Self help books are a Big Market. If I understand correct the self help books are meant to be read and practiced and you can help yourself without external support. But even with such a market for self help books, people flock in front of self proclaimed healers and magic men and women who claim to eradicate whatever is bothering you. If self-help books would … Continue reading The Only way to help yourself is to believe in yourself
When we were kids reading was the way in which you are open to the world of knowledge. For the kids now, a world without wikis and Google is unimaginable. Not just kids, even we often forget that to know something we had to refer to the Encyclopedia Britannica or so. I still remember when Microsoft came up with the Encarta and you could have … Continue reading Information is not Knowledge
Why don’t you see it from my side? Yes Really, Why don’t you see it from my side? Be it work or family the problem is the inability to see from both sides. The fact that you belong to one side and you have to safeguard your side makes you so incapably closed to other person’s situation. There is another term called “step back and … Continue reading Cause and Effect are two sides of one fact
How would study of religions be different if we take out God out of the equation? This poses two questions. Firstly why do you need it without God? And secondly why is religion relevant to be studied? Let me try to answer the second question first. The relevance of religion and beliefs in human civilization are so high that you can’t understand man without knowing what has over the years shaped his mind. From fears, to laws, to cultures to wars, religions have played a major role. The future is also much the same and we are seeing more and more people trying to identify them with religions and trying to communicate with others through it. This in due course can create a vast gap among people and if more people are open to learn religion in a new light the more things can get closer. I strongly feel that this would be a better solution that promoting an outright rejection of religion.
Now for the first question, when you remove God from the equation, the whole thing becomes a philosophy which can be Continue reading “Religions should be studied without God in Mind”
Maturity is great thing to have, but being polished should have its limits. If it happen at the risk of losing your youthfulness, I say don’t go that way. Etiquette is a big thing when it comes to business, but it also becomes a big issue when it comes to personal relationships. But some take it too far and put too many restrictions on communication. … Continue reading You’re never too old to become younger
Are People easily misguided? Or is it a choice people make to be misguided. There are some people who never trust anything they see unless they go deeper to make sure for themselves. And there is another group of people who take things on the face value and that takes them in the wrong road at times, sometimes, I don’t mean always. And then there … Continue reading Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion
The first rain of the season brings with it the smell of mud that often bring nostalgic memories to me. Not that I have not had times when I wanted the rain to end and see some sunshine. But rain brings with it memories of romance, love as well as pain and friendship. My experience with rain has been different depending on where in the … Continue reading Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain
We always here people praise the past and say how thing have turned for the worse now. You talk about jobs, life style and much more. I keep wondering if for them to feel that this present time is good, they might have to go into the future and then look back. There could be two reasons for this. Either people realize the beauty of … Continue reading Fear not for the future, weep not for the past
That is a bad day? I am sure everyone has one and often when you look back you find that it was not that bad after all. Mostly it is when things move in the wrong direction, your interactions with people strain relations, and in total, you fell yuck. But whom should you blame for this, while you would love to blame it on the … Continue reading To make a bad day worse, spend it wishing for the impossible
Chocolates, I love them. I could never imagine someone who would not love chocolates and be a fun person. Apparently that theory was broken when I met my wife. She dislikes chocolates but is fun to be with. Since I like her and I like chocolates I made a planned move to get my kids to love chocolate so the chocolate side at home is … Continue reading Anything is good, if it is made of chocolate
Vinod Narayan 