What is so satisfying about great, elegant puzzles? I am not talking about chess puzzles alone, but any puzzle in general. I feel it's that "Aha" or "Wow" moment when you solve it or see the solution and when you get a smile on your face once you connect the dots and can't unsee it!... Continue Reading →
23rd November 2024 “When you hurt good hearted people, they won't scream, they'll keep their pain inside. They will gently & silently drift away never to return. They won't stop being good, they'll never trust you again. This is exactly when you lost them.” —Emanuela Laura Grigoriu
22nd November 2024 “At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” — Frida Kahlo
21st November 2024 “We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.” — Toni Morrison
20th November 2024 “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” ― Plato
19th November 2024 “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” ― J.K. Rowling
Reading update: New book "Sophie's World" by Jostein Gaarder just arrived. It's an interesting theme. I got to know about this book via a podcast and recently the name again popped up in conversation with a friend during our evening walk. While walking I searched for it on Amazon and it was available at a... Continue Reading →
*** This post is delayed by a few months. I thought I had posted it, but realised that it was still lying in Drafts, hence posting it now*** Apparently Turkey sent a hitman (Chief Warrant Officer Yusuf Dikeç) in Olympics 2024. No headphones or special glasses, lenses or equipment. He won silver medal in 10-meter... Continue Reading →
18th November 2024 “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.” — Edgar Allan Poe
17th November 2024 “Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.” — Alain de Botton
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