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There is a whole field of esoteric but inexact science (some brand it a pseudo-science) that explores the connection of colour and what it tells about one’s personality. They call it Colour Psychology. The causality of any such connection seems suspect, the co-relation, however, is eminently persuasive and  plausible. But the fact of colours occupyingContinue reading “What Colour describes your personality and why?”

That a smell or an aroma sparks a vivid memory is a fact proven by science and an experience endorsed by  many of us.  When the famous and influential French Novelist Marcel Proust said,’the small and taste of things remain poised a long time like souls, ready to remind us.’, he did not know thatContinue reading “Do you have a memory that’s linked to a smell?”

Fear inheres in human nature. It’s an instinct that defines her essential being.   But fear invites to be conquered and subjugated. Fearlessness is not absence of fear, it is triumph over fear.  Fearlessness, deemed a great virtue is, in fact a manifestation of ignorance.  When a child wants to hold a burning flame, heContinue reading “What fear have you Conquered?”

The story of human evolution is, in many ways, the story of human travel. In all likelihood, the first travel of humans was in search of food and safety. First, it was for short distances, mostly in the vicinity. But soon, as the human needs expanded and took complex forms, the travels became longer ,Continue reading “What is your preferred Mode of Travel?”

Clearly, the proposition is hypothetical but immensely promising for the fertile minds to take off on a flight of fascinating imagination. It is reassuring to those who seek but do not possess plenty, it is exhilarating for those who love money, and it is overly exciting to those who have tasted the passion of enterprize. Continue reading “If you had I billion US $, How would you spend them?”

A chore is usually described as the regular or daily light work of a household or farm. The word chore is a variant of the Middle English word ‘chare’ meaning ‘odd job’. The word in its present form evolved around mid 18th century and found wide acceptance first in US and then elsewhere.  A commonContinue reading “What chore do you find the most challenging to do?”

Success is a problematic word. It’s also an enigma, elusive and eclectic, a protean and peremptory proposition, and a compelling conception of a mind seeking finiteness and substance. No wonder, the logical question, what is success? Success is difficult to define. Because it is indeterminate being a function of mind. Success to one is aContinue reading “How do you Define Success?”

Can a book change your life? Or does a book change one’s life?  That Books, or for that matter, the written word affects us profoundly, is something we all accept and acknowledge. It is not for nothing that Desidarius Erasmus Roterodamus, the famous Dutch philosopher and catholic theologian wrote,’When I have a little money, IContinue reading “Has A Book Changed Your Life?”

If life makes sense, it is because it is accompanied by Joy. Joy is a feeling, an emotion, a realization. It’s personal and private. It is exclusive to me. And yet some joys are universal. Joy is not happiness, though often understood interchangeably. Happiness revolves around the people we surround ourselves with, the events thatContinue reading “What Brings me Joy in Life?”

What is a treasure? The sense of its loss, if any, will relate to the value and its use to us. The loss is experiential, and experiential alone! There are as many ways to define treasure as there are men. Some believe that ‘The man who has God for his treasure has all things inContinue reading “What is a Treasure That has been Lost?”