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 In life, we all have our unique stories. Sometimes, we make small mistakes along the way. This is a tale of one such mistake, how it affected someone, and how they found their inner strength. Life is like a big puzzle, and we each have a piece to add. But what happens when our piece doesn't quite fit? This story is about a small misstep, a tiny blunder, and the strong heart that learned from it. One day, a little mistake happened, so small that it was almost like a whisper in the wind. But, as you might know, even quiet things can feel very loud inside. This mistake made me feel bad about myself. It was as if I'd lost something precious. I kept thinking about it, like a song that won't stop playing in your head. When things like this happen, it's easy to feel really down, like you're stuck in a dark tunnel. But there's a hidden strength inside all of us, waiting to be discovered. Instead of feeling terrible about the mistake, I decided to use it as a chance to ...

Life, with its intricate tapestry of experiences, is a journey riddled with uncertainties. From the choices we make to the outcomes we face, uncertainty permeates every aspect of our existence. While it may evoke feelings of discomfort and anxiety, embracing uncertainty can lead us on a profound and transformative path of self-discovery.  Life often presents us with unexpected twists and turns, shaking the very foundation of our plans and dreams. We find ourselves grappling with a sense of helplessness as we realize that control is merely an illusion. The fear of the unknown can grip our hearts and cloud our vision, leaving us paralyzed and afraid. Yet, it is precisely in these moments of uncertainty that the seeds of growth and resilience are sown. Embracing uncertainty calls upon us to release our grip on control and surrender to the flow of life. It is an act of courage, a willingness to let go of rigid expectations and embrace the beauty of the unpredictable. It is in the depth...

 It has been more than three years since I wrote a blog.  Yes, three whole years.  I am alive, and have been in good health all these while. But somewhere somehow, I lost the motivation to write blogs. If you go through my previous blogs, you can clearly see I used to post my comments on the world affairs then. I used to post them on the feeling that I would be happy if at least a single person gets something of value from this site. But then, over time, I began to think- why am I writing, what change can I, a dork sitting in front of a screen, could do typing away words as if he would change the world using his words.  That was when I realized my eerie mind opened its rusty doors to the real political scenario. We are made to believe that we live in a political democracy, where the public governs. But is it so? In the past 75 years of India's independence, when have the people governed themselves? When have they been treated as the king by the so-called 'servants of...

On October 26, the President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena had sacked the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe and had appointed former President, Mahinda Rajapaksa with immediate effect. This came as a shocker for all the Sri Lankans and caused a widespread protest and riots. Sirisena was known to be a gentle person and little did they know that he was a 'wolf disguised in a sheep's clothing'. Maithripala Sirisena The fact to be noted is that the nation’s President and Prime Minister come from traditionally opposing parties that formed a surprise coalition in 2015 to oust the then-president Mahinda Rajapaksa, who many feared was becoming too powerful. In the past two years, this ruling coalition has started to fall apart. It is dysfunctional and unpopular with the Sri Lankan public. Since at least February this year, president Maithripala Sirisena has been searching for ways to remove the prime minister, Ranil Wickremasinghe. On October 26th, he...

It was a normal, rainy day of August 15. India was celebrating its 71st year of Independence. School was closed, and I was sitting in front of the box, with my morning dose of caffeine (you know what I mean), watching India celebrate her independence. It was raining 'cats and dogs' since early morning. Everyone, including me, thought this rain would subside after sometime, like how it rains any other day. But little did we know that this rain would be... ONE HECK OF A RAIN! After the Prime Minister's address, I switched off the television and went back to doing my own thing, which apparently is studying. But I got a message saying that my exams have been postponed because of heavy flooding in school. "Shit... Did I hear 'heavy flooding'?" I became nervous. My fridge had gone down due to voltage fluctuations, and if it floods near my area, I am certainly DOOMED, as I neither had enough stock of food nor did I have any refrigerating options. But the p...

The Karnataka election results are out. The Bharatiya Janata Party, better known as the BJP, has won the election with 104 seats, without even reaching the half-way mark. The half way mark was 113. 2018 Karnataka legislative assembly election results Updated at 12:12 PM GMT+3 Seats  ·  Projections  ·  222/224 seats declared 113 needed for majority Party Seats BJP 104 46.4% INC 78 34.8% JD(S) 37 16.5% Other parties 3 1.3% Source: ECI via Nielsen.  Feedback In a quick turn of events, the Congress extended full support to the Janata Dal (Secular), aloso known as the JD(S) for forming the government. Both the Congress and the JD(S) have put together more MLAs than the actual number of 111. Legally, the Congress gets to form the government yet again as they have the support of 116 MLAs and two independent MLAs. The BJP may try to get the power to form t...

