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“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” Forrest Gump Life often serves us unexpected moments, some sweeter than anticipated, others a bit too bitter. I experienced one such moment that I feel compelled to share. It wasn’t a tale of romantic rejectionContinue Reading

The captivating ‘777 Charlie’ movie concludes with a profoundly beautiful quote: “If you’re lucky, a dog will come into your life, steal your heart, and change everything.” Upon reflection, it becomes evident that many wonderful things transpire in such a manner. On a rare, unforeseen day, when you least expectContinue Reading

She is silent…having a lot to say,But afraid,that no one will get the same way. In the hush of her thoughts, the multiverse she unfolds,the stories that are never told, in her silence, they’re restored  Those waves of emotions…unexpressed and deep,In her heart’s hidden chambers, secrets she keep. She is silent,being a patientContinue Reading

Table of Content Book Details Book wrap-up Should you read “How to Win Friends and Influence People”? My Book Notes of “How to Win Friends and Influence People” Fundamental Techniques in Handling People Six Ways to Make People Like You How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking Be aContinue Reading

Time rustles by me as I stand alone, staring at the night sky. The night chill has slowly assailed my body. The silence that’s been mingling within my ears hasn’t left yet. Along with a breath of air that suddenly broke away from me, a thought also made its wayContinue Reading

Living in the luxury of the modern era, in harmony with all these tech gadgets, technologies, and scientific breakthroughs. Obliterating any one of the gadgets will tip us off balance. We are so rooted in them that they fall under our fundamental needs now. All our hobbies and time passContinue Reading

Let me get straight to the point: this is not a blog where I tell you that you’re amazing and that anyone who says otherwise is wrong. You are perfectly imperfect. While that may sound cool, it’s not particularly helpful in addressing the root issue that lies within. The issueContinue Reading

Table of Content Book Details Book wrap-up Should you read ‘How to not die alone’? My Book Notes of ‘How to not die alone’. CHAPTER 1 WHY DATING IS HARDER NOW THAN EVER BEFORE CHAPTER 2 THE THREE DATING TENDENCIES CHAPTER 3 DISNEY LIED TO US CHAPTER 4 DON’T LETContinue Reading

Table of Content Book Details Book wrap-up Should you read The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck? Review of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck My Book Notes of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck. CHAPTER 1: Don’t Try CHAPTER 2: Happiness Is a Problem CHAPTER 3:Continue Reading

Table of Content Book Details Book wrap-up Should you read Ikigai? My Book Notes of Ikigai. I. Ikigai II. Antiaging SecretsIII. From Logotherapy to Ikigai IV. Find Flow in Everything You Do V. Masters of Longevity VI. Lessons from Japan’s Centenarians VII. The Ikigai Diet VIII. Gentle Movements, Longer Life IX.Continue Reading

Table of Content Book Details Book wrap-up Should you read Hyperfocus? My Book Notes of Hyperfocus Review of Hyperfocus My Rating 📃 Book Details Name: Hyperfocus: How to Work Less to Achieve MoreOriginally published: 28 August 2018 Author: Chris Bailey Genre: Self-help book Language: ‎ EnglishPage: ‎ 256 pages 🚀 Book wrap-upContinue Reading

Rise and shine, it is a great morning! This reminds me of what our moms whisper in our ears when we are still hugging our mattress when the sun is out in the skies. Yeah, a bit filmy, but why not? I fancy these perfect morning scenes that we seeContinue Reading

🗂️Table of Content Book details Book wrap-up Should you read “Normal People”? Review of “Normal People” Do I recommend “Normal People”? My Rating 🔖Book details Name: Normal People Author: Sally Rooney Originally published: 28 August 2018 Awards: Costa Book Awards for Best Novel (2018), British Book Award for Book of the YearContinue Reading

🗂️Table of Content Book details Book wrap-up Should you read “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”? Review of “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” Do I recommend “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”? My Rating 🔖Book details Name: “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”: Adventures of a Curious Character Author: Ralph Leighton and Richard Feynman Language: English Genre:Continue Reading

What was the last exciting thing you did? I often felt embarrassed and secretly ashamed by this question because I often had nothing to say. There was a job I had. I stayed at my home, did some things on the weekends. But nothing more. There was a routine, aContinue Reading

The following are my lecture notes from a MOOC course in Coursera called The Science of Well-Being by Yale University. Click here if you want to check out that course. Why are we unhappy? Let’s look at the reason why we are unhappy before we try to solve it. Usually our intuitionsContinue Reading

Opportunities remind me of all those spooky UFOs we have seen on the internet. Everyone knows and heard about it but very few have seen it in real. Opportunities are very much a UFO in that regard. Despite all of us searching for it, very few have managed to findContinue Reading

Imagine that we are sipping a cup of coffee and having a nice evening conversation. At one point, I just casually slipped in a question, how’s everything going in your life? You might shrug it off blabbing things are great and you are fine. Think that I’m your close friendContinue Reading

