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Reminiscing About
Rushil could see the dirt that had accumulated between the teeth ofhis wide-tooth comb. ‘Why did I not notice this before? I use this comb every day. How longhas it been like this?’ he wondered. Rushil slipped his feet into his slippers and walked to the bathroom.He held the comb beneath the opening of the…
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Skilled
A child learns each skill with practice, patience and more practice and this way Shreya learnt everything since her childhood. Be it going to the dance class and learning dance from the age of 2.5 to learning to paint from being a toddler. She learnt it all… But cooking always seemed like a tough nut…
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The Blue Realm
I am glad my grandfather had a study room in his house. Why? becauseit inspired my father to have one in our house as well, when it wasbeing built. There was a long table, which reached from one wall tothe opposite wall, there were shelves above beyond the head levels andthere were shelves below the…
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Unwanted Silence
‘Where is all the water going?’, seven years old Aadhavi asked heruncle Mr Mehra while staring at the wide river with ever speedingwater. ‘It is heading towards the sea’, replied Mr Mehra. ‘So much water goes to sea, the sea must have a lot of water by now..’said Aadhavi. Mr Mehra smiled, ‘Yes, it has…
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Summerly Warmth
How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen? The summer air of 45 degree Celsius, heated up the immediate worldoutside. Parthiv looked at the shadows of the moving leaves which fellon the balcony floor outside the black tinted glass door. Had it notbeen for the heat…
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Compiling Memories
What’s the oldest things you’re wearing today? Dev opened the small wooden door of a letter box. His eyes saw throughthe lens of the black framed spectacles at what all had arrived. Therewere a few old bills and an old magazine. Years after the advent ofthe electronic mail system, people don’t approach the letter boxes…
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Musings…
Are you a leader or a follower? Relationships with meditation have changed over time and today I would like to explain the situation which I currently have with meditation. When I was a child meditation was an alien term and knowing it was through the visiting of several religious places … The common thing or…
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Sand in the Void
What’s one small improvement you can make in your life? Vehant turned the page of a magazine he had been reading for the pasttwenty-two minutes. The two new pages revealed information on forestwealth and how its reduction had become an issue of devastatingconsequences. The smartphone vibrated; it was a work-related email. Vehant wentthrough it and…
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Uninterrupted
What does freedom mean to you? Freedom is a very subjective term and may change from person to person a lot… Today let us know the concept of Freedom from a child’s perspective.. Meet Vikrant a 10 year old boy who was made to do his homework despite the fact that he wants to play..…
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Choosing the Right
Do you vote in political elections? Election Electorate and constituency are the words Prakriti has read and known from the very childhood.. Why? Because on a specific month or around in each year or each two years she used to see political parties go for their own propaganda.. Then one fine day her parents, grandparents…
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Awaiting Presence
What gives you direction in life? Bhavin walked out of the metro station. Waves of people rushed outalong with him, most of them walked past him. Bhavin was relaxed,there was no hurry today, the next day was a Sunday, hence thisSaturday evening he would dedicate to nothing else but relaxation. Bhavin took notice of the…
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Definition Of Home
Mehak and Mina were returning from their tuition this Friday. English literature. English literature has taught them many things and one of the most important things is being sensitive and talking about every topic under the sun.. Literature of any subject helps you to learn the twists and turns of life, the agony and joy…
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Choice
Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow. Imagine you have been locked in a room along with 10 other children of your age and asked that you can only move out with the help of your intellectual abilities. That’s life ! There are decisions in life which sometimes…
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Fruitful
What job would you do for free? Jay stood on the terrace. In his hand was a new digital camera, which was in a sealed box three hours ago. Jay stood looking for a subject. He couldn’t focus in school the whole day, the excitement was just too powerful for him to focus on anything…
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Open the Gates
Here we are standing at the yellow iron gates of a society. A narrow road begins at the gates and it spreads all across the society, connecting everyone’s house with path to the seemingly outside world. Within most societies, one may find a distinct culture which develops over the time and this society had one…
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The Family Picture
The clock sounded its chiming music. It was 8 am. Dhruv was ready for office; he was ready before his usual time today. A terrible dream had broken his sleep two and a half hours earlier than when the alarm of his smartphone did. Dhruv made use of this extra time to start his morning…
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Pursuit
Just few days more and then we will stepping towards the new year 2024. Hope you all have an peaceful end of year 2023 and have a sumptuous beginning of 2024 and also a productive end of 2024 for you and your family. So let us know today’s story of how little Tara developed a…
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Teaching
Moments give joy, joys gives everlasting memory on something we want to cling on forever. First days are always special.. sometimes we fail to understand it’s importance but over the time it becomes an integral part of our growth… Today let us talk about Shreya a girl who just completed her school education and was…
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Do you think you are replaceable?
You are replaceable Who said that? Once I was going through an old interview of Alia Bhatt and what caught my eyes was how efficiently she says that the reason behind her exceptional performances is the thought She is replaceable. Actually we all are replaceable. We all are replaceable in the world and so the…
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Does education show true intelligence?
My mom always said that a person can be the most educated in the room, but still be the least intelligent. And for years and years, that stuck with me. I grew up in an environment where intellectual ability was always placed on a pedestal. I was told that I had to be ‘intelligent’ if…
Early Morning Memories 