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Apple has 3 times more net worth than Microsoft. But people say Microsoft is more successful than Apple. Why?When we compare Windows and Mac OS, the former has more features and windows get updated every year. They add new features, remove some old and finalize the features with every release. Apple's OS X hasn't changed much for the past several years.When it comes to Microsoft's Cortana, it has more features than Apple's Siri and is more versatile.Keeping the technology apart, the Microsoft has diverse revenue lines and comparatively the company with higher net profit is Microsoft.All these factors say that ... Read More

Indian History is known worldwide for its diversity and India as land is considered to be the melting pot of different cultures. The colonization of the country by the British rulers in Modern Indian History has left one of the biggest impacts in the country in the dimensions of Politics, Society, Economics, and Culture. Partition of India is one such example.It is important for each and every citizen of India to understand the causes and reason for the establishment of the British Rule in India for over three centuries till the country was freed from its clutches due to the ... Read More

There is no denial of the fact the social relationships in the 21st century undergo a lot of strain and stress. But the depressing part is that the pure relationship of a parent and child has become the victim of turmoil and today many children consider their old parents as a liability. Their parents become a burden in financial, economic, social and psychological sense for the children.Do Not Have Time for SelfThe children today are extremely career oriented people. They spend a lot of time in their offices or maintaining business relations through clubs and social gatherings. The work culture ... Read More

The Parliamentary system in India is an extension of the colonial legacy. Unlike the US government, the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers who form the Executive wing of the government are an integral part of the Legislature. This implies that they have to be the Members of Parliament. The Government is formed by the political party, which forms the majority in the Lok Sabha i.e. above 272 seats.After every election, a confidence motion is passed on the floor of the Parliament and every ruling party has to pass this test. Let's understand an important mechanism of a no-confidence ... Read More

Work experience in a particular field and mostly specializing in a particular wing is considered to be an asset today considering the fact that field level experience develops a major quantum of skill in a person as against mere degrees or educational qualifications. After reaching a certain point in your career and gaining sufficient work experience, an employee has a desire to switch their job profiles due to better prospects.At times like these experienced people are often in dilemma on the work profile of the company i.e. whether to take a senior position in a start-up or mid-position in a ... Read More

Great leaders and entrepreneurs from Bill Gates to Steve Jobs, from Winston Churchill to Mahatma Gandhi had the courage to dream something. Every great movement in history has the dream and vision of these personalities recorded.Dreams can be understood as aspirations and ambitions of a person to achieve a target or a goal in life for at an individual level or for a social cause. To achieve success in true spirit in your life, dreams play a very significant role. It can be understood by the following points -Give Momentum To the LifeDreams help an individual get a purpose in ... Read More

Emotional Intelligence (EQ or EI) is the ability of a person to recognize, understand and manage his own emotions and also of others. This means a person has to be aware of all his negative or positive emotions and also the emotions of others.This is one of the key skills required to manage and improve your relationships. It is also proven that emotional intelligence does not depend on academic aptitude. EI need not be proportional to IQ. Many people may have very low IQ but may be very good at maintaining relations.As per Mr. Daniel Goleman, the author of the ... Read More

The Happiness Planner / Journal is a planner designed to help you make a habit of listing down the events of our life which give us happiness. It can help us in embracing the power of positive thinking, gratitude, and thanking for the positive events of your life. The Happiness journal helps us to increase positive attitude towards life and fills us with self-awareness and feeling contended from within.A happiness journal is a record of the things that make you happy every day, it is like a list of things that made you happy today or yesterday or day before ... Read More

In the era of Super Smartphones and jet speed internet, it is difficult to imagine how people used to send messages to each other from one corner of the world to another.The earlier courier services in the world date back to Roman Empire run by Augustus in the 1st century itself. We can imagine those services would take days and months to be handed over on road and water by a special messenger personally handing over the message.Imagine a message reaching after 132 years!!!Recently a message was found inside of a bottle on an Australian beach, which is dating back ... Read More

The World Happiness Report enlists the happy countries for the year 2018. The Global Happiness Index of a country is based on several factors like life expectancy, social support, corruption, and accommodating the nonresidents.And can you imagine which country tops the list? The cold and dark, eternally snow-covered small country in northern Europe with 5.5 million Population. You are right ... FINLAND!!This year Finland has overtaken Norway to become the happiest nation on earth followed by Denmark and Iceland.Finland, according to the Happiness Research Institute " is doing something right in terms of creating good conditions for good lives".John Helliwell, ... Read More