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NaNoWriMo 2012!

October 6, 2012 / / 1 Comment

NaNoWriMoIt is that time of the year again when you have to decide whether you are going to take part in the NaNoWriMo or not.

Every year for  the last few years I have decided that I will. Unfortunately, I have not been able to achieve the goal of writing 50,000 words in a month every time. But, I have done that at least once, and that keeps me motivated to attempt NaNoWriMo every year, and I have decided that I am going to try it this year as well.

In fact, I have decided that I am not only going to try, but win the NaNoWriMo this year.

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Do you know of an interesting blog about Writing, Creativity, or Inspiration?

September 25, 2012 / / 4 Comments

If you have been blogging for any length of time, I am sure you must have used a blog surfing  website like Blogexplosion or Entrecard. A lot of people I have talked to are not very fond of surfing sites because they believe that most visitors from such sites are mindlessly clicking the widgets without paying attention to the content of the blog.

Though this contention is true for most people, yet over the years I have found several interesting blogs as well as several regular visitors to this blog through the blog surfing websites.

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How to Make the Best use of Time!

September 13, 2012 / / 0 Comments

“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” – Albert Einstein

I am sure every day you hear at least one person say, “How fast is time flying” or “I can’t find the time to do the things I want to do.”

The clock keeps ticking at its own steady pace, but our perception of time keeps changing. Time is nothing but perception. If time is a result of our perception, then it can be said that it is our perception that makes us think that we are short of time. If that is so, then we can easily find time in our lives by merely changing the way we perceive time.

Would you agree with that line of reasoning?

Whether you agree, or not, I would exhort you to stay with me and continue reading.

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Meeting Mr. Ruskin Bond!

September 5, 2012 / / 3 Comments

There are some writers that we have been reading since childhood. We never imagine meeting these writers because they seem to be a part of a different universe. Mr. Ruskin Bond was one such writer for me.

I have used was in that sentence because last week our universes conspired – I can think of no other reason for our chance meeting – and brought us on a converging path.

It happened like this.

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Does knowing things make you smarter?

May 24, 2012 / / 0 Comments

Today’s generation is an educated lot. The literacy rate is increasing all across the globe, and so, by default, it should be expected that we have more smarter people today, than we had, say, 50 years ago.

While it would be difficult to decide one way or another, it can be safely said that today we have more knowledgeable people than 50 years ago.

But, does having more knowledge make you smarter?

I don’t think so. Having knowledge is a necessary, but not a sufficient condition for smartness is what I say.

Here is a little story from the great Indian epic, Mahabharat, to illustrate what I mean:

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