Shravan Charity Mission: Publications of Author, Poet & Columnist Kamlesh Tripathi

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Publications of Kamlesh Tripathi

BOOK TITLE: GLOOM BEHIND THE SMILE

(The book is about a young cancer patient. Now archived in eight prestigious libraries of the US, which include Harvard College Library; Harvard University Library; Library of Congress; University of Washington, Seattle; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Yale University, New Haven; University of Chicago; and University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill University Libraries. It can also be accessed at MIT through Worldcat.org. Besides, it is also available for reading in the libraries and archives of Canada; the Open Library; Cancer Aid and Research Foundation Mumbai; Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida, India; Shoolini University, Yogananda Knowledge Center, Himachal Pradesh; and Azim Premji University, Bangalore and the Library of Cancer Aid and Research Foundation, Mumbai. The title also finds a mention in a book titled ‘Enduring Cancer: Life, Death and Diagnosis in Delhi’ by Dwaipayan Banerjee, published by the Duke University Press).

BOOK TITLE: ONE TO TANGO … RIA’S ODYSSEY

(It is a book on ‘singlehood’ about a Delhi girl now archived in Connemara Library, Chennai and Delhi Public Library, GOI, Ministry of Culture, Delhi; It is also available for reading in the Indian National Bibliography, March 2016, in the literature section, in Central Reference Library, Ministry of Culture, India, Belvedere, Kolkata-700022)

BOOK TITLE: AADAB LUCKNOW … FOND MEMORIES

(This is a fiction written around the great city of Nawabs—Lucknow. It describes Lucknow in great detail and also talks about its Hindu-Muslim amity, which is the undying characteristic of Lucknow. The book was launched at the Lucknow International Literary Festival in 2014. It is catalogued and included for reading in Askews and Holts Library Services, Lancashire, U.K; Herrick District Library, Holland; Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; Black Gold Cooperative Library Administration, Arroyo Grande, California; Berkeley Library, University of California; The Peshastin Public Library and The George Public Library near Washington, a Northern Central Washington Libraries branch; the Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library in Arizona in the US and the Salina Public Library, Kansas, USA.

BOOK TITLE: REFRACTIONS … FROM THE PRISM OF GOD

(Co-published by Cankids–Kidscan, a pan-India NGO and Shravan Charity Mission, which works for child cancer in India. The book is endorsed by Ms Preetha Reddy, MD, Apollo Hospitals Group. It was launched at the Lucknow International Literary Festival in 2016).

BOOK TITLE: TYPICAL TALE OF AN INDIAN SALESMAN

(Is a story of an Indian salesman who is humbly qualified. Yet he fights his way through unceasing uncertainties to reach the top. A good read, not only for salesmen but for any reader. The book was launched on 10th February 2018 at Gorakhpur Lit-Fest. Now available on Amazon, Flipkart and Onlinegatha)

BOOK TITLE: RHYTHM … IN POEMS

(Published in January 2019. The book contains 50 poems. The poems are about our day-to-day life. Poems from this book have been published in Shillong Times, Bandra Times, Bhavan’s Journal, Arunachal Times and Goan net. The book is available on Amazon, Flipkart and Onlinegatha).

BOOK TITLE: MIRAGE

(Published in February 2020. The book is a collection of eight short stories available on Amazon, Flipkart and Notion Press)

BOOK TITLE: AWADH ASSAM AND DALAI LAMA … The Kalachakra

(It is the story of the man who received His Holiness The Dalai Lama and his retinue in 1959 as a GOI representative when he fled Tibet in 1959. The book was launched on 21st November 2022 by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Dharmshala. The title is archived in the library of the Department of Information and International Relations (DIIR), Government of Tibet, Tibet Policy Institute (TPI) and the personal library of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The title is also archived in The Ohio Digital Library, USA. It was recently included in the digital library of the world-renowned company APPLE. Included in the library of Friends of Tibet and Maharashtra Mitra Mandal Library in Bandra, Mumbai.

