Aesthetics of Growing Old: Lessons from Venice
What can old cities like Venice teach us about ageing gracefully? A reflective exploration of beauty, slowness, memory, and growing older with quiet dignity.
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A Stroll to the Good Old Days: A Journey Through Past.
Old objects help revisit the memories of good old days.
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When a Tiny Toffee Travels the World: Why Human Beings Need Gifts
A Melody toffee crossed continents recently. Not through commerce. Not through advertisement. Not even through childhood nostalgia. It travelled through a gesture. When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly handed a packet of Melody toffee to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, social media instantly found delight in what many jokingly called the latest chapter of…
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When Cloth Clips Take a Holiday
What a Rainy Morning in the Courtyard Quietly Whispered About Taking Rest There are mornings that arrive with purpose. The sun reports to duty early, shadows stand in disciplined formation, and even ordinary household objects seem to know what is expected of them. Clothes must dry. Time must move. Work must be completed. And then…
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How Evenings Create Calm Homes Around the World
PART 2 (Series: Calm Homes — How the World Slows Down) There is a moment every evening when the day quietly loosens its grip.Shoes come off. Lights soften. The body exhales — often before the mind does. Nothing dramatic happens.And yet, this is where calm usually begins. Across cultures, the evening is not just the…
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When December Asks Us to Pause: The Quiet Planning of Self-Improvement
December does not shout. It whispers. And in that whisper, we find December asking us to pause and plan for self-improvement. A December evening. In a small Copenhagen apartment, a woman sits by her window in the glow of candles and with a mug of black coffee that smells slightly nutty, slightly bitter – the…
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First Accept The Way You Are: Finding Your Life’s Reference Points
Why I said this -“First Accept the Way You are” . Answer lies in one sentence – it lets you know your reference points in life in terms of your emotional, financial and social positioning. Didn’t get that ? No worry. Come along with me. For last few months, my native state of Bihar in…
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How To Step Out of Your Comfort Zone.
A Comfort Zone Living Till my 40s, say it good or bad, but I was a person who had no complain from his status quo type life. God had given me an apparently firm family support, where I had a comfortable life despite my failure in achieving my career goals. Gradually, I grew used to…
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What is called being thick skinned?
Vivekananda: “Why life today has become complex?”
Paramhansa: “Stop analysing life. This is making it complex. Just live it.”
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Understanding Happiness: Is It Elusive or Attainable?
In between various cogs of expectation and competition, our tiny happiness is getting crumbled. We are unable to see the elements of happiness lying around us.
