The Splash of Wisdom

Late last year, two young men decided to live a month of their lives on the income of an average poor Indian. One of them, Tushar, the son of a police officer in Haryana, studied at the University of Pennsylvania and worked for three years as an investment banker in the US and Singapore. The other, Matt, migrated as a teenager to the States with his parents, and studied in MIT. Both decided at different points to return to India, joined the UID Project in Bengaluru, came to share a flat, and became close friends. Matt & Tushar The idea suddenly struck them one day. Both had returned to India in the vague hope that they could be of use to their country. But they knew the people of this land so little. Tushar suggested one evening — “Let us try to understand an ‘average Indian', by living on an ‘average income'.” His friend Matt was immediately captured by the idea. They began a journey which would change them forever. To begin with, what was the average income of an Indian? ...

A popular motivational speaker was entertaining his audience. Said he: "The best years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who wasn't my wife!" The audience was in silence and shock.The speaker added: "And that woman was my mother!"Laughter and applause. A week later, a top manager trained by the motivational speaker tried to crack this very effective joke at home. He was a bit foggy after a drink. He said loudly, "The greatest years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who was not my wife!"The wife went wan with shock and rage.Standing there for 20 seconds trying to recall the second half of the joke, the manager finally blurted out "... and I can't remember who she was!" Moral : Don't copy if you can't paste!

If you can keep your head when all about you Rudyard Kipling  in his study   (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too: If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise; If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same:. If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build ‘em up with worn-out tools; If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings, And never breathe a word about your loss: If you can force your h...

If you drop a whole egg on the floor, pour salt all over the egg, let it sit for awhile, then use dustpan, the egg will come right up, without all that mess. Soak stained hankies in salt water before washing. factsnmyths Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away. Soak fish in salt water before descaling; the scales will come off easier. Put a few grains of rice in your saltshaker for easier pouring. Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting. Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of salt water; fresh eggs sink; bad ones float. Add a little salt to your boiling water when cooking eggs; a cracked egg will stay in its shell this way. A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them beat up fluffier. Soak wrinkled apples in a mildly salted water solution to perk them up. Rub salt on your pancake griddle and your flapjacks won't stick. Soak toothbrushes in salt water before you first use them; they will last longer. Use salt to clean your discolored coffee pot. Mix salt with turpent...

Iron is an essential mineral used to transport oxygen to all parts of the body. A slight deficiency in iron causes anemia (fatigue/weakness), and a chronic deficiency can lead to organ failure. Conversely, too much iron leads to production of harmful free radicals, and interferes with metabolism, causing damage to organs like the heart and liver.  The body is able to regulate uptake of iron, so overdose is rare and usually only occurs when people take supplements. Iron from natural food sources, like the ones listed below, are considered safe and healthy. While iron is better absorbed from heme (meat) sources, non-heme (plant) iron is better regulated causing less damage to the body. The current percent daily value for iron is 18 milligrams (mg). Below is a list of high iron foods.  To boost the amount of iron in your diet, try these foods: Red meat Egg yolks Dark, leafy greens (spinach, collards) Dried fruit (prunes, raisins) Dried Apricots Sun Dried Tomatoes Cocoa Powder or ...

My husband is an Engineer by profession, I love him for his steady nature, and I love the warm feeling when I lean against his broad shoulders. Two years into marriage, I would have  to admit, that I am getting tired of it. The reasons of me loving him before, has now transformed into the cause of all my restlessness. I am a sentimental woman and extremely sensitive when it comes to a relationship and my feelings, I yearn for the romantic moments, like a little girl yearning for candy. My husband, is my complete opposite, his lack of sensitivity, and the inability of bringing romantic moments into our marriage has disheartened me about love. One day, I finally decided to tell him my decision, that I wanted a divorce.  “Why?” he asked, shocked. “I am tired, there are no reasons for everything in the world!” I answered. He kept silent the whole night, seems to be in deep thought with a lighted cigarette at all times. My feeling of disappointment only increased, here was a man wh...

In 1905 the British decided to partition Bengal into two - West Bengal for the Hindus and East Bengal for Muslims. The reason that the British gave was that Bengal was too large a State to be administered easily. But the people of Bengal knew the truth. The British were trying to destroy the unity of the people of Bengal. When the British announced the partition, the people of Bengal showed their unity by fasting. People came out on streets and sang patriotic songs. Hindus and Muslims tied  rakhi  on each other's wrist as a symbol of their unity.They decided to use swadeshi (Indian) goods an boycott foreign goods.  People came out into the streets and made bonfires of the  foreign goods. Students picketed shops selling foreign clothes. Many women joined the movement too.  The Movement was so effective that the British were finally forced to reunite Bengal in 1911. [ However, i n 1947, Bengal was partitioned for the second time, solely on religious grounds, as pa...