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Rethinking: Fools and Mad Men
by Pawan Sarda
A fool is known by six things: anger without cause; speech without profit; change without progress; inquiry without object; putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends. Arabian Proverb
I think a foolish person (fool) is the one who... |
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Shiny Apples
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There once was a happy monkey wandering the jungle, eating delicious fruit when hungry, and resting when tired. One day he came upon a house, where he saw a bowl of the most beautiful apples. He took one in each hand and ran back into the forest. He sniffed the apples and smelled nothing. |
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Lusting after books....
by Pawan Sarda
When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing. Anonymous
The concept of a book starts within someone who is restless with a concept. So restless that he cannot keep it to himself. He feels like sharing it with ... |
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let the child in you live again!
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After a stressful day of daily chores, I finally made some time to do laundry. I rushed towards the laundry shop as the time to close was approaching. I put all my clothes in machine and I sat to wait till my clothes were washed. It was Independenc... |
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11 scary ways to be a better you
by Danielle LaPorte
1. Work with people who are smarter or more accomplished than you.
In the last month or so I've advised a mega-website/magazine that has the #1 community forum on the world wide web, a super savvy duo who are #1 in their industry and have one of the... |
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Break It And You Pay For It!
by Pallavi Rao
The last few days I was feeling exhausted but I carried on my household duties because I have a house to run and many commitments to honour. In India we teach our daughters that the home revolves around them; women are the sun and our family are the planets. |
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How racist are we?
by K R Ravi
Recent trends in the US and Australia have brought home a fundamental aspect of human nature. In times of trouble the atavistic tendencies that are inherent in us come to the surface. The veneer of civilization vanishes once we see a threat that is perceived as existential. |
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Refresher Course in Human Life
by Rachana Sharma
What is life? What is the purpose of life? Can we ever solve the mystery of life? The Fine Print of Life neither tries to evolve any theory about it nor does it go into whether these issues are sortable or unsortable. What it does is much more valuable and appreciable: it helps you to find your own way to get the best out of it. |
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ReliGUNS
by Axee
I have been mulling over religion, religious zealotry and associated crimes as witnessed globally in these past 20 plus years. I was wondering why God chose not create religion to begin with? |
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Do Not Make Assumptions
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A man came home from work late again, tired and irritated. He found his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.
"Daddy, may I ask you a question?" |
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I Wish I Were A Goldfish
by Rajesh
I am told that a goldfish cannot remember anything beyond a 3 minute time frame. One of my favorite pastimes is to sit and watch our goldfish swim around lazily and rising up only to gobble at the food before going back to their contented existence.
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Ah! The Warmth of Handwritten Letters!!
by Anila Sinha Sharma
Remember the times when, not so long ago, there was an eagerly awaited person every day? The postman in his khaki on his bicycle. As he clanged his bell, our hearts stopped. We wished he had something for us too. An envelope or a little postcard. Or ... |
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let the child in you live again!
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After a stressful day of daily chores, I finally made some time to do laundry. I rushed towards the laundry shop as the time to close was approaching. I put all my clothes in machine and I sat to wait till my clothes were washed. It was Independenc... |
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Raga Malgunji - 4 Best Songs
by Abhijit bhaduri
Born on June 27, 1939, RD had composed music for more than 350 films until he breathed his last on January 4, 1994. He signed Bhoot Bungla (The Haunted House)in 1965 as his first film as a music director. This is also the film where for the first time Kishore Kumar the singer and he worked together. But Chhote Nawab (The Young King) also a film directed by Mehmood in 1961 is the one that RD Burman made his debut with. The song Ghar Aaja Ghir Aye (lyrics by Shailendra) is brilliant composition in Raga Malgunji (a Raga that combines elements of Raga Khamaj and Raga Bageshri). I will always rank this as the best ever Hindi film song composed in Malgunji. |
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Sona and the Sound of Music
by Abhijit bhaduri
Sona has a degree in Engineering and an MBA in Marketing. She had a plum job as a Brand Manager in a consumer goods company. She quit that to take up singing. That's not all. At 5'8", this MTV Style Icon 2006 trained as a classical singer for 10 years. Her debut video Bolo Na बोलो ना (Translation: Tell me naa ...) made people sit up and take notice. The song was about drifting relationships. She still bristles when someone describes her music as 'unusual'. She would rather describe it as a "unique sound" and not unusual. Her debut album "SONA is a blend of contemporary and ethnic sounds with nuances of Romanian gypsy music, R&B, East Indian baul, Flamenco and North Indian folk rhythms." |
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Depression Can Be Fun!
by Rajarshi Dutta
Depression can be fun. You just sit around thinking that you are depressed. You don't know why. You don't even bother to find out why. Just the fact that you realize you are depressed kind of makes you happy. And this happiness adds to the feeling of... |
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Killing your grandmother...
by Sharath Bhat
Before you wonder what this is all about, let me quickly explain that this is not a primer on killing your grandmother - the poor dear.
