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Is it safer to be one of the herd than listen to the heart?
We are seemingly living in the times of Winston Smith and Jerry, all caught up in a ‘Chocolate War’ of our own.
Why do our brains not run out of memory?
How does the brain ensure that there is sufficient space to store only the more important memories?
How important are memories to humans?
Memories are the basis of our history, culture, heritage — the very civilisation.
Book Review: Writing Across A Cracked World by Vamsee Juluri
This book opened my eyes to many things. What I’m most grateful to the author for, is to have shown me that my civilization and culture were being put on a stand for being the most wonderful system of thought there ever was in this cracked world of ours.
Prof. Yash Pal – From asking questions to answering them
Late Prof. Yash Pal loved children and their incessant questions. His book Random Curiosity is the result of that love.
Falling off the map with Pico Iyer – A Book Review
Pico Iyer’s ‘Falling off the Map’ is less a travel book and more a sociological study of the times in the Lonely Places he has talked about.
Mama’s Bank Account – “Is Good!”
Mama is resourceful when it comes to finding financial solutions. After all, she had two banks, didn’t she?
Two books, Karma, Clairvoyance, Reincarnation – II
Isn’t it amazing how profound psychological concepts are wrapped in religious imagery in Hinduism?
Two books, Karma, Clairvoyance, Reincarnation – I
The awareness of the causes and effects of karma is perhaps the single most important factor that can help spiritual evolvement of human beings.
The Book Thief – Death tells a story
At the cost of sounding morbid, I would say that Death personified by Markus Zusak in The Book Thief completely fascinates me. He is shown as not only having a heart, but also compassion.
Library Aunty
Most of the children who came to her library knew her only as Library Aunty and the name stuck.
Comics – good or bad for children?
Comic books might not have literary value but those like Amar Chitra Katha have brought the myths, folk tales, epics and biographies within the grasp of even primary school children.
Chacha Chaudhary comics and the reluctant reader
What an experienced librarian, a frantic mother and dozens of children reading books in our living room couldn’t do, was accomplished by a little girl, who turned the boy into a reader!
The Cybernag 
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