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#15 - The Book Club Experience - A Memoir

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Whenever I tell my friends & colleagues about some event that I have been to or that is about to happen, that might be useful to them. Their immediate question would be how do you get to know about these events & their occurences. And my answer is mostly “INSTAGRAM”. Yes. Instagram is my new tool for finding experiences. Yeah, it's really true. This algorithm works in a way that it pushes ads & stuff I really like. For most people & people outside Bengaluru, Weekends are for Partying & it is true to some extent. But there is the other side of Bengaluru, that is, there are a heaven a lot of discussions, meetups & events happening exclusively for Arts, Literature, Travel, Mental Health & Stuffs(Collectively for the Knowledge aspect or workouts for Brain). And many of these events are absolutely free of cost, if you have time & interest, by just getting out of the bed & putting in that little effort you will be surprised & introduced to a lot of...

#14 - Birth of "THE GIFT" 🎁

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During my college days, whenever we go to our friends' sister or brother's marriage function. We all gather money on the day of the marriage & go to the nearest gift shop & buy a photo frame, wall clock, hot pack, cup & saucer set, or some other unnecessary gifts. But I felt gifts are to be a useful one for whom we are giving.  And after college days, I entered into this reading phase of my life & found that reading books are making me more human. Even though I have read a very few books, I still feel reading good books can change people's perspectives, unlearn biases, become more empathetic. So, I try to propagate the idea of reading to people, literally forcing them to read books. I even have written a content & made a video citing the scientific benefits of reading books which has got more than 5 lakh views & many good comments too. Here is the link to it., The Scientific Benefits of Reading Books So, after that in most of my videos I try to recom...