Author: Harsh Mendiratta

There are a plenty who talk about people.There are some who talk about deeds.And, then, there are a rather few who talk about life lessons. What category of the people you fall into? This is the biggest question to ponder over as part of this month’s assignment. With the festivities all around us, we will take the month of October

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As soon as we receive a stimulus from our surroundings or memory, thoughts, inspirations and desires arise in our mind. When it happens, often we act after a very quick contemplation. That is, we decide to either fulfill the desire or move on. And this cycle continues throughout our waking hours. While it may not appear that critical, that momentary

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Namaste Kids, Earlier this month, India completed 75 years as an independent nation. We also celebrated this event by dedicating our 2022 Annual Preeti Bhoj to this once-in-a-lifetime event. Continuing on the theme, this month’s article is also going to be on India. This month, you will write on India – My Identity and Pride. Even though we may be

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Namaste Everyone, July is a very special and dear month for Hawan Group: we dedicate this month’s hawan to our parents, by celebrating and worshiping them. We are extremely excited and looking forward to the Parents Day celebration on July 31st. BTW, so what if it is virtual, our feeling are solid and real; so what if it is remote,

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Dear Hawan Kids, Hope all of you are doing fine and ready to have fun on our first in-person Hawan, which we will have after a gap of over two years. And, of course, let’s not forget about the summer picnic that we will have on the same day after the Hawan. As communicated before, this month, you will review

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If I ask you what distinguishes us, the humans, from the rest of the species on the earth, you will likely say it is our ability to learn, act and grow in a single lifetime. We learn, act, analyze, and then adjust and start the process again. We keep whatever is right and drop what is wrong. Following this cycle

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We become what we do. We do what we think. We think about what is in our mind. It is the qualities of information in our mind that determines our fate. If we fill our mind with pure knowledge, there is no stopping us from becoming better, aware, and conscious human beings. With the Vedas being the eternal source of

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Your friend is coming home for the first time, and you need to tell your parents about him/her beforehand. What will you share? You will likely share that person’s name, address, and physical appearance etc. But if that person is your best friend, you will likely talk about that person’s nature, character, and more subtler qualities? You will talk about

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सब सत्यविद्या और जो पदार्थ विद्या से जाने जाते हैं, उन सब का आदि मूल परमेश्वर है God is the efficient cause of all true knowledge and all that is known through knowledge.   As you know, the theme of this year’s assignments is the understanding of the Ten Principles of the Arya Samaj. This month, we will cover the

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Arya Samaj and Swami Dayanand Saraswati   Today, no one argues that the Vedas are the most ancient books of truthful knowledge known to humankind. But, for various reasons, this common knowledge was not so common for quite a long period of time. If one is asked to pick an institution [going as far as the last thousand years] that

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