Author: Nandita Gadgil
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Masakali: Just Shows Up When Needed

What’s a song that changed your life? View all responses Some songs become a part of your life without you even realising it. You don’t consciously look for them; they just find their way back to you. Masakali is one such song for me. Ever since I first heard it…
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Keep learning!

If you had to sum up your life philosophy in one sentence, what would it be? View all responses Be it a new skill, new technique, new language or just a new way of thinking… keep learning….keep growing! It is the best way to keep calm and accept what comes…
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Mr.Beans 😊

If you could switch lives with a famous person for a week, who would it be and why? View all responses Choosing a famous person doesn’t seem to be a great idea. As I think grass is always green on the other side. So better stay with your own set…
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Reading poems!!

How do you manage stress? View all responses I guess poems. Poems written by various poets had always given me strength and the positive outlook towards life or future. So have a good poetry which resonate with your thoughts and face the situation. It doesn’t solve your problem or reduce…
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It’s OK to go to dentist!
What’s one thing you know now that would have saved your younger self a lot of pain? View all responses I think going to dentist is necessary if you have toothache. Taking proper medication for tooth decay in time saves lot of pain and afterthoughts. We can overcome fear for…
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Smile, Nod and Go

What’s the best way to meet new people while traveling? View all responses Yes, it really can be that simple. A smile is basic etiquette. A nod says, I acknowledge your existence and, thankfully, I am not trying to advertise, sell or market anything. Show respect to the person in front…
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Have you ever seen a planet as beautiful as ours?

If aliens arrived tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d ask them? View all responses Imagine waking up tomorrow to a strange silver spacecraft hovering silently above your city. The world would stop for a moment. People would look up, phones would come out, and suddenly, the question we have asked…
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The art of remembering.

What’s the most underrated life skill? View all responses In a world that constantly tells us to understand, analyse, question and think differently, memorising things is often dismissed as an old-fashioned habit. But perhaps we underestimate its value. Of course, what we remember matters. It isn’t about mechanically memorising random…
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Why to?

How do you write what people actually want to read? View all responses Writing is not about coming up with something people want to read. Writing is not something to please people around you or gather people around you. Writing is not something to get an apploud or appreciation. Writing…
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Deathly Hallows

If someone asks me which is the longest book I have ever read, my answer comes with a little hesitation because it feels less like reading a book and more like living through an adventure: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final book in J. K. Rowling’s…