Vidura in Mahabharata

I never knew much about Vidura.

On Parsis

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/mrsfunnybones/parsis-dodos-and-other-mysteries/

Scenic Places From DDLJ

http://www.happytrips.com/destinations/destinations/8-beautiful-locations-thatll-refresh-your-memory-of-dilwale-dulhania-le-jayenge-/as45296548.cms

Story Of A Teacher

http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/spiritual-atheist/bring-back-the-teacher/

English Grammar And Prepositions

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-26/master-sentence-correction-to-boost-your-gmat-score

Selling - Not Based On Which Product Gives You Most Commission

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20141029183821-16498332-the-best-sales-advice-i-ever-got-was-from-a-surfer-dude?midToken=AQGde1XMnf4XUA&trk=eml-b2_content_ecosystem_digest-recommended_articles-179-null&fromEmail=fromEmail&ut=0_lUlBzl7cmCw1

Top Hill stations of India

Nice Pictures: http://www.happytrips.com/destinations/top-hill-stations-of-india/ss35478018.cms

One Of Those Trivial Online Tests

http://bitecharge.com/play/birthmean

Result!

Supreme Intellect

You are remarkably brilliant. You are very thoughtful and you can solve hard problems without a flinch. Your friends know that you can help them out with the things they consider hard, but sometimes you don't want to be bothered. You focus deeply on the things you consider important in life. But everyone agrees that you are an extremely fascinating person!

A little about the test:

This test is more a personality test and takes the month and approximate date of birth and asks you five or six multiple choice questions.. 

For the question: "Which applies most to you?" choose "I tend to enjoy interesting challenges." For the rest of the questions choose any answer. The result will be what I got...

Not bad, huh? I assume this must have originated from a post in FB.

And of course, don't be misled by the result...

Men Waste Their Time To Feel Proud

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=811661875567993&id=100001725650888&refid=28&_ft_=qid.6081907046235526600%3Amf_story_key.-5668749174989142759&__tn__=%2As

The article seems to have two issues. 

• The author has taken an example of a loose late working man and a very hard working double shift woman, neither of whom is typical.
• A second issue which the author has perhaps not taken into is that late working in office (and the attendant better rewards) do not and need not take into account the woman's double shift (granted that most men don't do much at home) but this is irrelevant while judging a person's performance at work. If your maid doesn't do a good job at home, would you accept it if she said she has an alcoholic husband who doesn't give her money and that she has 4 kids? True, she has a very difficult life much more difficult than most working women have but does it matter? Wouldn't you rather have a maid who is more reliable? Does it matter if the maid works more than you do? 

I am, of course, assuming that most men don't waste time discussing Sachin or other useless things while staying late at work. The same way I am assuming most working women don't have cooks and don't send their kids to tuitions and attend parties. That there is some double shift involved for most (though not all women / housewife).

The life of a working woman is much more difficult than the life of a working man which is much more difficult than the life of a non-working woman (a stay at home woman).

Cheap Destinations To Visit In The World

A friend of mine sent me this link: http://easyfun.my/travel/10-cheap-and-amazing-vacation-destinations-around-the-world/

Setting Free, Relationships

Couple of lovely links from a friend.

• https://m.facebook.com/rahulvaidya.rkv/photos/a.10150398283229889.370613.24790259888/10152834887589889/?type=1&refid=7&_ft_=qid.6081604972746863706%3Amf_story_key.4969072308806830317&__tn__=E
• https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10152851334815982&id=156161230981&refid=7&_ft_=qid.6081789513972767754%3Amf_story_key.5321050096386038290&__tn__=%2As

Return On Investment On An MBA Degree

Which schools give you the best ROI? Here is the list from the USA. Don't wait with bated breath for an equivalent list from India.

And We Thought Milk Was Good

http://m.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/the-sorry-tale-of-the-milch-animals/article6578663.ece/

Small Mistakes In The Making Of Chennai Express

Some person has taken to the job of testing Indian movies very seriously. Here is a video clip. http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/whats-wrong-with-chennai-express-142-mistakes-says-this-video-690321. 

Vedam Puthithu

I saw the Tamil movie Vedam Puthithu today.It was as sweet as it was when I saw it many years ago. I don't know why but I was reminded of the movie Veer Zaara. An article about Veer Zaara: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/quickstir/entertainment/Celebrating-10-Years-Of-Yash-Chopras-Veer-Zaara/quickstirshow/45132311.cms

Pakistan And Terrorism

A nice article. http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-282518-Militants-the-good-and-the-bad

Some more good articles: 

• http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-284002-Understanding-the-politics-of-crisis

• http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-9-303247-Defeating-terrorism

Women Should Say No To Volleyball

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/britishiranian-woman-ghoncheh-ghavami-sentenced-to-one-year-in-prison-for-attending-a-volleyball-game-in-tehran-9833876.html

Plan To Cleanup Ganga

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/government-to-form-teams-to-identify-source-of-ganga-pollution/articleshow/45010527.cms

Aparna Sen And Sripriya - Do They Look Alike?

Aparna Sen, Sripriya

Another pair:
Iftikhar, Prithviraj Sukumaran