Being A Learner!

Taj Mahal was considered as one of the Seven Wonders of the world, and is still one of the most popular destinations in India, for both Domestic and International Tourists. The Taj Mahal was built in the memory of Mumtaz Mahal  who was one of the three wives of Shah Jahan, died while delivering her 14th Child at the age of 40[1]. The cost of building it was 4.18 crores in 1631 is just in terms of monetary value, but the famine that was the byproduct killed nearly 7.4 million people[2],almost three time the number of people that were killed in the Bengal Famine of 1943(caused by Winston Churchill)[3]. 56.7(%) of total produce was levied as tax by the Mughals as compared to most of Hindu Kings who took 16.67%, as advised by Kautilya in arthshatra [4], and if a famine, drought or a calamity occurred it would be brought down to zero. 20,000 workers who worked for almost 22 years , had their hands chopped off at the end of it[5]. Shah Jahan's third son, aurangzeb captured him, an...

Namaste evryone, so the first sunday of August, Friendships day. This seems like just another topic, friendship and the ideas we have about it, or at least what we expect of it in today's time. Suppose you are going to meet a few old friends and you want to spend some time together, one of the most common things is to get to a pub, gossip, drink. Not that there's some moral values attached to it, but as humans we have lost our ability to observe and analyse the effects these things have. Its become a Status Quo among circles that you drink, smoke etc. If we really had the discernment to keep aside the so called peer pressure, status quo and really look at it, as  in what way does drinking contribute to your life,  not based on morality. The moment you open it, your nose is giving you an indication, you put it on your tongue and the indication is much clear, you gulp it down your throat and it is very obvious that the body isn't comfortable with it. Many a times the reaso...

I was at my office and a lady walked in,  started her story of how she came to Bangalore with her children and husband and, how she is staying at the railway station, and needed some money. She trying to play the emotional victim, threw at me a list of people who have given her 100,200 rs each. I just asked her one question, what have you done in the last 4 days to find a place/job to work? She tried to reinstate her community card and I was adamant at the question. All the drama stopped, she took her piece of paper and walked out with sense of anger. I continued to do my work. You drive to a signal and there's a man dressed in a saree trying to molest you and take some money. Alright in Sanskrit I learnt Puling (male), striling (female) and napunsakling, it is very clear that our ancestors knew that its alright, there was no need to negate or promote it. But now, for what it seems(at least 80% of the cases) is that, it's a very easy way to earn money and moreover on what ba...