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Savitri and Satyavan: 3 days that defeated Death itself
Savitri and Satyavan story meaning and why it is the oldest argument against the idea that love is a feeling. It is not a feeling in this…
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The Real History of Gaslighting (And Why Knowing It Changes Everything)
The gaslighting history most people know stops at the definition. You probably know the word. Someone makes you doubt your own memory. Tells you the thing that…
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What I learnt from a support dog in Scotland
What I learnt from Louie, a missing dog in Scotland, I only understood when three strangers walked out of the dark toward a fire I had built…
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Shakuni did not want the Kauravas to win. He wanted the Kurus destroyed.
The Shakuni story begins not in a dice hall but in a prison. Shakuni walked with a limp. He had walked that way for as long as…
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Lebanon is still being governed by a headcount from 1932
Why Lebanon is broken is a reason most people cannot name. Not the bombs. Not the banks. Not Hezbollah, not Israel, not the politicians who have spent…
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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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