Napoleon was known for abruptly ending conversations by simply walking away whenever he lost interest.
Napoleon was famous for his restless energy, impatience, and relentless work ethic.
As First Consul and later Emperor, he involved himself in nearly every aspect of government, from military strategy and diplomacy to taxation, infrastructure, and official appointments. His surviving correspondence alone contains more than 40,500 letters.
His working style reflected that intensity. He met with ministers, ambassadors, generals, and aides throughout the day, sometimes finishing lunch in barely 15 minutes. He could spend hours dictating letters and occasionally worked on several subjects simultaneously, with multiple secretaries taking dictation.
This helps explain his reputation for abruptness. Napoleon expected those around him to keep up with his pace, and meetings were often focused on gathering information and issuing orders rather than engaging in leisurely conversation.
It was reported that after watching Satyajit Ray's "Pather Panchali" (1955) at the Cannes Film Festival, François Truffaut said, "I don't want to see a movie of peasants eating with their hands" and had stated that the movie was "Insipid". When Truffaut was asked about it in 1977, he retorted immediately & said,
“On the contrary, I wanted to see 'Pather Panchali' once again after it ended. I did struggle with its pace initially but realised it had to be that way because the film isn’t about poverty at all. It’s a coming-of-age work about children being introduced to the horrors and wonders of life.”
P.S: On this day, 71 years ago, "Pather Panchali" (1955) was released in India.
Siya took 1 crore from her husband and gave it to her boyfriend.
If this was a girl who was forced into a marriage, and wanted out, would she ever take more favours from the family?
She said yes, coz she wanted money, which her father would never have given without asking for reasons. These are just facts that are out.
Don’t make it her some martyr. Also don’t let beyond their expiry date writers like Chetan Bhagat & Shobha De recharge their relevance batteries.
Mark Manson said it right:
“Read books because you will never be able to meet and spend uninterrupted time with the thoughts of so many brilliant and unique people.”
Sejal Pawar thriving in 3rd year MBBS while running a full-time reel-making drama on Insta proves that Indian MBBS standards have utterly collapsed. She’s a professional influencer first, medical student second. Real MBBS means brutal duties, ward crashes, pathology grinds and rigorous studies …not curating Insta content 24/7.
If she’s acing it like this, then obviously exams are diluted, clinical postings are fake and faculty are either complicit or useless… half baked doctors. Standards are dead.
So plz take care of your health.
Every once in a while, Bollywood drops a film that tells other industries -
“Baap ko math sikha..THIS is cinema.”#Dhurandhar is that cinema!🔥
@AdityaDharFilms 🫡
Spend 1 minute to read this.
So true. Soul true
An entire generated stuck in IT is going through this mental clutter - people see the glass buildings, AC cars and fancy parties - reality is different
#Life