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To the people who are appalled by the death of the pregnant elephant...

I am continuously astonished by the outpouring of condemnation people have expressed to this unfortunate incident. And I am glad instead of staying silent, and ruling this case hopeless; you chose to speak against this cruelty. It humbles me to see people unanimously stand up for these animals.

Opportunity • 4 years ago

Is "karma" a bitch?

"Karma" is one of the well-known words that English has adopted from Sanskrit. "Pundit" is another word which comes to my mind. However, the process of adoption distorts the words, many-a-times. "Pundit" does not mean the exact same thing, "Karma" does not sound anything like its root word, "कर्म".

Education • 5 years ago

Education

"Education" might not be the correct word for what I want to share right now. How about "Education System"? There might be a few people who would agree that current education system is doomed.

Life lessons • 5 years ago

Dear Tecrübe,

Dear Tecrübe, I may not be the person you feel comfortable talking and opening up to, and it is not your fault; and there may be a million things you would rather do, before even thinking of letting me speak to you, but it is my duty to tell you this:

Appreciation • 5 years ago

"Tipping"

When you give money to someone at the restaurant because they opened the door for you, they would thank you for the money—but I can not think of a more embarrassing moment if someone gives me money for some random act of kindness [or, things] I was expected to do.

Life lessons • 5 years ago

Deservance

I have been questioning myself "Do I deserve it?" for more than two [years] now. Less often than before. I ask it thrice; emphasising on "I", "deserve" and "it" each time and notice how the tone of the question changes with dragging a few syllables.

Weblog • 10 years ago

What I wrote about 'patriotism' in September 2013

This is something I wrote in September 2013, for a morning assembly speech, but I did not write everything and did not explain everything. To deliver a speech, I used to pen down my thoughts on a piece of paper — to have an idea what came to my mind.