Platter of Half Baked Ideas

A Chinese diplomat in Australia shot off a letter to ‘The Daily Telegraph’, a popular daily in Australia, questioning their vigorous coverage of the Chinese virus. The newspaper then reigned fire on the Chinese regime for trying to bully them, and began with calling the government of China a ‘communist dictatorship’. It gave a point by point rebuttal to the Chinese Consulate in a piece titled, “Via Local Commie Underlings, Beijing Officially Disapproves”. I esp. loved the part about WHO: " The World Health Organisation also appointed Zimbabwean murderer Robert Mugabe as its Goodwill Ambassador and declared on March 2 that the “stigma” of the coronavirus “is more dangerous than the virus itself”. The World Health Organisation does a lot of stupid stuff." Reproducing the article below. Original article can be found here . The  Daily Telegraph  this week received a letter from the Australian Consulate General of the People's Republic of China, who took gentl...

During this period of (almost) global lock down and limited movement, we are all looking for ways to kill time. What we need to keep in mind is that we can use this time productively and not waste it in sleeping or binge watching. Joshua Becker has shared an excellent list of 25 Things to do with your family at his blog Becoming Minimalist. I am sharing the article below. Original article can be found here . I do not really agree with one or two of his points and those have a strike through. My disagreement is mostly personal in nature and readers might or might not agree to it. As with most the world, we’ve been spending a lot more time at home in recent days. It’s important, in these unique times, to redeem the hours and make the most of the moments we have together. There are negative ramifications to the current state of affairs in our world—and you don’t need to see them broadcast in the media, many of you are experiencing them firsthand. But the negative effects of t...

Author and Blogger Mark Manson has this very interesting article on his blog about Self Help Books. In this article he has gone beyond the fluffy, feel-goody, “you can do it!” self-help books out there. he feels (and I agree) that there are far fewer books that take a realistic look at pain, trauma, setbacks, and failures and then honestly discuss how to cope with them in a way that doesn’t make you feel like a cheerleader at a high school pep rally. He has put together list of such self help books which are more gritty and take a raw approach to improving yourself. He claims he also follows the same approach while writing his books. The original article can be found here . In this post I am sharing the books he has listed down in his article. Readers should also check out this original post as at the end of his article he is offering 21 page ebook for free for readers. THE WISDOM OF INSECURITY BY ALAN WATTS The Wisdom of Insercurity  is not Watts’ most fam...