Brave Photographers |
| Photographers are known for seeing the world through a lens. While anyone can be a photographer with a smartphone, true photographers go one step further. For that perfect frame, they are willing to wait, stalk, contort and brave the elements. See to how these brave folk go to extreme lengths to show you the world in a different way.
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” How about a Piece of Advice From a 20 Year old …” ?
Words of advice from Oscar award-winning actors are all very fine. How about some from a 20-year-old?
Mass media student Chhaya Ranka has a few things to say.
1. Not everything happens according to us
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Your boss won’t work according to you.
Your cousin won’t change the date of her marriage.
Your boyfriend will breakup with you if he has to.
It’s called life. Deal with it.
2. People come and go. Life goes on forever
Remember that time when you were crying because you had a fight with your best friend.
Who cares now? S/he doesn’t.
And probably you don’t too.
3. Chocolate is heavenly but it makes us fat
Chocolate is sweet. Chocolate is yummy.
Who wants food when you can have chocolate?
But who wants to grow fat when you can be healthy?
4. You can’t always live with your parents
You are daddy’s little girl and mummy’s spoilt brat.
You are always going to stay that way.
Stop living your life under their shadow and start doing things on your own.
Learn something new. Study some course.
Get a job and earn money.
The satisfaction of earning your own money is worth it.
But don’t indulge into illegal activities.
5. The only person who matters the most is you
It isn’t wrong to take care of yourself.
It isn’t wrong to make yourself the most important person in your life.
Do yourself a favour and love yourself so much that it will be difficult for people to hurt you.
6. Our siblings are our first best friends
They know how weird we are.
But they never give up on us.
Even after some huge fights and arguments they always have our backs.
7. Money can only buy materialistic things
Feelings and emotions can never be forced upon.
But as Blair Waldorf in Gossip Girl says “Whoever said money can’t buy happiness didn’t know where to shop”.
That is a totally different case then 🙂
8. Smile a lot. People are watching you always
Yes. Smile.
As much as you can.
You never know who falls for that beautiful smile of yours.
PS: Avoid roadside creeps though.
9. Respect your elders
Listen to what they have to say.
Best lessons can come to you from them.
It isn’t always required that you do whatever they say.
Just listen to them and respect them.
10. No one can and no one will ever love you much as your family loves you
The last time I cried over a breakup was years ago but I remember how my brother was ready to team up with his friends and bash the ex-boyfriend.
Even though it was my mistake, my mother cursed the ex.
Even after all the wrong things you do, your family accepts you.
11. Movies are fictional
Apart from historical movies, Bollywood lies all the time.
Not all stories have a happily ever after.
In fact, all romantic comedies and action films and superhero films are lie.
A spider bit me two years ago; I didn’t turn into Spiderwoman.
Drive a car at the speed of 200kmph and in a matter of time you will be fighting for your life.
12. A perfect figure isn’t everything
Being healthy and taking care of your weight is a very good thing.
Some people love your inner beauty more.
In fact most people do.
Life is much more beyond a perfect figure.
What is the point of having a perfect figure when you know it won’t last forever?
Even if you are too thin or too fat, what matters most is your personality and how you make others around you feel.
13. Career is important
Build your career.
Learn new things.
Meet new people.
Make new connections.
A few years from now you will look back and realise there are a lot of things you wanted to do but didn’t or couldn’t.
Leave no regrets.
14. Life is full of priorities and choices
Family and career should always come first.
Then if you have time, get into relationships.
Now who wants to be a housewife or jobless?
15. General knowledge is an asset
A little bit of GK about the world does no harm.
The added benefit is you get to talk to anyone and everyone.
16. Everything happens for a reason
Bad things happen so that we understand what the good things are.
Good things happen to prepare us for the best things.
17. Fall in love. Date the wrong people
After every bad date you will realise who you really wish to be with.
It will also help you in becoming the kind of person you have always wanted to be.
18. Make mistakes
Make as many mistakes as you can. Learn from them.
But don’t repeat them.
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Message for the Day…” One should use Sweet, Pleasant, and Soft words …”
Inclinations (vasanas) won’t disappear as long as one’s heart is full of the illusion of egotism, even if one is immersed in many heart-purifying spiritual disciplines. Such people, if they want to get rid of the feeling of ‘I’ and ‘mine’, must worship the Lord. One whose heart is ruled by the group of six passions can have only ego as counselor! Those who have such a counselor are worse than foolish, however great they claim to be as pundits, aspirants, or renunciants. People experience joy and misery through the ear. Therefore avoiding the cruel arrows of hard words, one should use sweet, pleasant and soft ones — and with that softness, add the sweetness of truth. Making the word soft by adding falsehood only clears the way for more misery. A person who has become a spiritual aspirant should use very soft, sweet, true, and pleasant words. Such a person can be recognised by their good qualities. Â
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Message For the Day…” How to Achieve the Spiritual Progress in One’s Life …” ?
