Please save the peacocks
a peacock is a national bird of India During my recent visit to Lucknow in India, I came to know about the struggle of peacocks to survive in the vicinity of the Rama Krishna Mission hospital where…
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A tribute to mentors
We all need help sometime in our life because no one is truly self made. It starts with the parents who give you the most help but there are many others who may notice your potential and give you the help you need to achieve success. They are the true mentors whom I pay…
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Wood carvings of Saharanpur
photo of a skilled carving of Saharanpur, India Every country has something unique to offer. Some make excellent carpets while others excel in making richly carved furniture of the highest quality with hard wood like Teak, Mahogany and others.…
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A treasure trove of visual delight
Sir David Attenborough Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster and natural historian. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural histories. Those of you who have Netflix, just type Our Planet and see all the episodes there with dazzling colors and clear…
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How our brain remembers?
We all retain some memories in our brain that we can recall later but we do not understand how the brain works and how it embeds the memories in vivid colors and in detail. The blog looks at this ability in people but states that this ability to remember and recall varies from people…
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Quality of life
photo of Dahl Lake in Sri Nagar, Kashmir In the struggle for our daily existence, we often overlook the quality of our life and opt for frivolous and vanity enhancing clothes and gadgets that impress no one. If we…
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A shameful secret
A girl suffers from a shameful secret The movie world of glamour and glitter is not what it really is. It is an industry that is controlled by a few rich people who may have underworld connections. It is awash with drugs, sex and criminal activities that take place in remote private farm…
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Blessed daughter
Someone once said that I write the way I speak. It stayed with me and made me think if I was wrong in writing the way I speak or was it a more effective way of transforming what I was thinking into text without the cumbersome process of writing it all down on paper and…
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Story of Ertugrul and Halime
Source : Google photo of Ertugrul and Halime Sultan It is said that all great things have a small beginning. When a brave fighter of the Kayi tribe in Turkey took up his sword to protect the poor and helpless from bandits…
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A beautiful child
Life is so short that it passes like a flash for some people. When someone dear to you passes away, you recall everything about that person if you have spent your lifetime being close to that person. You recall in great detail every incident, every moment, every occasion of joy and excitement, probably more so…
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Is depression curable?
This treats the subject of mental depression that affects humanity in a significant way and offers some solutions to overcome it. Depression is a common mental disorder that causes people to experience depressed mood, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, low energy, and poor concentration. Depression…
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What will be your legacy?
We often think of what shall we leave behind for others to appreciate when we have faded away. Will it be something noble or ignoble? The choice is ours to make but how many of us make the right choice? There was a young man who loved to draw. He made sketches and paintings and…
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How our brain remembers
We all retain some memories in our brain that we can recall later but we do not understand how the brain works and how it embeds the memories in vivid colors and in detail. I look at this ability in people but state that this ability to remember and recall varies from people to people.…
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Controlled emotions
We are all full of emotions of all sorts that often control us because we do not learn to control them and end up in trouble. This looks at the way we can learn to control our emotions and look at all the difficulties with a philosophical viewpoint. We often find ourselves in a situation…
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You can be lonely in a crowd
Have you ever been alone in a crowd? Loneliness does not mean when you are alone because one can be lonely in a crowd. Loneliness is a state of mind that tells you that you are close to no one even if you are surrounded by people.I discuss it and note that people are…
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Toxic people
This deals with the subject of toxic people who are all around us and shows how to identify them in order to avoid them. There was a fellow in my class in college who never talked to me or acknowledged me as his class mate although we were very few, but he cornered me one…
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The bloggers world
I want to show my thanks to all my readers worldwide and tell them why I started to write in the first place. Let me admit that I am no professional writer and I do not write for money or for publicity. It came about when I was working in Burundi and lived alone in…
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Sycophancy
A sycophant is a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage. Sycophancy is more common than one would care to believe because it is a method by which weak people protect themselves who are in vulnerable positions and cant afford to lose their jobs if they are not sycophants. People…
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Do children owe their parents?
Do children owe their parents? It takes a determined effort to save for your old age but most people do not pay enough attention to it resulting in their old age…
