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Evening walks in Victoria Park: What the light took with it
There is a version of arriving somewhere that is not really arriving. I know this because evening walks in Victoria Park have a way of correcting you…
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After Twenty Years by O. Henry: the promise both of them Kept
After Twenty Years by O. Henry is told in less than a thousand words. It contains three scenes, two twists, one note, and four words that do…
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Eklavya’s Thumb: The Story the Mahabharata Never Defends.
Why did Drona ask for Eklavya's thumb? It is one of the most searched questions about the Mahabharata and one of the least honestly answered. The short…
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Why Did No One Help Draupadi When She Asked the Most Logical Question in the Room?
Why did no one help Draupadi? It is a question that has sat unanswered for three thousand years. Not because there is no answer. Because the answer…
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Duryodhana real story: What the Mahabharata actually says
The Duryodhana real story is usually told as a simple warning. Greed destroyed him. Pride was his flaw. The Pandavas were righteous and he was not. Villain.…
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Draupadi’s question in the Mahabharata nobody could answer
Draupadi's question in the Mahabharata was not rhetorical. She needed an answer. She asked it in a room full of the wisest, most senior men in the…
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Abhimanyu knew how to enter the Chakravyuha. Nobody taught him how to leave
Abhimanyu learned the Chakravyuha meaning before he was born. His father Arjuna was explaining it to his mother Subhadra one night. The chakravyuha was a military formation…
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What your brain is actually building while you are unconscious
A new study from UC Berkeley has now mapped the brain circuit behind deep sleep growth hormone release. The jellyfish does not know it is sleeping. It…
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A Horse and Two Goats by RK Narayan: the funniest sad story ever written
A Horse and Two Goats by RK Narayan is the only story on this list that will make you laugh. It will also, if you sit with…
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The 5 Best AI Chatbots for Building a Website for Free
Building a website with AI is now something any person can do in a single afternoon, with zero coding knowledge and nothing but a free chatbot account.…
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The Bhagavad Gita described your work problem 3,000 years before psychology did.
Nishkama karma meaning, in its most direct translation, is this: action without attachment to its outcome. Three words. One of the most demanding instructions ever given. The…
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The Universal Flood Myth: Collective Memory or Genetic Inheritance?
The universal flood myth is one of the most documented phenomena in the study of human culture. Over 200 distinct flood narratives exist across world religions and…
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