Positivity
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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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How Time Flies
It feels like the new year started just yesterday, yet already two months have passed. This is not a new discovery or some profound epiphany that I’ve had. This is an age-old complaint that time flies and waits for no man. However, as we change, the meaning of this hits us differently each time. When…
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Bittersweet Days
Hello everyone!! It has been a while since I last posted. Not to make an excuse, but times have been tough. Or rather, I should say that times have been bittersweet. I have witnessed the passing of a few elders in my extended family. Although at that time I took it well enough, considering they…
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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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Welcome 2021!!
I wish all my readers, fellow bloggers and friends, A Very Happy New Year!! In the past, I would have wished everyone for an exciting year ahead, that was filled with travel, adventure and parties with friends. Considering what happened in 2020 and the new social norms, I have updated my new year wish for…
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2020: The Crocodile’s Feast
The first time I ever heard a Telugu proverb was from my grandmother. And every time she used one, my cousins and I broke out into giggles. Her choice of adages was quite funny, and when any of us stared at her with an expressionless face, she would immediately jump into explaining the story behind…
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The Tricky Job of Disciplining Children
Disciplining children is a tough job that not many of us can master. Correcting them can go wrong even if our attitude is critical or laid back. The problem with this task is that you do not know what went wrong until it is late. While one style of disciplining works in the present but…
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The Way You Make Me Feel
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou I have never heard a more profound statement than this. The words a person says can hurt us or console us for the time being. But the…
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Counting My Blessings
I have been waiting for this day for several weeks now. To understand what I am saying, I have to take you back to 3 months ago. In July, I woke up one morning with a pain in my right wrist. I did not fall or do anything unusual the previous day, so I overlooked…
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Back In The Day, When I Was Young…
Most conversations with elders and senior citizens, neighbours or relatives winds down to the statement,” back in my days, things were…..”I always took that statement as an indicator of the age of the person I am speaking to. This made me feel young, however, I recently used this statement while speaking to an office colleague.…
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My Thoughts On The World Right Now
I came to the conclusion that to help with this situation, I should get back to doing my job of staying at home and working to make things easy for the ones who are fighting it. There is no point in going on the streets protesting, spreading hatred, conspiracies and fake news. The best help…
Random Musings 