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Prateep Roy

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Tag: Life

  • Consistency! Consistency! Consistency!

    Every social media pundit (read: influencer) keeps harping on this one word: consistency. “If you want to excel in life, be consistent”. They say. “Be consistent on social media. Post daily, post reels, post videos, post carousals, post anything, but post every day”. Every day? Consistency is the only truth in life, it seems. We Read.

  • Why are Bengalis argumentative?

    Why are Bengalis argumentative? ADDA. Because they have something called an Adda. There is no perfect translation of Adda capturing its true essence. Google Translator translates it as a meeting place, a habitat, or a club. These descriptions, though, describe a few aspects of an Adda but do not completely reflect the meaning. It needs Read.

  • What is the synonym for freedom?

    Photo by author Youth. College days, to be more specific. Those 5 years (grad/postgrad) at the university were the most memorable years of my life. Memories of a vibrant, fearless, romantic, and boisterous time of my life. Just coming out of a regimented school life, is the newfound freedom. Especially, when you come out of Read.

  • Did I defy my Ikigai as a child?

    Yes, I did. But first, what is Ikigai? I learned about Ikigai from a writing course hosted by Ankur Warikoo called ‘Make Writing a Career.’    It’s just amazing! On researching further, I found Ken Mogi, an authority on Ikigai, explaining it in his book, The Little Book of Ikigai. He explains Ikigai as ‘the Read.

  • Life should be meaningful, even if it is short.

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    Life should be meaningful, even if it is cut short. There are umpteen examples of great men and women whose lives were cut short, but they left behind an everlasting mark on the world in their respective, but varied fields. Let’s look at some of these great people. Swami Vivekananda (India): He died at the Read.

  • Everyone who walked into my life left a mark. A positive mark.

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    As you grow older, you get wiser. Goes the saying. I would say, ‘as you grow older, there are more people who walk into your life and make you wiser’. Likewise, I would say, everyone who had walked into my life have made me wiser. I will not get into the debate of if I’m Read.