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Vadra is the new Ghandy!!! (Valentines Day Special)
“When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts” or “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going to” are some of the quotes I was regularly exposed to while growing up. I took it on its face value and always did the right thing, no shortcuts. Even though things moved extremely slowly but…
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Frog in the boiling water!!! – Dying Hinduism
The other day, an old fable about the boiling frog came to my mind. Lets suppose you have a pot with tepid water. If you put a frog in it, it might stay in it. If it stays, you could turn the knob and start heating the water, but very-very-slowly, you would notice that the…
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He turned from being a die hard Modi fan to a Modi hater!!!
Around a month ago, I came across a question on Quora: “Why did some die hard Modi fans become Modi haters overnight?” While I was reading the answers, an intriguing question popped up in my mind. Although, numerous people had jotted down numerous reasons as to why somebody might have turned to a Modi hater from…
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Lynching Whatsapp; In the name of Holy Cow
Truth is stranger than fiction, and how we define truth is even stranger than the truth. If only Isaac Newton was a pseudo-secular-neo-intellectual-liberal or a modern day journalist, he would have prosecuted the apple and the tree from where it fell on to him for attacking him and his freedom. The apple did fall, it…
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Blue is the new Green; Assembly Election Results Dec 2018
It can either be a dynasty or a democracy. It can never be both. If a prince wants to be the prime-ministers the only thing we get is a kingdom wrapped in democratic wrapper; exactly like a candy – chocolaty inside and crunchy outside. If it is true for a prince, it is true for…
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Here is why I am happy with the Statue of Unity or The Statue of Change!!
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” ― Albert Einstein It has been more than a month since the world’s tallest statue”The Statue of Unity” was inaugurated by our prime minister. Even before the event it touched some nerve leading to…
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Entangled Kashmir: A web of poor and selfish decisions
Which among the two (A. Indian National Congress or B. Bhartiya Janta Party) can solve the Kashmir problem? Like it or not, you are going to answer this question in less than six months. If you vote you choose the answer consciously, if you don’t vote or use NOTA, you choose. But you choose unconsciously!…
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Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing forgets the clothing: BBC’s report on Fake News reveals more than expected
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. It is an open question who, if anyone, this verse is directed against. However, the metaphor is used to describe those playing a role contrary to their real character with whom contact is dangerous, particularly false teachers. We…
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