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Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Friday, April 19, 2024 Rama Navami was celebrated on April 17, 2024 : https://youtu.be/ZHzwBCjQbq0?feature=shared Happy Rama Navami Good Mornig Happy Birthday to all readers having Birthday during this month. Ayurarogyasaukhyam and Best Wishes. Collage Calling https://m.economictimes.com/opinion/speaking-tree/work-or-calling/articleshow/109411101.cms Approach to work : A job, career or a calling? Nice Day M G Warrier Thrissur Pooram Today, April 19, 2024 https://www.youtube.com/live/0gk0R38BFVA?feature=shared A Thought of the week Economic Development and poverty of ideas Revisiting Angus Deaton https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2024/03/Symposium-Rethinking-Economics-Angus-Deaton A different view on economic development. Those students of economics who have 5 minutes to spare can glance through. The purpose of sharing the link is to bring home the point that while quoting celebrities, we often forget that in t

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday, April 14, 2024 Vishu being celebrated today : https://youtu.be/F_y_G9dAPDM?feature=shared Happy Vishu 2024 Good Morning Happy Birthday to all having Birthday during the current week. Ayurarogyasaukhyam and Best Wishes for all. M G Warrier A A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: It's my duty to see that they get the truth; but that's not enough, I've got to put it before them briefly so that they will read it, clearly so that they will understand it, forcibly so that they will appreciate it, picturesquely so that they will remember it, and, above all, accurately so that they may be wisely guided by its light. -Joseph Pulitzer, newspaper publisher (10 Apr 1847-1911) https://images.app.goo.gl/HakfhYycXZn2px2T7 Mrutasanjeevani World Health Day was observed recently. Let's remember the medicinal value of plants in the forests. II I Love Kerala https://youtu.be/1_lGi4oLOV8?feature=shared B Happiness is a State of Mind : Sri Sr

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday, April 7, 2024 Good Morning Happy Birthday to all having Birthday during the current week. Ayurarogyasaukhyam and Best Wishes for all. Last week, some editions Collage carried a note saying that my Blog subscription is being discontinued and the link www.warriersblog.com may soon become inaccessible. As of April 1, 2024, the Blog had views asunder : All time672628 Today952 Yesterday967 This month952 Last month17211 On a suggestion from my son Kiran Warrier, I had a second thought and the website will be live for few more years. I will continue to post new editions of Collage at the Blog. Nice Day M G Warrier A Guddi Padwa : April 9, 2024 https://youtu.be/NYBqUZHaMcE?feature=shared B Collage Books Goat Life : Benjamin Goat Days https://amzn.in/d/gffgf0J Najeeb's dearest wish is to work in the Gulf and earn enough money to send back home. He achieves his dream only to be propelled by a series of incidents, grim and absu

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday, March 31, 2024 Good Morning Due to some unavoidable reasons last week Collage was not shared. Happy Birthday to all having Birthday during the current week. Ayurarogyasaukhyam and Best Wishes for all. Nice Day M G Warrier M 134 Just now glanced through the following article @Speaking Tree : "Lokassamastassukhino Bhavantu" https://www.speakingtree.in/blog/lokah-samastah-sukhino-my-dream-world-depicted-in-a-chant A GrowWithArise https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zeecorporate_growwitharise-ariserewind-activity-7176087619171192832-FAFL My daughter Reshmy Warrier participated in this program. Those of you who know her may like to watch her talking. B Collage Books Memoir of former RBI Governor Duvvuri Subbarao https://www.ptinews.com/story/business/memoir-of-former-rbi-governor-d-subbarao-to-release-on-april-30/1370754 Just a Mercenary?: Notes from My Life and Career https://amzn.in/d/agXSu2q Book overview At the star

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday, March 3, 2024 International Women's Day, 2024 https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article14366.html Good Morning Happy Birthday to all readers having Birthday during this week. Ayurarogyasaukhyam and Best Wishes to all. Post-retirement life : In 1992, I picked up a handbook "The Complete Retirement Guide" by Kerry Boyne from Mattunga roadside. The 170 page booklet contained a wealth of information about retirement planning. Of course, the scenario used to explain things was more relevant to Australia as the booklet was published in that country. Nevertheless I could get a broad idea about the subject. 20 years after retirement I look back with satisfaction that there were not many surprises or shocks as life has progressed on expected lines. Looking around, I find many missing and an equal number suffering from different types of disabilities. This awareness takes me to understanding more about palliative care and geriatric

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday, February 25, 2024 Good Morning As I mentioned recently, Collage is not following any format. I'm sharing a small portion of what I am reading/listening. Happy Birthday to all having Birthday during the current week. Ayurarogyasaukhyam and Best Wishes for all. Nice Day M G Warrier A Obituary* F S Nariman https://mainstreamweekly.net/article14349.html The passing away of Fali S. Nariman is an irreparable loss to legal fraternity, nay liberal voices all over the world. He has been a voice of conscience for Indian Judiciary. He was liberal lion and lived by the principle, and never compromised with it. *Mainstream Weekly. Tribute By Vijaya Kumar, Senior Advocate Supreme Court of India & author of of the book 'The Theory of Basic Structure : Saviour of The Constitution and Democracy’ 🙏 Vishnu Sahasranamam https://www.speakingtree.in/allslides/vishnu-sahasranama-stotra Bhisma Uvaca: Jagat-Prabhum Deva-Devam-Anantam

