Smile to Spread Smiles!

It is always a pleasure to revisit old novels by our favorite author, with fragrance of old yellow pages, memories recalling emotions of reading it for first time with Oxford dictionary and now reading it again with some experience gained. I reached the page which changed my perspective on ‘Death’. What emotion does this word evokes in you? Anxiety, Terror, Sorrow or Peace? Paulo Coelho has written in his international best seller book- The Pilgrimage- ‘ Still, being fragile creatures, humans always try to hide from themselves the certainty that they will die. They do not see that it is death itself that motivates them to do the best things in their lives. They are afraid to step into the dark, afraid of the unknown, and their only way of conquering fear is to ignore the fact that their days are numbered. They do not see that with awareness of death, they would be able to even more daring, to go much further in their daily conquests, because then they would have not...

                                                                                                          Photograph by: Arpita Pal Best part of reading tarot cards is to depict someone’s personality whilst mind-body-soul spread reading. It becomes more interesting when someone’s mind or soul is represented by minor arcana card- ‘the five of swords’. Based on my reading experience, I get 3 out 5 persons having ‘five of swords’ traits. The picture portraying this card is self-explanatory, a man smiling at his opponents who have accepted their defeat. His smile is a showcase of his pride to win not a physical but mental battle. Yes, we are talking about his victory over an argument. He seems to be satisfied b...