The Taj Mahal, one of the World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO, is changing colours. But isn’t that its speciality, changing colours during the course of the day? Actually it is. A few years ago, you all might have heard The Taj turning yellow because of the increasing pollution. Now it is turning brown and green. This pollution was, or IS caused by the industries located near the River Yamuna. These industries leave a ton of smoke into the atmosphere and also released effluents into the Yamuna. This, in turn polluted the river water. Yamuna has a lot of settlements on its banks and they depend upon this river water for the domestic activities. The Taj Mahal in 1992 (left) and in 2018 (right) (Courtesy by telegraph.co.uk) The most interesting fact is that the authorities, who are responsible for the maintenance of the monument, are bothered about this now. They do not know that this started taking place a few years back. No one was bothered about it then. When the indus...

Yes. You read it correct. The Korean War has 'officially' ended with both North and South Korea signing a peace treaty. The Korean War was a war between North Korea, supported by its communist allies, and South Korea, with its principal support coming from the United States of America. But you all must be wondering- "hadn't the Korean War already ended way back in 1953?" Actually the answer is NO. In 1953, Both North and South Korea had signed an armistice. The armistice was only a cease fire between the military forces, rather than an agreement between the two governments. The peace treaty was signed just a few days ago, thereby ending the state of hostility between the two nations. (Courtesy by Google Images) Now, North Korea has said, or vowed, to shut down the country's nuclear test sites and also to open the process to experts and journalists from South Korea and United States of America. The North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has revealed plans...

A new cabinet has taken oath on Saturday. Now you all may be wondering- "Which cabinet is he taking about? There are a few more days left for the Karnataka election". No, I am not talking about the Karnataka government. I am talking about a shadow cabinet that has been formed in Kerala.  There is not much reported by the media about it, as usual, but the shadow cabinet has been formed with the aim of monitoring government decisions and making it 'public-friendly'. The most interesting fact is that it is composed not by any politicians or run by any party, but by the civilians.  Now all of you might be wanting to know more about 'Shadow Cabinet', so I have looked up in the internet and found out what it really is, so as to give you a more clearer idea of what it actually is- " A shadow cabinet is an alternative cabinet formed with the aim of monitoring government decisions. Often the Opposition comprises a shadow cabinet, but in this case, ...

The Modi Government has leased the iconic Red Fort to Dalmia Bharat Group. The group has bought it for a whooping sum of 25 crores for a period of five years in the name of conserving and developing it. Now, it is the government's responsibility to maintain the historic monuments of the country. They have started taking huge amounts of money from us in the form of taxes. But none of it is being used for 'conserving monuments' and the monuments are being sold to corporate firms, who eventually starts using these monuments for profitable activities.  😡

It is both shocking and heartbreaking to hear the news about the death of Asifa, the eight year old who was brutally raped. But even after this, the public is supporting those rapists witb religious slogans. The public is literally blinded of all these things. Dear 'Government of India', you had time to change the currency, introduce a brand new taxation system called GST, reduce corruption at administrative levels, but didn't you have the time to take action against these rapists? Remember there isn't much time for 2019...

It looks like everyone has forgotten about Madhu, a tribal, who was killed for stealing food to satisfy his hunger pangs. There is neither any news about the accused in the media channels nor are there any more major investigations being done by the police. I am pretty sure that either of the two might have happened- one, the accused people have fled the state or the country, or two, they have settled the issue through money. If there was a celebrity involved in this case, by this time, the court proceedings would be going on. Everything would be happening quickly. Even the media would be following it up every minute. They would start their own investigation and bring out exclusives every minute. But the Madhu case is no more sensational for these 'sensationalists'. These 'sensationalists' are constantly behind new cases, in order to increase their channel rating. They are treating this issue as if it has taken place decades ago. They are all now behind Vijay Mally...

Recently, North Korea, or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK), have been testing out nuclear warheads and other deadly military equipments. When asked why they are doing so, they said they want to attain equilibrium with the United States of America (USA). Now, think about this. The first world war took place because of military superiority. Britain was a superior country in terms of military power. Germany wanted to achieve equilibrium with Britain. What I am trying to say is even DPRK is following the path of Germany of that time. If this issue continues, there is going to be serious issues which can even wipe out human beings from Earth. The United Nations Security Council should not only take strict action against DPRK, but should also make necessary decisions and  put it in the form of a resolution that all countries, irrespective of its size or population maintain an army as prescribed by the Security Council. In this way, we can prevent a possible Third world ...

