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Happy Gurupurab!

27th Nov, 2023 “Satgur Nanak Pargateya, Mitti Dhund Jag Chanan Hoyeya” (With the emergence of the Holy Guruji, Guru Nanak, the mist cleared and the

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‘Why Me?’

25th Nov, 2023 When things go bad in your life, it’s easy to think ‘Why me?’ Why do I have a rubbish job? Why is

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‘The Fault Finders’

24th Nov, 2023 “Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” To be specific, these small minds are fault-finders, which according

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Day 3 – Diwali – The Day of Light

12th Nov, 2023 ॥तमसो मा ज्योतिर् गमय॥ “हे ईश , हमें अज्ञान के अंधकार से ज्ञान के प्रकाश की ओर ले चलिए |” On this

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Diwali Festival – Day 2 – Naraka – Chaturdasi – (Day of Knowledge)

11th Nov, 2023  ‘The importance of knowing that you don’t know’ यदा किञ्चिज्ञोहं द्विप इव मदान्धः समभवम्। तदा सर्वज्ञोस्मित्यभवदवलिप्तं मम मनः।। यदा किञ्चित् किञ्चित् बुधजनशकाशादवगतम्।

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‘Light the Lamp’

7th Nov, 2023  I read a beautiful couplet from Sant Kabir this morning, which reads – जब मैं था तब हरी नहीं, अब हरी है

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‘Pura Vida’

4th Nov, 2023 In Costa Rica, ¡Pura Vida! is a phrase used by Ticos (Costa Ricans) on a daily basis. It means “pure life,” or

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#GOODEEDIWALI

2nd Nov, 2023 The Festive season is a great time of the year to practice kindness and gratitude. Let’s do our bit and start a

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‘Be Grateful’

29th Oct, 2023  Below is a true-life story I came across which really touched a chord. Recently, A 73-year-old man in Italy recovered from an

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Happy Vijaydashmi!

24th Oct, 2023 Dussehra is a Sanskrit word which means removal of ten bad qualities within you. Kama vasana (Lust) Krodha (Anger) Moha (Attachment) Lobha

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Do Good!

23rd Oct, 2023 There’s so much that needs to be done in this world. The question is: what can we do to make the world

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‘Happy Durga Ashtami’

22nd Oct, 2023 सर्वमंगलमांगल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थ साधिके। शरण्ये त्र्यम्बके गौरी नारायणि नमोस्तु ते।। During Navratri, we celebrate the nine forms of the Goddess, the Universal

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‘REST’

21st Oct, 2023 “If a plant only gets sunlight, it’s very harmful. It needs darkness too, In the darkness, it converts oxygen into carbon dioxide.

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‘Autotelic’

16th Oct, 2023 Autotelic activity is one we do for its own sake because to experience it is the main goal rather than to achieve

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Happy Navratri

15th Oct, 2023 या देवी सर्वभूतेषु, शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता, नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नम: The beginning of spring and the beginning of autumn are two very

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‘The importance of knowing that you don’t know’

14th Oct, 2023 ‘यदा किञ्चिज्ञोहं द्विप इव मदान्धः समभवम्। तदा सर्वज्ञोस्मित्यभवदवलिप्तं मम मनः।। यदा किञ्चित् किञ्चित् बुधजनशकाशादवगतम्। तदा मूर्खोस्मीति ज्वर इव मदो मे व्यपगतः।।’ “When

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‘Change?’

5th Oct, 2023  Most people feel that success in business is dependent on how you respond to change, whereas many success stories show that successful

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‘Thank You’

30th September, 2023  Good morning & wish you a blessed Weekend. Sometimes we just need to stop in the midst of it all. Take a

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Ganpati Visarjan!

28th September, 2023  Ten days after welcoming Lord Ganesha to our homes on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, devotees bid adieu to Ganesh idols on

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The Trade-off?

25th September, 2023  Continuing with the theme of Work – Life balance, For his book, ‘30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the

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‘Stay Positive’

22nd September, 2023 I Came across this beautiful piece of writing to overcome negativity bias & hence sharing. “What I advise you to do is,

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‘Walk away’

17th September, 2023 Sometimes walking away is the best move you can make in order to grow and evolve. “Walking” is the best exercise…!                         🚶

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‘Dopamine’

16th September, 2023 Often called the “happy hormone,” dopamine results in feelings of well-being. Interacting with the pleasure and reward centre of our brain, dopamine

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Action Bias

15th September, 2023 “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone,” wrote Blaise Pascal in the 17th Century.

