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Writing, 8 Jan 2024

Setting Goals For The New Year – Charmila M Sankar

The new year brings excitement and a renewed energy. You are geared up to do all the things you want…

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Writing, 7 Jan 2024

मौक्तिकम् = PEARLS

Mauktika ( मौक्तिक , “Pearl”):—One of the nine gems (navaratna) according to the 13th century Rasaprakāśasudhākara. The Pearl (mauktika) h...

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Writing, 7 Jan 2024

Advertising My Kindness

Sometimes you have to- This is my answer to a prompt asked on WordPress and bloganuary! What would be yours?…

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Writing, 5 Jan 2024

A Heartfelt Goodbye, A Hopeful Welcome – A Rustic Mind

A reflection on the year gone by (2023) and my goals and hopes for the coming year (2024). Did I…

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Writing, 2 Jan 2024

I Am Reading A Lot This Year

Doing the TBR Challenge. I have an ambitious goal. Know the reason why. Hint: Two main reasons. Maybe you should…

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Writing, 1 Jan 2024

DETERMINE TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST FROM THIS NEW YEAR

Ernest Hemingway - American novelist and short-story writer, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He was noted both…

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Writing, 31 Dec 2023

Gocaram: MAKE A HEALTHY START WITH THIS NEW YEAR

    This new year let us make a resolution or a better intention to adopt to a healthy start. …

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Writing, 31 Dec 2023

Favourite Reads of 2023 – Charmila M Sankar

Carrie Soto is Back - Taylor Jenkins Reid: I absolutely love Taylor Jenkins Reid’s writing style and how she can…

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Writing, 31 Dec 2023

Year End Stuff-to-do For a Fresh Start – Charmila M Sankar

A new year brings new beginnings - a refreshing start. That also means wrapping up old affairs and decluttering to…

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Writing, 30 Dec 2023

LEO TOLSTOY'S IDEA OF HAPPINESS

The idea of happiness according to Leo Tolstoy: A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being…