A house-hunting experience proved how we continue not to learn from history.
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.
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.
Whenever you are angry, before uttering a word, say to yourself, “I’ll get angry tomorrow.”
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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.
Destiny is something that you have been creating unconsciously. You can also create it consciously.
I must say that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh minced no words when he met Pakistani prime minister Yousaf Gilani at the Seoul summit.
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.
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.
Where did you get that briefcase?
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.
[Quietly watching the Oscars-winning silent movie, The Artist, at a theatre]
Someone told me recently, “All the other Swamis have been telling us to give up desire. You are saying desire for everything. So, will we reach God this way?”
What is our destiny? Let us examine some famous cases. A prominent politician of a European country narrowly loses his bid for re-election for presidency.