BOOK TITLE: RHYTHM IN POEMS

The book was relaunched with additional poems at the Lucknow Book Fair on 7th March.2025

(POEMS, SHORT STORIES AND ARTICLES OF KAMLESH TRIPATHI PUBLISHED IN NEWSPAPERS, JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES)

THE TIMES OF INDIA (Speaking Tree)

Speaking Tree: 1. Basant Celebrates Ma Saraswati, Shiv, And Spring 1.2.25; 2. Mahashivratri: A Night of Divine Illumination, 26.2.25; 3. Kabir Spun Indic Syncretism Through His Dohas, 12.6.25; 4. The Soul Connection 19.7.25; 5.  Every Separation Diminishes the Whole 16.9.26;

THE ECONOMIC TIMES (Speaking Tree)

Speaking Tree 1. Celebrating Transitions 15.1.26; 2. The Colours of Holi, 3.3.2026; 3. Celebrating Baisakhi 14.4.26; 4. AI: Wisdom No Guarantee 30.6.26; 5. Marcusian Formulations, 14.8.26; 6. Celebrating Krishn 4.9.26

THE SENTINEL, USA

  1. Is Ambition the double-edged sword of greatness, 23.11.25;

SENTINEL ASSAM

  1. Short Story: Return of Sangeeta, 21.6.26

BHAVANS JOURNAL

Short stories, Book reviews and Articles published in Bhavan’s Journal: 1. Reality and Perception, 15.10.2019; 2. Sending the Wrong Message, 31.5.2020; 3. Eagle versus Scholars, June 15 & 20, 2020; 4. Indica, 15.8.2020; 5. The Story of King Chitraketu, August 31 2020; 6. Breaking Through the Chakravyuh, September 30 2020. 7. The Questioning Spouse, October 31, 2020; 8. Happy Days, November 15, 2020; 9. The Karma Cycle of Paddy and Wheat, December 15, 2020; 10. Power Vs Influence, January 31, 2021; 11. Three Refugees, March 15, 2021; 12. Rise and Fall of Ajatashatru, March 31, 2021; 13. Reformed Ruler, May 15, 2021; 14. A Lasting Name, May 31, 2021; 15. Are Animals Better Teachers? June 16, 2021; 16. Book Review: The Gram Swaraj, 1.7.21; 17. Right Age for Achievements, 15.7.21; 18. Big Things Have Small Beginnings, 15.8.21; 19. Where is Gangaridai?, 15.9.21; 20. Confront the Donkey Within You 30.9.21; 21. Know Your Strengths 15.10.21; 22. Poverty 15.11.21; 23. Top View 30.11.21; 24. The Bansuriwala 15.1.22; 25. Sale of Alaska 15.2.22; 26. The Dimasa Kingdom 28.2.22; 27. Buried Treasure 15.4.22; 28. The Kingdom of Pragjyotisha 30.4.22; 29. Who is more useful? 15.5.22; 30. The White Swan from Lake Mansarovar 30.6.22; 31. Bhool Bhulayya 15.9.22; 32. Good Karma 30.9.22; 33. Good Name vs Bad Name 15.10.22; 34. Uttarapath—The Grand Trunk Road 1.12.22; 35. When Gods Get Angry 31.12.22; 36. Holinshed’s Chronicles 15.1.23; 37. Theogony 15.2.23; 38. Poem: Mother 14.5.23; 39. The Nag Mandir 30.6.23; 40. The Story of Garuda 30.7.23; 41. Janmabhoomi vs Karmabhoomi 31.8.23; 42. The Ghost Town of Kuldhara 15.9.23; 43. The Tale of Genji 15.10.23; 44. The Soul Connection 1.12.23; 45. Book review: Jungle Nama … a story of the Sundarban 16.3.24; 46. Book review: A Forgotten Chapter 16.5.24; 47. Exploring Ancient Egypt, 1.8.24; 48. The Story of Dhruva, 16.8.24; 49. Two Hundred Years of Tea in Assam 16.9.24; 50. The Cosmic Messenger 16.10.24; 51. Biblioburro: The Four-Legged Library 16.11.24; 52. The Cologne Cathedral 1.1.25; 53. Gandhi to Mahatma 16.1.25; 54. Huxley’s Take on Translated Works 16.3.25; 55. Ernest Hemingway’s Iceberg Theory 1.7.25; 56 The Story of Bhishma Pitamah 1.9.25; 57. A Twist in the Tale, October 1-15, 2025; 58. Philosophy Overdose (Book Review) November 16-30, 2025; 59. Ambedkar: From Caste to Constitution April 1-15, 2026; 60. Book Review; A Timeless Work… The Epic of Gilgamesh (May 16-31, 2026); 61. Rainforests: Earth’s lungs and world’s pharmacy, 1.6.26; 62. Every ‘Why’ has a ‘Wherefore’, 1-15, August 2026; 63. Places Associated with Sri Krishna Leela, 1.9.26;

