This affects how people behave. If you have a word for something, you can encourage it, promote it, and even write songs about it. You see, words are tools that we use for thinking, just like a hammers are tools that we use for pounding nails. If your language lacks a word for som...
In the very first phone call we found that there were some differences between us. She is from North India and speaks Hindi and is a vegetarian while I am from South India and do not speak Hindi and am a non-vegetarian. Also, she has been married once before and I have never been ...
It seemed a good idea to figure out how to reverse that. This all came to a head earlier today. Noticing that the building’s office was open and the light on, I decided to pay the superintendent a visit, just to say “hi” because we’re friends. There was another tenant in the ...
When we accept the nothingness of life we need to accept that this life is an instrument in attaining moksh. So refrain as well as accept. TAP –We have limited the meaning of his word to Upvaas. But is it only that? At every juncture in life we will come across crossroads. To take...
Farida:So gupchup is what we call it in Hyderabad, Arva. And there, there are wars between the wordsgol gappaand pani puri. So if you go to Kolkata, the Bengalis will swear that puchkas are the best. If you go to Dilli (Delhi) it’s called gol gappa. If you’re in the Weste...
In the first year at high school or college students are called “freshmen”, in the second they’re called “sophomores”, in the third year we call them “juniors” and in the fourth year they’re called “seniors”. Now a lot of high school graduates then go to college or ...
GEHRKE:We just had a discussion maybe a couple of years ago, right, when you were just in transition to Africa. So it’s really great to have you here and both learn a little bit what’s happening there, but also to learn a bit more about your story. Where did you grow up, and...
A group of homosexual people try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement. Shall We Kiss? (2007) When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting...
"We can make our plan and programme for new year today. We will be fully surrendered to Lord Krishna, and fully surrendered means we will realise what full surrender is. Guru Maharaj's books always help us. Guru Maharaj (Srila Sridhar Maharaj) expressed the mood of surrender in a special...
In a shocking, heartbreaking confession, Booker-winner and India’s top intellectual entity Arundhati Roy, today admitted to inserting random lines from Hindi movie scripts in her essays “so that they look long and intimidating”. “I learnt this trick in my history class as a kid. We had...