Sunday, March 2, 2025

Category: Talking Tree

post-Make Inclusion a Way of LifeMake Inclusion a Way of Life

On this seventy-third Republic Day, this article makes us confront those who fan emotions by stressing that there are divisions on the basis of ethnicity and thought. Instead, we should veer towards inclusion rather than think in terms of exclusion,...

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post-Man’s Search for Meaning: Book ReviewMan’s Search for Meaning: Book Review

ARJUN PEREIRA picks up the eternal bestseller, Viktor Frankl’s ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’ and finds great lessons to be learnt from the author’s experiences in concentration camps Very recently, I picked up the classic, philosophical book published in 1946, Man’s...

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post-The Intriguing Universe of Harry PotterThe Intriguing Universe of Harry Potter

ARJUN PEREIRA was an avid reader of the Harry Potter books when he was growing up. Now, as the Harry Potter movie team celebrates 20 years, he recalls the timeless appeal of Harry Potter, the protagonist, and the intricate universe...

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post-A Doctor-Friendly ApproachA Doctor-Friendly Approach

DR PUSHPA CHATURVEDI makes a fervent plea for a doctor-friendly approach Seeing the visuals on media of angry and helpless resident doctors on strike in our national capital New Delhi for a highly justified demand was highly disturbing and distressing. Our resident doctors have been...

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post-My 2022 Resolution: Getting Off My MobileMy 2022 Resolution: Getting Off My Mobile

It’s that time of the year again when you should be thinking of a new year resolution. “Getting off my mobile is mine,” says REENA SINGH Every year at this time of the year, I make up a rudimentary list...

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post-Religious Harmony Zindabad: The Vicky-Kat ShaadiReligious Harmony Zindabad: The Vicky-Kat Shaadi

What should be important to us as intelligent, thinking adults? That we spend time on frivolities like celebrity weddings or take up issues that should be of serious concern to us …. REENA SINGH shares her candid views This week...

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post-What Can We Expect from Omicron?What Can We Expect from Omicron?

DR SANJAY TEOTIA explains the Omicron variant to our readers and advises how we can stay safe The World Health Organization recently classified a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 first detected by South African researchers and have labelled it as a...

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post-A Treasure Trove of MemoriesA Treasure Trove of Memories

SEEMA MUNIZ takes a break from her laptop, mobile and gadgets to rediscover the pleasure of reading a book and finding the time to delve into her old Webster’s dictionary to find a treasure trove in its many pages Nostos...

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post-Simple Steps to SuccessSimple Steps to Success

MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN shares with us simple tips to success Psychologists have estimated that we put to use only 10% of the abilities with which we are born. Despite the innate qualities nature has endowed us with, the successes which...

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post-Life is Like CricketLife is Like Cricket

As the cricket season rages in Dubai, let us liken life to this popular sport. Play the game of life with caution, in God’s wonderful company if you want to save yourself from defeat, misery and agony say the BRAHMA...

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post-Can Anger Ever be Healthy?Can Anger Ever be Healthy?

RENU GULATI analyses the negative emotion of anger, yet acknowledges that sometimes it is necessary to vent out Many of us give vent to our anger. It is described as a truly negative emotion which not only disturbs the mind...

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post-Choosing the Right WishesChoosing the Right Wishes

We should always be thoughtful about what we pray and wish for in life, because God is aware of all our acts, listens to all our prayers and rewards us at the right time, says MAMTA SEHGAL An old acquaintance...

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post-Ramayana In Schools: Gospel of Unity and SecularismRamayana In Schools: Gospel of Unity and Secularism

Apart from being Lord, Ram was a righteous, honourable, supreme and perfect human, who was the harbinger of a secular state. If this is the message that students can imbibe from the Ramayana, the great epic might become the gospel...

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post-Aryan Khan: Innocent Until Proven GuiltyAryan Khan: Innocent Until Proven Guilty

The golden principle of jurisprudence ― innocent until proven guilty ― should be applied to Aryan Khan; this principle applies to both the rich and the poor, says OSWALD PEREIRA Angulimala had killed 999 people and retained their little fingers...

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post-Remembering the Forgotten BapuRemembering the Forgotten Bapu

HARISH MOTWANI laments that he has forgotten Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and prays that he can make a fresh start in practising his teachings Dear Bapu, Most of the people around, including me, have forgotten you or your values ― in...

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post-I See God In All CreationI See God In All Creation

MAMTA SEHGAL feels and sees God in the wonders of his exquisite creations The plants, the trees, the clouds and the winds, the day, the night, the summer and the spring, sitting in solitude I ponder, how you have created...

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post-Army Blues: Where Living Apart is a Way of LifeArmy Blues: Where Living Apart is a Way of Life

PRIYA KHANNA, who grew up as an army kid eventually married an army man. She shares how the army wife copes with those long years of separation when her husband is posted at remote locations guarding the nation’s borders Being...

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post-Spirituality is Not Like Instant CoffeeSpirituality is Not Like Instant Coffee

Reiki healer and clinical hypnotherapist, DR KAITY CAMA tells us how we must think of a spiritual ideal, then contemplate upon it so that it becomes part of our subconscious mind To most people, spirituality seems far removed from their...

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