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March 10, 2007 12:53 AM EST --
This is a very nice story whose lesson is worth imbibing.
What goes around comes around*
He almost didn't see the old lady, stranded on the
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January 13, 2007 10:19 AM EST --
It was the winter of 1963. I had gone to college as usual, but as I entered the gate I could perceive a gloomy atmosphere. The ladies stood in grief, wiping their tears with their . . .
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April 12, 2007 02:42 AM EDT --
I came across an interesting article in the Times of India, based on Harvard professor, Greg Mankiw’s parable on his blog recently. I am sure many fellow gatherers might have read . . .
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June 27, 2007 11:29 AM EDT --
I sat in my favorite armchair, in the pink of my life, as my thoughts go back to my childhood and adolescent days. In a caste-ridden society like ours, the quality of existence in the remote . . .
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March 28, 2007 10:34 AM EDT --
Peter returned to his home near Farnborough, England, from the boarding school in Scotland, during the summer vacations. He was fifteen years old, well-built and with a penchant for making . . .
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April 10, 2007 12:28 AM EDT --
Several years ago, during the Easter holidays, we had decided to go on a picnic. The chosen site was a beautiful spot, about forty kilometers out of the city. There was a large lake, . . .
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May 06, 2007 12:13 PM EDT --
The sweet fragrance of happiness surrounds us all the while,
But we have no time to even offer a smile.
We are busy day and night, in worldly strife,
We have no time to spend in living our life.
We . . .
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January 03, 2007 07:33 AM EST --
Abstract: This is not a conventional ghost story. It is set at a period when India just got independence from British rule. The rich landlords ruled the countryside and they usurped the land . . .
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April 06, 2007 09:18 AM EDT --
The UNICEF in its report for the year 2007 on, “Overview of child wellbeing in rich countries,” reveals disturbing news. It states that Britain has completely failed in . . .
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May 16, 2007 09:42 PM EDT --
I recall the following lines of John Bunyan:
He that is down needs fear no fall,
He that is low, no pride;
He that is humble, ever shall
Have God to be his guide.
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March 26, 2007 02:42 AM EDT --
This incident goes back to my college days. I was very meticulous in taking down notes during the classroom lectures. At home, I prepared the final notes, often filling in some of . . .
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March 31, 2007 03:38 AM EDT --
A Buddhist monk, along with his two disciples, decided to rest under a tree, after a long and arduous walk. The elder disciple was named Ram. He was very obedient to his master and carried . . .
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April 14, 2007 11:48 PM EDT --
There have been a number of articles/books lately, on the “New American story”. The latest was the book by senator Bill Bradley, on his perceptions of oil dependence as a major . . .
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December 27, 2006 06:47 AM EST --
In the backward towns and villages of India, husbands are still treated as “God”, whose commands have to be meticulously followed, by the wives. No disobedience or protest is tolerated . . .
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December 28, 2006 10:59 AM EST --
Sohrab and Rustom were neighbors in a high-rise Apartment in south Mumbai. Sohrab was married for five years and Rustom for two years. Rustom worked in a computer firm and left early at seven, . . .
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January 20, 2007 11:52 AM EST --
I look back to my days in the primary school when I read the fairy tale of “Snow-white and the dwarfs”. Snow-white was born to the king and queen of a distant land, but soon . . .
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May 09, 2007 08:41 AM EDT --
Every book on religion devotes at least a chapter, on the various forms of temptations and how to resist it. Christianity points out that Adam and Eve got banished from the garden of Eden, . . .
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June 05, 2007 11:22 AM EDT --
(This article is dedicated to “World Environment Day”, which falls on 5th. June, 2007)
Roger was driving his old, year 2000 model Buick car, to his chemical factory. Seated . . .
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January 01, 2007 11:54 PM EST --
I saw a film, recently released by Bollywood (local Hollywood), “Kabul Express”, which was entirely shot in Afghanistan. It gave us an opportunity to witness life in the war . . .
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January 24, 2007 01:45 AM EST --
I came across a beautiful blues song which was believed to be very popular amongst the Negro slaves in the late nineteenth century America. Its words are as follows: . . .
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