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‘Don’t quit’

12th September, 2023 It’s amazing how far you will get by just staying with something long enough. Most people give up too early. Their fears

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Yes Weekend!

9th September, 2023 You can make the world a better place by making yourself a better person. The answers you seek, never come when the

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Happy Teachers Day!

5th September, 2023 Abraham Lincoln, wrote this letter to his son’s teacher when his son joined school: “My son starts school today. It is all

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‘Contentment’

3rd September, 2023 On a 17th-century tsukubai (water basin) stone at the Ryoanji Temple in Kyoto, there’s an ancient inscription where four Chinese characters are

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The Last Dance

31st August, 2023 I recently had the opportunity to see the must watch Netflix documentary “The Last Dance” – about the Chicago Bulls’ dream run

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‘Value Life’

29th August, 2023 Carefulness is a characteristic of being cautious, thoughtful, or prudent. A friend of mine who used to say that he misplaces and

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What Love means?

27th August, 2023 Touching words from the mouth of children. A group of researchers once people posed this question to a group of 4 to

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Yes, We Can!

24th August, 2023 Team ISRO achieved an amazing feat when the Chandrayan -3 made a soft landing on the Moon South Pole. Built at a

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‘The KISS principle’

21st August, 2023 Leonardo da Vinci once said: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” KISS is a design principle that stands for “Keep it simple and

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‘Cut Out The Bad Bits’

11th August, 2023 Jerry Seinfeld, the Billionaire actor, writer & producer identifies the ultimate skill of the artist as “taste of creativity and discernment.” “It’s

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‘The Salmon Run’

10th August, 2023 All major animal groups including birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, mo insects & crustaceans migrate hundreds and thousands of miles and the

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‘Live Life’

5th Aug, 2023 The popular assumption is that no skills are involved in enjoying free time, and that anybody can do it. Yet the evidence

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Take responsibility

31st July,2023 Here’s a story from John Rossman’s book ‘Think Like Amazon’: Steve Jobs told employees a short story when they were promoted to vice

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Schedule your priorities

30th July,2023 Most people feel guilty about taking a day off or spending some time during the working day pursuing non-work-related interests. Ideally, you should

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The Luck Razor

27th July,2023 The concept used more in the Startup eco system is applicable universally. It essentially means, when choosing between two paths, choose the path

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Hope

26th July,2023 Once a king announced a death sentence to two convicts. One of them knew that the king is very fond of his horse.

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Kaizen

21st July,2023 Benjamin Franklin said, “Little strokes fell great oaks.” The Japanese have talked for centuries about Kaizen, which means ‘small continuous improvements.’ Instead of

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Dream Big

20th July,2023 Dream big about what you want to achieve. Dream big about the life you want to lead and the difference you want to

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GUERNICA

13th July,2023 Guernica is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art

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Social Loafing

12th July, 2023 Social loafing refers to a psychological phenomenon which states that the employees working in a group, underperform a given task in comparison

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‘Co-opetition’

10th July,2023 Coopetition is a business strategy that uses insights gained from game theory to understand when it is better for competitors to work together.”

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‘Self Priority’

8th July,2023 Are you the most important person in your life? How often do you make time for yourself? Conventional wisdom centers around giving more

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‘Are you a genius?’

07-07-2023 The term genius refers to someone with extraordinary intellectual or creative power. Psychologists in the early 1900s were the first to measure and define

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The importance of Guru

3rd July,2023 “Guru and God both appear before me.To whom should I prostrate?I bow before Guru who introduced God to me”~ Kabir When Swami Vivekananda

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Joy of giving

23rd June,2023 One of the great Hollywood actresses, Katherine Hepburn was possibly the only person who won the Oscar Award four times, apart from being

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Power of a Hug

22nd June,2023 A little Boy came from School on Saturday and told his Father, my Teacher has given us Homework to Hug Ten people and

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‘Start with Yoga’

21st June,2023 Like meditation, yoga is an extremely popular and effective method for becoming a more relaxed, easy-going person. For centuries, yoga has been used

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’The 2% Mindset’

19th June,2023 Only 2% of the population go for their dreams with confidence and persist after failure, Only 2% of the population choose happiness and

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‘Enjoy the game’

29th May, 2023 At a building construction site near my workplace, lots of labourers were working and their small children used to play various games.

