Category: Random moorings
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From the beginning of time to timeless being- we seem to have come very far!
The BIG-BANG!!!! I am sure if you would have looked at the night sky with a sense of awe and curiosity, some of these questions have definitely crossed your mind at some point of time in your life- “What was there at the beginning of this universe? Was something there even before the big bang…
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Old by age, but young by willpower!
The story of an old lady entrepreneur The resolute old lady “entrepreneur” selling guavas On my afternoon stroll during lunch hours, I often see an old lady sitting under the hot sun in the open walkway area near the Patel Chowk metro station. In summers, she sold jaamun/Indian blackberry and today she was selling guavas/amrood/jaamphal.…
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Caught between cosmic scale of infinity and nothingness!
Before starting the discussion, here are some facts about the size of the universe to blow away your mind: 1. Earth is very tiny Compared to the Sun You could fit about 1.3 million Earths inside the Sun. 2. Our Solar System Is Much Bigger Than You Think If the Sun were the size of…
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Everything in the name of honour- even death?
A historical perspective of Johar If you haven’t been totally cut-off from the history of India, then you must have heard about the practice of “Johar” or “जौहर प्रथा” practiced in the medieval times by women of some communities, particularly in the Mewar region (now a part of Rajasthan). It was a practice of self-immolation…
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Vanished in a second! When passion is more powerful than even life!
The Ferrari boys who gave up their life for racing Peter Collins- gone too soon…. Image courtesy: Museums Worcestershire Yes, that’s what it takes to take your life- just one second! Things move here and there, bizarre and unexpected, and wooooshhhh!!!! Before you could even think what happened, life’s gone out of the mortal body!…
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When life poses two options (दो बातें होंगी), which one would you choose?
If you are a millennial, then the odds are in favour of you having watched the famous TV serial “Office Office”. In that serial, there was a famous character called Mussadilal portrayed by Pankaj Kapoor. I loved the nuanced, typical and humourous manner in which the conduct of officials in the office, work culture and…
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Where do you stand between creation, preservation and destruction?
Creation, preservation and then destruction is the law of the nature. All living beings take birth (creation), they live their life (preservation) and then they die (destruction). Even this universe including the galaxies, stars, planets etc. was created in the big bang about 13.8 billions years ago (creation phase is still ongoing), then there is…
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What is it in the fire?
One of the five constituents of nature In ancient Indian philosophy, the human body (or infact the nature itself) is considered as made up of five basic elements, viz.- Air (Vayu), Water (Apas), Earth (Pritvi), Fire (Agni) and Ether/space (Akash). Lest, we forget, repeat in that order- Air, Water, Earth, Fire and Ether! Not just…
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Standardization- the killer of local economy and culture!
Whichever place you visit in our country, you will find the same type of food brands, clothing brands, FMCG products, styling of shops and local economy! The massive scale of globalization has flooded the native markets with the standardized products- you name it and it is available everywhere- Dominos, Pepsi, Chips, Levi’s, Nestle etc. etc.…
Anupam- The Dreamer 