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The Teacher, the Teachings and the Taught

Aren’t they all just links in a glorious chain? Isn’t one part of the other? And yet, it’s the ties that bind these three that have given rise to more strife than one can dream of! Simply because man...

58 comments    religion god belief
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Thirukural – Couplets To Live By That Transcend Time

Over two thousand years ago, a sage from South India named Thiruvalluvar  wrote a collection of maxims - 133 chapters, each containing ten short, forceful couplets. He wrote in the South Indian Dravidian...

36 comments    philosophy ethics couplets
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Cell Out

It all began with those cricket alerts. The cellphone went Ping! Ping! to tell me a message had come in. ‘Sachin Tendulkar on 25!’ it announced proudly. Oh yeah! Okay! I went and told my husband, the...

38 comments    writing mobile phone cellphone
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Domestic Violence: Lizzy’s Tale

Lizzy pressed herself against the wall. He must have caught the earlier bus home today. She could hear his key in the lock and she knew just what he’d do if he caught sight of her. With her little ones...

43 comments    home violence domestic violence
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Passionfruit Recipes

Even the name gives it an exotic flavour. It has been used for years in traditional medicine in a number of countries around the world, especially as a calming tonic for hyperactive children as well as adults....

26 comments    food recipes eating
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The Seasons Of Our Lives: A Review

There’s so much order everywhere around us, if only we stop and take the time to be aware of it. The seasons come and go, without fail, year after year. Of course, man tries and disrupts this at times with...

35 comments    destiny fate cyclic
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Pomegranate Recipes

Pomegranates are a favourite the world over. They are packed with vitamin C and are also a good source of fibre. The fruit is said to lower cholesterol as well as reduce the risks of heart failure. It contains...

37 comments    health food recipes
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More Than One Story

So often, we have stereotyped images of people who are not like us – and that’s all the story we know about them. I listened to a talk the other day by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a writer from Nigeria and...

43 comments    hubpages people 100th hub
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In Our Little Garden

It’s just a little patch but we love it. It’s green, everything’s organically grown and we do get quite a bit from there to put on our table. Summer in Pune, the city we live in – three hours away from...

35 comments    home garden
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Bach Flower Remedies: Vine and Domination

The Bach flower remedy Vine is, in its negative state, the most dominating a person can be. Most of us know people like these in our lives – the power-hungry ones who just cannot accept others’...

4 comments    health natural remedies vine
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