Journal of life
Hosted by Siddhartha Jha, Journal of life is an attempt to shed light on the various unspoken issues of our daily living. Siddhartha, a life coach by profession is a keen spiritual seeker and a life skills trainer but most importantly, he is a student of life. Thus, he wishes to share what he has gathered in his number of years of experience training individuals of various age groups.
Episodes
August 22, 2020 • 21 mins
Heart-Break is one feeling that most of us share mutually. A failed relationship, unfulfilled love, breakups, unrequited feelings all of these are common to everyone. We expect the life and the relationship to go a certain way. But even though we try and do the best possible thing, it does not necessarily turn out to be the way we wanted them too. This happens quite often in the case of unfulfilled love, unrequited love, heart brea...
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August 16, 2020 • 24 mins
A teenager, a young person has a very impressionable mind. When he comes out of the protective cocoon that his parents provide him with, he witnesses the real world and it's colors for the first time. He gets attracted by a lot of things, inspired by a lot of thing. This is the point at which he makes his idols, heroes. People who aspire us, Inspire us. And this happens more so with the evolution of internet.
But, have we ever won...
But, have we ever won...
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August 8, 2020 • 22 mins
5th August was indeed a historic day. As a result of probably the most controversial decision in this century for India, the Ram-Mandir construction began. But so began, the endless chatter around the decision. The country has been literally divided into two factions. One of them in outright support of the decision and the construction of the temple in Ayodhya, and the other one, the smaller, claiming this decision to be unfair, an...
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August 1, 2020 • 18 mins
We have all been taught various things since childhood. Violence is bad, love is good, to be kind, polite, respecting, truthful etc. A child learns them earnestly, but when he grows up, he finds that the world operates in grey and not black & white. Whatever he had learnt so far, is in reality of very little or no use in the world. As a result, more or less, all of us remain confused throughout our lives on the delineation between...
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July 25, 2020 • 20 mins
Of late, there has been a surge in a common consensus when it comes to mental health. People often say that one should not suppress his/her emotions. One should talk to people, express what they have in their hearts. But is this consensus entirely true?
Expression means saying or doing what comes to our mind. We live in a society, we are a part of a society. Invariably, we feel the need to express ourselves. Besides, there has been...
Expression means saying or doing what comes to our mind. We live in a society, we are a part of a society. Invariably, we feel the need to express ourselves. Besides, there has been...
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July 18, 2020 • 19 mins
We've all heard of the epic romances, the eternal love tales. From Shirin-Fariyad to Laila-Majnu; from Heer-Ranjha & Mirza-Sahiba to Romeo-Juliet. All these eternal love stories have been passed on from generations. Have we ever noticed that these stories have a great deal in common? Have we ever sought to seek, what they intend to teach us or are they mere stories to be read, for us?
From Bulleh Shah to Mira Bai in the east to Khay...
From Bulleh Shah to Mira Bai in the east to Khay...
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July 11, 2020 • 20 mins
All of us irrespective of our caste, creed, background go through very similar problems in our lives in most of the cases. Difficulty in trusting people can easily be said to be one of those problems.
Our lives includes a number of people, family, friends, colleagues, neighbours etc. We have a relationship with each of them. We expect them to be a certain way but they eventually don't. This makes us feel stupid of ourselves for trus...
Our lives includes a number of people, family, friends, colleagues, neighbours etc. We have a relationship with each of them. We expect them to be a certain way but they eventually don't. This makes us feel stupid of ourselves for trus...
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July 4, 2020 • 26 mins
A child's birth is a golden opportunity; a blessing in disguise! An opportunity for the parents, the guardians to grow up with the kid. At first, the child requires support physically and emotionally. But is that all? Is that what parenting is all about and limited to? Is there something more that is required? What is it that needs to be taught to a kid to ensure his life remains full, complete and devoid of confusions and dilemmas...
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June 27, 2020 • 21 mins
Ever wondered, what is beauty fundamentally? When we say, "He/She is beautiful", who do we refer to? Or what do we refer to? Is it the clothes, the make up, the skin colour, the body parts or is it something more? What is the significance of being beautiful in this world? How is it decided that someone is superior or inferior on the basis of how they look? Is there an absolute parameter possible for beauty?
How could one get exploit...
How could one get exploit...
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June 20, 2020 • 19 mins
On 14th June, 2020, the nation, rather, the world lost a gem, named Sushant Singh Rajput. The actor committed suicide spawning humungous conversations about mental health. There have been numerous conjectures about how the nexus created within the Indian Film Industry ostracised him and eventually coerced him to commit suicide. People have been talking a lot about mental health, its importance and how he should have chosen to talk ...
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June 13, 2020 • 17 mins
Loneliness is something that we all encounter daily, without fail. Isn't this what we all are in one or the other way: Lonely!? There is probably no one in this world, who doesn't feel lonely. We run from it, deny it, fight it and yet, it's still there lurking there, somewhere! Is it a disease? If yes, does this dis-ease have a remedy?
Ever wondered what is love at its core? What is love fundamentally? A lonely mind is always in lov...
Ever wondered what is love at its core? What is love fundamentally? A lonely mind is always in lov...
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June 7, 2020 • 16 mins
History of a culture, a country as a whole has a lot of importance. The incidents or happenings of the past shape up an individual or a country as a whole in the future. This episode talks about how the history of India has shaped up Indians on an individual level. Despite of gaining political independence in 1947, are we still succumbing to the ways in which we were dominated in the pre-independence era? Does freedom imply just p...
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May 30, 2020 • 15 mins
There is family, there are friends and then, there are friends that become family. Possibly the purest relationship that one can have in his life, friendship is an integral part of our lives. But, how to choose friends wisely? Who is a real friend? What is friendship? How do we know which friendship to choose? This episode will also talk about how can we improve our friendships, have a better and honest connection with people aroun...
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May 24, 2020 • 24 mins
Freedom: Is it a commodity? Is it something to be achieved? How much freedom should be given and to who deserves to get freedom? What have we done with the freedom we have got in our lives and as a society collectively!? Many more pertinent questions like these that we don't find people asking around us, primarily because we think rather we believe that we already know the answer to these questions. Here is an attempt to provide a ...
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