This blog has become a sort of personal-cum-public diary. As for its contents, some are meant for me and my friends and relatives; others are for the public. This blog will have only positive, ennobling, elevating, encouraging and uplifting thoughts/ideas/materials. Whoever visits should feel happy and should be able to pick up some good ideas/thoughts/links. In short, "NOTHING NEGATIVE" is my motto.(Grateful thanks to Jon Sullivan and Public-Domain-Photos.com for the background photo)
Happy New Year 2021
WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY, HEALTHY,
PROSPEROUS AND PURPOSEFUL
NEW YEAR 2020
It's the country with over 1.3 billion
people, a spa just for elephants and even a floating post office! Learn 101
incredible things about the majestic country that is India!
The second of three episodes in The Chinese
Silk Road documentary series! In this episode, we head into the Gobi desert,
and discover the enchanting and legendary crescent spring oasis. A cramped
journey on the night train then takes us to the city of Urumqi, where we get
under the skin of local music and explore the incredible Xinjiang bazaar.
Grateful thanks to Mr.GRAEME LANGFORD and
YouTube.
In 2004, a one-term senator from Illinois
took the stage to deliver the keynote speech at the Democratic National
Convention in Boston. By the time Barack Obama had finished speaking, Democrats
across the country knew they had seen the future of their party.
The latest research is clear: the state of
our attention determines the state of our lives. So how do we harness our
attention to focus deeper, get distracted less, and even become more creative?
Chris Bailey, author of the recent book Hyperfocus, talks about how our ability
to focus is the key to productivity, creativity, and living a meaningful life.
Follow Chris on @chris_bailey Chris Bailey
was recently described by TED as possibly “the most productive man you’d ever
hope to meet”. He is the international bestselling author of Hyperfocus and The
Productivity Project, which have been published in sixteen languages. Chris
works with organisations around the globe on how they can become more
productive without hating the process.
To date, Chris has written hundreds of
articles on the subject of productivity, and has garnered coverage in media as
diverse as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, The
Huffington Post, Harvard Business Review, TED, Fortune, Fast Company, and
Lifehacker. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format
but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
https://www.ted.com/tedx
Grateful thanks to CHRIS BAILEY |
TEDXMANCHESTER, TEDx TALKS and YouTube.
Physics PROFESSOR JIM AL-KHALILI investigates
the amazing science of gravity. A fundamental force of nature, gravity shapes
our entire universe, sculpting galaxies and warping space and time. But
gravity's strange powers, discovered by Albert Einstein, also affect our daily
lives in the most unexpected ways.
Subscribe to Spark for more amazing science,
tech and engineering videos -
https://goo.gl/LIrlur
Grateful
thanks to PROFESSOR JIM AL-KHALILI, SPARK and YouTube.
Hampi is one of the most impressive sites to
visit in India. Inscribed as UNESCO Heritage site (quote from unesco.org):
"The austere, grandiose site of Hampi was the last capital of the last
great Hindu Kingdom of Vijayanagar. Its fabulously rich princes built Dravidian
temples and palaces which won the admiration of travelers between the 14th and
16th centuries."
Recorded February 2016 in 4K (Ultra HD) with
Sony AX100.
Music:
“The
Higher Mind” from the album "Embrace The Moment", an album of
instrumental yoga and relaxation music.
Composed by JAI AND HERRIN LARKAN. FLUTES BY
CHRIS LANE.
http://herrin.com.au
The
album can be purchased here: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album...
Grateful thanks to AMAZING PLACES ON OUR
PLANET, JAI AND HERRIN LARKAN, CHRIS LANE and YouTube.
