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Agastya and the Vindhya Mountains: A Lesson in Influence and Leadership

Introduction Long ago, the Vindhya mountains began growing taller and taller every day. They became so huge that they even threatened to overshadow the mighty Himalayas and block the sun’s path across the sky. The cosmic gods grew worried. If the mountains kept growing, they could disrupt the balance of the entire universe. But the gods couldn’t stop them. The Vindhyas refused to listen to anyone. They wouldn’t bow to authority or accept any requests; they simply kept rising, proud and powerful. Now, the one person the Vindhyas deeply respected was their guru, the sage Agastya. He was their teacher and held in high reverence. So, the gods turned to Agastya and asked for his help. Agastya visited the mountains. The moment the Vindhyas saw him, they humbly bowed down to greet him, full of admiration. Agastya smiled and said, “I’m so pleased with your respect and devotion.” The mountains replied, “We are honored by your presence. Please tell us how we can serve you.” Agastya said, “There’...
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RIP Irrfan Khan: Finest actor of Indian Cinema

Introduction Sahabzade Irrfan Ali Khan or Irrfan Khan was one of the most talented actors in the world. He was born on 7 January 1967 in Jaipur Rajasthan. He got a special interest in acting when he saw an acting performance of Naseeruddin Shah. He took guidance from Khurram, a local theatre actor of Jaipur. He suggested him to apply for a prestigious course at the National School of Drama (NSD). He saw multiple Ups and downs in his acting career. He also got several Hollywood movies in his career. Unfortunately, he came to know about his Cancer in 2018. He underwent multiple surgeries and chemotherapies in the UK but cancer took him away on 29 Apr 2020. Irrfan was awarded Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honor in 2011. Childhood and Early Life Irrfan Khan's mother and father were from the Khajuriya Village of Rajasthan. His father used to run a tire business. Irrfan had a special interest in acting and he was deeply inspired by the acting of Naseeruddin shah...
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Demosthenes: Philosopher who filled his mouth with stones

Introduction  Demosthenes was a great statesman and orator of ancient Athens. He diligently learned the rhetoric of previous great orators. He delivered his very first speech when he fought a case against his relatives to save his property at an age of 20 years. He played a very vital role in uprising Athens against the new King of Macedonia, Alexander the Great. He was also recognized as one of the ten greatest Attic orators and logographers in the world. But initially, things were not in his control and he faced so many challenges in his life.  Childhood of Demosthenes Demosthenes used to stammer during his childhood and no one had any hope from him. He was a very introvert child and his father was a very rich person in Athens. But his father died when he was just seven years old and left a huge sum of money for him. Shortly, his relatives flocked to his home and started sipping his father's fortune. At that time, Athens was a republic and people of Athens used to gro...
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Positive aspects of Lockdown

Introduction We all are stuck at our houses and waiting for two things a) completion of lockdown, b) vaccine of Coronavirus. But most of us are consuming non-stop news bulletins and counting the Worldwide death toll of the Corona Virus. Researchers have found that stress has a psychosomatic impact on us. We are consuming so many negative things throughout the day and hoping for a positive outcome but it's impossible. The capacity of our mind is very high as compared to our body. We need to keep ourselves positive in these difficult days. It is a fact that negative thinking reduces our immunity and positive thinking boosts our immunity. Corona will definitely go within one or two months' timespan but just think what we will tell our future generations. Do we tell them that we were in depression during Corona Scare ? or we will tell that we emanated positivity and motivated our family members to fight Corona during the lockdown. We have to understand that Corona Virus canno...
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Life learnings of Shah Rukh Khan

The Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan or The SRK is a Bollywood star, producer, and a very big TV personality. Shah Rukh Khan is one of the most awarded Bollywood actors. He had received 14 Film Fare awards, won Best actor award for Baazigar (1993), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), DilToPagal Hai (1997), Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Dev das (2002), Swades (2004), Chak De India (2007) and My NameIsKhan (2010). Many times, he had garnered as many as two to three of the five Filmfare Best Actor nominations. Shah Rukh Khan got Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2005. The Government of France has awarded him the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2007), the fifth degree of the French Legion of Honour and the Chevalier Légion d'honneur. He received five honorary doctorates; the first from "The University of Bedfordshire" in 2009, the second from " The University of Edinburgh in 2015", the third from "Maulana Azad National Urdu University" in 2016, and rec...
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When Isaac Newton had to work from home

Just one month back when someone has told us that work from home is our future then we all might have laughed at him. Employees working in non-IT companies must not have imagined such a situation. This is the major change Novel Coronavirus has brought in our life and it clearly ushered a culture of work from home. Suddenly remote work opportunities started mushrooming and employers have understood that work from home is a better option and it can result in huge cost savings for the organizations. Call centre employees already started work from home just after few days of lockdown. As the government decided to go with complete lockdown to flatten the curve, people are spending maximum time on social media and failed to maintain a work-life balance. We have come up with an inspirational story of Sir Isaac Newton who had taken maximum benefit of lockdown in his lifetime. Isaac Newton and lockdown In 1665, when the Great Plague of London took several lives in London England governme...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger: 5 Rules for Success Part 2

There was a very rich man who used to live in a city. He had all types of luxuries with him. One day he decided to show poor life to his son and planned a visit to a village. Both of them spent one night at the farm of a poor farmer. After spending that night, both of them came back to their home. Now Rich dad asked in a boastful tone " So son what you had learned about the poor life of the farmer ?".  Son replied" Dad we have only one dog but they have four, we have a pool to swim but they have rivers with them, we used to buy our food but they used to grow their eatables, we use Tubelights at night but they have stars, we have walls to give us protection but they have close friends, we have encyclopedia but they have Bhagavad Gita. Thank you so much dad for showing this type of excellent lifestyle." Similarly, we used to face so many hardships in our life but it all depends on us. Life will definitely throw lemons at you but it depends upon you how you react. ...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger: 5 Rules for Success Part 1

On 2001 August 22, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released photographs of Spiral Galaxy NGC 3079 which is 50 million light-years away towards the constellation of Ursa Major. The photo was taken from Hubble Space Telescope and it revealed gas towers of 2000 light-years with a swirling cosmic cauldron of activity at the galaxy's center. Measurements show that the gaseous pillars are beaming away from the center at 6 million Kilometers per hour and eventually looking like an expanding bubble that is on the verge of bursting. This phenomenon is happening at a very incredible scale. Researchers also show that when this bubble will burst then several new stars and planets will form. Our own sun was also born out of such cosmic drama, as was our earth. We can correlate this event with our life also, whenever our life reverberates with failures then we must extrapolate that something big is coming and success is imminent. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mr. Universe...
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Best Motivational story of Michael Jordan

Migratory birds used to travel from 5000 to 7000 km to sustain their lives. In India, Siberian birds used to come in the month of December and stay there for more than three months. These birds used to come from Siberia but this long journey is not very easy. During winters Siberian birds have two options, first is to live in Siberia and die while tackling extreme temperatures in the range of -40 to -50 degree celsius or to travel to relatively warm areas like India. This is just like a process of change we also face in our lives. Change is never easy and we have a tendency to enjoy the status quo. But the status quo is very harmful and never benefits us. Siberian birds decide to travel 5000 to 7000 Kms and start preparing 3-4 months before the winters by subsequently increasing fat in their bodies. They face very harsh conditions like extreme temperatures of dessert area, starving, hunting, etc during their journey. But it's a matter of life or death for these birds hence they ...
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