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Motivation Story 2

Do not shout!  A Hindu monk reached the bath with his disciples on the banks of the river Ganges.  There, some people of the same family suddenly became angry at each other while talking among themselves and shouted loudly.  The ascetic turned around and immediately asked his disciples;  "Why do people shout at each other in anger?"  The disciple kept thinking for a while, one replied, "Because we lose peace in anger that's why!"  "But when the other person is standing in front of us, what is the need to shout at him, what you have to say, you can say it even in a slow voice", the monk asked again.  Some other disciples also tried to answer, but the others were not satisfied.  Eventually the monk explained…  "When two people are angry with each other, their hearts become very distant from each other.  And in this state they cannot hear each other without shouting…. The more angry they are, the greater th...

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Three inspiring episodes of Chhatrapati Shivaji's life  It is Shivaji Jayanti on 19th Feb.  On this auspicious occasion, I am sharing with you three inspiring episodes of his life.  Let us salute this brave son of the year of India and take education from his life and move forward in the service of Mother India.  Context 1  Once in front of Shivaji, his soldiers brought a village headman.  The head was a very influential person with a very thick mustache, but today he was accused of robbing a widow's honor.   At that time Shivaji was only 14 years old, but he was very brave, fearless and loved justice and he had immense respect especially for women.  He immediately pronounced his decision, "Cut off both hands and feet, there can be no less punishment for such a heinous crime."  Shivaji continued to do life-long adventure and always gave love and respect to poor, destitute people.  Context 2  Another anecdote of Shivaji's courage is ...