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Is Might Right?
Hello readers! I am back with another enlightening verse in Telugu from Sumathi Satakam. These poems or verses of wisdom were written by Baddenna in the 13th century, but the lessons they teach ring true even to this day and age. బలవంతుడునాకేమని పలువురితోనిగ్రహించిపలుకుట మేలా? బలవంతమైనసర్పము చలిచీమలచేతజిక్కి చావదే సుమతి! (Balavantudu naa kemanipaluvuritoo nigrahinchi pulukuta melaa?balavanthamaina sarpamuchalicheemala chetha jikki chaavade…
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Women’s Woes
In the past month, we heard multiple cases of atrocities against women in India. It is not a sudden spike in these cases, but the fact that they have come to light only now. Being a woman, whether it is in India or any part of the world, we have faced violence, suppression, injustice, and…
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In Our Next Birth
The Bhagwat Gita explains that every being that takes birth eventually goes through the doors of death to be reborn again in a new body. The body is perishable but the soul isn’t, it changes from one body to another as it passes through the cycle of life and death just as a person change…
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Be The Change You Want To See
I have not coined this term, ‘be the change you want to see’ however, I want to endorse this statement. If you are a sceptic, we can rephrase the term as ‘Practise before you preach’. Motivational speakers will say, ‘Lead by example’. Religious people might connect to the statement, ‘Do unto others as you would have…
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How Do We Decide Who Is Right??
In the last few weeks, we have seen many controversial and disturbing events that took place around the world. Mass shootings in the USA, protest against the regime in Hong Kong, reorganization bill in J&K (India), Ebola crisis in Congo, increased tensions in Iran, terror threats in Afghanistan, etc. We hear many such unfortunate and…
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Historic Sam Sharpe Square In Montego Bay
Nested in the centre of Down Town, Montego Bay, is the popular Sam Sharpe Square. This historic place is bustling with pedestrian and vehicular traffic. It was originally called Charles Square. Sir Charles Knowles was the governor of Jamaica from 1752 to 1756. James Lawrence who was the custos of the parish in 1755, laid…
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