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Meghna Pant and the Art of Getting Published in India
How to get published in India? It’s a question you often get asked if you’ve got anything to do with publishing industry, and yet, there’s never a clear answer. However, this became somewhat easy after I read Meghna Pant’s How to Get Published in India back in 2020. Since then, every time someone has asked…
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7 Sentences That Can Destroy Your Worldview
Words don’t have mass, nor do they occupy any space — and yet, they matter. They matter because when they are string together and turned into sentences, the ideas that emerge from there can make or break the world. Let’s take a look at seven such powerful sentences that are capable of destroying one’s worldview,…
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5 Times Intellectuals Went Horribly Wrong
Intellect is not wisdom. Therefore, we should not be surprised when an intellectual says something profoundly unwise. While we owe a lot of human progress to all the intellectuals who came before us, it would not be unfair to say that sometimes they have gone horribly wrong. Let’s talk about five such instances when intellectuals…
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A Tamil Folk Story – Indian Folktales
Note: Continuing this series of Indian folk stories, travelling through north and west, today I have arrived south with a Tamil folk story for you. Happy reading! Once there was a big businessman. He had a son and a daughter. Both were happily married. The brother and sister had a great regard for each other.…
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A Himachali Folk Tale – Indian Stories
Note: In this series, I am going to pick some interesting folk stories from different parts of India and share them with you. With some spice, of course. Starting today, I have a Himachali folk tale for you. Happy reading! If you know anything about Himachal, or its neighbouring regions along the Himalayas, such as…
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How to Think
CHILDREN MUST BE TAUGHT HOW TO THINK, NOT WHAT TO THINK. I have come across countless educators who keep parroting the above quote by the late American anthropologist Margaret Mead. Surprisingly (or unsurprisingly), each time I have asked them to explain “how to think”, they have either run away or merely repeated the same thing…
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Know Thyself? Sure. But How?
Know thyself. Everybody, from that friend who acts like a therapist to an enlightened spiritual guru, would tell you that. It makes sense too. What’s the point in reading hundreds of books, if we remain ignorant to what has been written on our minds? However, soon we realise the problem. We may look like the…
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