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A rollercoaster that only goes up

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Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is suppposed to look like, and celebrating it, for everything that it is. Happiness is labelled as a family of emotions including joy, amusement, satisfaction, gratification, euphoria etc.        It is the little things in life that make us feel happy and satisfied. Every step we take in life, every decision we take, is to be happier. In the end, whatever we aspire to become, or the destination we choose to arrive at, is all to be a little happier.                Happiness is subjective in nature. It differs from person to person. Some may find joy at the sight of flowers while some may find happiness in professional success – a rollercoaster that only goes up. The higher the rollercoaster goes, the more terrifying the plunge will be.                     Without small moments of sadness, it isn't possible to achieve happiness. When the hydra of Lerna's head is cut, two more grow back. Just like that when we are

Budgetale

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Announcing the multi-billion dollar farm, infra and healthcare package to revive growth in the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made all of us skip our lunch with her two-and-a-half hour long Budget Speech. As she ran out of steam, similar to our current economic status, the TV channels spent the next 10 hours with panelists telling the world whether it was a good, bad or a maybe budget. I guess the podium is mine now, so shall we?       With no Big Bang, the consent seemed to be that there were lots of “aspirational ideas” (pun intended) to save the nation, but no clarity on where the rupee was coming from; and whether these schemes would be implemented with the efficiency of abolishing Article 370, or of the messy demonetisation conundrum.        The move by which depositors will be insured up to Rs 5 lakh, up from the previous amount of Rs 1 lakh, under the DICGC, in case a bank fails or goes bankrupt, was another major highlight of the budget which is rather comme