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‘Fix Your Thinking’

20th May, 2023 This weekend…. People may disappoint you; Surprise them with your Acceptance. People may hurt you; Surprise them with your Forgiveness. People may

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‘Thank you Ma’

14th May, 2023 In a school bag, the Rough Book will have the worst condition because it bears the load and responsibilities of all other

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Blackbox Thinking

10th May, 2023 “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself,” wrote Matthew Syed, in his book,

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TEAM SPIRIT

08th May, 2023 Not finance, not strategy, not technology, it is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and

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Slow Down….

07th May, 2023 Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you. To put it simply, your mind is like a

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An Email To Self

06th May, 2023 People at the top of their profession are thought to be quite self cantered and sure of themselves. But one of the

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The Power of One

05th May, 2023 The Power of One’ is the theory that one person can change the future, that one person’s actions can actually change the

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The Will to Win

04th May, 2023 Our lives and the work we do rarely follow a straight line, They’re a myriad of dips, twists, turns, catapults, and zigzags. 

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‘Small Habits’

03rd May, 2023 Some studies suggest that big dogs are more well-behaved pets. They also point out that bigger dogs usually have better behavior than

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Counterfactual Thinking

27th April, 2023 Counterfactual thinking is a concept in psychology that involves the human tendency to create possible alternatives to life events that have already

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’Omotenashi’

26th April, 2023 I am a big fan of Japanese concepts like Ikigai, Kaizen, Wabi-Sabi, Kintsugi and try to adopt them in my daily working

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‘Persistence’

24th April, 2023 Whenever I think of persistence, I am reminded of a quote by author, James Watkins, “A river cuts through rock, not because

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Akshaya Tritiya

22nd April, 2023 In Sanskrit, the word akshaya (अक्षय्य) means “never decreasing” in the sense of “prosperity, hope, joy, success”, while tritiya means “third phase

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2 QUESTIONS

20th April, 2023 Q 1: If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were

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‘JUST DROPS’

19th April, 2023 Recently, when I was going to bed after using my bathroom, I started hearing sound of drops of water from the tap

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Rule of 100

17th April, 2023 The 100-Hour Rule is the theory that to master a topic and get the benefits of greatness doesn’t need to take 10,000

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’Stop Racing’

16th April, 2023 Two close boyhood friends grow up and go their separate ways. One becomes a humble monk, the other a rich and powerful

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‘Believe’

15th April, 2023 There are always three steps , Ask Believe  & Receive. The first step is to Ask, let the Universe know what you

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‘Kiss That Frog’

12th April, 2023 In their new book, ‘Kiss That Frog,’  team of motivational author and speaker Brian Tracy and psychotherapist Christina Tracy Stein expand on

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What Do You See?

11th April, 2023 A professor asked his students to prepare for the test. The professor handed out the question paper and asked his students to

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Contact or Connection

09th April, 2023 An old teacher was being interviewed by a young professional. “Sir, in your last lecture, you told us about “Contact” & “Connection.”

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Rule the World

01st April, 2023 In the jungle which animal is the biggest – Elephant. In the jungle which animal is the tallest – Giraffe. In the

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‘Besa’

31st March, 2023 While doing some research for an article, I came across this wonderful Term called ‘Besa’. It literally means ‘to keep the promise.’

