Category: Random moorings
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“Chai”- Not just a drink! But an emotion!
First of all, greetings to every chai lover and also to not-so chai lover out there on the International Tea Day today i.e. 21st May, 2025. I take this solemn occasion to reminisce about the deep association that people in the sub-continent have with chai in general, and mine in particular. Chai (tea) is a…
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The “credit” game- one of the biggest inhibitors of success
When I was in high school, our school children had a tradition (as does every school). In the lunch break, many of the boys played basketball as a ritual. And one peculiar thing to notice was that the player who got hold of the basketball would never pass it onto the other players, and instead…
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Does India of tomorrow has a place for each and every aspiring “Alok” out there?
There is a little boy aged about 8 years. He lives in an orphanage in the outskirts of the city of Delhi, as his parents died in a car accident when he was very young. He was brought to the orphanage by a good samaritan and he has lived there since. He polishes shoes of…
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Is materialism the ultimate goal or there is something more?- The story of Mike
Mike is a 51-year old filthy-rich investment banker who lives in the USA. Mike has every material comfort of life- he lives in a self-owned mansion, drives a Ferrari car, has all the modern amenities in his home, uses only top-end Apple products and wears a diamond-studded Rolex watch. On top of this, he has…
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Theory and practical: mutually exclusive or a cyclical loop?
We have often heard from the people who have done hard work all their life at the ground level that practical knowledge is everything! All theoretical knowledge according to them is just for getting a college degree, which has no meaning in real life. At the other end of spectrum are the people, although in…
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Looking beyond a world of binaries!
Mathematics is an interesting subject. Often, it may seem as difficult to many (including myself), yet the vistas of understanding that the science of mathematics has unravelled to the humanity is just unparalleled. Nothing worthwhile in this world could be understood without the concepts of mathematics. Even all the other sciences like physics, chemistry ,…
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Let there be a war, an eternal war- albeit of a different sort!
In the animal world, whenever any individual animal or a group of animals has(ve) to prove dominance over the other individual animal or a group of animals, there is only one way! No brownie points for guessing- it is the WAR and only WAR! War or synonymously violence, is their only mechanism to resolve the…
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The time elasticity and the sense of time!
It is a common saying that we cannot experience something unless we do it ourselves. And this is very true in the context of time as well. Whenever we try to imagine some event that has happened in the past, we try to look it from the lens of our understanding of “time elasticity”. This…
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Beyond the obvious- the invisible reality!
Einstein once remarked that “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” And why go to far away to look for miracles, than ourselves? The human body, as it has been estimated, consists of 7 billion billion billion atoms (i.e. 7 followed by 27 zeros!).…
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An urban landscape captured by pigeons- jaaye to jaaye kahan!
When you stand in your balcony, amongst other beautiful things like greenery and gardens, you can’t help but notice one peculiar thing always without fail. That is, the presence of a ubiquitous species called pigeon. More specifically, it is the blue rock pigeon. Even if you do not recognize any bird species, you cannot deny…
Anupam- The Dreamer 