Table of Content Book Details Book wrap-up Should you read The Defining Decade? Review of The Defining Decade My Book Notes of The Defining Decade. My Rating 📃 Book Details Name – The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter And How to Make the Most of Them Now Author – Meg Jay LanguageContinue Reading

Has anyone broken your trust? The answer is a definite yes for anyone. Let’s not get started on how horrible that feels. It would have made your heart sink and made you feel like a total fool. Strangely, it happens to all of us. I think we have a trustContinue Reading

🗂 Table of Content Book Details Book wrap-up Should you read The Definitive Book of Body Language? My Book Notes of The Definitive Book of Body Language. Review of The Definitive Book of Body Language My Rating 📃 Book Details Name – The Definitive Book of Body Language: The Hidden Meaning BehindContinue Reading

Do you believe that the world is an ominous inferno ignited by screams and whimpers catalyzed by suffering and pain? No? Does the world look like a bright fairyland filled with cheerful chuckles and lightsome moments? Alright. Those are some ridiculously exaggerated definitions of pessimism and optimism. A simpler oneContinue Reading

Table of Content Book Intro Book Details Should you read Reasons To Stay Alive? Book Review My Rating Where to find Reasons To Stay Alive? Book Intro I came to know about ‘Reasons to Stay Alive’ as writer and author Shaheen Bhatt recommended it as a monthly read for The ShinyhappyContinue Reading

Table of Content Book Details Book wrap-up Should you read Mindless Eating? My Book Notes of Mindless Eating. Review of Mindless Eating My Rating Where to find Mindless Eating? 📃 Book Details Name – Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think Author – Brian Wansink Originally published –Continue Reading

Of all the lost art we hold dear, the unspoken art of having good conversation never crept into that list. Few even consider that to be an art. But it is an art with its rhythm, pace, details that can spur emotions and ideas that can proliferate the mind. KnowingContinue Reading

I was turmoiled in contemplating what it means to have freedom and what defines it? The revelation came after I realized that granted freedom is Fugazi if not exercised. Freedom is only real when used. Yes, there is a distinction between having and using freedom. I read a blog thatContinue Reading

Table of Content Book Details Book wrap-up Should you read So Good They Can’t Ignore You? My Book Notes of So Good They Can’t Ignore You. RULE #1: Don’t Follow Your Passion Chapter One: The “Passion” of Steve Jobs Chapter Two: Passion Is Rare Chapter Three: Passion Is Dangerous RULE #2: BeContinue Reading

📃 Table of Content Book Details Book wrap-up Should you read The Adventures of Johnny Bunko? My Book Notes of The Adventures of Johnny Bunko. Lesson 1: There is no plan Lesson 2: Think Strengths, not weaknesses Lesson 3: It’s not about you Lesson 4: Persistence trumps talent Lesson 5: Make excellent mistakes LessonContinue Reading

If I ask you which road leads to mastery, your first guess might be rigorous practice! You can settle for that if you want a monotonous binary answer. But the problem with that answer is that it is often misleading. We omit quite a lot of vital details by limitingContinue Reading

Prithviraj in Police uniform in the past has impressed us. To have your hopes up for Cold case as Prithviraj is back in Police uniform is no wonder. But let me warn you, that is all you get from this flick; Prithviraj in a Police uniform, this time in shades and inContinue Reading

Before we jump right into How to use Notion, can I ask you a question? Have you had the feeling that you been biting off more than you can chew? It might be your hectic job, or your very personal side project, or just simply a silly hobby. There mightContinue Reading

If you are in a good mood, time for some depressing truth, yay! In this blog post, we will look at why blogging was a bad idea now that I have been doing it for a couple of months. For all the aspiring bloggers out there, please don’t take thisContinue Reading

I have to admit that I’m not an anime person. I barely watched a handful of them. But there is one that stuck with my heart ever since I saw it on TV when I was a kid. I couldn’t quite remember which one was it or who are theContinue Reading

Table of Content Introduction Review of Alma Matters Verdict of Alma Matters Rating Introduction Alma Matters is a Netflix documentary series that tries to explore and disclose what goes on inside India’s most prestigious and aspirational institution, the IITs. When India celebrated and revered the IITs as India’s gateway toContinue Reading

This is a ramble on what my expectations of a job were and how it turned out when I got a job. Before we get started, let me give you a backstory about all this because otherwise, you would think that these are some sheepish expectations of some completely unseasonedContinue Reading

Rating 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 Table of Content Movie Details Review Synopsis Verdict Movie Details Director: Martin Prakkat Producer: Ranjith, P. M. Sasidharan, Martin Prakkat Writer: Shahi Kabir Starring: Kunchako Boban, Joju George, Nimisha Sajayan Music: Vishnu Vijay Cinematography: Shyju Khalid Editor: Mahesh Narayanan Rajesh Rajendran Release date: 8 April 2021 Language: MalayalamContinue Reading

