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Are wolves cunning?

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We see lions and tigers in circus, have we ever seen a wolf? They don't submit to authority, do they? Literature and popular fiction characterises villains as wolves. But then there are lone wolves too. Clint Eastwood's characters are known as lone wolves. Interpreting wolf depends on how one interprets Sakuni, the infamous Mahabharata character. Being cunning, depends on circumstances and one's goals. RAW, KGB, CIA all these have cunningness in their DNA. Are they good? The words - clever, intelligent, brilliant, cunning are the same. Both are two sides of the same coin. Its all in the eyes of the beholder. Amirtham and Alakaala visham came out from the same paarkadal. India considers the 1971 victory as clever and valorous while Pakistan considers the same as a cunning victory. Why wolves are not in circus? Wolves are difficult to train and more difficult to sustain the training. They are intelligent than dogs, sensitive to the surrounding stimuli  and ...

Puranas - Exploring Psychology of men and women

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The two jokes below have been recycled many times in social networks. Still they don't bore you, do they? Always brings a smile to your face. However the underlying theme has been explored beautifully long ago in Hindu Puranas. Joke 1 Wife's Diary: Tonight, I thought my husband was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a nice restaurant for dinner. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment on it. Conversation wasn't flowing, so I suggested that we go somewhere quiet so we could talk. He agreed, but he didn't say much. I asked him what was wrong; He said, 'Nothing.' I asked him if it was my fault that he was upset. He said he wasn't upset, that it had nothing to do with me, and not to worry about it. On the way home, I told him that I loved him. He smiled slightly, and kept driving. I can't explain his behavior. I don't know why he didn't say, ...