The minute hand of the clock is the individual soul. It goes round and round – the hour hand does move, silently and slowly, with dignity. The hour hand is the Supreme Soul. Once in an hour, these two meet, but the individual soul does not get that consummation fixed forever. It loses the precious chance, and so has to go round and round again. Liberation happens when the two merges and there is just one. Like the silkworm that spins from out of itself the cocoon that proves to be its tomb, people spin from out of their own mind, the cage in which they get trapped. Assign your mind the task of serving the Lord and it will grow tame. Give your mind to the Lord. Forget the past and don’t worry about errors in future. Bring to memory only those things that are worth remembering and assiduously follow your spiritual practices. You will achieve spiritual progress.
“This Tiny Australian Bird Cries Wolf to Scare its Predators…” !!!
Researchers have found that the tiny brown thornbill mimics the hawk warning call to scare off predators. Image Courtesy: Thinkstock
one of Australia”s smallest  birds found out a cunning way to protect its nest  from predators by crying wolf, or rather hawk, and mimicking the warning calls of other birds.
Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) found that the tiny brown thornbill mimics the hawk warning call of a variety of birds to scare off predators threatening its nest, such as the larger pied currawong.
“It is not superbly accurate mimicry but it is enough to fool the predator,” said Branislav Igic in a university statement.
A physical attack on a currawong would be no good. They are 40 times the size of a thornbill and will eat adults as well as nestlings.
“I am amazed that such a tiny bird can mimic so many species, some much bigger than itself. It’s very cunning,” Igic added.
Although vocal mimicry is widespread amongst birds, its function is rarely understood.
This study is the first to show that birds use vocal mimicry to scare predators.
The researchers stumbled across the thornbill’s deceit during an experiment on birds’ reaction to a stuffed owl.
“I was puzzled because I could hear the alarm calls of robins, honeyeaters and rosellas but I couldn’t see any,” added professor Robert Magrath, the leader of the research group.
He soon realised that the brown thornbill was mimicking the other species while defending the nest.
Many species of both birds and mammals eavesdrop on the alarm calls of other species. Natural communities form an information web about danger, the authors noted.
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Message For the Day…” Start Today the Spiritual Discipline that has to be Done Tomorrow…”
What is the use in planning a well when the house is on fire? Where is the time to dig now? When will water become available? When is the fire to be extinguished? It is an impossible task! If, at the very start, a well was ready, how helpful it would be on such critical occasions! Beginning to contemplate on God during the last moments is like beginning to dig the well when the house is on fire. Therefore equip yourself right now, by contemplating on God off and on, so that it will stand you in good stead when the end approaches. Start today the spiritual discipline that has to be done tomorrow! Start now what has to be done today! One doesn’t know what is in store the next moment; therefore there should be no delay in engaging in spiritual practices. For this physical stamina is also necessary, so the body has to be tended to, though over-tending causes damage. To the degree that is essential, the body should be looked after with great care.
“Kids are Capable of Doing More than We Expect From Them…Watch this video clip…!!!
A compilation of incredible talented and fearless kids, demonstrating their skills at everything from skateboarding and weightlifting to surfing and basketball trick shots!
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Age …No Bar For Dancing and Rocking…!!!…Watch this Video Clip …
What Happens When a Group of Seniors Goes on Live TV?
If you’ve never heard of the ‘The Zimmers’ you’re in for a surprise, as these delicate looking old folk’s performance will have you in stitches. This incredible group of happy-go-lucky golden agers has wowed people on live television, so if you missed it, here’s your chance.
BGT pensioners The Zimmers rock the stage with Beastie Boys
classic Fight For Your Right. How will the groovy granparents go down with
Britain’s Got Talent Judges David Walliams, Alesha Dixon, Simon Cowell and
Amanda Holden?
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Something Different …!!!
Baba-Mail’s Interactive Zoo!
| Zoos are a lot of fun. But instead of making the trip to see animals behind cages, why not enjoy this fantastic interactive zoo from the comfort of your own home?
We’ve collected some of the best animal moments for you from four different ecological enviornments, from the savannah to the arctic, from the ocean to the jungle – see majestic big cats stalking their prey, colorful exotic birds, extraordinary sea life and other beautiful wild life from around the world – all in one place! Some of the videos come with fascinating explanations that will enlighten and delight you. Instructions: Hover with your mouse pointer over the PLAY symbolsÂ
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 and click on them to start the video! To close, just click on the X at the upper right corner of the video window.
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