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Nothing special, I'm just an ordinary person but people consider me a lunatic. If brushing your teeth after every meal, getting up early on weekends just to go out for a jog, sticking adamently to your principles makes you eccentric, then I'm afraid I'm happy

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Education > Education (Other) Do children learn better in single-sex schools?: 1 of 27
I had always been a student of single-sex schools. In my primary education, middle, high school, intermediateand even now in my Bachelors, I never had the misfortune, as I'd call it, to study with the fair sex. This doesn't mean that I have zero interaction with the members of opposite gender or no communication skills when ... More..
Other Human imperfection: 32 of 144
I was always impressed by Hollywood actors. No matter how old they grew, they still had the six-pack abs. Whenever there appeared a shirtless scene; the main thing to notice was their well shaped muscles. As luck had it, I also opted to be one of those hunks and started to find a gymnasium near my home. It was only on the 4t... More..
Relationships & Family > Grief & Loss Living with regrets after losing a loved one: 9 of 28
It was 11th of February and the year was 2004, just days before the Valentines Day. The weather was really chilly and it was about quarter to nine in the morning. I just woke up in one of my cousin's house which was near the hospital, from where the dead body of my father was dispatched for burial. And I have no intentions o... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Engagements & Proposals Are arranged marriages a good tradition or an outdated notion?: 10 of 28
The people belonging to West have a severe form of misunderstanding as regards the word "Arranged Marriages". According to them, if two cousins or even unknown people of different gender are knotted together in marriage forcefully, largely by their parents, it's an arranged marriage, whereas, in case of "Love Marriage", when... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Who has better manners: Americans or British?: 9 of 13
British are an old nation and they have survived through many eras of humankind. Eons ago from Dark Ages to now, that we see them today. So it can safely be asserted that they have a strengthened base of values, ethics and fundamentals. Americans, on the other, can be regarded as a sapling of the "Brits", as they are address... More..
Relationships & Family > Friendship Advice Is it better to have a large or small group of friends?: 65 of 92
Most of us get to hear a lot about friends through different quotable quotes from a magazine or a book or even via a mere text message (read: SMS) but we need to distinguish between friends and acquaintances. Friends are people who are bonded with you in one way or the other but acquaintances are the ones, whom you don't get... More..
Arts & Humanities > 20th & 21st Century US History Is the emotional impact of 9/11 as strong now as it was seven years ago?: 16 of 21
Certainly not..I daresay. I was in my 9th grade when the T.V. stations broadcasted the hullabaloo regarding the terrorist attacks of 9/11 on one of the most famous buildings of the world. The World Trade Centre', also termed as The Twin Towers'. I didn't exactly know what had happened largely because I was, and am still, liv... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Islam What it means to be Muslim: 8 of 10
Although it wasn't quite late in the evening even then it was intensely dark outside. Perhaps it was because it poured down really heavily in the noon.The clouds were still out there as if trying to quench the thirst of our Mother Earth once and for all. It was still raining but the rain was no more in the form of drops. It ... More..
Jobs & Careers > Getting Ahead Knowing and negotiating your professional worth: 7 of 8
One of the former Presidents of America rightly said that everyone in this world has a price tag. If you know what you are worth of, there won't be any hindrance in your way while ascending the corporate ladder. You just need to know how mush potential you have and viola! You're in. I recollect a course attended by a very we... More..
Relationships & Family > Marriage Psychology Love and marriage in modern India: 5 of 5
A famous saying goes: "Love is nothing but a misunderstanding between two fools" and so it be. This is the age of marketing and commercialization and we are being carried away by the notion of "Seeing is believing". You pick up any regular Mollywood (Film industry of India) flick and the whole movie revolves around a lad and... More..