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I am a compulsive coffee drinker – the trait that I share with most Americans. Now that Starbucks is spreading in India, should try by favourite Cafe Latte when one…
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Yesterday (2014-05-04) would have been 85th birthday of Audrey Hepburn, the Belgian-born British actress. In spite of such negative attributes as being tall, lanky, skinny and wistful, she won the…
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I had written earlier about the mention of Ramanujan in the Hollywood movie, Good Will Hunting. This mention has now “piqued” a national award-winning film director Gnana Rajasekaran to make…
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This photo story that appeared in The Hindu on 9th March 2014 laments that, “Oblivious to the fact that March 8 was celebrated as International Women’s Day, a woman cooks…
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Look at the way the news of two dead people found at a place is presented in a newspaper. It talks only about a woman found dead. And the information…
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Nirvana Shatkam (निर्वाणषट्कम्) also known as Atma Shatkam (आत्मषट्कम्) was composed by Adi Shankaracharya based on his own direct and intimate experience of absolute bliss of realisation of the ultimate…
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Shanthi Mantram from IshaVasya Upanishad, part of Shukla Yajurveda. ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पुर्णमुदच्यते | पूर्णश्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥ ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥ Om pUrNamadah pUrNamidaM pUrNAt pUrNamudacyate PUrNasya pUrNamAdAya…
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