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9/11- the day that shook the entire world!
As a little kid studying in 6th standard, I was keenly watching the news on TV of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in the New York City on 11th Sep, 2001. The event was telecasted again and again on the news channels and it was really a horrific sight to see the…
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A “reactive” society waiting for disasters to happen!
Take a few man-made disaster incidents: A 50-year old building collapsed in a city resulting into deaths of children A fire incident in a hotel, with no emergency exits, resulting into deaths A bridge collapsed suddenly due to poor build quality or improper maintenance Roads turned into ponds during monsoons causing inconvenience to all These…
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Meditation- one step closer to God!
There is a large portion of human population which has turned atheist and agnostic from theists in the present generation. Infact, the proportion of those who believe in God is constantly decreasing in the world. For example, as per this report the number of people who identify as atheist, agnostic or “nothing in particular” rose…
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Riding on the road- The biker’s paradise!
For some, the journey doesn’t matter, but only the destination. For some, the destination doesn’t matter, only journey does. For some, both don’t matter. And for others, the journey and destination both matter. Here, I will talk about the last category of people, as I belong to this one. Bike riding on the road, is…
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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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My first lesson of paper money and its worthlessness- in 6th class school fete!
Growing as a kid, I was fascinated with the quizzes and the games and the competitions that were organized in my school and also in the colony that we used to live in, in a nondescript town of Shahjahanpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Once, I saw a 7th standard guy making some money…
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What is your vision for a strong, happy and a prosperous nation?
Strong citizens for a strong nation ✊ There are certain days in the history of a nation which are very significant given their historical and cultural significance. Independence Day, is certainly one of the most important among them. The day when its people became free from the chains of slavery and oppression, when the soul…
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Easy to build but difficult to maintain, when it should be vice-versa!
If you look around any major construction work like metro, highway, airports, etc., you would notice one thing that the maintenance of these public infrastructures is most of the times shoddy, improper and not up-to-the-mark. It seems that construction of such large projects is easier and there is so much fanfare around the inauguration that…
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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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