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Ah, memories of 2020. Why it’s important to remember our COVID holidays, good or bad
Ah, memories of 2020. Why it’s important to remember our COVID holidays, good or bad Shutterstock Amanda Barnier, Macquarie University In Charles Dickens’ famous 1843 ghost story, A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come. However, we do not need supernatural powers or a ghostly escort to travel in time to holidays past, present and future, at least not in our minds. The ability to remember our past and imagine our future relies on the uniquely human gifts psychologists call retrospective and prospective memory. What memories are we thinking of as we head towards a holiday season unlike…
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Would you do this at home? Why we are more likely to do stupid things on holidays
Would you do this at home? Why we are more likely to do stupid things on holidays http://www.shutterstock.com Denis Tolkach, James Cook University and Stephen Pratt, The University of the South Pacific As the COVID pandemic took hold in March, Ohio’s Brady Sluder went to Miami for spring break, despite urgent calls for people to stay home and socially distance. Interviewed by CBS News, Sluder’s arrogant justfication for his trip went viral. If I get corona, I get corona. At the end of the day, I’m not gonna let it stop me from partying […] about two months we’ve had this trip planned. A week later — now an international…
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Himachal Pradesh: Gurudwara Manikaran & Lord Shiva Temple Story & Handy Guide
जब एक ही स्थान पर एक साथ दो धर्मों के पवित्र और तीर्थ स्थानों के दर्शन हों तो भला किसे नागवारा होगा। हिमाचल के कुल्लू से 35 किलोमीटर दूर और समुद्र तल से लगभग 1760 मीटर की ऊँचाई पर स्थित धर्मिक स्थल मणिकरण ,जहां हिंदुओं के भगवान शिव का प्रसिद्ध मंदिर और सिखों के धार्मिक गुरु गुरु नानकदेव की याद में बना गुरुद्वारा। मणिकरण की खूबसूरती का जिक्र आपको पौराणिक कथाएँ में भी मिलेगा। इसकी खूबसूरती और ख़ासियत दोनों आपको काफी आकर्षक करेंगे। मणिकर्ण अपनी खूबसूरती और धार्मिक स्थल के साथ साथ अपने गर्म पानी के चश्मों के लिए भी काफी प्रसिद्ध है। इस चश्मे के पानी में स्नान करने…
