Tag: motivation

• A motivational tale of a bird, her aspirations and gobar (cow dung)

  There was a great teacher at Bansal Classes, Kota, and he had a unique style of motivating his students for IIT-JEE examination. He taught Organic Chemistry. He was very good at his subject, but at the same time he was at times too harsh on the students. It is because of his second quality, many…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Nov 29, 2025

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, Inspiration, Kota diaries, Memoirs, Random moorings, The values of humanity

  aspirations, bansal classes, bird, coaching, cow, cow dung, dog, gobar, hardwork, humilitation, Inspiration, kota, motivation, story, teacher

• The taste of failure (or near misses)– a bitter sweet experience!

  Failure to achieve some goal or a target, of any nature, is often looked down upon and is best seen as something to be avoided. Even in the young age, people around you don’t encourage you to take risks, lest you could fail and fail hard! This is one of the big reasons why we…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Jul 12, 2025

  A figment of my mind, Blast from the past, Crack UPSC Civil Services, From the diary of an IITian, Inspiration, Memoirs, Memoirs of IIT, Random moorings

  Civil Services Examination, CPI, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, failure, goal, goal achievement, Guwahati, iit, IIT guwahati, Inspiration, journey, learning, motivation, North-East, risk, success, UPSC

• The “Karma” conundrum- 3.0

  Continuing with the “Karma” series, here I present to you the third one, with the foundational questions remaining the same, yet the dimensions explored will be diverse. A quick disclaimer– If you haven’t read the first and the second one, take 2 steps back and quickly scan those in your memory and come back here…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Jul 7, 2025

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, philosophy, Random moorings, spirituality

  action, destiny, fal, Gita, karma, motivation, positivity, rationality, science, spirituality

• The “Karma” conundrum- 2.0

  Whenever there is an unfortunate and tragic event, a debate sparks off on the sidelines regarding the Karma-fal (कर्म-फल) theory. The proponents of this theory claim that every outcome is predetermined as per our own actions (Karma). It is onto us how to perform the Karma, but we cannot determine the outcome. And even of…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Jun 18, 2025

  A better tomorrow, A figment of my mind, philosophy, Random moorings, spirituality

  disaster, fal, goal, God, karma, life, mindset, motivation, outcome, rebirth, spirituality, theory

• The “Karma” conundrum

  If you are not living in Antarctica, you must have heard the famous verse from the holy Gita, which goes like this: Which literally means that “You have the right to perform your actions (कर्म/karma), but you are not entitled to the fruits (फल/fal) of your actions”. On the face of it, it seems very…

  AnupamSinghal_the_dreamer

  Sep 25, 2024

  A figment of my mind

  goal, karma, life, motivation, philosophy, spirituality