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May27
Anatomy of a tormented teenage mind
I divide myself. I become one-and-a-half people. Half of me for the outside world and the whole of me for myself.
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May20
The unfortunate allergy to equality
I am going to summarise what I have been talking about for the last few weeks.
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May13
‘How’ is more vital than ‘what’
What’s in a tone? The sum total of your past and present, your legacy and heritage, and the shape of your future as well.
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May06
Real power is ‘You over You’
I pause my series on voice control to answer this. All real power is essentially “You over You”.
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Apr29
Discover the power in your voice
Your voice has so much power embedded inside, and you are unable to unleash it. Such a shame.
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Apr22
Be an alpha male inside, a sidekick outside
The alpha male of matinee cinema always has a seductively powerful voice. Try as hard as you can, you can’t detect the slightest shade of fear in it.
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Apr15
Your voice and tone temper fear
Control your voice and rule your world. Actors know this secret, but theirs is an insufficient understanding.
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Apr08
Free yourself of fear before it paralyses you
The smartest people in the world aren’t the ones who made a fortune or got famous or won an election or got seen on TV.
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Mar31
Accept your fears, they will recede
From the time you wake up, tiny ripples of fear ripple across the living waters of your mind, barely visible below the surface.
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Mar25
Master your emotional poise
If you were to grade your emotional poise between struggling, coping and mastery, which would you choose?
Hyderabad-Prayers
Fajar: 4.33 am Zohar: 12.23 pm
Asar: 4.47 pm Maghrib: 6.51 pm
Isha: 8.05 pm
Chennai-
COLUMNISTS
Mani Shankar
Mani Shankar is a film director best known for his Hindi films such as 16 December, Rudraksh, and Tango Charlie.