India, Oct. 20 -- Ideologies have ruled the social-intellectual landscape over the flow of time. The history of mankind can often be seen as the history of ideologies. Every ideology promises to make sense of life, bringing order to the mind's confusion by showing the right path. Yet it often itself becomes a source of confusion, turning guidance into bondage. Across the world, people kill or die for their "-isms", but no ideology has ever freed the self that clings to it. Ideologies may offer transient psychological comfort, but they ultimately entrap the insecure self, becoming prisons of belonging and ready-made answers. Living by them means relying on memory rather than intelligence, killing open scrutiny and reducing us to mechanical...