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Autobiography of a Yogi was in my reading list for the past few months. Last week I was able to finish reading it. The book as the title says is an autobiography of Paramhansa Yogananda. Paramhansa Yogananda with his teachings and Kriya Yoga changed life of many of us. He spent most of his time …
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Scott Adams, the famous cartoonist behind Dilbert is a genius. My respect for him has increased multifold after his commentary around US election. Like many other successful people he too did it with his hard work.He was not born with a silver spoon. His book How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big …
Social media was on fire last week.It was almost buzzing & it had too much of information/opinion/emotion overflow. Two important things happened: USA Donald Trump won the presidential election of United States by defeating Hillary Clinton. This means he will replace Obama to become next President of United States. This result followed mixed reaction from …
Before you go further, this post is not about Keto diet or Crossfit. Losing weight requires: Running daily say 1-2 km. Avoiding Sugar/Rice. Giving up on alcohol/soda. A goodnight sleep 6-8 hrs. Eating boiled veg or sprouts post 7 pm. Having a 30 minutes light workout in gym followed by 20 mins abs exercise. Having …
Just got to know about maid’s daughter health condition, she went through heart surgery. Returned to work after 3 months & all those smiling security guards and house keeping staffs are replaced by new faces. I was told entire management got replaced by new vendor because they were cheaper. The hawker selling used cloths was …
I celebrated my 30 birthday last month & yes, I am three decades old now. Few of the lessons were learnt willingly but most of them forcefully imposed/taught the hard way. Family comes first Avoiding alcohol can do magic to your health Run & exercise regularly for better physical and mental health Keep your …
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We are living in a hyper-converged world, smart phones & social media taking more time than family/friends/nature/surrounding. We have enough to feed ourself unlike those laborers working in mine/rail/road constructions. We have enough to commute from one place to another in cab/car/taxi/auto unlike many others who still walk miles barefoot for work. We are free/independent …
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Surge pricing for taxi aggregators has been banned in Karnataka. While I have been reading the opinions of various people on different social media platforms on it, there are a few voices that are missing – taxi drivers. They’re the ones who really suffer from this ordeal, especially drivers who have bought cars on loan …
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I finally finised reading Bhagwad Gita, a hindu holy book which is collection of over 700 verses. It’s a discourse between Krishna and Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. I would strongly recommend almost everyone to read it, it has nothing to do with your race/religion. We all can relate to one or the other discourse provided, …
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FOSDEM is the mecca for all the free software developers/hackers. No wonder the attendance in the event runs anywhere north of 7000+ developers coming from all corners of the world. To attend FOSDEM this year is a dream come true for me. The event provides free demo booth to open source projects, also there is …