I was dumbfounded when one of my teachers said that happiness can be measured. How can something as abstract as happiness be measured? I wondered. Even if it could be what will be our measuring rod? The happiness I talk about is fast disappearing from the world. Happiness, that excited, elated state of mind that sends our spirits soaring, has almost been rooted out of existence through misguided human efforts to achieve the same. The very notion of happiness seems to have undergone a radical shift. How many people are living with dignity and integrity, if... 

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Two men, one American and one Nepali were sitting in a bar drinking shot after shot. The Nepalese man said to the American, ‘You know my parents are forcing me to get married to this so called homely girl from a village whom I haven’t even met once.’ We call this arranged marriage. I don’t want to marry a woman whom I don’t love… I told them that openly and now have a hell lot of family problems.’ The American said, talking about love marriages… I’ll tell you my story. I married a widow whom I deeply... 

Arthur Ashe, the legendary Wimbledon player was dying of AIDS which he got due to infected blood he received during a heart surgery in 1983. From world over, he received letters from his fans, one of which conveyed: “Why does GOD have to select you for such a bad disease”? To this Arthur Ashe replied: “The world over — 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, when...