The long poem, ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ by English romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), tells a rather creepy story. A ship was caught in a storm and was carried to South Pole. Everyone on the ship died of thirst and hunger leaving just one seaman, the Ancient Mariner, alive. This man was […]
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“I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams” […]
“Tsar of the land of Russia, if you hear the sound of the bell which will tell you that Grigory has been killed, you must know this: if it was your relations who have wrought my death then no one of your family, that is to say, none of your children or relations will remain […]
“The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible“ […]
“In the long run we are all dead” – John Maynard Keynes The Prime Minister of India addressing the nation at 08.00 p.m. on 8 Nov 2016 made the historical announcement that from midnight that night the currency notes of Rs.500 and Rs.1000 denominations would lose its legal tender status except for specified transactions. 86% […]
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower “What politics have you?” I asked. “I am without politics,” he said. “I am seventy-six years old. […]
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein? Introduction Nature Vs. Nurture Who is a genius? There are no easy answers. But, we generally understand that a genius is someone who […]
“For the one who has conquered the mind, The mind is the best of friends; But for one who has failed to do so, His very mind will be his greatest enemy”. – Bhagavad Gita 6.6 John Hunter, an English Physiologist was a man prone to become extremely angry. He used to say, […]
“People are ruined by challenged economic lives. But they are ruined by wealth as well because they lose their ambition and they lose their pride and they lose their sense of self-worth…” – Malcolm Gladwell (David and Goliath) An average human being would eat just three meals a day, put on just one […]
“A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings Introduction We are all afraid to die. At least most of us are. I believe that the fear of death arises out of the mystery […]
