VEDAS AND UPANISHADS We often come across the term Vedas and Upanishads or have heard of these terms when related to the Hindu Mythology. So what exactly are these Vedas and Upanishads, and why do we follow them? Vedas The Vedas are the oldest Hindu texts that date back to centuries ago. Hindus regard the Vedas …
What is history but a fable agreed upon? History is written by winners, when they recount their side of the story, the loser is always shown in a bad light. History is a story written by the winners to account for their actions as the losers have no say. 1984 is a dystopian novel written …
Us humans have erred our way to this present. With all the great successes and accomplishments we have achieved let us recollect our catastrophic failures. Our mistakes have almost destroyed us time and time again. But that’s what we enjoy, living on the edge. To recollect our stockpile of idiocracy we will enlist the help …
Days were smoothly passing by with my regular practise of reading one book after another. Suddenly I get a message by a friend about a book he bought. The picture of the book instantly pulled my heart towards it and ordered immediately from Amazon. I waited eagerly for it to arrive as if waiting for …
Okay, let me begin with a short story. One day a group of 7 year old kids were playing football, and all of them just wanted one thing – the ball! No attack or defence strategy, everyone was just running after the ball, hoping they would get it so they could score a goal. But …
“I always feel as if I’m struggling to become someone else. As if I’m trying to find a new place, grab hold of a new life, a new personality. I suppose it’s part of growing up, yet it’s also an attempt to reinvent myself. By becoming a different me, I could free myself of everything. …
“I will follow you to the ends of the world.” ― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns This book is heartbreaking, painful and tragic. It is also the only book I have read twice. This book was an extraordinary, contemporary, social document covering Afghan history from before the Soviet war until after the Taliban rule. …
Disclaimer : I am scared of horror movies. I find jump scares terrifying. I panic when the eerie background music starts playing in the movie. I just can’t take it. But it’s only during the movies, I am not scared in real life. I am not scared of the dark either. So I took a …