A blog or news article’s headline is the single most important factor in determining if it will sink or swim. If the headline cannot get people’s attention and make them want to read the article to which it is attached, then the article itself may not have been written at all.
Continual upskilling is critical for accelerating your career progression. However, the time constraint that corporate employment entail tends to spare limited time for you to improve your skillset. In this light, it can be said that downtime is the best time to update the skills you require to transcend the
As they say, reading is fundamental. Readers have been known to become successful in almost all of their endeavors. They also live better and fun-filled lives. For those interested, here are the top 8 ways reading can save people’s lives in one shape or form. 1) Improve verbal abilities For
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In the age of Snapchat, Instagram, binge-watching, and YouTube, who need books, you may ask? Well, everybody needs books. Especially, to deal with the curse of instant gratification and short attention span, which is affecting us negatively. Even the authors whose works have been adapted as major films or TV
Kahlil Gibran is the third most widely read poet in history, having been translated well over 40 languages. His book “The Prophet”, which is a collection of 21 essays, is his most remembered work. This book which was first published in 1923, manages to strike a chord with today’s audience
“Hello” has been accused of being the most said word ever thanks to our numerous telephone calls. So we thought of just researching that from where actually this word came from and how it become a popular way of greeting someone on telephone. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, hello
It takes some metal to move a crowd with just words. But these words of great mean were more than just words. The speech they gave changed the world, changed the onset of mind of people who heard them.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is one of my favorite movie. I really loved the chemistry between the three friends Hrithik, Abhay & Farhan. Farhan humorous acts were commendable but besides that I totally loved the poems he recited between the scenes. This post is dedicated to the interesting and lovely
Festival of Controversies happening at Diggi palace in Jaipur fom20th to 24th January 2012 finally ended with literature. Last two sessions on the last day of the fest has made me state the previous statement the way it is, as these were the sessions which saw maximum number of audience
Troubled faces of organizers and uneasiness in the atmosphere can be seen here at the Diggi palace which has turned into a military camp. Just minutes before the Video conferencing of Salman Rushdie, some Muslim hardliners said, “Every religion teaches us to respect God, but Rushdie is a criminal writer,
In a Press conference held this morning, Festival producer Sanjoy Roy said, “Organizers have decided to go ahead with the video link by Salman Rushdie,at 03:45 P.M (IST),in Front Lawns of Diggi Palace, the venue of Jaipur Literature Festival.” According to Sanjoy,” The session is named as ‘Midnight’s Child’ where,
This time Jaipur literature fest is getting bigger than ever, normally books and literature is not given that attention in media coverage, but this time it’s different, Rushdie controversy has created a vast space for media stories and greater publicity for the fest. As told by festival producer ‘Sanjoy Roy’,
Opera brought crowded chaos. It was a big day or I must say the most glamorous day of Jaipur Literature Festival. Oprah Winfrey, Fatima Bhutto, Shashi tharoor, Chetan bhagat , Anupam Kher ,David Remnick , David Hare, Tom Stoppard were few to name among many other influential people, who graced
At 3rd day of Jaipur Literature festival 2012, front lawns of Diggi Palace witnessed Shashi tharoor launching Anupam Kher’s book “The Best Thing About You ….Is You”. Anupam Kher and producer of Jaipur Literature festival Sanjoy Roy were also present at the ceremony. In an interaction on how he thought of
Morning started with 4 sessions happening at the same time in four courtyards of vast Diggi palace,but as expected session ‘In search of a story ‘ where Chetan bhagat was in conversation with john Elliott, saw jam packed crowd, everyone trying to have a glimpse of their favourite Indian author.
DSC Jaipur Festival 2012 started here today at 20th January, at Diggi Palace in Jaipur.Festival brings a range of readings, talk’s debates, performances, and children’s workshops. Festival started with the inaugural session and keynote address: Bhakti poetry: The living legacy by purshottam Agarwal and Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. After the inauguration,
Philip Gourevitch (born 1961), an American author and journalist, is a long-time staff writer for The New Yorker and the former editor of The Paris Review. His most recent book is The Ballad of Abu Ghraib (2008), an account of Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison under the American occupation. Gourevitch has
As the session The disappointment of Obama by David remnick ended , announcement for the press conference for issuing the statement of salman rushdie was made, On the press terrace at Jaipur literatture festival Namita gokhale, william and Festival producer Sanjoy roy addressed the press and issued the statement. Statement from
The Jaipur Literature Festival is an annual literary festival taking place in the pink city of Jaipur since 2006. The Diggi Palace Hotel serves as the main venue of the festival. The Jaipur Literature Festival is the biggest literary festival not just in India, but in Asia, and was described
A poem that expresses how man has become a mere tool of his anger. What anger can make him do! Why are we scared of anger! Dwesh, dand, chal, kapat. Vishwaasghaat har waqt. Kaala dil or kaale din. Har jism ko tu katl kar. Dil me jo aag he,
We grow up as dreamers, have a knack to change the world. Our parents encourage us to think strong! But there come days when we are forced to remain mum, when our heart is thumping hard and the mind shouting still we sit back to ponder if we should remain
The most amazing time of our life is not when we marry or become rich or retire or get a job. The most memorable are the years as a child. A poem dedicated to innocent childhood. Eye for eye, blood for blood. When will this thirst end? the world
Revolution 2020 is the IITian writer Chetan Bhagat’s fifth novel after the best seller “ 2 states : the story of my marriage”.This time he takes the story to the holy city of Varanasi. The story revolves around three childhood friends Gopal, Raghav and Aarti, all belonging to different family
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