Monday, 28 September 2015

Some good “mini habits” to practice each day...

1. Just after you brush your teeth, look at yourself in the mirror and smile. Even if you can't think of a reason to, still just smile and keep it up for 10 seconds. Guaranteed you will spend rest of the day happier. 

2. Finding yourself opening facebook or whatsapp again and again? Put away your laptop and phone and go on a short walk wherever you can. Walking is known to help collect your thoughts and relaxing you. 

3. Meditate for 10 minutes. If you have no clue how to, just sit in a quiet place and try counting your breaths till 10-15. Your focus should be on your breath and no thinking. Restart counting as soon as your mind distracts you and you find yourself thinking of something else. 

4. Before your sit to work, remind yourself of TWO things that you need finished today (only two, no more). Remind yourself again in the lunch time. There are high chances you will get more important things done this way.

5. Just before sleeping, tell your brain to wake you up at ___a.m. You will be surprised when soon you would stop needing the alarm clock. Still a stubborn sleeper? Put your cellphone some distance away from you when sleeping so that you need to walk up to it when the alarm rings.

6. Revisit your day and remember the positive/good things from the day. Be thankful for those.

7. Try to do at least one new thing - be it taking a different route to work, talking to a new person, experimenting an activity you haven't before. Don't let your curiosity and awe die in the daily grind.

Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP)...

Commonwealth Scholarships for Master’s and PhD Study – Developing Commonwealth country Citizens

The Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) is one of the largest and most prestigious scholarship schemes for international study in the world. Since it was established in 1959, around 30,000 individuals have benefited – 25,000 of them have held awards funded by the UK government, managed by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom (CSC).

For details visit:

http://www.scholarshipsinindia.com/commonwealth-scholarships-for-masters-and-PhD-study.html

Best Wishes

Prabha Dutt Fellowship in Journalism...

Prabha Dutt Fellowship

The Prabha Dutt Fellowship in Journalism encourages young women who wish to investigate and research on any topic of contemporary relevance. This fellowship will be given every year. The Fellow may work on a book or monograph for subsequent publication within the given time frame. The work can be executed in Hindi, English or any Regional Language.

For Details refer :

http://www.scholarshipsinindia.com/fellowship/prabha-dutt-fellowship-by-sanskriti.html

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Dean's Asia Scholarships...

Dean's Asia Scholarships

Dean's Asia Scholarships in the Faculty of Business and Economics

The Scholarships were established in 2011 and are funded by the University of Auckland Business School.The main purpose of the Scholarships is to support Asian international undergraduate students to complete a Bachelor of Commerce,

For details refer:

http://www.scholarshipsinindia.com/deans-asia-scholarships.html

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Dean's Asia Scholarships...

Dean's Asia Scholarships

Dean's Asia Scholarships in the Faculty of Business and Economics

The Scholarships were established in 2011 and are funded by the University of Auckland Business School.The main purpose of the Scholarships is to support Asian international undergraduate students to complete a Bachelor of Commerce,

For details refer:

http://www.scholarshipsinindia.com/deans-asia-scholarships.html

Best Wishes

ONGC Scholarships ...

ONGC Scholarships For Meritorious SC,ST Students

500* SCHOLARSHIPS WORTH ? 48,000/- PER ANNUM EACH

ONGC OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO MERITORIOUS SC/ST STUDENTS PURSUING PROFESSIONAL COURSES IN ENGINEERING, MEDICAL STREAM AND MASTERS DEGREE COURSE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS.

Last date for submission of duly completed application form is 15.11.2015

For details : <a href="http://www.scholarshipsinindia.com/ongc.html">Visit</a>

Does true love exist?...

It did for me. She lived miles away from me back home in India. Even though I am married and have a lovely wife taking care of me and my  kiddo, she would still make it a point to call me up every single day to find out if I had eaten my dinner on time and whether I was doing well. My mobile phone shows  '829' contacts. And every single time I got into a crisis or was down in the dumps for any reason, her's would be the number which got dialed from my phone. She never told me whether she was  sick, down with fever or in pain but she ensured to be there whenever I needed her.

Strangely last Wednesday she didn't call. Feeling something amiss I called her and she was her jovial self and told me she got a bit busy shopping with her husband and hence forgot to call me. Same thing happened for the next 2 days with no calls from her and I too didn't bother to call.

On Friday I came to know, she had lied. She was not busy shopping but she was suffering and in pain for the past few days. The pain was so intense that she couldn't even talk and hence did not call me. She passed away on Friday.

"She did not want you to worry unnecessarily" was the reply I got from my dad when I asked him why no one bothered to tell me before when she was suffering but alive.

Today with tears in my eyes, I am deleting that one contact, from my phone directory, to whom I was the world and wondering if true love ever existed, then I had just lost it, last Friday.

I miss you mom :(