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A world full of gurus!

Guru word is so popular worldwide now that you don’t even have to look it up on Oxford dictionary. Everyone considers themselves to be a guru on one or other thing. Every new beginning starts with us bowing in front of guru and/or chanting the divine mantra of ‘Om Sri Gurubhyo Namaha’. It is a belief that the vibrations that this can bring when practiced with a pious mind is comparable with various other powerful verses and mantras.  A new born baby observes everyone around him/her and learns from all. As he/she grows up, starts acknowledging the parents as a de-facto guru for the role they play in teaching their kids. Most of the religious beliefs across the globe places parents on a pedestal and agree as a guru in many ways. As we keep growing older, we are exposed to a larger world where we learn lot of the things parents don’t want us to learn, from your acquaintances and friends. Most of these friends tend to be older than us in age or exposure to the world. Many of them might...