Have you knocked your head on the wall hoping that could cram something into your head? We are asked to learn about everything under the sun but no one taught us how to learn something. This blog is about how to learn something effectively. These are the compilation of theContinue Reading

Table of Contents Book Details Book Wrap-up Should you read A million miles in a thousand years? Thoughts on A million miles in a thousand years What did Like About It What I Didn’t Like About It Favorite Quote Do I recommend it? Where to buy A million miles inContinue Reading

‘This is my heart and soul.’ ‘I built it with my sweat and blood.’ Have you ever used or at least heard of these phrases? What I’m about to tell you is somewhat the opposite of this. I’m going to ramble about the effort paradox today. I will tell youContinue Reading

For the past couple of days, I noticed something peculiar while I was journaling. I was feeling a sense of being lost somewhere in the dark. I felt pointlessness. It is an uncomfortable feeling. This feeling of lacking clarity, disorientation in life, everything seems hazy, and that similar feeling ofContinue Reading

Rating 🌕🌕🌕🌕 🌑 Have you seen the movie ‘Joji’ yet? I watched it and was awestruck. Did you know that ‘Joji’ was inspired by Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’? Well, today 23rd of April is the Word English Language Day, the date traditionally observed as the date of birth and death of theContinue Reading

Have you heard your inner voice shouting out yelling “Let’s stop doing this”? It’s not just the inner voice, there are other physical symptoms associated with doing something that is excruciatingly boring. You might find your eyelids slowly sinking or feel a yarn knocking on your lips trying to pushContinue Reading

Rating 🌕🌕🌕🌖🌑 Introduction The Priest is a 2021 Malayalam psychic investigative thriller movie directed by Jofin T Chacko starring Mammootty, Manju Warrier, Nikhila Vimal, and Baby Monica in lead roles. This directorial debut by Jofin T Chacko brings about the first collaboration of Mammootty and Manju Warrier in their carrier.Continue Reading

The reactions that I get when I tell people I’m a vegetarian are really fascinating. They might narrow their eyes in curiosity, some will have their eyebrows shooting up in fury demanding an immediate discourse, some would scratch their head and shrug it off their shoulder. Whichever be the reaction,Continue Reading

Have you ever got your eyes widened when you saw the IMDb rating of your favorite movie, which you thought was an absolute masterpiece? Felt hurt when the critics butchered your favorite flick as a rotten craft? Sometimes watching a movie that tells stories that interest you with characters thatContinue Reading

It came to me as a surprise when my sister asked me whether I wanted to see Mudiyettu on a weary Friday? I stared at her face trying to recall what that is for two seconds after which I gave up and said no and went back to my work.Continue Reading

Rating 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 Introduction ‘Vellam: The essential drink’ is a second directorial venture of Prajesh Sen starring Jayasurya and Samyuktha Menon in the lead roles. The movie is a biographical adaptation based on the life of a Keralite business person, Murali Kunumpurath. The movie is a journey of Murali from aContinue Reading

Are you in your 20s? Confused about life? I’m all jaded with the wait for the light-bulb moment, so here I’m writing my goal list to do in my twenties. Hop in, because I’m trying to figure it out as well. Even since my 20th birthday, I have been beatingContinue Reading

‘Atomic habits’ was introduced to me as a life-changing book by a YouTuber named Ali Abdaal. Thus the bar of expectation was set flying high. Nevertheless, I picked this book up because of embarrassing reasons like, it had a nice book cover and an interesting book title. Did the bookContinue Reading

Do you go to the gym? Is it because you want to ward off sickness and jump around even in your forties? Is it because you want to flex your biceps to impress the ladies or finally have that zero size you been dreaming about? The answer to these questionsContinue Reading

Before we start how journaling changed me, let’s admit that daily journaling is not a fancy habit that you would put in your new year’s resolution. It’s thought of as a habit reserved for the scholars and people of letters. Is it your cup of tea? It does seem pointlessContinue Reading

Plan to start a colorful vlog? maybe a thoughtful blog. Is it an engaging YouTube channel or even a fun podcast? Let me guess, you are bored with your conventional routine job and make a living out of the things that you do actually love to do. Right? Hmm. ThatContinue Reading

I remember being intrigued when I heard someone praising this book as an astonishingly revolutionary book. This book contains groundbreaking philosophical ideals that question everything about how we live our modern life. I wasn’t desperate to lie out a path to achieve eternal happiness or anything. I was just curiousContinue Reading

Hey all, let me tell you a story. For that l need a character, let’s say a little kid named Adam. That seems alright. Let our little Adam be that cute chubby kid that just takes your breath away when he plays with you and makes you skip a beatContinue Reading

It was the much-awaited second year of college. Everyone was excited to finally discard the fresher tag that was stamped on us when we joined college. Deep-rooted in a staggeringly common existential crisis, I had an itchy longing for doing something big that year. I wanted to invent something! AsContinue Reading