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Kabuliwala by Rabindranath Tagore: The Story About Two Fathers and One Lost Daughter
Kabuliwala by Rabindranath Tagore begins with a little girl who cannot stop talking. Mini is five years old. She has been talking since she learned how. Her…
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Evening Walks in London: What Whitechapel Taught Me About Watching
There is a version of London that only appears after 8pm. Not the tourist version. Not the rush-hour version. The quieter, stranger, more honest version that surfaces…
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What I Learnt from a Teenage Boat Skipper in Montenegro
What I learnt from a Teenager with a boat in Montenegro is something that might come as a huge shock to a lot of people. It is…
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Bhishma Did Not Die When the Arrows Hit Him. He Chose When.
Bhishma fell on the tenth day of the war. He did not die. The arrows had entered him from every direction. He lost consciousness briefly when he…
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When Stories Do the Work That Advertising Never Could
When done right, we see marketing as a catalyst for social change, subtly shifting our perceptions and challenging the status quo before we even realize it. You…
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Arjuna Put Down His Bow at Kurukshetra. Krishna Told Him to Pick It Up.
Arjuna looked across the battlefield to understand his Svadharma meaning as he saw his grandfather on the other side of the field. Then his uncles. His teachers.…
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What the Mahabharata Knew About Being Right and Being Ignored
Vidura was the wisest man in the Mahabharata. He was also the most ignored. Not in a dramatic way. He held a significant position. Prime minister of…
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What Is Schadenfreude: Why We Secretly Enjoy Other People’s Pain
You scrolled past something this week that made you feel a small, quiet satisfaction. A person you find arrogant got publicly corrected. A company you dislike announced…
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The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant: The Last Line That Changes Everything
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant was published in 1884. It takes about fifteen minutes to read. The last line takes considerably longer to recover from. You…
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How Daylight Saving Time Affects Your Body and Sleep
How daylight saving time affects body and sleep is a question most people answer with a shrug and a second coffee. The biology underneath that shrug is…
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What I Learnt from a Bus Driver in Scotland
What I learnt from a bus driver in Scotland was not something I had packed for, and I had packed for almost everything. Four large bottles of…
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Why Fathers Struggle Most at One Year
Most parenting advice focuses on the adrenaline-fueled "fourth trimester," but recent data has finally pinpointed why new fathers struggle most at one year. The sleepless nights, the…
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