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Very similar experience.

I had to preempt the word and then either imagine a synonym or add a long vowel as a launching pad ...."Oh! Blackboard"

Where in New Delhi?

Those are not lines from hindi novels, rather translations of the lines from the novels, as cited by GP above.

"All their equipment and instruments are alive." as "उनके सभी औज़ार और उपकरण किसी ना किसी स्वरूप में ज़िंदा हैं"

>> Nepal had passed its new constitution, which favored closer ties with China over India

Nepal passed the constitution barring a large section of its own population (Madehsis et al) from participation in the government function.

This has been the bone of contention. The barred ones are culturally tied to Indian state of Bihar, almost to the extent of having common identities.

There were violent protests in southern Nepal, and slowly the situation got out of control for Nepal government to handle. The same protesters were blocking the major connecting roads from the Nepalese side of border. While on the Indian side there were long queues of trucks lined up.

It is rumored that Indian government helped orchestrating these protests, just as much as it is rumored that Chinese government influenced to keep the Madhesis out.

But at the end of day a that constitution is certainly failing in many aspects.

One may get bored while doing something but still have to do it (like the regular job at hand) One can not simply think about anything else, or switch to introspection because one need to concentrate (even boring work needs attention).

Boredom thus could be a symptom, an alarm (get a better job !!!)

>>I prefer the ancient Hindu philosophical counterpart.

Actually there is no one counterpart, It is a spectrum. At one end we have the likes of Advait folks who reduce everything to an Absolute devoid of any quality, while at the other end we have the Bhakti folks who are happy chanting praises at the feet of their beloved Supreme with all qualities.

And in some other languages like Arabic, Persian, Urdu the absence of word divider is compensated with multiple forms of every alphabet.

So at most every alphabet can have 4 forms, depending upon its position in the word: start, middle, end and standalone (but there are caveats)

Also in these languages usual punctuation marks are inverted like question mark, comma is drawn the other way round

After a while one gets used to it.

Description for Tesorio, mentions Tenant Turner

This particular government scheme is now under criticism and proposed overhaul, which includes shifting the focus away from dig-and-fill kind of activities to more permanent ones.

>> the caste system that provides separation (even tint of skin can)

are you suggesting that caste system is related to skin color?

>>Often you are just screwed if you don't belong to your manager's state, or don't speak his mother tongue.

This is a typical South India problem. Not to say that North would be a fair game for south indians but it is still not that harsh from what I have seen.

People do try to get in a comfortable group based on common factors and Language in India is a great factor.