THE SHILLONG TIMES

Articles & Poems: 1. Poem: Happy New Year 8.1.23; 2. Poem: Spring 12.3.23; 3. Poem: Right and Wrong 20.3.23; 4. The Gush of Emotion—Writing, 26.3.23; 5. The Nag Mandir, 7.5.23; 6. Poem: Mother 7.5.23; 7. Poem: Rain Rain 9.7.23; 8. Poem: You Come Alone You Go Alone 6.8.23; 9. Poem: Rain Rain (Second Time) 10.8.23; 10. Poem: Guru Teacher 1.10.23; 11. Poem: Autumn … The Interim Heaven 15.10.23; 12. Poem: Happy Diwali 12.11.23; 13. Overcoming Blindness: Learn it the John Milton Way 10.12.23; 14. The Happy Prince and The Happy Man’s Shirt 31.12.23; 15. Annus Mirabilis -2024 7.1.24; 16. Gandhi to Mahatma Gandhi- Incidents that Shaped Gandhi in South Africa 28.1.24; 17. Poem: Together But Not Made For Each Other, 11.2.24; 18. The Birds Bees and The Spiders of Nicholas Guildford and Jonathan Swift 25.2.24; 19. The Overcoats of Nikolai Gogol and Ruskin Bond 10.3.24; 20. The Ethnic Colours of Holi 24.3.24; 21. A Lesson from Dalai Lama, 21.4.24; 22. Poem: Morning Walk 28.4.24; 23. Trip to Rhine Falls, Switzerland, 19.5.24; 24. Poem: Hurt 2.6.24; 25. Poem: Your Conscience Was My Sign On 16.6.24; 26. Poem: The Eerie Ways of Time 7.7.24; 27. Poem: Celebrating the T20 World Champions 14.7.24; 28. Read to Rise above mediocrity, 4.8.24; 29. Poem: Desire vs Reality 11.8.24; 30. Jack Ma’s Pristine Advice to Employers, Employees and the Youth 22.9.24; 31. Tagore and Kipling 3.11.24; 32. Poem: Merry Christmas 22.12.24; 33. Poem: The Sunset Point, 5.1.25; 34. Cancer Warning Labels on Alcoholic Beverages, 12.1.25; 35. Poem: Hope … In the Arc of Twilight, 19.1.25; 36. Basant Panchami celebrates the Arrival of Spring 2.2.25; 37. Poem: The Falling World Order, 9.2.25; 38. A Peep into Native American Literature, 23.2.25; 39. Poem: Good day, Bad day 9.3.25; 40. Reincarnation of Dalai Lama in a free World, 6.4.25; 41. Ambedkar: Fighting the Caste Monster, 13.4.25; 42. Switzerland: The Scenic Mount Titlis & Lucerne 18.5.25; 43. Poem: A Ray of Hope 8.6.25; 44. Poem: Monsoon Melodies 27.7.25; 45. Poem: There Is Nothing Right, says Gen-Z 14.9.25; 46. Poem: The Golden Voice of Zubeen Garg 28. 9.25; 47. Poem: Diwali: The Festival of Lights 19.10.25; 48. Poem: When the Summer is Through, 7.12.25; 49. The Golfer’s Pride, 11.1.26; 50. Poem: The World Within Books, 15.2.26; 51. Poem: Meet His Majesty The AI, 1.3.26; 52. There Was A Time 22/3/26; 53. Poem: In Nature’s Lap 7.6.26; 54. Poem: The Comeback Trail 5/7/36; 55. Poem: Life is Short, 2.8.26;

