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Why You Should Read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Meditations written by a Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius, is perhaps the only book of its kind. It contains the private thoughts of the world’s most powerful man at that time on how to lead a better life. The lessons drawn might be old, but their relevance has only grown with time. The book is based…
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Reading Mandukya Upanishad
The theme of the Mandukya Upanishad is an exposition of the Mystic Syllable, Om, with a view to training the mind in meditation, for the purpose of achieving freedom, gradually, so that the individual soul is attuned to the Ultimate Reality.
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Revisiting 16-Year-Old Five Point Someone
In 2004, Chetan Bhagat published his first novel that would go on to change the face of the Indian publishing industry. Much has been said about it and the author’s style. But a book is a book and one has to read to decide it for themselves. The book deals with the lives of the…
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The Story of Kashmir: Part Four
So far, in The Story of Kashmir series, we discussed the different aspects of the ongoing Kashmir conflict. We discussed religion, history, politics and much more. Now, we shift our focus to the most important character in this story: the people of Kashmir. There have been many grievances on the part of Kashmiris, but the…
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How To Think More About Sex
If you feel that when it comes to sex, you are a bit weird, have some strange fetishes, or, the entire sexual part of your relationship is slightly odd (perhaps not perfect), then you are not alone. In fact, you are pretty much like everybody else. This is a problem that Alain de Botton tries…
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The Story of Kashmir: Part Three
While we looked at the Hindu and Muslim narratives in the first and second parts of The Story of Kashmir respectively, it’s also worth mentioning that the modern conflict evolved in a much more complex way. How? That’s what we will discuss in this episode. The current crisis finds its roots in the year 1846…
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The Story of Kashmir: Part Two
As we learnt in the first part of our The Story of Kashmir series, the Hindu narrative claims that Kashmir has been a part of a long, Hindu tradition and it was due to the Muslim invasions that the valley’s Hindus had to suffer which paved way for the Muslims to take full control of…
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