Sifting through my book-shelf, my eyes caught something intriguing and interesting. A book laid there all silent, waiting for someone to break its long period of exile. Moist and losing its strength over the ages, the cover read aloud “Great Expectations”. No wonder everyone must have either read the book or watched the film based on Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. However, all through the ages the book serves the same message of love, humanity, brotherhood and optimism.

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“The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.” – Pablo Neruda

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Hello friends! Hope you all are having a day filled with positivity. Waste no time in spreading the happiness in your life with others around you. So, while talking to a friend the other day, I couldn’t help but notice that he had lost a considerable amount of weight in a short period of time. He told me he indeed had lost weight and it was all due to a book he had read and followed its principles sincerely. This made me do my personal research of the book, which was called Eat To Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman. Joel is a certified family physician that specializes in plant based nutrition-based treatments for obesity and chronic disease.

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There are only a handful of people in our lives who manage to influence us in a way which makes us simply marvel at their personality. You end up looking up to these people with mere amazement, wanting to achieve half as much as they have. One of these people who I personally look up to is the music maestro A.R. Rahman, who celebrated his 47^th birthday on the 6^th of January. A classic example of a person who lets his work speak for himself. You would expect a man with accomplishments that include two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and thirteen Filmfare Awards South in addition to numerous other awards and nominations, to exhibit an ‘I know it all’ attitude. This is not the case with musician A.R. Rahman though.

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“Music is the medicine of the mind.” – John A. Logan

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“Let us give publicity to H.I.V./AIDS and not hide it, because the only way to make it appear like a normal illness like TB, like cancer, is always to come out and say somebody has died because of H.I.V./AIDS, and people will stop regarding it as something extraordinary.”

-        Nelson Mandela

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This week has been quite an eventful one for me. Firstly I had the pleasure of meeting Mary Kom, our very own modest boxing champion and secondly, I saw the wonderfully crafted film ‘Life of Pi’ by Ang Lee. While the former incident left me with nothing but respect for a fighter like her, such was the impact of the latter, that it left me in an introspective mode. Listing down one particular thing that I learnt from this marvellous movie will not be fair, as there isn’t one, but many lessons to be learnt from it.

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There are many books on health and fitness, but what distinguishes ‘Crazy-Sexy-Diet’ from the others, is its author Kris Carr and her revelation of the truth. Crazy-Sexy-Diet is her third book in the Crazy Sexy series. The book revolves around the theme of embracing a healthy life-style that keeps both your body and mind happy and disease-free. The USP of this book is that Kris Carr’s struggle is real and all the methods used are not written keeping only celebrities in mind. The book is not only for cancer patients but for everyone who wants to live a long and healthy life.

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Movie are not only entertaining, but they are informative too. Below is a list of movies that will make compel you to think twice before indulging in unhealthy snacking.

Super Size Me- ‘Super Size Me’ is a 2004 American award-winning documentary that stars the director of the film- Morgan Spurlock, in the lead role. The story of the film revolves around a 30 day food experiment undertaken by the protagonist of the film, where his daily diet comprises of food exclusively from a renowned fast food joint. The film clearly portrays the rage and demand of fast foods and its consequent impact on psychological and physical health. A must watch for every individual who loves burgers and fries.

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Music is a part of our life. We are born into music and it continues to capture every moment of our life with its strong effects. Every individual develops a special bond with music and it leaves a lingering effect on them. Even our last rites are often filled with soulful music. When music is incorporated into every special moment of our life, then why not during meditation? We’ve already discussed ‘The Benefits of exercising with music’; let’s see how it can help during meditation.

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