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How to Practice Mindfulness
What is mindfulness really? Do we understand it? More importantly, how can we practice it in daily life? Let’s find out answers to these questions. Read more
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Top Book Podcasts in India
So many books, so little time. That’s the story of every book-reader these days, isn’t it? That’s why, podcasts hold great value. They save your time, allow you to listen from anywhere while doing anything and save any kind of effort that is required for reading. For the same reason, audio-books are gaining popularity. But, Read more
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How to Read Bhagavad Gita
Bhagavad Gita – literally translates to The Song of God – is a holy book for Hindus. There are certainly countless other texts such as Vedas, Upanishads etc and in fact many other Gitas, but this one in particular holds a special place and is read/chanted widely in the Hindu society. How should one read Read more
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Understanding Burmese (Myanmar) Conflict
What’s going on in Myanmar? A coup? Yes. But, how did we get here? To answer that question, we have to go back into the past – as we so often do – and find out the power dynamics there. In order to understand the present-day conflict of Myanmar, or Burma as it was previously Read more
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How to Kiss as per Kamasutra
How to kiss as per Kamasutra, the ancient Indian text on the art of love? It sounds a bit funny, perhaps something close to ‘click-bait’ in modern parlance, but the ancient Indians were comfortable exploring the ideas of intimacy. Hard to believe, right? But that’s how it was. That’s why, over 2200 years later, Kamasutra Read more
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The Pluralism of India: Shashi Tharoor
Note: The below excerpts are taken from Shashi Tharoor’s book India: From Midnight to the Millenium and Beyond. My generation grew up in an India where our sense of nationhood lay in the simple thought: That the singular thing about India was that you could only speak of it in the plural. This pluralism emerged Read more
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