Author: akshay
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How Much of Confidence is Overconfidence?
Every time someone sure to win fails, others attribute a reason, almost instantaneously – “he was overconfident”.But, how much of confidence is overconfidence?Usain Bolt was sure he would be the Olympic Champion even before the 9.69s run began. And how would have people reacted if he failed in winning the race, after showing the ‘V’…
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Have we Turned Cultureless or Cultured
Indians do have lost their ancient culture. That is beyond doubt.But the question is, was that loss a loss at all? There are two options.A) Yes, our ancient culture was betterB) No, the new culture is betterOf course, answering this question requires thoughts and experiments on large scale. But, let us try to agree on…
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I Shall Suffer From Fever, But I Won’t Take Medicines
Image via Wikipedia I was bedridden last Saturday and Sunday, and parts of the preceding Friday, of fever. The fever that comes along with the rains. This year, we forgot to clean our surroundings. I mean, everyone in Kannur forgot to do so. And what more, our family decided to shift to the urban Kannur…
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Oh God! You are so Powerful, Please Spare me
This, so nicely explains my way of dealing with God that I can’t put off quoting it here. Marcus Aurelius: “Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If…
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Why I chose to be a Doctor, over Physicist?
I’ve decided to join medicine and become a doctor, while loving Physics to the core and after dreaming to be a physics professor for a few years. Why?My liking of Physics is just fascination. I read every new theories presented in the subject, but believe few. I may get an MSc or PhD in Physics,…