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Indecisiveness and Its Repercussions

(Guest Post by Deepak Nair*) I used to be indecisive.. But now, I am not quite sure… Back in school, I was taught about corporate strategies- Upsize, downsize or do nothing. Doing nothing, my learned teacher told me, is also an action. It reflects that by ignoring imminent adversities or opportunities, you have left things to chance and chosen to swim with the tide. Indecisiveness is a state of “not being  able to make decisions quickly and effectively”. An indecisive person is a hung human, with inability to choose from available options. Indecisiveness is something we come across everyday with millennials. We find it hard to make decisions at something as simple as choosing food to what hobby to pursue. Everyone seems to be bombarded with options, finding it difficult to choose any one of the them and in fact, feeling sad about rejecting at all. Not only does this cause…

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Rumi – The Book of Love

Rumi- The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and LongingColeman Barks2003Harper CollinsThe book is a collection of poems by Rumi, organised by themes that revolve around love and life. Some of the themes that were covered included Spontaneous Wandering, Sudden Wholeness, Madness, Absence, Romance and Friendship. The commentary by Barks is interesting and a good read…

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Ice Boys in Bell Bottoms

Ice Boys in Bell BottomsKrishna Shastri Devulapalli2011Harper Collins Indiapp. 263(Available here https://amzn.to/2Hs5uS9)Ice Boys in Bell Bottoms is a coming of age story. The chief protagonist is the grandson of a famous Telugu poet and a nearly equally famous illustrator. Set in Hyderabad and then Chennai, the story gives a vivid description of life in a household…

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Winsome Winnie and Other New Nonsense Novels

Winsome Winnie and Other New Nonsense NovelsStephen Leacock1920Kindle editionGeneral Books (2010) It takes a lot of effort to reach an author like Leacock. In my quest to meet the Extraordinary Reading Challenge by The Curious Reader, I was to read something funny. Now, heavens alone know why, but we are constantly fed with satire in…

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KRISHNA: The Sovereign of 2050

KRISHNA: The Sovereign of 2050: A Sci-fi Adventure of a GodA Nolan2018AmazonKindle edition The story revolves around what it would be if Lord Krishna was our future, instead of our past. The concept is great. There is science fiction mixed with environmental concerns and some futurism. It is The story has tremendous potential, sadly the…