Everybody wants to join the gym. Everybody wants to get a body like Cristiano Ronaldo or Gal Gadot. But sadly, never manage to achieve even 10% of their dream body. This isn’t a question of genes or talent. It comes down to motivation. Most people join the gym and workout intensely for a week at […]
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Once upon a time, there was a boy who was miserable in life. He kept blaming others for his misfortunes, directed his anger at his close ones, and absolutely hated himself. He used to shut himself in his room mindlessly scrolling through videos on his phone. He did just enough to pass his courses in
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On 6th April, 1930 a frail old man from Gujarat shook the mighty British Empire to its core. Not by inciting revolution or violence, not by making speeches. On that fateful day, Mahatma Gandhi broke the salt laws and made his own salt to protest against the British monopoly. While initially underestimating this movement, the
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Good ideas start with brainstorming. Great ideas start with coffee! Every morning, I wake up and finish my meditations before my breakfast. Regardless of whether it is dosa or idli or poha or oats, it is always accompanied by a cup of coffee. Black coffee, filter coffee, milk coffee, cappuccino, expresso, cold, hot….you name it,
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Imagine you go to a store to purchase some chips. You are certain you want the best in the market. Instead, you notice only a cheap brand wafers is on the shelf. You ask the shopkeeper if he has the best. He gives you two packets of the inferior brand and tells you “quantity over
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More than 16 years ago, when BCCI announced the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), most were skeptical. While the general public was still celebrating the recent win in the first ever T20 World Cup, most critics and armchair experts were pessimistic. How can India host a league? It takes money. We are
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I recently came across a story that made me angry! It got my blood boiling and had me cursing the sorry state of humanity. Indian hockey star and Olympics bronze medal hero recently opened up in a podcast about something unexpected that happened at an airport. Players from the Indian hockey team, which had recently
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On 27th September, 1907 one of the most inspiring revolutionaries in Indian history was born. His only lived on this earth for 23 years, but the actions taken by him immortalized him in the memories of Indians. This is the Legend of Bhagat Singh. There are many stories and movies made around the life of
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The recent death of an EY Pune employee shocked the nation and revived the age old debate about toxic work cultures. Anna Sebastian Perayil, a chartered accountant at Ernst & Young (EY) died in July, four months after joining the firm. In a viral post, her mother alleged that the overwhelming work pressure at Anna’s
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In colonial India, the British government faced a major problem. The city of Delhi was getting overrun by venomous cobras which were a menace on the streets. The British decided to resolve the situation by announcing a bounty on the severed heads of cobras. Initially, the scheme worked with cobra numbers falling. However that created
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