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India’s problem…
There was an ancient Chinese philosopher named Lao Tse (Meaning literally “Old Master”). It was said for him that he was born old. Now it may sound unreal at first how can a person be born old but if you look around yourself in India you can get a hang of how people can be… Read more
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Does karma really exist? How does it work?
Most people understand Karma entirely wrong. Let us first understand whats the common misconception or definition of the philosophy of Karma. It goes like this… Someone killed a man. He will be killed by someone either shortly or maybe in some near future. Someone stole my money. He will get his assets stolen too. because… Read more
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Somehow I lost my burning desire toward studying or motivation for my goal. How can I regain it?
You can never ‘regain’ it. I can only laugh at how naive you are. Don’t get offended we all are when it comes to life. Anyways, motivation is bullshit. You can’t do shit in your life with motivation. And if you require constant outer motivation to do something it’s time you give up on it.… Read more
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Trust your gut…Or should you?
Don’t blindly trust your gut. People often say trust your gut feeling, trust your heart but I tell you from my and many others’ experience that your intuitions are not always right and could land you into trouble sooner or later. A great historical example I have is- Aristotle, the great Greek philosopher around 340bc… Read more
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Some similarities between Mahabharata and Ramayana
Since there is no specifics mentioned I would like to tell you few people who lived at both the times- Ram/Krishna- As they were avatars of Lord Vishnu. No explanation required there I suppose. Mayasura – In Ramayan he built his capital and called it Maya Rashtra. Mayasura is mentioned in Uttar-kãņḍa. In the Mahabharata, Sabha Parva 2:3,… Read more
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Avoid getting into these psychological traps in life!!!
Always try to be fully aware of these psychological phenomenon while making a decision. By this you can make efficient decisions and also you can exploit these vulnerability to your advantage if you know how its done. This will take your complete 10 minutes but will be very useful for rest of your life. 1)… Read more
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Why is today’s generation less happy as compared to previous one even though provided with much more facility in comparison to them?
Because we ‘use people’ and ‘love commodities’. When it should be the otherwise. We have forgotten what it feels like to be satisfied. We expect people to ‘understand’ us when we don’t really understand ourselves. Today we want to be this person tomorrow we want to be that person. We take relations synonymous to boundaries.… Read more
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A very fascinating teaching of Hinduism…
There are four yugas(Era) widely accepted in Hinduism. They are :1. Satya yug2. Treta yug3. Dwapara yug and4. Kali yug In Satya yug, the fight was between two worlds (Devalok and Asura lok). Asura lok being the evil, was an entirely a different WORLD. In Treta yug, the fight was between Lord Rama and Ravana. Both rulers from two different COUNTRIES. In Dwapara… Read more
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How can I be happy every day, at least once per day?
According to Tal Ben-Shahar in his book Happier(pic credits from youtube however), in order to be truly happy we need to have a sense of purpose, but that should not clash with the small things we find pleasure doing in our day to day lives. Happiness and success are not two different things. Sounds too… Read more
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An ugly truth of life…
There are always bad people waiting to take advantage of the righteousness and helpfulness of good people. This is the ugly truth of life. That good people are too good to protect themselves or teach bad people the right lessons! When I was in first year of my college there was a guy in my… Read more
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How gullible people are online…
The fact that how gullible and innocent we can be as individuals and as a society. This is what my wall is filled with this morning, apparently the Facebook privacy note hoax is back! And mind you these ain’t school kids, housewives, or poor people who were deprived of education. They are literate people who work… Read more
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If a role could define me it would be…
This is a character which totally reminds me of myself. It’s a saber-toothed squirrel who loves acorns from the movie series ICE-AGE. His name is Scrat. Scrat is shown throughout the series, naively making his way through the ice age finding his only possession: One single acorn(nut). Just look at his eyes they reflect his love for… Read more
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Downsides of being always connected is that you are always influenced…
This is the most inspiring Quote that I have come across in my life. Don’t you remember your childhood innocence when you wanted to save the world and make it a better place when you leave, or when you wanted to abolish poverty or let let me be more simplistic here when you just wanted… Read more
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India’s one habit that irks the world…
We Indians are too touchy, and if there is one thing that needs to be changed in India and Indians is that we need to take a chill pill. Courtesy -Independence day movie According to a Mumbai Mirror report, 20th Century Fox – the makers of Independence Day Resurgence – decided not to show any… Read more
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This physics concept and its application will definitely leave you in Awe…
When I was in London for one of my contracts I visited British Museum. Crawling though each and every section a room filled with ancient “gadgets” caught my attention. Specially this and this damn thing made me go wow- Pic credit- http://www._wakeline.org_ This was first few attempts to make a Perpetual motion machine. Perpetual motion machines… Read more
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How far have you gone to show someone you love them?
This is a story of a friend. He was my good friend. We were in 10th standard and he was extremely shy person, and there was this absolutely beautiful girl who changed school and was admitted to 11th standard(our senior) in our school. Basically, a start of RHTDM parallel universe- Things he did that i… Read more
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Some external factors that can accelerate your weight loss journey…
So congratulations to you that you thought of loosing those extra pounds that doesn’t look good on you and you are tired of carrying them everywhere. I want to focus this post on the nutrition part and the supplements part which I guess is not covered here. Before I start if you are a person… Read more
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A must know law that you probably aren’t aware of…
In a landmark ruling on March 4, 2016 the Supreme Court has directed state governments to prepare a format for a certificate of appreciation and distribute it to hospitals “for incentivising the bystander or Good Samaritan” who helps save lives by rushing victims of road mishaps for medical care. We have seen so many instances… Read more
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What are the harsh truths one has to accept in his teenage in order to live a happy life?
One of the harsh truths that Bhagwad Geeta tells us is – We often want people to understand us. Sometimes some people spend their entire life wanting others to understand them. People crave to the point of insanity wanting to be understood by others least of all their own partners. Yet…we never really understand ourselves in life.… Read more
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Answering Troll Questions: What are some things that make Indians jealous of Pakistanis?
I feel slightly jealous of Pakistanis particularly their students, because- They have to study such a small history. Also their history exams won’t have questions about their wars since they have lost all the wars against India; even in the movies Border and LOC Kargil. They don’t have to bother about their Geography either because half of the pakistan is… Read more
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