Author: msanjay

  • children are the future

    I’ve heard this song countless times over the years. But somehow after my three day workshop for chilren’s camps last weekend, it makes more sense than ever.

    Here are the lyrics:
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  • what time is it?

    A forwarded mail from Tiger Pran

    > At 12hr 34 minutes and 56 seconds on the
    > 7th of August this year (2009),
    > the time and date will be
    > 12:34:56 07/08/09
    > 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
    > This will never happen in your life again !
    > Amaze your friends .
    > Be the first 2 tell them

    Reminds me once in a way a friend and me used to watch our digital wristwatch during schooldays at special number sequences like this! But this is just amazing unbeatable 🙂

    One idea that occurred is that time right now happens to be 12:34:44: 30/06/09 (more…)

  • news: buddha blasphemy?!

    Times of India had this right up on the front page, but later removed it: Footwear store in Geneva uses Buddha statue to hang shoes

    PATNA: Sight-seeing in Switzerland does not leave a vacationer horrified, but Patna’s Prabhat Choudhary, his wife and daughter were shocked to see a Lord Buddha statue garlanded with a pair of shoes at a footwear shop in Geneva.

    Buddha's statue in Geneva strore

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  • what to do on father's day?

    Theoretically, this mother’s day or father’s day or this day or that day is just a concept, often exploited for commercial reasons. Every day should be the ‘this or that’ day. But then it doesn’t really happen, and we end up taking people close to us for granted, so its helpful to have atleast one day in a year to guarantee that one person gets some special attention atleast on one day 😉

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  • nature lover

    Once I was in a car with a friend on an autobahn (highway) in Germany. You may know, there are no speed limits on the German autobahns, and we were driving at high speed through a green countryside – most of it looking like a huge golf course as it was mostly plain and not too many trees. On the way, we passed a bridge across a valley and suddenly I gasped in amazement (more…)

  • tagged: Slow Melodious and Soulful Songs

    Finally catching up with a long-procrastinated tag by Destination Infinity for Kannada… This was a real fun excercise I did along with my mom… hope you enjoy these Kannada song selection! 🙂

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  • the joy of receiving

    The following is an article from Speaking Tree (center page of Times of India, one of the few things imo worth reading in the newspaper 😉 )

    Many times, we hesitate to receive in the name of swaabhimaana/self-respect. I think there is a very barely noticeable thin line between true self-respect, and an egoistic emotional barrier.

    Generosity is a two way street

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  • online kindness

    Some of the top social media “rockstars” come across as incredibly nice people. They’ve cultivated a conscious, polished online interaction style that makes other people feel included, welcome, important and appreciated. An “aura of awesomeness” is crowned upon them, in part, because their fans feel good after interacting with them. Here’s how:

    10 Simple Ways to Show Kindness Online

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  • what we don't really need

    We don’t need – any more trouble!

    Fantastic song video by global artists…

    War/No More Trouble – Song Around The World from Playing For Change on Vimeo.

  • FW: The Perfect Heart ….

    Forwarded by Suresh Panje. One of the most beautiful stories I’ve ever heard in my life.

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    One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley.

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