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The essence of being human is to never leave humanity out of our sight just like we never leave our kids from our sight

A few weeks back I was driving back after going to an Elementary School to judge some literary work by small kids. My 9 year old son was sitting in the car behind me. We were having some father son time together driving back and forth. I had NPR playing and it was a discussion about the Private Prisons for illegal immigrant detainees in the … Continue reading The essence of being human is to never leave humanity out of our sight just like we never leave our kids from our sight

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The Reflection Prescription

We all reflect on the past and come out with an array of emotions. All reflections are not conscious and planned. Many of them just happen unknowingly. You see someone or something or hear a song or go to a place and all of a sudden you are ported back into some point in your Past. But conscious reflection can be a really nice tool … Continue reading The Reflection Prescription

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Change your thoughts and you change your world – Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale the American Author most notable for his book titled “The Power of Positive Thinking” said “Change your Thoughts and You change your world”. So true because the world as we see it is a culmination of every thought that is going on through people’s minds. Not just the thoughts now, but also the thoughts that have gone through the mind of people … Continue reading Change your thoughts and you change your world – Norman Vincent Peale

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Today on May 30th My Birthday let me talk about Death :)

Some feel it is inauspicious to talk about Death on one’s own Birthday. Well not just on Birthday, they feel talking about death itself is a bad omen. And that’s the whole point here. I think you cannot talk about birth without thinking about death, it is not inauspicious but just a reality of life. Because every birth has to reach an end in death. … Continue reading Today on May 30th My Birthday let me talk about Death 🙂

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My First Poetry Reading to Folks with Alzheimer’s

A month back as part of Penpositive I visited an Alzheimer’s and dementia care center to read some poetry. I connected with them quite accidently. I have this habit of just typing poetry at places where people do not type like say job sites. I mean who would advertise for a poet. But I did just that and stumbled on this request to do a … Continue reading My First Poetry Reading to Folks with Alzheimer’s

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How to feel complete in the new year

How does someone feel complete? On December 30th one more day and you step into a new year. Your one year is complete and you used up another year of your life. Do you feel complete? what does complete mean? Does it mean different things for different people? Over the years I have heard people say they feel incomplete, often as a realization to something … Continue reading How to feel complete in the new year

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Why I Won’t be creating my Facebook ‘It’s been a great year’ Post

Facebook keeps telling me “Vinod, here’s what your year looked like!” Really…? And once I accept it, FB will relay to the world that “It’s been a great year for me” Facebook wants people to say that “It’s been a great year; Thanks for being Part of it” I am perfectly OK with the second part…. Thanking you all for being part of my year but not because it … Continue reading Why I Won’t be creating my Facebook ‘It’s been a great year’ Post

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Is there something called ‘the Meaning to Life’?

One of the interesting reasonz people give for the existence of religion is that it gives ‘meaning to life’ for many… I would agree that for many something outside religion can appear totally meaningless… and that is because they have not really tried to look outside religion… the possibility of life without religion, without God has not been explored, that is all…. the possibilities are … Continue reading Is there something called ‘the Meaning to Life’?

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Is My Son a Prodigy?

Today is Children’s day in India….. Nov 14th and I was sitting with my 7 year old helping him with his English and Math homework and as usual he was doing his work and I was browsing Facebook; thinking what to pen down today when someone posted the news about an Indian kid who they say is a computer software wiz… a prodigy….… wow…. that’s … Continue reading Is My Son a Prodigy?

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