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Best Five Covers Part-1

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These are the best five covers of the songs. 5. Marina Rolling in the deep 4. Ohintenger.D - "Halo" 3. Alexander - Leaving On A Jet Plane  2. "Say It To Me Now" (London Cast of Once) 1. Pjerino Ružević: "Stay With Me"  

Avtaars (Story of modern Gods) Chapter - 7

Read the previous chapter here... Varuna(job, manager of rains) returns home and finds Mitra(job, make friends) partying hard, he goes quietly into his room and takes out his mobile, starts checking the weather reports and after few minutes Mitra walks in. Mitra: How are you, brother? Varuna: How is your friend? Mitra: Which one? Varuna: The one you took to Ashvins(job, healer of gods) . Mitra: He is recovering, you know the Ashvins they can handle anything. Varuna: Not everything. Mitra: Leave that, they were asking me about our savior. Varuna: And? Mitra: Did you learn something new about it? Varuna: Yes. Mitra: And? Varuna: I'll tell you on one condition, no more friends to go see Ashvins. Mitra: you know I cannot accept that condition, let's make a deal Varuna: You always have something up your sleeve, don't you, what's it this time? Mitra: Do you wanna meet Pushan(job, god of meetings) ? Varuna: You kidding me you gonna set up a meeting with th...

Avtaars (Story of modern Gods) Chapter - 6

Read the previous chapter here... Badaveyau and  Abdhijau (also known as Ashvins, job,"Healer of the Gods") get set, ready go. Both of them start running a 100m race, competition is tough, at one-time Badaveyau is in front the next Abdhijau and Abdhijau win the race. They hear the clap sounds, it is Mitra(job, make friends) . Mitra: Wow great job, Abdhijau and you too Badaveyau. Ashvins together (Sighs): Oh no, not him again, Varuna(job, manages rains) , why can't you control him. Mitra, as he walk's closer to the track. Mitra: That was a great race, now how about some refreshments and he takes two bottles out of his backpack which he is carrying and gives it to them, there is an Ohm sign on the bottles. Both take the drink. Abdhijau: What do you want Mitra. Badaveyau: You know what he wants, one of his friends is sick again, isn't it Mitra. Mitra: Now now, we all are friends, if you are ever in need of anything you can ask me. Badaveyau: Come to the p...

Best Creativity Videos from Ted Talks

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I've been searching various creative videos and articles to give a presentation on creativity in my company and I found out these resources, hope it is helpful...Opening joke, my legs are tired, because I've come to this place, I've actually come on the bike, but on the backstory is that I've not walked so my legs cannot be tired. 1) The surprising habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant (Ted Talk) The points that I took from my presentation : Comparing the failure rates of creators(who created the market) and improvers(who improved on the ideas of the creators) 47% failure rate for creators and 8% failure rate for improvers. For example, Facebook came after MySpace and Friendster Google came after Yahoo and Altavista. Finishing quote "To be original you do not have to be first, you have to be different and better" 2) Creative thinking - how to get out of the box and generate ideas: Giovanni Corazza at TEDxRoma Convergent and divergent...

Avtaars (Story of modern Gods) Chapter - 5

Read the previous chapter here... Tvastar(job “creator of mystical devices”) seeing Varuna(job, manages rains) takes out a small rounded piece of an instrument and put it in his nose. Varuna: Please do not start with your nonsense Tvastar, I am already mad at you. Tvastar only moves his lips and voice of Hyena laugh comes out and after that why what happened in a normal voice. Varuna: Stop it Tvastar, stop playing with one of your devices. Tvastar does the same but this time a mixture of horses neigh and grasshoppers chirp comes out and then distorted sound of why what happened. Tvastar quickly removes the device from his nose, and says, I created this for Aranyani(job, manages the forests and the animals that dwell within them) as a gift but she refused it. Varuna: Oh, sorry about that. Tvastar: Nevermind, it just needs some tweaking and it will function properly, I’ll also bring out an aquatic version out and then a bird version and then aliens version… Var...

Avtaars (Story of modern Gods) Chapter - 4

Read the previous chapter here... Ira(job, manages music) , enters the shop which looks like a normal electronics repair shop, there is Tvastar(job “creator of mystical of devices”) looking into a microscope type device which is different in appearance than an ordinary microscope. As Ira enters, the bell on the door rings, Tvastar looks above a little and while doing what he is doing, speaks. Tvastar: Just give me a second. Ira: What are you working on? Tvastar: It’s a watch which adjusts its time according to the place, whether you are in America, India or Australia. Ira: Is it for Pushan(job, God of meetings)? Tvastar: You guessed it. Tvastar finishes what he was doing and asks Ira, Tvastar: What can I help you with? Ira: I am looking for a special bansuri. Tvastar: It has to be special if you came to me for a musical instrument, I’ve got something you might like. Tvastar goes in the back and takes out a box, blows the dust of the box and brings it to th...

Avtaars (Story of modern Gods) Chapter - 3

Read the previous chapter here... A street musician with a guitar and a box in front of him filled with coins and keeps filling up as more and more people pass by, a beggar kid passes by and sees his cup which has two small coins, than he looks in the box of the musician, he gets amazed by seeing that it is almost filled with money. The kid runs to his home, to his broken trunk, he opens it and takes out the photo of goddess Saraswati, apparently, he only has this single photo of god which he found from somewhere. He joins his hand in the Namaste position and closes his eyes and in his mind thinks. Kid: lord, please listen to my prayer, provide me with a guitar so that I can feed myself. Few days pass by, the kid is sitting in his usual spot and begging for the few coins so that he can go and eat something but in vain. A man comes with a gift in his hand and throws away it in the trash can, with curiosity, the kid is watching him, after the man leaves he picks up the gif...