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Rise of Sea Fall of Nations 

Glaciers Melting!, Ice Bergs or messengers of destruction!, Wet, hot and flooded! and so on. We have been reading these headlines from long now. But, do we know what is happening exactly. Are we aware how is it going to affect us or is it really going to affect us. May be yes – if we live for some more decades, May be No – if we die of some other natural calamity. But for sure it will affect our future generations. We shouldn’t be bothering about that however. What can the future generation do to us? We will not be there to get cursed or killed by them. We have always learnt to live in present and enjoy to the fullest and that is what we are doing.

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HYWWYR (How you write is what you are)
Are you one of those who refrain from giving hand written documents to people for the fear of bad handwriting? Well, in that case here is good news for you. A person with the most beautiful handwriting may not be a beautiful soul. A person with a not so impressive handwriting may possess a sharp mind and a person with nice cursive handwriting might not have a good ATD (Attention to Detail). All that glitters is not gold!
 
But, the question is how can that be possible. It is! Because it is our subconscious brain that makes us write that way. Handwriting is essentially brain writing. Even if you try, you cannot hide what’s going on in your brain while writing. Your handwriting says it all! You still don’t believe me? Ask yourself:
 
  • Is your writing angular or curved?
  • Do you always write ‘school’ with looped Os?
  • Are the As, Os, and Es open at top?
  • Do you cross your Ts in the middle or at the top?
  • ……
You tell me all this and I’ll tell you if you are complacent, extrovert, secretive, and so on. How? Well, as I said, your handwriting says it all. Handwriting is not merely a collection of words, but an expression. Each of us has a unique personality and thus a unique handwriting and signature. Handwriting can be examined for these unique personality traits.
 
Handwriting analysis or Graphology is analysis of handwriting in relation to human psychology. According to Italian graphologist Girolamo Moretti (1879-1963) handwriting in a way allows you to define the individual energy potential as a resultant of all the specific personality traits.
 
Graphology paves the way to identify all the significant personality traits. Through this you can understand the way these traits interact with the object of keeping the self in a sort of inner balance between expression needs (expansion movement) and protection devices (contraction movement).
 
Graphology can be used in a lot fields from a mere hobby of analyzing human behavior to forensic document examination, from employee recruitment to medical diagnosis and graphotherapy, and so on.
 
Sounds interesting, isn’t it? Without making you wait any longer, let me take you on a tour of analyzing, understanding, and interpreting these graphological signs. To begin with, here is the first trait.
 
Curved Handwriting – Altruistic Movements
 
  • Depicts extroversion of a person or social tendency.
  • More the roundness in writing the more adaptive that person is.
  • Depicts not only justifiable resentment but also sensibility and independence and ability of observation.
  • Lack of strength
Look at the sample below:
 
Notice that the writing is round and large.
  • The round and large middle zone shows self-interest and often a disregard for the comfort of others. 
  • The over sizing of ovals and the careless structure of the writing depicts that this personality likes to wallow in luxury.
  • Complacency and a love for comfort and ease are depicted not only in the overly sized middle zone but also in the large space.

I will take you gradually to more detailed and complex ones in subsequent blogs. Stay on till I pen down the next trait…..

 

Parallelism - the key to graceful writing!Have you ever wondered what makes a sentence beautiful? What makes it memorable? Recall the famous quote by John F. Kennedy, which says, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Isn’t it graceful? It leaves an impression in one’s mind. What is so special about this sentence? The meaning behind of course is beautiful. Had it been written differently, it would have meant the same, isn’t it? For example – “What you can do for the country is an important question to ask rather than to ask what your country can do for you”. Alternatively, it could have been, “Ask yourself, what you can do for the country, instead of asking what your country can do or you”. But, these sound so casual, unimpressive, and sometimes awkward too.
 
The principle applied for impressive writing is balance and consistency. These elements lend grace to the sentence and leave a mark in readers’ mind. 
 
Parallelism is a grammatical balance of sentence elements.
 
Eloquent speakers like Martin Luther King, Jr, Abraham Lincoln and many more, used parallel constructions in their speeches. This helped them create suspense. Besides offering beauty and grace, parallelism:
  • creates smooth flow
  • puts emphasis on points
  • brings conciseness
 
Elements with same function or with similar ideas should be grammatically parallel. Parallelism has no specific area of application. Words, phrases, or a series of sentences within a paragraph can be parallel. Even a paragraph can parallel another paragraph. The thumb rule to be kept in mind is to ‘match apple with apple’.
 
You will find the need for parallelism in different scenarios, such as:

 

Both A and B
A, B, and C
Not A but B
Not only A but also B
Neither A nor B
Either A or B
A, B or C

 
 Read on to discover some tips that will help you avoid flawed parallelism.
 
  • Group similar ideas and items together
Example
Incorrect: I felt that the cell phone was heavy, poorly designed and was too expensive.
Correct: Sam picked up his bag, phone, and notebook.
 
  • Balance nouns with nouns, clause with clause
Example
Incorrect: Democracy demands responsibility, whereas obedience is an important factor in tyranny.
Correct: Democracy demands responsibility, whereas tyranny demands obedience.
 
