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Sachin is inspiration. He inspires hope, team spirit, focus and determination....
Ranikhet
Ranikhet is a small Hill station is located In Almora, Uttrakhand. The place has bristling good old fashioned military atmosphere. With peaceful walks and breathtaking views of snow-capped peaks, Ranikhet offers as a good retreat in summer vacations for your family and for those who are newly married.
The literal meaning of Ranikhet is “Queen’s...
Ooty
Rolling hills, tea gardens, eucalyptus trees and lush greenery all around! No wonder Ooty is called – the “Queen of Hills”. Do you know Ooty is short for Udhagamandalam? Located in the Nilgiris (Blue Mountains) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Ooty tourism attracts swarms of tourists every year. With a pleasant weather year round and...
Rishikesh
Popularly known as City Of Saints, the holy town Rishikesh is a must visit place for devotees. The city has always been a legendary part of Garhwal. According to legends Lord Rama did penance here to kill Ravana. Also Rama’s younger brother Lakshmana, crossed the Ganges, where the current ‘Lakshman Jhula’ bridge stands today....
Darjeeling
Summers can be unbearably hot. Why not head to the cool environs of Darjeeling – the “Queen of hill stations”? Nestled in the Mahabharat Range or Lesser Himalaya, Darjeeling is a picturesque hill station in the Indian state of West Bengal. Darjeeling tourism is flourishing and is world-famous for tea production and the toy train.
Darjeeling...
Shimla
Think of hill stations in India and Shimla immediately comes to mind.
A name almost synonymous with hilly retreats, Shimla has for several hundred years now been playing the role of a pleasant, cool refuge for people across India who are desperate to beat the famous Indian summer.
Snow capped peaks and the blue mountain ranges that surround the...
Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya, is one of the most stunningly beautiful hill stations in India. Located at an altitude of 4,908 feet above sea level, Shillong is known as the "Scotland of the East” because...
Srinagar
Surrounded by lush greenery and mountains; Srinagar is often called as the “Venice of the East”. Nestled on the banks of the Jhelum River, Srinagar is the summer capital of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. The meaning of Srinagar in Sanskrit language means ‘the city of wealth & abundance’. The Srinagar tourism...
We are floored with the beautiful, eye-catching paintings our little artists have sent with so much love and enthusiasm. Learning and Creativity Holi Art Competition has announced its winners! Go ahead and check out which paintings...
Women across all cultural strata, in lower income groups, in small towns, in rural societies and even in so-called progressive middle class homes in metropolitan cities, still are yoked to age old traditions,...
The general idea is if women start thinking independently they would 'storm the male bastion'....
It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. ~
Claude Bernard...
It is a difficult task to pick any one literary character among the numerous who swim around my head; signify some part of my life or the other. ...
Water washes over my hand...
Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan’s held their granddaughter's educational initiation (Hathe Khari Ceremony) on the occasion of Saraswati Puja....
Love is the theme note of the scene that nature paints, inspired by Kamadeva....
Declare your love for him with some unique and beautiful gifts this Valentine's Day....
“I’m a learner,” Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO says. “I think the thing that I realized is, what excites me is that I'm learning something....
Hyderabad-born Satya Nadella becomes CEO Microsoft. Nadella, 46, became only the third CEO in the company's 39 years of history succeeding Steve Ballmer....
A short story is a bit like a giant jigsaw puzzle where each piece is put together by the writer and given as a complete whole to the reader. ...
I imagined myself letting out a shriek, my eyes behaving like a blinking tube-light to control the damage, to avoid the dog and to escape him somehow....
JD, 7, has never been able to experience life on Neptune. Her whole family believed that JD had gotten the Demaker's kiss....
As far as my Father was concerned, fox hunting was music to his ears. In a pack of six or eight hounds, he could tell by their bark and wail, which dog was in the lead....
The field is a death maze for even the bold,
A missed step, a stumble and men hurtle down....
Just a seed planted by your apple
Has grown beyond the horizons
Into an orchard of the sweet fruit...
Satyajit Ray used to invite criticism in the most vitriolic terms. From comments he would glean out sufficient inspiration so that his finished product would be a masterpiece....
A touching short story by Amitendu Palit about a young boy and his tryst with his newly bought T-shirt....
A friend asked me once why I liked sunsets especially when they herald darkness. He hated them. ...
Rajesh Khanna-Jaya Bhaduri starrer Bawarchi (1972) is a hilarious family drama, directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, that reminds us the simple values and joys of life....
Khushboo (1975), the Hema Malini-Jeetendra starrer is a beautiful, subtle romantic film directed by Gulzar, based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's celebrated Bengali novel "Panditmoshai". The film is also known for its evergreen...
Today’s Motivation
The word Culture comes from Latin "cultura amini' which means cultivation of the soul, and thus Jawaharlal Nehru said "Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit"