We all know that after several lives, we are born as humans and it is believed that our soul passes through 84,00,00,00 species in order to get a human body. Hence, we are born with some purpose. According to the vedas, a human has a certain purpose which he needs to fulfill. These are called four basic objectives or pursuits of life in order to attain salvation or Moksha. Below, […]

If you are a salaried employee and contribute to the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF), there is good news. Withdrawing your EPF account have become easier. Not that we recommend withdrawals, as EPF is a retirement product but EPF allows withdrawal if you are unemployed for at least 2 months and partial withdrawals for events such as medical emergencies, children’s education or buying a house, (read more about it : http://bit.ly/2lQA9h0).  […]

Shivam Shankar Singh woke last month to an e-mail from an Indian government department. It had a name, address, mobile phone number and bank account with a code for money transfers and investments made in a dairy farm. None of the details were his. The e-mail contained details submitted to a program that collects personal and biometric data, and was meant for someone from the eastern state of Bihar. Singh, […]

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Given a chance to peek into the future, most people would rather not know what life has in store for them, even if they think those events could make them happy, a new study has found. Two studies involving more than 2,000 adults in Germany and Spain found that 85 to 90 per cent of people would not want to know about upcoming negative events, and 40 to 70 per […]

If you are working tomorrow (Maha Shivaratri) and are wondering how to celebrate the auspicious day, then here are few tips for you. You can follow most of the rituals even while you are at work. Wake up early – Probably at around 5AM or if possible at 4AM. Take bath and wear neat clothes, if not a new one. Light an oil lamp, incense stick in front of the […]

It’s no secret that working out is good for your body and mind. But finding the drive isn’t easy! And when you have errands to run and work to do, the thought of exercise seems daunting. We’ve all been there before. Need help finding workout motivation? Check out these seven clever habits: 1. Do An Activity You Love Exercise doesn’t have to be all about counting reps and miles. You […]

Yaga Venugopal Reddy is a man of few words, but his words carry a lot of weight — especially in the world of finance. Earlier this week, the soft-spoken former governor of Reserve Bank of India chose strong words to describe the state of play at the central bank. The “institutional identity of the RBI has been damaged” and it is facing “reputational risk”, Reddy told a television news channel, […]

Even people like Tony Robbins, Oprah, and Nelson Mandela have had to face humungous negative challenges in their life. No one is immune to them. Whether these negative situations infect you or not comes down to your toolkit of self-development weapons. The last two weeks has given me two unexpected situations to deal with. Situation One: I decided to sell a car recently and received a call from a man […]

As commercialised as it may be, Valentine’s Day is nevertheless celebrated as a day of expressing those unadulterated emotions of love to your beloved. And if you thought the week-long-prequel to V-Day was dramatic enough in itself, let us remind you that people around the world consider it to be a much greater affair than you could perhaps fathom. We bring you six unique ways in which Valentine’s Day is […]