I have a recruiter friend in Canada who used to come down regularly to hire young engineers from India. At ... |
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Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
by Abhijit bhaduri
Hindustani Classical music was traditionally passed down from the maestro to the disciple. This tradition known as the guru-shishya parampara helped nurture some of the greatest artistes. "Baba" Allauddin Khan (1862-1972) court musician of the princely state of Maihar, was the guru whose disciples themselves went on to become musical legends in their own right. "Baba" taught his disciples of the Maihar Band the nuances of Hindustani Classical music as well as Western music tunes. The Maihar Band lost yet another musician yesterday. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, the sarod player who popularized the complex instrument among Western listeners died on 18 June 2009 at age 87 in California. |
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My little Gaza Strip
by RD
A couple of years ago, I decided that I needed to take it easy and stop running around in my life and started saving for the years to come when you may not be able to do anything you want to do, run and play. I started to think of the days and years ... |
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Kettle stealing!
by Peter A. Hunter
Many years ago, in the 15th and 16th centuries there was a part of Great Britain that was as lawless as it gets.
This was the region in the North of England/South of Scotland which is now called The Borders.
This was good cattle country but it fe... |
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Ah! The Warmth of Handwritten Letters!!
by Anila Sinha Sharma
Remember the times when, not so long ago, there was an eagerly awaited person every day? The postman in his khaki on his bicycle. As he clanged his bell, our hearts stopped. We wished he had something for us too. An envelope or a little postcard. Or ... |
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I Wish I Were A Goldfish
by Rajesh
I am told that a goldfish cannot remember anything beyond a 3 minute time frame. One of my favorite pastimes is to sit and watch our goldfish swim around lazily and rising up only to gobble at the food before going back to their contented existence.
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The Hopi and the Temporal Paradox!
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We have a persistent feeling of events receding into a past of non-existence. The future is a nebulous void. The present moment is all that we experience and therefore grant it a higher level of existence. |
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Sona and the Sound of Music
by Abhijit bhaduri
Sona has a degree in Engineering and an MBA in Marketing. She had a plum job as a Brand Manager in a consumer goods company. She quit that to take up singing. That's not all. At 5'8", this MTV Style Icon 2006 trained as a classical singer for 10 years. Her debut video Bolo Na बोलो ना (Translation: Tell me naa ...) made people sit up and take notice. The song was about drifting relationships. She still bristles when someone describes her music as 'unusual'. She would rather describe it as a "unique sound" and not unusual. Her debut album "SONA is a blend of contemporary and ethnic sounds with nuances of Romanian gypsy music, R&B, East Indian baul, Flamenco and North Indian folk rhythms." |
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Classic Bollywood: GHAR - Four Fab Songs
by Abhijit bhaduri
Ghar is what the Gulzar-RD Burman-Kishore magic is all about. I have always wondered whether this is a film one should watch because it shows the transition of Rekha as an actress or just listen to the music. I think I'll vote for the music. |
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The Charm of Raga Khamaj
by Abhijit bhaduri
In Hindustani Classical music, there is a patrician group of Ragas which get picked routinely for the deeper, more austere and certainly more complex forms of Dhrupad, Dhamaar or Khayaal forms of singing. Clearly these dhrupad or khayaal is not for everyone. It is for the discerning listener and are capable of being handled only by a handful of artistes. There are several ragas relegated to a group in the Kshudra Prakriti (trans: Lighter nature - think of these as the pop version of Hindustani Classical) which is usually far more intertwined in the folk traditions of singing. These ragas are used more frequently while singing Thumri or its lighter form Daadra - both of which are romantic compositions. The seasonal song forms of Chaiti, Hori, Sawani are from UP, Kajri (songs of longing sung during monsoon). The form called Tappa is usually from Punjab, while Tarana is usually sung at the end of a concert, Geet and Bhajans are purely devotional. Mahatma Gandhi made the devotional song Vaishnava Janato almost synonymous with his own name. Based on Raga Khamaj this bhajan gets a modern interpretation from Pandit Jasraj, Shankar Mahadevan and Jaspinder Narula in this video. |
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Unwritten Rules of Bollywood
by Pramod Joshi
See if you get tickled by some of the rules that govern movie-making in India’s tinsel town. You can also spend some quality time with your family adding or modifying to this potentially endless list. Enjoy! |
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