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Guest Post: The Ant and the Grasshopper

Posted in Guests, Humor, Life, tagged , , on November 10, 2008 | 7 Comments »

I remember reading this story way back in school. It talks of a hardworking ant and a lazy grasshopper. I did not write this post, it was emailed to me by Swati Sinha as an attachment. I tried to look for the original author but so far I do not know who wrote this. If [...]

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Is Ego Necessary? – A Shocking Question

Posted in Life, Philosophy, tagged , , , , on September 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »

“Is Ego Necessary?” This was the title of an article by John Bendix that appeared on Sunday, 21st September in The Times of India (Sunday Times) under the section titled Mind over Matter (A copy of that article can be found here).
Mr Bendix has tried to argue that,
“…the ego causes most of man’s problems in [...]

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A Troubled Heart

Posted in Fiction, Life, tagged , , , , , on July 24, 2008 | 8 Comments »

She was scared, nervous and completely lost. She could hear her heart beat real hard and could feel it pounding against her ribs. She was on West 85th Street. As she entered Central Park and walked along the familiar track towards Turtle Pond she was glad that it was raining. She had forgotten her jacket [...]

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Guest Post: The Social Structure of India

Posted in Guests, Life, Philosophy, tagged , , , , on June 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »

“So when I started Lost Reality, I always wanted to invite guest contributions. Not necessarily in the field to which I restrict myself but contributors who would cover much varied aspects of life and reality. I am happy to announce the first of such contributors. Her name is Srishti Dogra, a 15 year old school [...]

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A Kid with a Flying Broom

Posted in Humor, Life, tagged , , , on May 11, 2008 | 10 Comments »

This post has no relation to its title. I spent the last seven months in New Delhi and this is just a testimonial to the few real friends that I met there.

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Of Love and Expectations

Posted in Life, Philosophy, tagged , , , , , on May 8, 2008 | 13 Comments »

“I do believe in love, love that betters and completes both the people involved, and not the love that fools either or both.”
- Apoorva Maheshwari
That is probably the best and simplest description, if not definition, of love I have come across. Most aspects of the human life are a trade. A modern day barter system. [...]

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The Week I Fell in Love With Two Girls

Posted in Life, Philosophy, tagged , , on April 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Often some small things leave a big impact on your life. Something in the moment that hits a cord and lingers in your heart and mind for a long time after that. Its like a memory but a little mysterious. Like a lost thought trying to figure out where to settle in your mind and [...]

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True Loneliness…

Posted in Life, tagged , on April 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Spent the last seven days in a small town called Nuh about 80 km from New Delhi. I was there for overnight sky observations and was really hoping that the sky would cooperate this time after throwing a few cloud packed nights the previous month. Sure enough I got some really good nights and had [...]

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