THE ASSAM TRIBUNE

Article: 1. The Magic of Reading 11.12.23; 2. Gandhi to Mahatma 29.1.24; 3. Geography of Solitude 8.4.24; 4. A Lesson From Dalai Lama, 22.4.24; 5. A Source of Inspiration, 29.4.24; 6. The Four-Legged Library, 12.5.24; 7. Age and Achievement, 10.6.24; 8. Read … To Rise Above Mediocrity, 1.7.24; 9. Crusade for a College, 25.8.24; 10. Hemingway’s Iceberg Theory (Panorama) 27.9.24; 11. Short story: Love in the Air, 20.10.24; 12. Short story: The Prick of Conscience, 5.1.25; 13. Lost in translation, 6.1.25; 14. Travellers’ tales 20.1.2025; 15. Audit your days, 17.2.25; 16. When Darkness became Vision, 27.10.25; 17. Remembering Bhagat Singh, 23.3.26; 18. Tunnel Vision, 19.7.26;

THE ARUNACHAL TIMES

Poem: 1. Hope—In The Arc of Twilight, 13.8.23; 2. Poem: Spring 3.3.24; 3. Poem: The Morning Walk, 10.3.24; 4. Poem: The Golden Voice of Zubeen Garg 5.10.25; 5. A Happy Republic Day to Indians, 25.1.26;

BANDRA TIMES, MUMBAI

Articles & Poems: 1. Poem: SPRING, 1.4.23; 2. Poem: Mother, 1.6.23; 3. Poem: Rain Rain, 1.8.23; 4. A Lesson From Dalai Lama, 1.6.24; 5. Read to rise above Mediocrity 1.8.24; 6. Poem: Merry Christmas 1.12.24; 7. Poem: Happy New Year 1.12.24; 8. The Enduring Colours of Holi 1.2.25; 9. Poem: Global Warming 1.4.25; 10. Pahalgam Carnage 1.6.25; 11. Life Lessons 1.6.25; 12. Poem: Arrogance 1.8.25; 13. Poem There is nothing right … says Gen Z 1.10.25; 14. Celebrating the joy and rights of Children 1.10.25;

THE GOAN NET

Poem: 1. Autumn – The Interim Heaven, 6.10.24; 2. Reader’s Rewind 17.11.24; 3. Reader’s Rewind: The Irony of Tash Moustache or Mooch 5.12.24; 4. The Sunset Point 22.12.24; 5. Reader’s Rewind: The Joy of a Morning Walk, 3.1.25; 6. Harmony in creation 26.1.25; 7. Poem: What is truly Good for me? 2.1.25; 8. Poem: We both were left behind, 9.2.25; 9. India Afloat like Ship of Theseus, 23.2.25; 10. Maha Shivratri: A night of divine illumination, spiritual awakening, 26.2.25; 11. Poem: Good Day Bad Day, 2.3.25; 12. After Birth, Death is the First Spiritual Tip, 30.3.25; 13. Poem: Aspiration 31.8.25; 14. Poem: Fascinating Goa, 7.9.25; 15. The Secret to long life lies in deeds, not years 6.11.25; 16. Poem: The other side of hometown, 9.11.25; 17. Children’s Day 14.11.25; 18. Poem: Why do things happen 23.11.25; 19. Poem: I Want More, 30.11.25; 20. Poem: Small to Big … Reborn Poem, 7.12.25; 21.What is life without mirth and laughter 18.12.25; 22. I find the Joys of Heaven here on Earth 4.1.26; 23. Be the Wise Man 18.1.26; 24. A Happy Republic Day to Indians, 25.1.26; 25. Kasauli: A jewel in the Himalayan Crown, 1.2.26; 26. I dreamt of Utopia 8.2.26: 27. Legends surrounding the Parijaat Tree, 27.3.26; 28. Poem: Eros’s Love Arrow 29.3.26; 29. Poem: The all-round beauty of ‘namaste’ 5.4.26; 30. Twilight Tremors: When Solitude meets Companionship, 26.4.26: 31. World Music Day: A Tribute to Music’s Enduring Magic 21.6.26;

