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Monthly Archives: February 2022

Throw the Lumber Over

It was my birthday recently and I received a gift voucher from my family to buy what I want from Amazon. I have a choice of buying some books – that I may not afterwards read – and a pair of jeans that I need badly. I have more than 500 books already and I […]

Posted bynikhilmgFebruary 14, 2022August 4, 2022Posted inSelf HelpTags: Jerome K Jerome, simplicity, Three Men in a BoatLeave a comment on Throw the Lumber Over

I just learned that I don’t know how to read

I have in my library in Mumbai and Pune more than 500 books. I am known to be a person who reads a lot and I did, when I was young, spend a lot of time with books. I am well qualified and have a blog (this one) and more than a thousand answers in […]

Posted bynikhilmgFebruary 9, 2022August 4, 2022Posted inSelf HelpTags: books, Reading1 Comment on I just learned that I don’t know how to read

In Praise of Idleness

The above headline is the title of a famous and celebrated essay by Bertrand Russell. Link to browse the book at Amazon is below (not an affiliate link): But I have come across another much deeper and more succinct expression of the virtues of laziness in the following Hindi poem that I learnt in school. […]

Posted bynikhilmgFebruary 2, 2022August 4, 2022Posted inSelf HelpTags: Aaraam Karo, lazinessLeave a comment on In Praise of Idleness

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