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Paper folds that never get old.
All these years, I had a fascination for the art of paper folding and I did nothing about it. Would see something created out of paper and just wonder. Right from paper boats & planes to the cranes and complex structures made out of a thousand small square sheets, Origami has always given me those…
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The Digital Detox – How to do it?
As addicted as you and I are to the sweet updates that come popping up on our social media timelines every time we drag the scroll bar downwards, it’s a mystery to a lot many as to what exactly is ‘Digital Detox’. In its purest form, the digital kind of the detox means you cut yourself out…
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If I should have a daughter – Sarah Kay’s Spoken Poetry
I recently got introduced to the beautiful world of ‘spoken poetry’ and was absolutely mesmerized by it. Listening to a random TED talk landed me on the work of Sarah Kay. The following words are the lyrics of her famous poem titled “Point B” that she presented at a TED event. Be dazzled by her…
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Turned 23. Quit my job.
Some brilliant guy wrote these lines in a blog post – “Your hands have not evolved over 3 million years to type out memos. Or put paper through fax machines. Or hold a phone up while you talk to people you dislike. 100 years from now, your hands will rot like dust in your grave.…
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Now, Headed Somewhere.
Routine is boring. Imagining myself doing the same things day after day, without even changing the sequence scares me. At first, the thought of moving to a new city was unsettling. So much, that the entire decision felt wrong. But now that I am thinking of moving again, I know it is the change in…
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One point perspective. Always.
Being surrounded by two thousand people at a time is humbling. And when I use the word ‘humbling’ it is just making things as mild as possible. It is maddening, stupefying and at times blood-boiling (thanks to all the pushing and shoving). But then, it is all that as well as introspect-inducing. Weirdos like me…
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The one between what could’ve been & what would be.
So one major decision and a frenzy of events later, here I am about to take the plunge. Unwilling, yet curious. Weary, yet impatient. Now, most people toil in their lives as *employees* with dreams of having something of their own to work for. While I, having tasted a startup life, am truly swimming against…
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Being Unconquerable – “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley
At the age of 12, William had a tuberculous in the bone. He had to have his leg amputated to the knee and doctors told him he would have to have the other one amputated if he were to survive. He did not pay heed and kept going with his life with one leg, only to become…
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It’s all in the mind.
Human mind works in mysterious ways. If too much good is happening with a person, his/her mind starts conspiring ways of finding some small speck that is going wrong and makes a big deal out of it. A good yet simple example is that of mega-rich brothers quarreling over property matters. Because every single time…
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Comfort outside the comfort zone. Whaat?
The comfort zone is a comfy-fort, a fort of relaxation. Inside I feel all cozy and at peace. Out of worries and free of any tension. There is no thought pushing you to do stuff. Comfort zone is a place where you are OK with yourself & you do the things you know you’re good…
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Little Miss Sunshine Turns One Year Old
An year went by since the Rise of the Little Miss Sunshine and today we celebrate her very first birthday. An year that was full of her cries and her smiles. An year that was filled with setting our schedules in accordance to hers. An year that saw her crawling and taking the first baby steps. An…
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And so I don’t have favorites.
I love acting more than the actors. I love the sport more than the players or teams. I love the stories more than the protagonists. I love the taste and never a particular food item. I love the overall song’s composition more than the one who’s singing it. I even love the feeling I get…
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Calling These The ‘Happily Ever After’ Times
That image pretty much sums up what I feel today. I have always refrained from certain things for I was afraid of feeling grown up and didn’t want to let go off the stupidity and clumsiness masked under innocence, that I felt I always carried around. But, I had no idea that breaking free can…
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Blinding *Flash* of the Obvious!
So, recently there have been these series of events that had the slogan shouting in the background ‘Flash of the Obvious!’ and still I couldn’t take them in. The definition of what I call obvious is changing with every passing day. Statements like, ‘It is only natural.’, are being thrown in the wild more frequently…
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Is self-promotion your cup of tea?
Last december, a friend shared this article from TOI with me and it immediately sturck a chord. I wanted to blog about it then, but didn’t for umpteen reasons. And now I think is the most apt time to scribble about it. I always thought ‘self-aggrandizing cacophony’ would create chaos. As a kid, I used to look up…
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Grass just appears to be greener on the other side
How I wish I could explain some people that it is just all in the mind. We may think the grass is greener on the other side, but if we take time to water our own grass, it would be just as green; or perhaps greener.
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Can you die of happiness?
Tears of Happiness. They happens to all of us. But sometimes happiness comes in such enormous forms that you can’t contain it all at once. You can’t even shove it in a container and contemplate about it later. It is such an emotional moment that you are not sure if you are most alive in…
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Why I Love Google Animated Videos.
Well, just like http://www.google.com home page, these videos have white backgrounds and bright colors on the objects used. The white color makes everything look bright. It helps the viewer focus on the important things being shown. Whosoever creates these videos, makes sure that the language and the concept is understandable to the layman. I am amazed…
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A Mentor, A Guru, A Godfather
The greatest of the stories ever told and those which have been able to become immediately appealing to us all have one common thread. All of them have: a mentor, a guru, a godfather. Be it Dumbledore or Gandalf or one of those numerous guides in Robin Sharma’s books of greatness. Be it the tales…