Shrinika Neethi

    Do you have any memories of listening to stories? Well, I have many. When I was a toddler, my mother used to tuck me inside the bed and tell me sweet bedtime stories to put me to sleep.   As I grew a little older, I often used to complain,” Gawd! I’m so booooooooored!”. Just then, my grandmother would sit me down and tell me stories of scary witches and wonderful fairies. When I was in college and lived in the hostel, a few of us girls would get together in the night. We would close all the doors and windows of the room, turn off the lights and burn a single candle. We’d sit around it to tell spine chilling…. teeth chattering stories of ghosts.    Reading novels, watching movies and web series are all fun, no doubt. But to listen to someone narrate a story is a different kind of fun. And that is exactly what we are going to do now, I am going to narrate stories for you from the famous Aesop’s fables. Not 1, not 2 but 4.   About 2600 years ago,...

  Once upon a time in a village, there was a young boy called Amrit; a simple, obedient and helpful boy. He loved flying kites and had agreed to take part in a kite flying competition with his friends. So, he wanted to buy a new kite, a big one with brilliant colors and a flamboyant tail. He broke open his piggy bank, put all the coins in his pocket and went out to the market. As he walked, he was thinking of techniques and tricks to win the competition. His engrossed mind was suddenly assaulted by a powerful aroma…..the aroma from Bittu’s sweet shop.     Bittu was the best Halwai (sweet maker) of their village, the aroma of his sweets spread all over the market; and his fame had spread even farther to the nearby cities from where people come to the village specially to buy his sweets. He was an ambitious man who was happy and proud of his achievement.      Amrit resisted the temptation to buy and eat the sweets because he did not have extra m...

Welcome to the 4th episode of Mythology and Science in which I narrate fantastic stories from Greek and Indian mythology and also explain their scientific implications. Every traditional festival of a land has a story behind it.  When we look beyond the symbolic rituals, we can understand what these stories try to teach us.  Click here to WATCH this content https://youtu.be/ntyry5z9xtU Alright, its story time.  Story  The Greeks speak of 3 worlds – the heavens ruled by Zeus, the Earth ruled by Poseidon and the Underworld ruled by Hades. Zeus is the God of Thunder and rain, one of his many wives is Demeter, the goddess of Agriculture. Through their union was born a beautiful daughter Persephone, the epitome of prosperity. She was always surrounded by flowering plants, fruit bearing trees, dancing butterflies and singing bees.       One day, Persephone and her friends visited a garden on Earth. She sang songs and plucked flowers to decorate her...

  June 1 st  is Narcissistic abuse awareness day and I am posting this video a few days later, but better late than never. To consume this content in video format, click here  https://youtu.be/_EhH221wbl8        Narcissism is a bothersome issue that we are all vulnerable to. Since emotional Intelligence and Adversity          Quotient are imperative for a successful life, talking about Narcissists will help us gain clarity.              Answer the following questions in your mind.          1. Do you find it difficult to make decisions?   2. Are you  anxious or depressed mostly?   3. Do you feel you can do nothing right?   4. Are you disappointed with life?        If you answered yes to all the questions, there probably is a narcissist controlling your thought and action and breaking you down. But they do so with such finess...