SENTINEL GUWAHATI, ASSAM

  1. Return of Sangeeta, 21.6.26;

CITY ESSENCE MAGAZINE

  1. Three Love Stories: A Comparison, July 7. 2025; 2. Without Genghis Khan’s Daughters There Would Have Been No Mongol Empire 11.1.26;

SRIJON MAGAZINE

Articles & Poems: Poem: 1. Global Warming 1.5.25; 2. India Afloat Like The Ship of Theseus 1.5.25; 3. Reincarnation of the Dalai Lama In A Free World, 1.5.25;

SANT VIVEK MAGAZINE

  1. Hindi Poem: Parmarth Chintan

ARTICLES IN THE DIGITAL MAGAZINE ESAMSKRITI

Aritcles: 1. 29.12.2020: Indica by Megasthenes; 2. 14.3.22: About The Dimasa Kingdom Assam; 3. 10.12.22: Grand Trunk Road–Uttarapath; 4. 5.10.23: The Ghost Town of Kuldhara Near Jaisalmer;

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THE ECONOMIC TIMES: MARLYN’S MYSTERY

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“The Hollywood icon is one of the most famous women in history. Here are some lesser-known facts about the screen legend”

MARILYN’S MYSTERY
“The Hollywood icon is one of the most famous in history. Here are some lesser-known facts about the screen legend”


    So much is already known about Marilyn Monroe, who would have celebrated her 100th birthday on June 1, that you may be surprised at how many things you still don’t know
    Monroe, the star of ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ and Some Like It Hot’, was born Norma Jeane Mortenson. She lived with foster families after her paranoid schizophrenic mother Gladys was institutionalised; was a natural brunette; married three times, and had multiple affairs, including with former US President John F Kennedy and his brother Robert. She died of a barbiturate overdose — some say murdered — at the age of 36.
    But did you know these scintillating details of her life?

