentment) in the everyday discourse taking gender variations anddevelopmental stages into consideration. The study was groups of young adults, older people and saints (N = conducted on sub =100). The data were obtained through an open-ended measure pertaining to different experiences related to contentment. …

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Introduction: The Path to Contentment (Remy Meraz)

In our relentless pursuit of happiness, the concept of being content can often seem overshadowed by our desires for more—more money, more status, more possessions. Yet, the essence of true contentment lies not in the abundance of goods or in the applause of peers, but in the simple joys and peaceful acceptance of life as …

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US World War 3 draft: Who would be exempt from conscription? (Kia Fatahi and Laura Colgan)

The Vietnam War saw the United States military draft approximately 1.9 million service personnel into their ranks from 1954 to 1975. The process, known as conscription or the draft, has been carried out in the US through the Selective Service System (SSS) since 1917. This raises questions about whether Americans could potentially be drafted into a hypothetical World War …

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The 1.6 million-year-old discovery that changes what we know about human evolution (David Keys)

New research has pinpointed the likely time in prehistory when humans first began to speak. Analysis by British archaeologist Steven Mithen suggests that early humans first developed rudimentary language around 1.6 million years ago – somewhere in eastern or southern Africa. “Humanity’s development of the ability to speak was without doubt the key which made much of subsequent human …

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Why the Rwanda scheme won’t work (Andrew Adonis)

The policy is both unworkable and irrelevant. I doubt the Rwanda scheme will have much impact on the migrant boats crossing the Channel, let alone the outcome of the next election. But like the poll tax and the demise of Thatcher, it will have a big impact on the narrative as to why this government …

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Did the Murdoch empire hack MPs for commercial ends? (Nick Davies)

What if Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper company didn’t just hack phones to get a scoop, but targeted elected politicians—right to the very top—in pursuit of its business ambitions? One February afternoon in 2010, the Guardian published on its website a call from the Liberal Democrats’ home affairs spokesman, Chris Huhne, for a judicial inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal. …

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Why don’t political ads work any more? (Roisin Lanigan)

It’s hard to imagine punchy advertising campaigns having the same impact on voters as they used to. Britain in the late 1970s was a bleak place. By 1978 unemployment had reached record postwar heights of up to 6 per cent. Between November that year and the following March, the United Kingdom saw its most pervasive …

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