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Krishna Belonged to whom?

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A very interesting and beautiful episode happened in the run up to the war of Mahabharata. The battle lines had already been drawn and it was a time when both sides got busy building as many alliances and partnerships as they could. At some juncture, the Kauravas realised that they need to have Lord Krishna on their side else he would be a big threat to their success. He not only owned a gigantic army, but also was considered a brilliant strategist and superlative warrior. Hence, knowing fully well that Krishna was a well-wisher of the Pandavas and their close ally, they still decided to approach him to join their camp. And as fate would have it, both Duryodhana (Kaurava) and Arjun (Pandava) happened to arrive at his palace almost at the same time. But, finding Krishna taking a nap, they both decided to wait.  It must have been a very difficult wait for them, because they thought now only one would be able to get the deal. So when Krishna finally woke up, both immediately tried to ...
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Learning to swim

There was a time when my father used to take me to the swimming pool every summer. There were two pools at the place, one for the kids and one for others. I used to always want to go to the kid's pool, but my father used to always pull me into the bigger one, even though I was just a three year old. He used to equip me with tubes, but the sheer enormity of the pool used scare me. I used to frequently break out into loud chants of 'bachao, bachao', sometimes to the entrainment of the onlookers. Those days reminded an important analogy to life. The world is like a giant pool, and there are every possibility that we may drown. But unless we give up the fear of drowning, we never learn how to swim. Obviously, your parents, your well wishers equip you well, but unless the shackles of fear are broken, the water keeps pulling you down. And no matter how well you swim, we all have limited time here. Some people just come to wet themselves, some to burn their calories, some to enjoy...
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