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 Sunday Special! 'When even more is less' Priya S. Tandon Some verbal analogies are intriguing. Some decades ago, a job was called 'naukri'. The earnings of the said 'naukar'(Government Servant); the sole breadwinner of the family, were enough 'to feed a family of nine'; hence nau-kri. It was sufficient for the parents, spouse, children and guests too. Lifestyles were simple. There was no concept of air-conditioning, vacationing abroad, multiple vehicles, branded clothing and footwear, jewels, etc. Because less was more. Some years hence, the term came into common parlance. This was perhaps when the concept of nuclear families and ‘Hum do, Hamare do’ became popular. The emoluments from 'chaa-kari' were 'enough to meet the expenses of a family of four'. Nothing less, nothing more As the cost of living escalated, earnings came to be known as 'tankhah'.('Tan' means body,'Khah' Filling one's body)  Ta...

 Quote of the Week! "Hindu Deities are often depicted with multiple arms indicating their immense strength over humans to perform numerous acts at a time. Lord Brahma, 'The Creator', is not worshiped by His creation( comprised of external elements: Oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon, calcium, and phosphorus ) because of His unacceptable behaviour towards His creation. He is selfish having provided four arms to his wife whose only role is to entertain him, but only two arms to humans. Mothers are privileged to give life to another beings out of their flesh and blood .Brahma is attached to temporary things like external beauty and ignores the permanent reality, the 'Soul' and turned from spiritual to materialistic. Mother(may be of 'Earth' or 'Flesh'),her creation may be ugly or beautiful, loves her entire creation without discrimination .Mother can take place of all others but no one can take her role, understands even what the child do...

 Quote of the Week! "Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, preached, "Man jeetay-Jag jeet" ,meaning one can win the world but cannot easily win over the mind. According to his teachings, the human mind is vulnerable to five vices namely, 'Kaam'(Lust),'Krodh'(Anger),'lobh'(Greed) 'Moh'(Attachment),'Ahankaar'(Ego),in the deceasing order of degree of their desire and should inculcate virtues like truthful living, compassion, contentment ,humility, love and courage .Man, who gets defeated by his mind fills with remorse and regret. You have to train your mind to be tougher than your emotions, following the basic principles of humanity taught by subjects like Divinity and Humanities that need be introduced in school c urric ulum." -Tejinder Kamboj ​       (1940-20??) P.S.   Mulk Raj Anand an Indian writer, recognised for his depiction of the lives of the poor in traditional Indian society in his writings used abusive words...