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I am a Mechanical Design Engineer by profession and an avid writer and reader. I am a self-employed Machine Design professional, operating from my residence and I am fortunate enough to spare time to pursue my love for writing. I am middle aged, having a

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Celebrations & Holidays > New Year's Why New Year's resolutions don't work: 3 of 24
As one of the oft quoted New Year resolution jokes goes, a smoker once said "Quitting smoking is extremely easy. I have done it many times!" How come almost all of us seem to have a history of failures when it comes to New Year resolutions? Why New Year resolutions don't seem to work? Here are some reasons: Excess Addiction ... More..
Business > Business Strategy Writing an effective business letter: 2 of 16
Writing an effecitve business letter is an art with a business purpose behind it. An effective business letter must be clear, pointed, focused, informative, polite, factual, earnest and not overly boasting. It should be well formatted, free from grammatical errors, typos and be suitably attached with necessary reference mate... More..
Jobs & Careers > Career Path & Goals How to avoid sabotaging your career: 1 of 8
Sabotaging your own career can happen irrespective of whether you are a non-performer or a performer! Your career getting into serious trouble would be quite obvious if you are a non-performer. Non performance can be gauged easily by tell tale facts: inability to meet targets, falling woefully behind committed delivery sched... More..
Arts & Humanities > Who & What is Helium Associated Content now more like Helium?: 1 of 8
Websites which thrive by attracting internet traffic by disbursing information, news, views, opinions, facts and reference material by obtaining them from writers across the globe are now many. Popular among them are sites like Helium, Associated Content, Suite101, Howtodothings, ehow, Hubpages etc. Most of them share many f... More..
Sciences > Cellular Biology Mitochondria defined: 1 of 8
Mitochondria are commonly known as "The power houses of the cells". They are responsible for the generation of Adenosine Tri Phosphate (ATP - the energy coins of the cell) by a mechanism which is commonly known as "cellular respiration". They are membrane bound organelles found in almost all cells. Mitochondria are unique or... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Family life: Looking back at times gone by: 10 of 77
THE BROKEN SCISSORS (Humor; Childhood nostalgia) This happened 40 years ago. My elementary school was on a holiday spree. There was a reason for it. A new annexe to our humble school building was under construction and it was nearing completion. The inauguration was scheduled some time in the following week and a local VIP h... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Awareness & Realization Achieve self-improvement through introspective reflection: 2 of 15

HOW TO LEAD A PEACEFUL LIFE? After spending considerable years in life in search of money, position, power, status, conjugal bliss and so on, many a times we end up with a feeling that in the bargain, we have lost peace in life. We feel peace is more precious than many other things we were hunting around. By the time we come... More..
Relationships & Family > Marriage Psychology How marriage cannot be defined by religion: 2 of 15
Religion can not dictate that you should get married to someone within the same religion or within the same sub-sect of the religion. Religion can not define the age at which you have to get married. Religion can not thrust upon you the desirable terms and conditions for marriage. But does it mean that religion should absolu... More..
Sciences > Cellular Biology How photosynthesis works: 4 of 29
Photosynthesis is a metabolic process by which photoautotrophs (organisms capable of using light to produce their own food) synthesize carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water, and release oxygen to the atmosphere. The main carbohydrate that is produced is glucose. Most organisms use glucose as their main source of energy... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Meditation & Prayer Learning to meditate: 6 of 43
Many people who undertake meditation with lots of initial enthusiasm discontinue it after a while. There are many obvious reasons for it. Hindu saints, who devised meditation as a means of attaining self-realization or Samadhi (or Nirvana in Buddhism) were quite aware of this stark reality. The goal of meditation being the h... More..