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Dear Wordle I start each morning with frustration… Wordle , a web-based word game has wormed its way into the hearts of players around the world. It was developed by a programmer, Josh Wardle, who named the game Wordle — a twist on his surname. Like the best of things, Wordle was  made with love . Wardle invented the game to play with his partner. In mid-October 2021, Wardle made it public. It became a viral sensation on Twitter towards the end of 2021 when Wardle added an option to share results on social media with a coloured grid that doesn’t spoil the game for others. According to data provided by Twitter , since Wardle released the game in November 2021, there have been 1.7 million tweets mentioning "Wordle" globally. On January 31, 2022, The New York Times Company , the parent of The New York Times, acquired Wordle from Wardle for "an undisclosed price in the low seven figures." The Times stated the game would initially remain free to new and existing users ...

                                 The mystics have compared a man to a ladder. The ladder can be used for two things: You can use it to go upward, and you can use it to go downwards. You use the same ladder for both purposes, only your direction changes. The ladder is the same but the result will be totally different.               The man is a ladder between heaven and hell. That's why it is only human beings who repress, who manipulate, who kill, who try to conquer the natural flow of nature. Only human beings are stupid, And that is because they can be buddhas. Because human beings have intelligence, that's why they can be stupid. Stupidity does not mean the absence of intelligence, It simply means you have not used it. If there is no intelligence, you cannot call a human being stupid.              ...

What we know from history and psychology is that creativity and innovation arise in the time of the crisis. As we know that  "Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working."                Covid-19 has been one of the biggest worldwide crises that have shaken the world immensely. According to the experts' predictions, people might have to alter their lifestyles to adapt to this crisis. Having said that, it is important to feed your creative mind and find inspiration during a crisis. But how do you do that? Here, I have shared a few points to make our mindset creative and innovative :) 1. Write down your expectations: Often, we have many ideas but it becomes hard to narrow them down and get to the starting points. So, what works best is writing down our expectations and thoughts on a piece of paper. It helps us to gain clarity and focus on the target. 2. Don't aim for perfection right away: We want to be perfect at something from the st...

Art of Portrait      In today's fast-paced world we don't have time to cultivate our passion. Hence our art is suppressed from within. Today I am going to show some of my artwork through this blog. When I was in elementary school, I used to participate in a lot of drawing competitions. But then while studying in high school, I had to choose between study or art and I chose to study. I never sketched or painted after that. But when I got admission in Engineering, I met friends in Walchand College who juggle well between their studies and passion. In 2019 I started drawing portrait pencil sketches. And slowly made progress in it.  Style: White pencil on black paper using Glass marking white pencil. This is the sketch I did in February 2020 on the auspicious occasion of the birth anniversary of the Great Maratha Emperor, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.  As grid can not be used in this sketch. This sketch is done using the reference of edges of the paper. Once the pe...