The Dalai Lama says that we have a fundamental right to be happy – as individuals, within our family – and then – to live in a happy world. Our main goal in life must be – to work towards happiness. Makes sense. I can’t think of too many people who…
Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles
A sequel to the last post: In December 1965 came A Charlie Brown Christmas, the most successful special in television history. In a simple story from Peanuts’ creator Charles Schulz where Charlie Brown looks for genuine meaning in Christmas while Snoopy and Lucy revel in its glitter, the show defied convention…
The ancient Greeks determined the Earth was a sphere and calculated its diameter over 1700 years before Columbus sailed to America: “The Greeks had noticed that on occasion, Earth blocks the sunlight from hitting the Moon, causing what is called a lunar eclipse. By observing the shadow of Earth cast upon…
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Two days ago, my day began with something that really shook me up. I woke up as usual, brushed my teeth, blah-blah-ed and walked into the kitchen to find my mum very pleasantly ready with coffee. I savored the aroma, even as I noticed that she had already switched off the…
I read these two fantastic lines: “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” How true! In a world where change is the only constant, it is important to be open to new things. If you…
There’s a reason why the world is not overrun with pictures of Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, UFOs or your cousin Jim’s first birthday party, and that reason is known as camnesia. Camnesia is a condition in which a person either forgets to takes pictures at a once-in-a-lifetime moment, or else…