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Culture: The totality of socially transmitted behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human work and thought. Tradition: The passing down of elements of a culture from generation to generation, especially by oral communication Heritage: Property that is or can be inherited; an inheritance. I thought I'd refer the free dictionary online to check the real meanings of these words. Am sure you'd believe that I had better things to do, than refer to the meanings of these words, but the headline in the Times of India day before yesterday made me recheck the meanings of these words. [ If you have not read the news paper dated, 20th March, 2009, good for you.. Please don't bother reading it...., you'll also end up referring to the meanings of these words....] Don't you think, you've heard these terms associated with our homeland, India, almost always?? All the Indian books, academic or non-academic, fiction or factual, fable or histo...

Trust in God, Trustworthy friend - We have heard of these time and again. I would rephrase it as Learn to trust like a little child. Last month, I was visiting my friend. She has a one and a half year old, baby girl. I had bought my first chocolate ( Cadbury Diary milk) for the little girl. I don't usually buy chocolate for kids till I know they have been introduced to chocolates. The little girl wanted to eat the chocolate. Her mom ( that's my friend) asked her to give it to auntie ( that's me ) to open the wrapper. Without a minute's hesitation the child gave me the chocolate. And she looked at it with such eagerness and so much trust that I WILL surely open it for her. Now, that's what is TRUST. She never once thought that I may not open it, may eat the chocolate myself, or may not give it to her at all. She believed her Mom, and so listened to her and gave me the chocolate. It was a total trust. When there is total trust, you don't have a choice but to keep ...

Affiliated to Bangalore university, Recognized by some X state i cant recall, Approved by AICTE - took me a second to recall that this stands for All India Council of Technical Education... I saw this on a college bus just below the name of the college. I quickly began to think, what else could have been added? Recognized by Government of India, Approved by the United States, Accredited by some committee... and may be many more...couldn't help thinking... Is it recognized by Swiss? I have a simple question... All I need to know is which college does this bus take me to. As I cross the road, I surely will not want to spend time memorizing all the details I read. I just will remember the name of the college for a later research on the details, if at all I decide to take an admit in the college. Wonder what so many Recognized by, Approved by credits really mean to the parent community. Everyone today takes stock of how many students from an institute went abroad or to premier institut...