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Life’s many vicissitudes

Is there an ‘ideal’ age to live upto? Or is it what one puts into whatever time frame given to us by the Supreme that matters? As the wise have said, it does not matter how long one lives but how well one lives that counts in the final analysis.

Turning the tablas

I feel sorry for the environment minister.Huh? I remember seeing Jairam Ramesh having a gala time at a book launch event recently.

Neo-colony-ialism

A house-hunting experience proved how we continue not to learn from history.

A hearty change

I was half asleep and yet eagerly waiting for my grandfather to begin telling a story. I do not remember that I ever missed an opportunity listening to his stories. His interesting way of narrating real-life experiences has helped me learn a great deal.

The buzz: keeping tab on the political grapevine

Contrary to the impression that the chief ministers of Bihar and Gujarat can’t stand each other, Nitish Kumar and Narendra Modi were seen exchanging pleasantries at the lunch hosted at the sidelines of the chief ministers’ meet on internal security recently.

How to overcome anger

Whenever you are angry, before uttering a word, say to yourself, “I’ll get angry  tomorrow.”

Jobs for the boy

Reporter's job fifth worst; software engineer's best - PTI, New York

Think differently

It is a godly act that all men do not think alike. Therefore, it has rightly been said that when all men think alike, no one thinks much.

Write your own destiny

Destiny is something that you have been creating unconsciously. You can also create it consciously.

The dialogue

I must say that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh minced no words when he met Pakistani prime minister Yousaf Gilani at the Seoul summit.

The Great Penance that’s needed now from us

Mamallapuram, about an hour south of Chennai on the East Coast Road, is where we go to see the gigantic rock-relief called ‘The Great Penance’ carved on a granite rock wall 27 metres wide and 9 metres tall.

An allergy alert at the start of summer

Like all bad news and the common cold, allergies can pop up when you least expect them. I’ve been there, having suddenly developed an allergy to crocin (paracetamol) some years ago after having it all my life to treat everything from headaches to fever and toothache.

Budget this in

Where did you get that briefcase?

Untruth to truth

Amavasya means no moon day or new moon day. Whenever something or somebody goes absent, one feels the presence all the more and powerful. On any other day, even the Pournami, it is there; but on Amavasya, the presence is felt even more.

Silence audible

[Quietly watching the Oscars-winning silent movie, The Artist, at a theatre]
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