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EASTON – The November day in 1918 that Massachusetts Democrat David I. Walsh defeated incumbent Republican John W. Weeks for a seat in the U.S. Senate, it’s said Blanche Ames Ames danced around the l…

INDIA New England News INE TED Columnist BOSTON–If your Valentine’s Day in 2021 was not all that you expected, your heart could actually take on the shape of a tako-tsubo. Huh? A tako-tsubo is a traditional narrow-necked, round-bottomed jar for trapping octopuses in Japan. It is also the unmistakable shape of a broken heart! Or what is more prosaically called ‘takotsubo cardiomyopathy’. In this riveting 16-minute TED presentation, cardiologist Sandeep Jauhar skillfully braids scientific data with historical metaphors and real life examples to demonstrate How Your Emotions ...

INDIA New England News INE TED Columnist BOSTON–Fear. It is quite the dominant emotion these days. In less than 13 minutes, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks modulates a way on “How We Can Face the Future Without Fear, Together.” One expects the comfort of truisms from religious leaders. Instead, we are treated to the workings of an elegant and searching intellect. With prose that flows like poetry, Sacks distills a range of ideas drawn from biology, anthropology, political philosophy and social communication to both acknowledge the challenges of a rapidly changing world and ways to...

INDIA New England News INE TED Columnist BOSTON–Mental shortcuts. We use them all the time as heuristic devices to navigate a complex multilayered world. It works. It helps us make constant decisions, big and small. We adopt those shortcuts to steer through the day and through life itself. But what if our reliance on shortcuts reflexively deepen biases at the cost of eroding our innate humanity? In this 14-minute exchange between two moms, one a staunch Republican and the other an equally staunch Democrat, we get to listen in on an honest and rather engaging conversation. Caitli...