Have you noticed the concept of goshala in your city? In my recent visit to my hometown, I noticed their cart coming to our street and people giving it left-over food items, sometimes coins too. I have seen this phenomenon going on over the years and people just doing it out of their beliefs, faith, […]
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While visiting various forts and monuments of Delhi, I have noticed that there is not much to eat and drink within the premises. While some may say that this may spoil the area but if a managed corner is given, it can surely enhance the appeal of these places. Let me tell you why. Various
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I have noticed that though Delhi and Gurgaon direction signs try to maximize their readability by providing the names in 3-4 languages including English, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu, often there are multiple spelling mistakes that one can find. I have found them mostly in Hindi or Punjabi. Let me present some photographs that I recently
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Firoz Shah Kotla is a beautiful place to visit if you are a history buff. The place is a delight because there are quite a few things that you can enjoy. First, of course, is the Ashoka’s pillar that was brought here in the 14th century. Second is the bats that you can locate underneath
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I got the chance to visit this land of history when my wife visited her parents for 2 weeks and I was free to roam around on the weekends. Tughlaqabad is an often-heard name because of the railways’ engines that were manufactured there though I never came to know where the factory is located. But
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Ugrasen ki Baoli Baoli or Bowli or sometimes referred as Bavri is a open step-well built during ancient and medieval times to serve the purpose of water for the populace living around it. This particular baoli, popularly and perhaps wrongly known as Ugrasen ki Baoli is located in the heart of Delhi adjacent to some
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Entrepreneurship is definitely like love marriage. In India, because more than 90 percent marriages are arranged, youngsters are more inclined to try the uncommon path nowadays. But are they safe on this new found trend? Is this pasture greener than the ones that their elders have grazed upon? Let’s discuss Arranged marriage is the traditional
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It’s not hard to learn the three sounds of s in Sanskrit. Actually, two of them are represented as sh and not simply s. Phonetically, they all have different representation. We will try to learn all three of them from one word only that uses all of them. It is quite interesting and funny to
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So, you have heard about Farrukhnagar Fort, right? A lot of travel sites show it as one of the very few visiting places around Gurgaon. They say it’s a great weekend outing and offers historical delight to the tourists. They all simply lie. It’s like they are giving trash of an information. There is not
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Well, more often than not, you will notice funny spellings on shops, carts and other selling points. More often than not, these spellings are in English or the words are taken from English language and written in Hindi or any other regional language. But it is so shocking to see Hindi words written wrongly in
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I was visiting Farrukhnagar Fort (which actually is not a fort) when I clicked this photo. People often confuse the spellings of Sanctuary with Century and it is quite funny to know that the officials have also made the same mistake. It would be better if they can give the name if Hindi
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Well, Hindi is not standardized in its original form and this is what leads to various types of interpretations and spellings variations, which of course cause a lot of confusion. I recently was visiting my home town Nabha riding a Haryana Roadways Volvo bus from Gurgaon to Ambala when we had a pit stop at
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Well, I thought about this idea while discussing various things with a musician from USA. He was visiting India and we discussed a lot of things at length. Some of them was about starting a new website for artists where we can offer them almost everything. While going through lots of ideas and checking various
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In the past few days, I have been talking to some musicians. I consider it as a huge privilege to be among some of the finest musicians you will ever no. However, there are many things that I feel they need to do in order to promote their music. It’s like they don’t have an
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So, it is not that you are a foreigner and you don’t understand Hindi so well that you will end up making grammatical mistakes in Hindi language. Due to non-standardized use of Hindi and using non-expert translators, natives also make mistakes that are glaring. I live in Gurgaon and often various parts of Delhi NCR.
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So, I recently bought Motorola’s much talked about Moto G (8GB). In India, the mobile phone is in vogue and is offered only through Flipkart. In my office itself, 3-4 people have already bought it. Overall, the phone is good. However, there are certain things that I don’t like in it: 5 things I don’t
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Traditional media was considered as the fourth estate. Any print piece that got readership could earn money from brands as well as from individuals who wanted to advertise. The scene has changed quite a bit. With the advent of social media, the pages and brands can target the audience directly instead of paying money to
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I have recently tried singing some Sanskrit mantras that I know by heart. Undoubtedly, when I sing them, it gives me peace and calmness. Though the number of these mantras are limited and I can’t sing every mantra in a tune, I feel very happy to even sing a single or two stanzas from a
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Recently, I have come across various individuals, consultants and small scale entrepreneurs who have very holistic ideas as their ventures. These ideas usually revolve around the concept of healing, meditation, yoga, and music, etc. Across the world, people look and seek the help of consultants and experts who can provide guidance in any of these:
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Same meaning words on synonyms in Hindi are called prayayvachi shabd. I present a list of few of these same meanings words in Hindi. Hindi Word Same Meaning Words in Hindi अहंकार दम्भ, गर्व, अभिमान, दर्प, मद, घमण्ड अमृत सुधा, अमिय, पीयूष, सोम, मधु, अमी असुर दैत्य, दानव, राक्षस, निशाचर, रजनीचर, दनुज, रात्रिचर अतिथि अभ्यागत,
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