  • Give similar grammatical structure to clauses joined by conjunctions
Example
Incorrect: Paul asked me to review my article and that I should pay close attention to parallel structures.
Correct: Paul asked me to review my article and to pay close attention to parallel structures.
 
  • Place verbs, articles and prepositions carefully
Example
Incorrect: My dietician not only told how to lose weight but also how to avoid weight regain.
Correct: My dietician told not only how to lose weight but also how to avoid weight regain.
 
  • Use sentence of equal length in lists (bulleted or numbered points)
 
  • Use similar form of words in a list
Example
Incorrect: I like writing, singing, and to write articles.
Correct: I like writing, singing, and writing articles.
 
  • Include article or preposition (if same for all) just in first or in all items of list
Example
Incorrect: I went to work, a bookshop and the movies.
Correct: I went to work, to bookshop and to the movies. Alternatively, I went to work, bookshop, and the movies.
 
 
Remember, excess of everything is bad. Ensure that you don’t lose the intent of the sentence while making it parallel.
 
Apply parallelism - write intense with the right intent!
 
Note: As a test to your learning, check where I have broken the rule of parallelism in this article. Simple yet interesting, isn’t it?


Daddy's GalBeing the eldest daughter of my parents, I enjoyed all cosseting as a kid. Although, not after my sweet siblings took birth (I used to snatch their share of chocolates and pastries  very wicked of me, I know ). Every evening I used to hold hands of my Mom and Dad, and walk up to the ice-cream parlor with my little feet.

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Man in disguise“Man in disguise”, “ Macho woman”, “Don”, “ Member of guys gang” ....and a lot more.....these are the tags that my friends (specially male friends) associate with me. And I used to feel good when these friends confided in me. I often asked these friends of mine - why are u telling this to me? Aren’t you afraid that I might tell this to my female friends?

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Love Relationships 4 Stories 1 End
 
People generally ask me Bhanu why you hate love. Why are you so rude? Why so much hatred for love relationships? Here, I have tried to justify my hatred for love....citing few of the real stories I have seen in my life.....these stories are of my closest friends.....I have seen them suffering...crying.....have a look why....

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Personal vs Professional LifeIn the goal-no goal race that each of us is running today, we have our set priorities.  Some of us spend most of our time at work place striving hard and harder to sustain the competition. The others have their private lives at priority. It is better for those involved in either of professional or a private life. But that would be an imaginary situation to talk about. Most if not all of us often get bogged down when dealing with professional and private lives simultaneously. It becomes the trickiest situation in life.

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Experiences vs Memories
We always run after happiness. Today, life has become so hectic that everyone is running - some after a defined goal, others in search of that goal. There is yet another specie – running with no goal. They see everybody else running, therefore run to follow and find out why others are running ;) It is often advised that you should celebrate small occasions in life. Why? Just to pep up your life man!!!! To get a break from the goal/no-goal race! To create sweet memories you can cherish, may be when you are retired. Coz otherwise people don’t have time to look back these days ;) But, sometimes I wonder what is more important the actual experiences, or the memories that remain after the experience is over. Is one hour spent with your friends on a weekend is enjoyable than the sweet memories one would carry for the next weekend if not the remaining life? J Is one day spent at an NGO with kids is more pleasurable than the moments of life when you feel satisfied looking back on the good moments you gave to those kids. I wonder what drives us to attain happiness, the momentary contentment or the memories to cherish. Leave apart one day, what if this time span is of a week, a month or a complete year? What if you could spend one year in perfect happiness but afterward would remember nothing of the experience would you do so? If not, why not?
It is all about style!
Technical documentation, a trend that appeared First World War on, started with the initial need for documentation in military, electronics, aerospace and manufacturing industries. The legacy of the discipline, however, has carried through and is apparently used in all industries today. No industry and no business, for that matter, move a step without documentation. Along its path towards making a star appearance in all industries, giving them an exponential growth, it has continuously undergone constructive changes.  

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Net --> Normal Friends - Journey AbridgedFriends – everybody’s life line I guess. At least for me, they have been, they are and will continue to be. Of all the relations known to me, friendship is one that I have always cherished and relished. May be even more than the relationship with my immediate family members. Relatives - I never gave a damn ever....I still don’t and don’t foresee such gesture from my side in the near future. In the past 24 years of my life, I met innumerous people. Although, I have never been a part of big gang – credit goes to my reserve nature (read skeptical and choosy), but I always had the best of friends. I believe in quality and not quantity!

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I am a quintessential gal in mid 20's. I have my own opinions, beliefs and perceptions for everything in this world. Nevertheless, change is what drives me to form these :) Quest is another cynosure in my life. I like reading ONLY crisp and snappy stuff, eventhough I myself sometimes write prolix. Well I read them to get inspired ;). Here @ Esoteric Allusions I intend to write on arcane matters (No offences intended)

 

 

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I am a quintessential gal in mid 20's. I have my own opinions, beliefs and perceptions for everything in this world. Nevertheless, change is what drives me to form these :) Quest is another cynosure in my life. I like reading ONLY crisp and snappy stuff, eventhough I myself sometimes write prolix. Well I read them to get inspired ;). Here @ Esoteric Allusions I intend to write on arcane matters (No offences intended)

 

 



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