Dvij (द्विज) - Twice Born - Thoughts on The Meaning or Purpose of Life
Blogging Milestone – 100K Views
I just got an alert that this blog has achieved today 100K views and 70K unique visitors! It's been many years since I started this blog; maybe 8 years or so. I had another blog before this one which I had started in 2006-07. So overall it's been 15 years. 100K views in 8 years... Continue Reading →
Will Gunda Outlive Google?
I wrote a post few days back about my liking for Hindi movies. I forgot to mention that I have watched some extremely terrible movies...many of them at theatre! One of such terrible movies I have watched (though not in theatre) is Mithun Chakraborty's Gunda which released on this day in 1998. https://youtu.be/qRrRhvLxbXw The movie... Continue Reading →
Copied/Inspired Songs of Bollywood
There are many YouTube channels which have cronicled how Bollywood has been copying, taking inspiration from songs across the globe. This one Youtube channe has a few videos which capture that trend very well. You'll be surprised to see that even the songs from 1950's and 60's were inspired or copied... When I shared this... Continue Reading →
Thought of The Day
19th February 2026 "I am no longer the story I was told to believe”
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18th February 2026 “People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves.” — Albert Camus
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17th February 2026 "Time spent pursuing something you love is never wasted time, even if it feels like you are not getting anywhere."
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16th February 2026 “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”— George Bernard Shaw
Chess Puzzle
White to play, mate in 5
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15th February 2026 “Rumi was right when he said; Do not try to explain. They will only understand you as much as they see and hear.”
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14th February 2026 “Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”— Albert Camus, “Notebooks, 1942-1951”
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13th February 2026 “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to take away.”— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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12th February 2026 “And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”― John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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