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Working from home

Working from home is everyone's dream. The same is with me. I take care of FoodPunch's day to day business. FoodPunch has recently got its first office, a 5 mins walk from my home. I do not want to have a seperate cubicle for myself there. The reason, I want to sit and work with my employees. Though I would like to have a small conference room for conducting some confidential discussions and meetings. All these things keeps me excited and I think I will hardly come back home from my office complex. However there is also another side of me, which loves to work from home. I have in the past (also at present) felt that working from home makes me more efficient and also enables me to spend more time working. Hence I decided that I should setup a home office, so that I can work more and more and more and more....... ;) . Now comes the fact on how I am going to (or in true words how I dream of) set up my home office. Well here is the detailed description. First of all I would l

Mahatma Gandhi

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When Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948, he was already a legend. He was born as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 1869 in Gujarat/India. He showed the world that social and political changes can be achieved not only through violence and terror, but also through love and compassion. The tradition of nonviolence (ahimsa) plays an important role in the Indian culture - and its religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Tolerance for other religions, and a vegetarian diet forms an integral part of their lives. Therefore, Gandhi’s love of truth and his commitment to nonviolence are expressions of ancient traditions on the Indian sub-continent. Predominantly, Gandhi tried to realize and eradicate his own shortcomings on his path to self-transformation. He tried to meet all living beings and creations of nature with great respect and humility. He argued and fought for his convictions and aims using nonviolent means, and was always ready to compromise. Gandhi lead India from c