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  Thus Spoke Chanakya This book is a pure motivational book focusing on the overall success of an individual. The book is written in a very easy language. When Dr. Radhakrishnan Pillai was approached by his publisher to come up with a new book on Chanakya’s teaching, instead of writing about Chanakya’s teaching, Dr. Pillai thought of writing something, which would go with today’s fast-paced life. The problems faced by people in Chanakya’s time were different than today's. So he simply wrote what he understood from Chanaya’s book “ Arthashastra ” making it relevant for today’s generation. He wanted that more and more people should get access to the timeless teachings of Chanakya. You will find around 300 one-liners in this book, each explained in two paragraphs covering various topics including family, workplace, leadership, conviction, and results. The author has advised the readers to read this book in different ways. You can read the whole book at one time or read one idea...

 As a tribute to Lata Ji, I have listed 10 songs of Lata ji which I love the most.      Suman Sudha This melodious song is from the movie, Man Pasand and is composed by Rajesh Roshan. Very romantic and fresh song and gives a different feel. Brilliant use of dholak and tabla in the background. Amazing lyrics by Amit Khanna.   2)       Tum se mila tha pyaar One more brilliant composition by the great music director Rajesh Roshan, a very versatile music director. The song is duet by Lata ji and Kishore Kumar, from the movie, Khatta-meetha, picturized on Rakesh Roshan and Bindiya Goswami.     3)       Ankho me kajal hai This evergreen romantic song is from the movie, Doosra admi. The song is picturized on the youthful couple, Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh.   Hats off to Rajesh Roshan for composing such a wide range of songs.   4)       Dono ke dil hai: This so...

  Humility: the virtue, we should not forget “We learned about gratitude and humility - that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean... and we were taught to value everyone's contribution and treat everyone with respect” - Michelle Obama What is humility ? It is the quality that keeps us grounded even when we are at the peak of success. Sadly we often forget to be humble with the people surrounding us when we are successful. Whole life we aspire to become successful but we never pray to God for humility. It is the quality which will give you friends and its absence will take away your friends from you. People always love to be associated with the person who is humble. Intelligent people often forget that whatever knowledge they have gathered it is of no use if they are not polite. Rich people often forget that wealth is not permanent. They should help the needy ones when they have enough wealth with ...

when I wrote my father's story I never expected it would be of 5 pages.  One thing I did seriously was pray to God and take my father's blessings before writing anything. I would ask him to give me correct words to describe him. I started writing and it went on and on. My expectation was to touch at least 1 person who would relate to my emotions. The feeling of losing someone especially a parent is very painful. Somewhere I knew in my heart that some people will be touched by my story. I got so many nice and emotional comments from my friends, my brother's friends and sister's friends. It was overwhelming. These comments are not mine but these are for my father whose story was so powerful that anyone would get emotional. I have written all the comments in this post as a small gesture of gratitude towards my friends.  I have copy pasted them as they were written because every single line coming from my friends is precious to me. Comments प्रिय राधा अनेक आशीर्वाद 🙏लेख ...

My father-An Unsung Hero This story is about my father  “Shyamsundar Pandit Deshpande”  who was an ordinary man with extraordinary deeds. I don’t know how many of my friends would co-relate with this story but what I felt while writing my father’s story was something unexplainable. Going down memory lane, recalling old days spent with my father gave a true satisfaction.  A few days back I spoke to my mother over the phone. The date was on 27th Jan and like every year, we reminisced about my father’s last day in our house. It happened to be the day when he had dinner from my mother’s hands for the last time. On the 28th I got a call from my mother; he was kept on a ventilator. For the next two days, he was critical and on 30th Jan he left us. His age was 76. In those two days, amidst the hustle-bustle of the hospital, I could not even realize that he was leaving us. Over these years, I have started missing him more. In the past four years, not a single day has passed w...