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Thoku Emong — a festival of gratitude.
Most folk festivals are about gratitude, and thanks giving. So is the Lothas Naga festival of Thoku Emong. Thoku means feast, and Emong is halt. The festival is celebrated by the Naga Lothas tribe in the first week of November. The government however has currently declared 6th– 7th of November as the festival days though…
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Pondering over Dwaita Philosophy and Kanakadasa.
The Lord of Udupi is trapped within the temple , his devotee is trapped in a cell outside. People throng, gone are the days where in the open corridors of temple sat genteel women stringing flowers and singing devaranama. Beside it was the place where the swamiji from one of the ashtamatta would be rendering…
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Why Gratitude is So Necessary
“She was never there when I needed her.” “Everyday it was roti sabzi, in the lunch box, or for dinner. I had to throw sever tantrums for her to give me cakes or biscuits.” Swara’s complaints about her mother went on. Swara only seem to see the lack…lack of time that her mother gave her.…
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Coffee-Doodle-Do On a Quest for Araku Coffee
vital aspect of the ritual of waking up, the cup of coffee, with my first cup of coffee, I pray, its a silent prayer sung while the mind is still foggy and blue,”O Magic cup,” it goes,”carry me above the traffic jam. Keep me civil in the subway.And forgive employer as you forgive me.Amen”—by the…
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No Regrets
May 1997 Kasturba Medical College Prof.Dr.S.N.Rao looked at the x-ray, he sighed deeply “70% tissue infiltration. Grade 2” was his diagnosis. The four faces before him resigned. There was no moaning or why me happening here. It was acceptance of a situation. Dr.Rao had just diagnosed cerebral tumor in my 74yr. Old grandmother. “actually we…
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An Insight to Stuttering.
October 22nd is International Stuttering awareness Day. In the Hindi movie scenario, the stuttering hero is either “oh! so cute” or “Oh! so funny.” But believe me in real life it is “Oh! so embarrassing ” or “a panic attack.” So what is stuttering? It is a communication disorder where the flow of speech is…
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