Manoj

Tag: happiness

  • Thoughts on friendship

    “I’ll get by with a little help from my friends” Pensive, withdrawn, lonely. The life of the world can be teeming around us, the high decibel sounds can be dinning in our ears and still we can be lonely. It is possible to be lonely in a crowd. Loneliness haunts the places where crowds gather.…

  • Of happiness and misery

    Caressing her, he said: “It is by their own actions, good or bad, that men are happy or miserable. The virtues or vices of others will not affect us in the least.” Sukracharya tries to console his daughter Devayani after she is insulted and hurt by her companion – Sarmishta – the king’s daughter. (Mahabharata…

  • Attention to detail and user experience

    Great works of art and architecture live through ages and are appreciated, and criticized likewise. While their exuberance and extravagance strike us the most, it is the fine attention to detail that grab the appreciation (and/or criticism) of the finer eye. People spend a good portion of their earnings on holidays, visiting places of historical…

  • Fwd: God on IM!

    Another email forward, worth the read. 🙂 God: Hello… Did you call me? Me: Called you? No.. who is this? God: This is GOD. I heard your prayers. So I thought I will chat. Me: I do pray. Just makes me feel good. I am actually busy now. I am in the midst of something..…

  • Happy New Year!

    Welcome 2009! Every new year brings a renewed hope, strength and zeal along with it. Its a time for celebration – celebration of life and prosperity. A time to thank God for a wonderful year that was, and pray for the same ahead. The last year was blotted with unfortunate events – on a personal…