  1. Monroe’s famously breathy voice was the result of her learning to overcome a childhood stammer with the help of a speech therapist. The speech impediment reappeared under great stress and disastrously returned when she was filming her last movie, ‘Something’s Got To Give, as her personal life spiralled out of control.
        She struggled to deliver her lines and was ultimately fired from the film, which was never completed.
  2. Though considered one of the world’s greatest beauties, Monroe was insecure about her looks. She secretly had plastic surgery in 1950 before her career soared, at the urging of her agent Johnny Hyde, to reshape the end of her nose and add a chin implant. Eight years later, she visited another cosmetic surgeon who treated her for a ‘chin deformity’ after the original implant deteriorated.
        She wore ‘falsies’ to boost her bust on occasion. While preparing her for burial, undertaker Allan Abbot recalled finding her with them. In her coffin, her bra was also stuffed with cotton wool.
        Monroe also wore a platinum blonde wig in her casket, because her own bleach-dried hair had been further damaged by the coroner during her autopsy.
  3. Despite singing ‘Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend’, she mostly wore costume jewellery. At her death, her only real gems were a 35-baguette eternity ring given by her second husband, baseball star Joe DiMaggio and a pearl necklace from her advisor and acting coach Paula Strasberg.
  4. Monroe was 12 years old before learning that she had a half-sister, Berniece, after which they became close. She never knew who was father was.
        Her mother’s second husband Edward Mortenson was named (but misspelled) on Monroe’s birth certificate. Monroe believed that her father was her mother’s lover, Charles Stanley Gifford, who repeatedly denied paternity. DNA testing of relatives later confirmed that Gifford was indeed father.
  5. Monroe was investigated by the FBI for suspected communist leanings during America’s infamous Red Square. Her third husband, the playwright Arthur Miller, was also targeted during this time.
  6. She suffered terrible stage fright during live performances, inducing shaking hands, a nervous stomach and throwing up. Even while working on movies, she often struggled to remember her lines.
        “The joke was, she couldn’t make two sentences meet,” said her Bus Stop co-star Don Murray. “I think it was a lack of confidence.
        “For somebody who the camera loved, she was still terrified of going before the camera and broke out in a rash all over her body,” Murray recalled.
  7. Monroe was author Truman Caopote’s first choice to play Holly Golightly in the movie version of Breakfast At Tiffany’s, a role which went to Audrey Hepburn instead. “Paramount double-crossed me in every way and cast Audrey,” complained Capote.
        Monroe’s acting coach Paula Strasberg had also advised her against “playing a lady of the night”, Hepburn’s biographer Sam Wasson later said.
  8. Monroe was constantly undervalued by Hollywood. She received one-tenth of Jane Russell’s salary when they co-starred in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. On her final unreleased film, 1962’s Something’s Got to Give, her $100,000 salary was one-tenth of what Elizabeth Taylor received the following year for Cleopatra.
  9. She wanted to have an affair with Elbert Einstein, according to her friend and former roommate, the actress Shelley Winters. The famed physicist was on a list of men Monroe dreamed of bedding, and she also kept a framed and signed photo of Einstein on her piano.
  10. Despite her ‘dumb blonde’ image, Monroe was an avid reader, with a library of more than 400 books, including classics by Shakespeare, Dickens, Dostoevsky, DH Lawrence, Steinbeck, Hemingway, Flaubert, Aristotle, Aristophanes, Proust and Lucretius. She introduced Welsh poet Dylan Thomas to his childhood idol Charlie Chaplin, and on a meeting Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, discussed her desire to star as Grushenka in an adaptation of The Brothers Karamazov.
  11. She was a good cook, famed for her bouillabaisse. Her hand-written recipe for turkey stuffing survives, with 18 ingredients including three varieties of nuts and three different meats, and the instruction: “No garlic.”
  12. Monroe was plagued with illness and mental health issues. She suffered from endometriosis, endured miscarriages and battled insomnia, anxiety and depression on barbiturates.
  13. She left one quarter of her estate to her psychiatrist, Dr Marianne Kris, to be used for charitable causes. Kris had put Monroe in a mental hospital the year before her death, much to the star’s horror. Dr Kris ultimately left her share of the star’s estate to the Anna Freud Centre in London. The rest of Monroe’s estate was intended to be divided between friends, but much ended up being auctioned.
  14. A decade after her death, Monroe’s house in Brentwood, Los Angeles, was renovated by new owners who found the walls in every room riddled with recording devices and a phone wiretapping system. John F Kennedy believed that the FBI and CIA had bugged the house hoping to bring down the president and his brother.
  15. Monroe’s estate earned millions more after her death than she ever did while alive. Even now, a century after her birth and 64 years since her demise, Monroe’s estate continues to earn around 7.5 million pounds a year in licensing and merchandising.
    DAILY MIRROR

