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Revolting Happenings

The moment you are overwhelmed with love for kinsmen, it shouldn't be necessarily acted upon. The fact that a lavished love can spell doom to your tranquil surroundings or barter peace for their ends can very much be on the cards. There are many noted examples of such behaviour among kinsmen of renowned and famed people. There was one celebrated poet known for his prowess in the vernacular language. His ancestors yielded to their heart's desire. They welcomed many kinsmen with their families to live in their palatial house. Slowly, things started deteriorating and the peace in their house was gone. Many metaphysical happenings too impeded  the house owner's family's success and health. Had they been vigilant before, the debacle in their family's fortune would be averted. The brazenness made sure that the celebrated person's work too was affected- though for periodic bouts. Be accommodating to your kin, but there needs to be a limit. Never cross limits and bri...

Intellectual Loneliness

Intellectual loneliness is a term that has got a few people to its task. It can be defined as any loneliness of thought or result of actions pertaining to a person's intellectual prowess. The person can be mired in doubts about his success or profundity of them and tend to make his actions like yielding to his muse, mellow. Though this can be seen in his literary works, there can be no great deviation from their quality in the foreground. A large part of this could be seen in the works of the famous poet, Rabindranath Tagore. He was known for his keen intellect and bogged down by this loneliness but never stopped yielding to his muse. He even likened his muse to a divine inspiration. His spiritual thoughts aside, the intellectual loneliness was found in his stand on various issues relating to our country in his time. Among many, the few issues were nationalism that was taking root in India. Even his alienation from the extremist viewpoint during the freedom struggle was oppose...