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THE TRIP II

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TRIP – II Now, I was tensed a bit, we both were not sure whether they were even coming or not. At least they should have informed us, a call or a text message could have done the job. “Leave it” yelled Surya, “first of all let us cool down a bit” He suggested. I was quite perplexed at his behavior and asked him “How could we but just cool down?” He pointed at a man showing some tricks with a cleaver and a coconut. Now I was a bit frightened, after all why was Surya interested in a “Cleaver”? “Isn’t it a good idea to grab some coconut juice” he mumbled. “Of course why not, it’s a superb idea” I nodded back. Thank god he was intending to grab some fresh coconut juices and I had begun to imagine some weird scenario. We both grabbed two coconuts and sucked the hell out of it; we were thirsty like never before. Beep beep somebody was calling me, and yeah it was Aman, before I could answer the call, Surya snatched my phone and walked away signaling me to pay for the coconut juic...
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THE TRIP

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THE TRIP          The alarm buzzed, it was 4.30 am, and ops I was late. I rushed to the bathroom and was out by 4.40, usually I never take less than half an hour but today I simply couldn’t afford. I searched for my phone, now whenever you need something urgently you never usually find it; it has turned quite a habit with me. My bedroom had completely turned into a mess, finally found my phone under the blanket and without wasting any further time ranged up to Surya……….. “Halo Surya, is it you?” blah the phone went dead………….. He called me back, he was still in bed. “How can we both be late?” we had planned something today. I was literally pissed off, all my excitement vanished, again my phone buzzed, it was Surya, I regained my composure and picked up, “We still weren’t that late after all”, finally I decided, I was not going to waste any further time, I jumped out of my bed, took my charger and water bottle, now again “Where the hell wa...
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VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM

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Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculties…. Shakespeare’s evocation of the infinite faculties of man represents his full faith in man’s ability to scale the heights of thought, love and beauty. It is the power of emotion and reason which sets the Homo sapiens apart from other creatures. It is the utilization of these qualities, which moulds the personality of an individual and makes him different from others. However this century has witnessed mankind utilizing these infinite faculties in adopting a soul destroying sensualist and materialistic way of life. Man’s infatuation with machines had turned man mechanical, dull and devoid of noble sentiments. Everything for modern man is calculated in terms of profit, loss and facts. There is no space for human emotions and feelings; intellect dominates sentiments and feeling, taking somewhat the human soul away from the human. We are forgetting that body without a sou...
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CHANGING LIFE STYLE

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CHANGING LIFE STYLE People of the present day have undergone a massive change not only in maintaining their living standards, but also in their habits, societal manner, ethical values, and ways of thinking. The so called modern age of ours is an age of rapid flux and inexplicable complexity; the present day is characterized by very rapid and sweeping changes along with large masses of people being tilted towards, rather being driven by machines and technology. In every outward and inward sense; the present age with its whole undivided might, forwards, teaches, and practices the great art of adapting means to ends. “Nothing is now done directly, or by hand (manually); all is rule and calculated contrivance”. On every hand, the living artisan is driven from his workshop to make room for a speedier lifeless appliance because of his inability to compete with the cheap mechanized product of the factories. Along these lines we see a drastic change in each and every sphere of...
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A CRITICISM OF MODERN LIFE

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A CRITICISM OF MODERN LIFE H owever, science and technology bring improvement in the quality of our life in many ways; it also resulted in many new Crises. Pollution, crowding, competition, social insecurity, unemployment, violence, loneliness………are all the accompaniments of modern living. One is also subjected to prejudice, discrimination, exploitation, and torture because of one’s belongingness to a particular social class, religion or regional influence. The development in the field of science and technology is a boon as well as a bane to us; No doubt there is development in many different fields like those of the medical science, engineering, information & technology (IT Sector). There is also a set of new emerging fields of science like biotechnology, genetic engineering, Nano- technology and so on. But what are the uses of these sciences and technologies if these are not able to fulfill our basic requirements and necessities. With the developments i...
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