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Beyond the Hype: A Closer Look at New Zealand

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By Mukesh Devrari Last year, I met a young caucasian Australian girl living in New Zealand, Lily, who was a nurse but fed up with her job. She was upgrading her skills and studying psychology. Her next destination was to become a psychologist. It was not a mean feat to pursue another four-year degree program after a three-year nursing program, particularly in New Zealand, where youngsters are more interested in weed, alcohol, and other recreational drugs to have fun and relax than working or aspiring for more incredible things. What is the source of this contentment? It is not spirituality or enough money for sure. However, I am unsure if money can bring peace and fulfillment to anyone’s life. Yes, one can use the money to buy freedom.  It is not some hidden secret about New Zealand. People are laid back, relaxed, and easy-going, which is a polite way of saying lazy. Nothing can be far from the truth. New Zealanders are generally very hard-working people. They are the worthy inhe...

Is India Too Blind to See Its Own Dirt?

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  By Mukesh Devrari  Benjamin, a British YouTuber, runs a channel named Bald and Baldr, which has more than four million subscribers globally. He is one of the most famous traveling bloggers in the world. He visited India for a short trip and posted a video on 19 September. Riding on his success, he is far more aggressive and contemptuous than he was on his previous trip. He shared his views on the filth, chaos, and low quality of life without mincing any words. His remarks about British rule and things built during their British Raj merely reflected his poor understanding of the evil empire that caused immense suffering to millions of people living in this country.  Indians often don’t realize that they have been lied to about many things since childhood, before visiting abroad. Most Indians believe there is no food like theirs. There is no religion like theirs. There is no country like theirs, there is no weather like theirs, no culture like theirs, there is no democra...