ECONOMIC TIMES 7/6/26

QUOTES 16/9/26

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QUOTES 16/9/26
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The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb … That is to say, the family you choose rather than the family you are born into, could be much stronger than the biological one.
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Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
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I never saw an ugly thing in my life: Let the form of an object be what it may- light, shade and perspective will always make it beautiful…PAINTER JOHN CONSTABLE
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There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice…BO BENNETT
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Churchill had once described the late Victorian decades as an age of great men and small events. Pandit Nehru spoke the reverse when he described the time period 1959-1960 as a time when small men were facing great events and great decisions.
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There are miles to go before we sleep.
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I shall be an autocrat: that’s my trade. And the good Lord Will forgive me: that’s His… CATHERINE THE GREAT
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The phenomenon develops calmly, but it is invisible, unstoppable. One feels, one sees it born and grow steadily; and it is not in one’s power to either hasten or slow it down…LEON FOUCAULT
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More the facts less the friction
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Only when the tide goes out do you learn who’s been swimming naked.
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Stop selling umbrellas; start selling the weather forecast. In 1850s German emigre Paul Reuter didn’t get rich breeding faster carrier pigeons; he got rich selling the news those pigeons carried.
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Home is where you were conditioned…DARNELL LAMONT WALKER
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Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains…STEVE JOBS
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Tell me whom you haunt and I’ll tell you who you are…ANDRE BRETON
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Take deep breaths, inhale, exhale unhurriedly and automatically you begin to relax, somewhat.
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More the bickering, more the bonding
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Never believe always question.
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Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don’t let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months… CLIFFORD STOLL
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There is a Zen story about a man riding a horse… Another man yells at him, “Where are you going?” and the man on the horse yells back, “I don’t know. Ask the horse.” That is our situation. We are riding many horses we cannot control….THICH NHAT HANH
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Nuclear energy, in terms of an overall safety record, is better than other energy…BILL GATES
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Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great victory. Do only what needs to be done without using violence…TAO TE CHING

Short story from mythology: BOASTFUL ARJUN

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Arjun had become very proud of his archery skills. Particularly, after getting the ‘Gandiv Dhanush’, he had become overconfident. One day, he went to meet Lord Krishna in Dwarka. As he sat with the Lord boasting of his bravery, a weeping Brahmin knocked on the palace gates. When he was produced before Krishna, he narrated his tale of woe. Even his ninth son had been taken away by evil spirits. He now feared for the life and safety of his tenth child, which his wife was about to deliver. Krishna calmly kept listening to the Brahmin without uttering a word. Arjun was sure that with his immense strength, he could help the Brahmin. But, he wondered why the mighty Lord was quiet when he could easily help the poor man. He could not contain himself. He asked the Brahmin to come to him when his wife was about to deliver their tenth child. The Brahmin remained apprehensive. But, Arjun boasted of his strength and told him not to worry.
    A few weeks later, the Brahmin came to call Arjun. His wife was about to give birth to the tenth child. Arjun carefully surveyed the entire surroundings of the Brahmin’s hut. He then shot arrows from his ‘Gandiv Dhanush’ to erect a strong barricade all round the hut. He then stood guard outside. There was no way now that anyone could enter the poor Brahmin’s hut.
After a while, the cry of the newborn baby echoed from the hut. Arjun was elated. But, soon his joy turned into despair. A few minutes later, the Brahmin appeared before him weeping. He told Arjun that as soon as the child was born, it vanished into thin air. Arjun was puzzled. He could not believe that anything could get past his barricade. Arjun consoled the weeping Brahmin. He asked him not to worry and set out in search of the child. He searched far and wide. But he could not find the Brahmin’s child. He became very depressed. Just then, Lord Krishna appeared before him and offered to take him to the lost sons of the Brahmin. Arjun was very surprised.
He boarded Krishna’s chariot and off they went. Soon, they crossed high mountains and season and entered a long, dark tunnel. Krishna hurled his mighty chakra which raced ahead of them lighting up their path. In a few moments Arjun found himself in the ‘Kshir Sagar’. There, sitting on the Shesh Nag, was Lord Vishnu in all his glory. He was surrounded by the ten sons of the Brahmin. Arjun could not believe his eyes. Krishna then explained to Arjun that he had stage managed the whole episode to instill in him the virtue of humility. Arjun realised his mistake and apologized to the Lord. He promised never to boast again.
Lord Vishnu smiled at him and asked him to be humble and spread the message of dharma. Arjun bowed before Vishnu in reverence and received his blessings.
He took all the ten sons of the Brahmin and handed them over to their father, and continued to live a life of humility and dharma, as directed by the Lord.

Written and posted by Kamlesh Tripathi

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