27 January 2025

Good Will Society went into a long hiatus in 2020 when the pandemic struck. After five years the cause has come alive and is inching back to doing some meaningful work. In 2025 The Hyderabad Public School of India and XXXI LO of Poland came together for an exhilarating experience through an exchange involving 60 students and several teachers and the respective Principals.  

The Illusion is real. Real is the Illusion. 

This refers to the Pandemic and how it affected general state of affairs of the world. The illusion being real and real being the illusion is an old Upanishadic principle of Maya, consistently highlighted in a plethora of Indian philosophical works. It also finds place in some Western philosopher's works, prominently so in Kant's, albeit with a different nomenclature and approach. However, thinkers across ages agree that what appears real is often not and what is not is often real. The world today confuses and conflicts with each other swinging between the real and the illusion. The Pandemic and its effects on lives of ordinary people could well prove, in the future, to be the real being the illusion. Where half the truth is covered up and half of it appears, throwing people into a dilemma. What is real and what is not? The question remains.