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90 के दशक की केबल-टीवी वाली ज़िंदगी आज सोचें तो किसी अलग ही दुनिया जैसी लगती है। एक ही टीवी पर रूसी कार्टून, चीनी धारावाहिक, दूरदर्शन के कार्यक्रम और बीच-बीच में 8-बिट वीडियो गेम की आवाज़ — सब कुछ बिना इंटरनेट के। न वाई-फाई था, न स्मार्टफोन, फिर भी दुनिया हमारे घर तक पहुँच जाती थी… बस एक टेढ़े-मेढ़े टीवी एंटीना के सहारे। 90 के दशक में टीवी देखने का मज़ा ही कुछ और था |  पहले तो हम DD National और DD Metro के भक्त हुआ करते थे।  रामायण दोबारा देखने में भी गर्व होता था।  एंटीना को घुमाकर और केबल का सिग्नल ठीक करने की कोशिश अपने आप में एक गेम जैसी होती थी।  और उसी भरोसे में हमारा बचपन दुनिया घूम आता था — बस केबल के सहारे। दूरदर्शन के बाद प्राइवेट चैनलों के आने का इंतज़ार ही सबसे बड़ी एक्साइटमेंट हुआ करता था।  वो दौर जब “केबल कनेक्शन” लगना किसी स्टेटस सिंबल से कम नहीं था। मोहल्ले की किसी छत पर जैसे ही नया केबल एंटीना दिखता, खबर अपने-आप फैल जाती — “अरे, इनके घर तो अब सारे चैनल आने वाले हैं!” शाम होते ही बच्चे वहीं जमा, रिमोट हाथ में लेने की बारी को लेकर बहस, और चैनल ब...

" The Seen and the Unseen " is India's premier long-form podcast hosted by Amit Varma. The podcast, which has been running since 2017, features long-form conversations with intellectuals, writers, economists, historians, and thought leaders from India and around the world.  Amit Varma is a respected journalist and writer, twice winner of the Bastiat Prize for Journalism. The show is known for its rich intellectual content and the diversity of its guests, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in public policy, history, culture, or economics in India today. I am only sharing the books recommended related to Literature & Fiction (International): Contemporary (Latest) If I Survive You — Jonathan Escoffery (2022) The Book of Goose — Yiyun Li (2022) Beautiful Thing — Sonia Faleiro (2021) A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes — Rodrigo García (2021) Earthlings — Sayaka Murata (2018) Turn of the Millennium Tinkers — Paul Harding (2009) All Aunt Hagar’s Children — ...

" The Seen and the Unseen " is India's premier long-form podcast hosted by Amit Varma. The podcast, which has been running since 2017, features long-form conversations with intellectuals, writers, economists, historians, and thought leaders from India and around the world. Amit Varma is a respected journalist and writer, twice winner of the Bastiat Prize for Journalism. The show is known for its rich intellectual content and the diversity of its guests, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in public policy, history, culture, or economics in India today. I am only sharing the books recommended related to Memoirs & Biography: Indian Authors My Daughters’ Mum  — Natasha Badhwar My Life in Full — Indra Nooyi The Brass Notebook: A Memoir — Devaki Jain Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories of India’s First Women in Medicine — Kavitha Rao Breaking Through: A Memoir  — Isher Judge Ahluwalia A Full Life — Sabira Merchant The Memoirs of Dr. Haimabati Sen — Haimabat...

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by  Cal  Newport Deep Work - Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly Recommended Wally Loins , a British practitioner of corporate identity and branding, recognized a great truth about the modern capitalist economy.  The most precious resource in a noisy, crowded market is people's attention. The second is that consumers are not just looking for utility in the things they buy. They are also looking for meaning.  Today, streaming channels, social media and reels are present on the smartphone that draws away scarce personal resource: attention. And the network tools are developed by private companies, funded lavishly, and designed with behavioral nudges to capture our attention.  The consumer searching for the meaning, pleasure, escape from reality and utility has been caught in the maze of distractions. Information overload is getting exponentially worse and consist of four sub-problems that together add up to one b...

" The Seen and the Unseen " is India's premier long-form podcast hosted by Amit Varma. The podcast, which has been running since 2017, features long-form conversations with intellectuals, writers, economists, historians, and thought leaders from India and around the world.   Amit Varma is a respected journalist and writer, twice winner of the Bastiat Prize for Journalism. The show is known for its rich intellectual content and the diversity of its guests, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in public policy, history, culture, or economics in India today. Here is a categorized arrangement of the provided books into related sections based on their themes related to Science & Technology: Genetics, Evolution, and Human Nature Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don’t Have To — David Sinclair Hacking Darwin — Jamie Metzl Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters — Matt Ridley The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge — Matt Ridley The Or...

I have read, lived and gathered experiences in this life. I pen down and offer timeless old school advice on etiquette, leadership, relationships, personal growth, resilience, health, work, finance, travel, kindness, passion, and life perspective. No one cares about you as much as you do; hence, read the lines below at least once. Etiquette and Manners Real manners start with awareness, not entitlement. Hugs and handshakes, give them like you mean it.​Never shake a man’s hand sitting down. When shaking hands, grip firmly and look them in the eye. Respect personal space, listen with full attention, and let others finish before you respond. Listening is a superpower that builds trust, reveals hidden needs, and deepens every relationship. Build Solid Character Hold your heroes to a higher standard. Play games with passion and honesty or don’t play at all. Be confident and humble in your good or bad times.  Shame is a sign of an honorable man. Vulnerability is okay and isn't anyth...

Hitch-22 - Some Confessions and Contradictions: A Memoir - Christopher Hitchens Hitch-22 - Goodreads ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly Recommended One of the leading U.S. critics of the 20th century, Lionel Trilling noted long ago - " Intellectuals have tended to embrace an 'adversary culture’: standing against the state, against the market, against the establishment, against anything and everything but themselves. Conciliation and Compromise do not come naturally to them. " Christopher Hitchens exemplifies Lionel Trilling's "adversary culture" to an extreme degree, earning a 10/10 rating who relentlessly critiqued the power structures - British monarchy, U.S. imperialism in Vietnam, Islamic Fatwa on Salman Rushdie, Mother Teresa's piety , Henry Kissinger's realpolitik and post-9/11 "Islamofascism" - often aligning against consensus on both left and right.   Who was Christopher Hitchens? Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) was a British American author, publi...