Dec
31
2011

Year of Two Thousand and Eleven

2011 has been a turning point in history. Some of the important events from 2011: Earth’s population reached 7 Billion Tax exempt F1 course and 685 crore park built in Noida under Mayawati’s supervision, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. Protests for Lokpal bill were initiated and led by Anna Hazare. Congress (I) party targeted …

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Mar
21
2011

पूर्णिमा

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चांदनी ने आँखों पर दस्तक दी जब ढूंढ रहे थे ख्वाब में वो चेहरा चाँद में वो तेज़ थी, वो चमक थी — जैसे खुश था उसका चेहरा ज़रूर आज ख़ास एक मॉस बाद वो उनसे मिल के आया है वेग से उड़ता हुआ आया — कोई तो पैग़ाम वहां से लाया है परन्तु शब्दों में क्षमता …

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Feb
14
2011

Valentine’s Day 2011

So things are coming together for Egypt, economy is recovering, weather is getting warmer and people are eating away Hershey™ and Lindt™ chocolates on Valentine’s Day — everything looks better with fuzzy teddy bears holding red hearts but here’s excerpt from National Geographic’s article on the mechanics of this day’s traditions: Today’s relatively tame Valentine’s …

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Feb
04
2011

Ideals

I have failed to find a one ultimately perfect ideal. Instead, I have many ideals who are, as I believe, great and consistent at their tasks or at certain virtues. One such ideal may not be exemplary for me as a whole but I keep incorporating an ideal goal for myself from such various partial …

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Jan
14
2011

René Descartes

“Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess. And in this it is not …

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Dec
22
2010

The Other One

Mesmerized in a midnight dream — my rendezvous with a beautiful stranger Heavenly white light falling on my face became a bother Opened my eyes smiling upon the enchanting encounter No, she did not appear to me as an angel The moon was full and shone just at the right angle Tweet

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Dec
19
2010

Kalidas / कालिदास

“How explain a reputation that maintains itself indefinitely and that conquers a new continent after a lapse of thirteen hundred years? None can explain it, yet certain contributory causes can be named. No other poet in any land has sung of happy love between man and woman as Kalidasa sang. Every one of his works …

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Dec
05
2010

The asteroid is coming!

“The asteroid is coming! You don't say “where do we put my food reserves?” I don't want that to be your first thought, your first thought should be: “how can we deflect this?” You need engineers and scientists around you to figure that one out. You build a society without them, you are going to …

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Sep
28
2010

शिमला के सफ़र का एक मंज़र

“सर्दी थी और कोहरा था और सुबह की बस आधी आँख खुली थी, आधी नींद में थी! शिमला से जब नीचे आते एक पहाड़ी के कोने में बस्ते जितनी बस्ती थी – इक बटवे जितना मंदिर था, साथ लगी मस्जिद, वो भी लॉकिट जितनी। नींद भरी दो बाहों जैसे, मस्जिद के मीनार गले में मन्दिर …

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Apr
07
2010

Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion’s guest room. Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw …

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