Hurricane Irma. This particular hurricane is said to be one of the worst hurricane ever recorded, originating from the Atlantic Ocean. Irma has already hit the Bahamas, Puerto Rico and Cuba, causing huge destructions. It is set to strike Florida, with 5.6 million people already evacuated from Florida. The authorities say, " this is one hurricane in which if you don't get out of its way, its gonna kill you." Now, the people who are going to be hit by the hurricane should make sure they have sufficient supply of fresh clean water and food. They should also evacuate from that place and find a safe place to protect themselves. A kind message to the media- please make some awareness about the hurricane and its status so that the people get some idea about the hurricane, instead of simply blabbering about some political issues all day.

And yet again Govindachamy escapes from the hands of the law... I don't know why this happens again and again. Why can't the Supreme Court reward him with a death penalty? Why is the sentence being reduced to life sentence? Why is the Supreme Court and the Kerala Government failing to bring justice to Soumya? The answer to this is lack of evidence. Even the Jisha murder case in Kerala has reached the point of 'no where'.  Such criminals, who get life sentence, are being well-fed everyday and become what is called 'hale and hearty'. Once they are out of the prison, they repeat the same crime again.  According to me, giving a life sentence to a criminal is like setting him free.  Our nation should learn from countries like Saudi Arabia, where such things are dealt in the right way. The criminals who indulge in such crimes are given death penalty right away.  It is time that we take the matters into our hands. It is high time that we teach these ...

These days, there are lot of issues being reported from all over the world based on racial discrimination. We, humans, should be ashamed of ourselves, not because we are not able to stop this discrimination, but because we are not able to stand up for those who face discrimination. It is very common in the UK and in the USA.  Recently, an Indian was shot in the USA because of his race. He was told to go back to his country. Even today, I read a news from Manchester where an Asian was discriminated by a Subway employee (who was later fired). Lets think for a second, why do you think we discriminate people? Why do you think it is still prevalent in many countries even today? Just think about it. Discrimination happens mostly in the developed countries. This is because the people of those nations develop a thought in their minds that they are more advanced and smarter and they consider themselves superior than others. In a sense, we still haven't attained true freedo...

We Indians have a habit. We never ever bother about the other person. It can even be said in one word as Selfishness. What is  happening to the Indians? Where are their hygenic sense? Recently, An Air India flight operating in the Delhi-Chicago sector was delayed due to messy and smelly toilets. There were 12 toilets out of which only 8 of them were operational. Shortly after take-off, all the eight toilets again became faulty and all the passengers could not use the toilets for the entire 17-hour flight. When the cabin crew was asked how did it become faulty, everyone blamed on the passengers. Of course, it is the passenger doing this. But can't they do a thorough inspection of all the toilets before the push-back of the plane? I often travel to Qatar with Qatar Airways. I have always found the ground staff doing inspections in the cockpit, down in the Cargo area, behind with the cabin crew ensuring all the foodstuffs are on-board, and even the toilets. But for a change, this tim...

BJP emerged victorious in the UP elections that took place recently. RaGa made many plans for a Congress-led Government in UP, which as expected became an utter failure. He says that the Congress lost in UP as the party was a little weak during the election period. I think he needs to stop making silly excuses like these. I think this happened because they aimed at forming alliances instead of aiming to be victorious, thereby losing most of their precious time. Now, RaGa's new statement is that he is making structural changes in the party. I often wonder, does he know that he is making a fool of himself in front of millions of people? What is the use of these changes? I think, if he wants success in the coming elections, he needs to think MORE sensible instead of speaking out non-sense. :)

The Maharashtra Bridge Collapse was an extremely tragic one, which claimed lives of and injured many people. First and foremost, my thoughts go out to those affected and to the kins of those who were killed. The British authorities had warned our government authorities that the British-built bridge would collapse soon. But our officers ignored them by saying that they had inspected it 2 months ago and everything was fine. But look at it now, the bridge has collapsed and claimed many lives. Is this the inspection that you have done 'two months ago'? Why are you silent now? Are you planning another inspection? My 'dear' Government Authorities, please do not ignore 'suggestions' given by others. Look into them and do the needful. People won't say anything without a reason. It is for your own country's citizen's safety, and kindly remember that maybe YOU could have put your family's lives in danger too! 

I was just scrolling through the Times of India's website, where I suddenly saw a headline "Hefty penalties SOON  for destruction of Forests. I was just thinking, we is the word 'soon' added to the headline? We can't we just do it now, TODAY. Do you know, one tree is cut down every five minutes. So, by the end of a year, the total number of forests that is cut down goes more than 100. Elders have taught us this particular phrase- Never Keep Anything for Tomorrow That Can Be Done Today. But no one is keeping by this phrase. When we see someone cutting a tree, we may think, "Oh, Its just one tree! Nothing is going to happen if that is cut off." But remember, something will happen, if we continue to think like that and if we do not conserve trees. If I were given a chance to edit a dictionary, I would probably remove the word "soon" and replace it with a "today". Always remember- If your future generation wants to live peacefully w...