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday, February 18, 2024 Quotes from Mahabharata Bheeshmastuti : https://youtu.be/qxsYvD52vsk?feature=shared Friends Good Morning Happy Birthday to all readers having Birthday during the week ending Saturday, February 24, 2024. Ayurarogyasaukhyam and Best Wishes to all readers. Nice Day M G Warrier A Collage Valentine's Day Message https://m.economictimes.com/opinion/speaking-tree/the-love-of-your-life/articleshow/107668842.cms "Learn to love yourself first, then, you will be able to love and be loved by the entire world." - RM, the leader of BTS, the Korean seven-member boy band B Collage Poetry : My Soul Is In A Hurry* https://ronvanes.medium.com/my-soul-is-in-a-hurry-836409e86ce4 *Poem shared by Dr T V Surendran, Mananthavady C Collage Books Book on my table : "Santhwana Paricharanam Darshanam Jeevita Dautyam"* By Dr E Divakaran Santhwana Paricharanam https://amzn.eu/d/6d259yX Book Review : https

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday, February 11, 2024 Friends Good Morning Happy Birthday to all readers having Birthday during the period February 11 to 17, 2024. Best Wishes 🙏 Nice Day M G Warrier A Collage Cover Story : RBI Monetary Policy I Monetary Policy Announcement on February 7, 2024 https://m.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=57277 Excerpts : "The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met on 6th, 7th and 8th February, 2024. After a detailed assessment of the evolving macroeconomic and financial developments and the outlook, it decided by a 5 to 1 majority to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50 per cent. Consequently, the standing deposit facility (SDF) rate remains at 6.25 per cent and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 6.75 per cent. The MPC also decided by a majority of 5 out of 6 members to remain focused on withdrawal of accommodation to ensure that inflation progressively aligns to the targe

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Friends Good Morning Happy Birthday to all readers having Birthday during the period February 7 to 10, 2024. Best Wishes 🙏 Nice Day M G Warrier A Collage Cover Story A Good Doctor's Daughter* ©️ Dr. Rajas Deshpande We sat inside her home, not able to speak. It was a Sunday. The doorbell rang. My classmate Siya looked at me, indicating with her eyes to please answer it. Siya had lost her father that early morning. We had just finished the last rites and returned with that feeling of emptiness of life which prevails at such moments. Her father was a successful pediatrician, known for his excellent diagnosis and humanitarian approach. He had passed away at a very early age due to a rare cancer. He had kept working till the day he was admitted. His devastated family was staring at a long dark tunnel. I went and opened the door. “Doctor-saab hai kya? (Is the doctor home?)” asked a man in his thirti

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Thursday, January 25, 2024 Thought of the Day Significance of Ram Temple Ayodhya : Omnipresent Sri Ram - The Economic Times https://m.economictimes.com/opinion/speaking-tree/omnipresent-sri-ram/articleshow/107034983.cms Know More about Ramayanam : https://www.speakingtree.in/allslides/top-lessons-from-the-ramayana/259842 More about January 22, 2024 Function : https://jan-sampark.nic.in/campaigns/2024/23-Jan/PMO/index.html A Midweek Issue Next regular issue of Collage is scheduled for February second week. This midweek edition is just to keep the torch burning. Here's a Speeking Tree link : https://m.economictimes.com/opinion/speaking-tree/believe-you-can/articleshow/107092339.cms If the link opens, edit the content in your mind and try to remember the message in the manner you would like to share with your near and dear ones. M G Warrier B Book Review Kiran Warrier reviewed my book at Amazon. Link : Review on Amazon : Mem

Welcome To Warrier's COLLAGE On Sunday, January 21, 2024 Sadhana Panchakam https://shlokam.org/sadhanapanchakam/ Friends Collage is just an assortment of thoughts. We are not following any rigid pattern in selection of content. So ignore contradictions. Social media service providers are facing issues with regard to messages/links shared by some participants. We are trying to co-operate with them by adhering to some discipline. Nice Day M G Warrier A Collage Life ET : Bliss of Everyday Life Playing Ludo https://m.economictimes.com/opinion/bliss-of-everyday-life/playingludo/articleshow/106997247.cms Game of Ludo : Introduction for those who are not familiar with the game https://www.mastersofgames.com/rules/ludo-rules-instructions-guide.htm#:~:text=Players%20take%20turns%20in%20a,passes%20to%20the%20next%20player B Current Affairs I Economics & Finance Speech by RBI Governor on January 17, 2024 https://m.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_SpeechesView.aspx?Id=14