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Happy Ram Navami

30th March, 2023 त्याग दी सब ख्वाहिशें..   निष्काम बनने के लिए…  राम’ ने खोया बहुत कुछ..    श्री राम’ बनने के लिए… On the ninth day

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Happy Durga Ashtami

29th March, 2023 During Chaitra Navratri, We celebrate the nine forms of the Goddess, the Universal mother, an embodiment of power. According to mythological scripts,

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Simple Advice

27th March, 2023 In the endnotes of his brilliant book, ‘Winning the Loser’s Game,’ Charles Ellis wrote about two of his best friends who, at

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The Lighthouse Effect

26th March, 2023 Lighthouses have traditionally been viewed as symbols of hope and security. As beacons of light, they provide guidance for safe passage to

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’You are Important’

25th March, 2023 You have this one life. How do you want to spend it? Apologising? Regretting? Questioning? Feeling sad? Hating yourself? Running after meaningless

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’Winning Lobster’

24th March, 2023 Hierarchies are everywhere. It is often argued that they are a social construct, invented to allow certain people to have power over

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Salute our Heroes

23rd March, 2023 चूमा था वीरों ने फांसी का फंदा, यूँ ही नहीं मिली थी आजादी खैरात में।। On the Shaheed Diwas, today, Let us

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Happy Navratras!

22nd March, 2023 The beginning of spring and the beginning of autumn are two very important junctions of climatic & solar influence. These two periods

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‘What is Evil?’

21st March, 2023 I recently read a book  called ‘Evil- The science behind humanity’s dark side’ by Julia Shaw. It looks at why people do

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5 More Minutes

19th March, 2023 A woman sat down next to a man on a bench at a playground park one fine Sunday Morning. “That’s my son

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‘Go Slow, Go Far’

13th March, 2023 Most young tree saplings spend their early decades under the shade of their mother’s canopy. Limited sunlight means they grow slowly. Slow

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Querencia

09th March, 2023 “Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.” Querencia, A Spanish

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‘Celebrate Life’

08th March, 2023 Any excuse to celebrate is good, the nature of the spirit is celebration. Holi is associated with Mal Utsav (smearing of Colours).

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Relax

05th March, 2023 What does it mean to relax? Despite hearing this term thousands of times during the course of our lives, very few people

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Anchoring

28th February, 2023 The Mongols ruled most of central Asia before their leader, Chenghis Khan, led them on an ill-fated campaign into what is now

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Slow Dance

26th February, 2023 Here is a poem written by child psychologist David L. Weatherford, I read some years back and again recently. This is one

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’Be Thankful’

25th February, 2023 ‘The more you thank life, the more life gives you to be thankful for.’ A construction supervisor from the 16th floor of

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Blue Bird Event

23rd February, 2023 Bluebird is a lucrative  opportunity that you come across unexpectedly, without much effort. The term is often used by sales professionals when

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‘Happy Mahashivratri’

18th February, 2023 ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात् ॥ Om, We Worship the Three-Eyed One (Lord Shiva), Who is Fragrant (Spiritual

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‘Let go & Move on’

17th February, 2023 ਆਗਾਹਾ ਕੂ ਤ੍ਰਾਘਿ ਪਿਛਾ ਫੇਰਿ ਨ ਮੁਹਡੜਾ (ਅੰਗ ੧੦੯੬) Agaha ku traang piccha pher na muhadharha (ang 1096) Agaha – future Traang

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‘Take this Quiz’

16th February, 2023 You don’t actually have to take the quiz. Just read straight through, and you’ll get the point. 1. Name the five wealthiest

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‘Hug Day’

12th February, 2023 Valentine’s Week is here. Every year, Valentine’s Week is celebrated with a whole lot of grandeur and pomp all across the world.

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Be Happy!!!

11th February, 2023 This story is about a beautiful rich lady who complained to her psychiatrist that she felt that her whole life was empty,

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Money Habits

09th February, 2023 Money habits is a complicated subject. There’s a human element that can defy logic – it’s personal, it’s messy, it’s emotional and

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Enjoy the Journey

04th February, 2023 I recently reread the ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance’ (ZAMM) which is an autobiography of American writer and philosopher, Robert

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Precious Gift

03rd February, 2023 “We give little when we give of our possessions but we give much when we give of ourselves”, said Al Mustafa in

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Budget Day

01st February, 2023 It’s the Union Budget day! Budget is like life. It is all about balancing; Balancing priorities, Balancing what you have & what

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‘Don’t Quit’

30th January, 2023 My favourite Monday morning reminder, when i feel like giving up is this wonderful poem. It definitely gets me charged up for

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