Facts of life vs made up facts There are natural laws that you cannot bend and there are assumptions and ideas that you can. The problem is that we try to bend natural laws and defend or fight for ideas that do not matter. What …
What do i do today and tomorrow? Or the power of finding your voice The past and the present may be different from the future if we change our path, and tread the road we want to walk on. Actions until now are already history. …
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How do i work this Monday? Or 6 sure-fire but underappreciated ways to have a better Monday and week ahead Why hate Mondays? Instead, why not do the things we love to do every Monday morning. Enjoy the day and spread the news: to be …
Why do i feel sad every Sunday evening? Or the power of writing to change your life As the Sunday rolls along, finding reasons to celebrate the coming week is a key factor to being happy. What exciting things will you do next week? What …
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What do i do this Saturday? Or why some alone think time is what you need Surefire ways to mess up your life #2. We spend so much time running a marathon at the pace of a sprint, out of breath, ready to collapse. Why …
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Is Friday overrated? Or why it is so easy to love the weekend The fascinating weekend and why you probably have been indoctrinated with the work-life balance paradox. So easy to love the weekend when you don’t love your job. The question is not ‘Why …
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Single-tasking or multitasking or a look at why we are so stupid Amid the growing scientific proof that multitasking is impossible, some of us still believe we are superhuman and end up doing things we sensibly shouldn’t. For instance, using the phone while driving, focusing …
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What is reality… Is reality a construct of our imagination or it represents what actually is? Both sides have followers who can argue ad-infinitum about the truth of their own side. But the truth in this matter is like with everything else… it is both… …
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WiseIdiot Quotes – How do you get going when you have to start anything? A task, a journey, etc. – something that requires a wee bit of effort. Do you look at options and then decide? And when do you get lost looking at the …
WiseIdiot Quotes – The journey of a thousand miles…. begins with a bad punchline. More often than not, we set off on journeys with set goals in mind. What we don’t realise is that these journeys change as we pass through life. We see, hear …
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Commencing operations in 2002, Delhi Metro ushered in a new era in the urban transport system in the country, and at the same time making commute within the NCR faster, convenient, and environment-friendly. It indelibly changed the way people travel in the national capital region …
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You can think of Kashmir as a hamlet nestling within the peaks of the Himalayas. Imagine a bowl – albeit a rather large one – and you get a fair idea. The Pir Panjal towers to the south connecting it with the plains of India …
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Key Takeaways of 2017 Budget Tax liability for individuals earning between Rs 2.5-5 lakh per year reduced to 5% from 10% Zero tax liability for people earning up to Rs 3 lakh per annum Surcharge of 10% for people earning Rs 50 lakh to Rs …
Facebook is all set to target casual PC gamers with its Steam-like Gameroom. It was unveiled earlier last year at Unite 2016, the annual conference for the Unity Game Development Toolkit. However, Steam has been a world leader in game distribution services for years. The …
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Kashmir, a state, unfortunately, more in the news for its problems than its achievements, has a rich history that gets lost amidst the clamour of news and social media. In this post, we take a brief look at this lineage. As with human history in …
When I was in college, my friends and I took great delight in our computer skills. Loud and spirited discussions were quite common. It was not a cover up for some deep-seated insecurity from our lack of knowledge about the subject. We were well aware …
Everyday thought in the political sphere may be likened to a smorgasbord of cluttered, unclear ideas that have a common aim of strengthening specific electoral goals. These electoral pursuits divide politicians into friends and enemies, where sound bites are often given hegemony over common sense …
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While the phenomenon of music composers singing for their own music is not unheard of, it is happening more frequently these days in Bollywood. Quite a few composers are now willing to lend their voices to their tracks in Bollywood movies. And these are not …
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There are innumerable places in this vast country that offer adventures to last a lifetime. In this series of travel posts we shall look at places that are well known as well as those that are still relatively unexplored and unfamiliar. We will begin the …
“Dwaraka ko jane wali metro platform number ek pe aa rahi hai. Jin yatrion ko Gurgaon jana hai, waha kripya Rajiv Chowk metro station pe train change karen aur Huda City Centre jane wali metro mein baethen.” I hear this recorded message every morning on …