Hi,
In my pursuit to finding happiness and living a good life, I share everything I’ve learnt on this blog – from spirituality to health, tech to food, finance to life skills and everything in between.
Every day is a new learning, a new lesson. If we all shared our experiences, how amazing would it be? More you share, higher the possibilities!
And that’s the reason I blog. In the hope that it offers you something useful and make a difference in your life. At least, try.
About 150,000 people visit it every month and I’m glad to have made them my friends today. 🙂
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Thanks for dropping by. Hope you learned something new.
Love.
"In every color there's the light. In every stone sleeps a crystal" ??? #Truth #Enigma #90skid
— Mani Karthik (@manikarthik) February 20, 2017
3 things u can’t recover in life. The word after it’s said, the moment after it’s gone & the time after it has passed. Live in the moment.
— Mani Karthik (@manikarthik) July 13, 2017
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An Enterpreneur’s Guide To Starting Your Own Business in India
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Jose Veloso Salgado’s painting 1898 - :Vasco da Gama Perante O Samorim"
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What is compassion & why it matters
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