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Keep Learning - A life of Street Fighting

Too often we find ourselves feeling bored or simply too overwhelmed by the day to day challenges. And too often we take these situations or the circumstances as an excuse to push us in the corner. We let the circumstances that are generally temporary to stay with our mind for longer than what's a healthy dose! How can something that is debilitating be healthy? Adaptability - Remove your mind from the attack In Bruce Lee's martial art, Jeet Kun Do, one of the underlying philosophies is "adaptability". Street fight like life is unpredictable. There are times when you have to "remove the target" i.e. your mind, that is being continuously hit by this barrage of emotions; feeling of boredom, stagnation, negativity, sadness or overwhelming life challenges. Parrying - Spend time in self-development Other times you've to intercept these challenges. You've to push through the tough times through tools of self-control, courage, learning, and self-dev...

Ancient India: Indus Valley Civilization

Ancient India is a vast topic, it has an almost miscible concoction of mysticism, spiritualism, and antiquity. One of the facets of ancient India which to this day remains shrouded in an utmost mystery and yet has a profound impact on our country's identity is Indus Valley Civilization. With thousands of sites spread across India and Pakistan, its historicity is exemplified by discoveries of first planned cities, long distance trades (as far as ancient Sumeria), hous es with wells & bathrooms, weights & seals for trading, water reservoirs, toys, jewelry and much more. As Archaeological Survey of India uncovers the glory of past (motto of ASI states 'प्रत्नकीर्तिमपावृणु') we will perhaps understand more about this ancient civilization. On a side note, the script found at archaeological sites still remains undeciphered. You can read more about it from books of Indian archaeologists like B.B. Lal, R.S. Bisht and other books by scholars. Here is a link about o...