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The Land of Nod is where you’d love to be! ‘The Land of Nod’ beckons, and you’re floating on a magic carpet, when suddenly, Trrrr-ing, trrr-ing- the harsh, jarring notes of your alarm clock bring you rudely back to earth.…
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SILENCE- AN ELOQUENT SYMPHONY
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Mission Impossible? Challenge Yourself!
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Say ‘No’ to Brain Drain- Up the Ante on Memory
The brainy smartphone Smartphones are ubiquitous and clicking pictures at the drop of a pin is the accepted norm. You can view the sunset at ‘Sunset Cliffs’, watch the swiftly moving glaciers of Alaska or listen to the roar of…
Memories Trigger When Neurons Fire!
It’s right on the tip of your tongue and yet you can’t remember the name of your friend you met yesterday afternoon. However, you remember, effortlessly, the boisterous party at which you first met him. It can be very frustrating-…
Poetry! Listen to the Sound of Music!!
Poets and Poetry Every one of us is a poet at heart for poetry is an echo of the music inside us- be it the music of sadness, the music of torment, or the music of happiness. It surfaces like…
Art and Science – The Music of Art vs the Roar of Science
A battle Royale is being waged between Art and Science- a battle that will see no end and have no winner. Art has been around in some form or the other much further back than you can even visualise. The…
Tea-Drinking Culture Part 4: The Onward journey
The corridors of Asia reverberate with the clink of cups and saucers as the ‘contagious tea-drinking culture’ pervades West Asia, extending to regions of the Middle-East. And today, that’s where our tea-drinking journey will take us. So let’s go! Azerbaijan…
Tea-Drinking Culture- The Unending Journey, Part 3
Tea-drinking culture is as old as the hills. It dates a long way back- more than 5000 years. Like aging wine, tea has caught the fancy of cultures across the world. It has evolved from being a medicinal drink to…
Tea Drinking Rituals- Traditions & Cultures Add Flavor- 2
Tea Drinking- A long journey If ‘Tea drinking’ is an art, then ‘Tea brewing’ is a science-non-pareil. That’s why books accompanied by a ‘cuppa tea’ is music to my ears. Perhaps that’s what prompted C. S. Lewis to say “You…
Tea Drinking – Traditions and Cultures Add Flavor
Tea Drinking Across Traditions and Cultures Tea drinking is as old as the hills. It began a long time ago. Legend has it that tea itself was an accident- a dried tea leaf fell from the tea plant into the…