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Transcending the mind’s soap opera

The mind is engaged in the outside world all the time, and it is rarely turned inward. From the moment your eyes open in the morning, you are caught up in all that you see, smell, hear, touch, and taste, engaged in the activities of the senses. When you go to sleep and dream, you…

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Consistency isn’t magic — it’s math

A few years ago, a little online puzzle called Wordle unexpectedly became a global ritual. Even if you never played it, you probably saw those green-and-yellow grids everyone kept sharing. The puzzle itself was simple—guess a five-letter word—but what really hooked people was something even simpler: the streak. The quiet satisfaction of showing up today…

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Women at the heart of India’s silent health crisis

On World Diabetes Day, experts spotlight how diabetes affects Indian women differently — from pregnancy risks to social neglect and health inequality An Indian woman testing her blood sugar at home — symbolising awareness and empowerment (AI Image: Gemini) Every November 14, the world observes World Diabetes Day, a global call to action against one…

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Through the looking glass

“Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” The question remains the same ..and the answer that the Magic Mirror gave to the haughty, self-obsessed queen in the SnowWhite tale that repeatedly assured her of being the fairest, is what we all expect to hear even today. Time has not changed this…

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Life & its crutches

When the effects of the tablet transform the sharp jabbing sensation in your hip into a dull ache, you know that in a while you will be able to sleep, and hopefully in the morning the pain will leave you alone. It often does, but then if it persists, you have no choice but to…

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The ROI on the LOL

Of all the emotions that one can display at the workplace, negative emotions like anger, envy and greed are surprisingly seen as acceptable, perhaps even as positives. Of course, you need to call them something… Source link

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Teams win only when plans meet follow-through

Planning is where every successful project begins — and the Gantt chart remains one of the most powerful ways to bring order to complexity. It helps teams see the big picture and keep projects on track. But what happens after the plan is made? That’s where many projects lose momentum — not because the chart…

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Bihari cuisine-beyond Litti-Chokha

Litti may be the dish most people associate with Bihar, but it was never an everyday kitchen staple. It was once a farmer’s meal, cooked over wood fires in the open fields. And while litti, paired with its spicy brinjal-tomato-coriander chutney, does taste divine, Bihar’s cuisine goes far beyond it. Many of its dishes are…

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Who will Save India from Us Indians?

Recently, the Indian women’s cricket team won the World Cup — a great accomplishment indeed, one that filled the collective nation’s heart with pride. Celebrations ensued and continue to be on…every night, we hear loud firecrackers at midnight. Now this is after all the scary news in the media about the deadly AQI levels post…

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Why so much changes when she makes the move

That many women today can pursue men they like, reversing centuries-old dictum that men should chase & women should be chaste, is arguably the most fundamental demonstration of gender equality Lust is not gender-based. Until recently, however, men and women had to follow different manuals. Both macho brags and mothers’ dire warnings pointed to the…

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