Category Archives: Current Events

Relationship between Sales, Politics and Truth

Posted on December 20, 2020 by padmum

In the modern world everything is for sale and has a price tag on it. You can buy anything if you have the means. Most importantly you can buy silence for a price. You can even attempt to buy a … Continue reading →

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Break time-relaxing strategies

Posted on December 13, 2020 by padmum

When my kids were going to school and then the granddaughters..a small box was filled with biscuits or snacks to be eaten as elevenses as it used to be called. Lunchtime was a bigger box with a meal. Most often … Continue reading →

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Once the clock strikes–NN

Posted on December 8, 2020 by padmum

When the clock strikes 12 it is either mid-night or noon. That is a simplistic answer.  Most clocks I know, even the Big Ben clock tower in London or Gantaghars in Delhi, have a record of being a little too … Continue reading →

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SOLITUDE–NN

Posted on November 30, 2020 by padmum

Today’s humans are social animals. Perhaps it was not always like this. Cavemen were obviously not. As social animals solitude is an unusual or even unnatural state. But looking at our origin, the boot is on the other leg. Solitude … Continue reading →

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SOLITUDE..PN

Posted on November 27, 2020 by padmum

“They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude” Daffodils by William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils; Beside … Continue reading →

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MODERN DEMOCRACY OR RAM RAJYA…..PN

Posted on November 24, 2020 by padmum

There was a time in India when the automatic primogeniture choice of the king was not in force. How the new ruler was chosen was very interesting. When the King died, the main temple elephant was given a garland which … Continue reading →

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Modern Democracy–Success Or Failure…NN

Posted on November 21, 2020 by padmum

Let me take a position right away. Modern democracies are not a patch on the first direct democracy practised in the City state of Athens in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. That old model had only one objective: the … Continue reading →

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Two Hours to Dinner!! NN

Posted on November 16, 2020 by padmum

This is almost a non-topic for me. No reflection on the person who has suggested it. I find it difficult to gather the necessary motivation to develop it since I do not eat a normal dinner these days. It was not always like … Continue reading →

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A Letter to Santa..NN

Posted on November 8, 2020 by padmum

Dear Mr. Claus Usually all children and even adults are full of fond expectations from you as the year draws to a close. In every household you are seen as a father/grand father figure. So it was, last year. For some reason you … Continue reading →

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A Letter to Santa–PN

Posted on November 5, 2020 by padmum

Dear Santa In my 71 years of existence I have never ever written a letter to you. Well! In my childhood Santa was just a roly-poly, white bearded, grandpa like figure who appeared in Enid Blyton books and comics. We … Continue reading →

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