Tag: magic

The magic and meaning of palindromes

Rajesh Kumar Thakur
A palindrome is a number, word, or sentence that reads the same forwards and backwards. Apart from generating interest and curiosity in readers, palindromes might serve another purpose. Thakur writes that palindromic numbers are seen as symbols of balance and duality, with significance in ancient Chinese, Hindu, and Greek beliefs.

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Like finding pieces of your soul: Books and the magic of rereading

Achala Upendran
When the number of books is so many that even if you spent a lifetime reading, you will not be able to read them all, why is it that some of us read the same books over and over again? Every time we re-read a book that has touched us, we meet a little piece of ourselves that we left behind in its pages and become whole again.

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