Posted in Inspiration at 12:42 pm by PuneTalks
It was probably the April of 1974. Bangalore was getting warm and gulmohars were blooming at the IISc campus. I was the only girl in my postgraduate department and was staying at the ladies’ hostel. Read more »
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Posted in Inspiration, Miscellaneous at 7:26 am by PuneTalks
An American businessman was at the pier of a small coastal Jamaican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Jamaican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. Read more »
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Posted in Inspiration at 10:37 am by PuneTalks
“Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake a whole relationship.”
- Sharon Stone Read more »
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Posted in Inspiration, Miscellaneous at 3:54 am by PuneTalks
I had no problem accepting this invitation at all. This is the best thing we can do in India, to respect and also show gratitude, not just to our parents, mother and father, but the teacher who makes us so. Read more »
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Posted in Inspiration, Miscellaneous at 6:16 am by The Editor
Dear Citizens,
On the eve of the 58th Republic Day of India, my greetings to all of you in the country and those living abroad. Read more »
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Posted in Inspiration, Miscellaneous at 1:47 pm by PuneTalks
This article is adapted from Taslima Nasrin’s April 28, 1996 speech at Harvard University, sponsored hy the Humanist Chaplaincy. Read more »
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Posted in Current Affairs, Inspiration at 1:19 pm by PuneTalks
My mother used purdah. She wore a burqa with a net cover in front of the face. It reminded me of the meatsafes in my grandmother’s house. One had a net door made of cloth, the other of metal. But the objective was the same: keeping the meat safe. My mother was put under a burqa by her conservative family. 
They told her that wearing a burqa would mean obeying Allah. And if you obey Allah, He would be happy with you and not let you burn in hellfire. My mother was afraid of Allah and also of her own father. He would threaten her with grave consequences if she didn’t wear the burqa. Read more »
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Posted in Inspiration at 8:55 am by The Editor
When GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt teaches up-and-coming leaders at the company’s famed management-development center, he runs through a checklist of what he calls “Things Leaders Do.” In an interview with Fast Company, Immelt reveals his own leadership checklist. Read more »
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Posted in Inspiration, Miscellaneous at 7:41 am by PuneTalks
“It is better to have a wise man as an enemy than to have a fool as a friend.”
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Posted in Current Affairs, Inspiration at 7:12 am by PuneTalks
“If you are to suffer, you should suffer in the interest of the country.” - Jawaharlal Nehru, speaking to villagers who were to be displaced by the Hirakud Dam, 1948. Read more »
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