India celebrated its 76th Republic Day with Indonesian leader Prabowo Subianto as chief guest, who humorously claimed Indian heritage after a DNA test. The article criticizes mainstream history's focus on foreign invaders, advocating for recognition of India's cultural, scientific, and mathematical contributions, bolstered by William Dalrymple's book, "The Golden Road."
Imagine this, From Class 5 till I graduated high school, I read close to 600 books!. I had memberships everywhere; Dad's collection, neighbour's collections, school libraries, Government ones and of course, private circulatory library. I begged, borrowed (but never stole) from literally every possible person who can lend me a book. I even saved my … Continue reading A bookworm’s journey to Audible
An awesome mail forward, worth reading. A prime example of "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" offered by an English professor from the University of Phoenix The professor told his class one day: "Today we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story. The process is simple. Each perso n will … Continue reading Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
I had a plan to read at least 50 books last year. It’s not a big task with the speed I read, but it is difficult to do it with the laziness I have, with the other hobbies I have and also with the free time I get. One great achievement is I finished fountainhead … Continue reading Books for 2007
ನಾನೂ high school ಹೋಗಿದ್ದೆ, ಎಲ್ಲರಂತೆ. ಅದೊಂದು ಹಳ್ಳಿ ಬಾಳಿಲ ಎಂದು. ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಜನಾವಾಸದಿಂದ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ದೂರ. ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದಲ್ಲೇ ನನ್ನ ಈಗಿನ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಹುಚ್ಚನ್ನು ಬೆಳೆಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದು. ಕೈಗೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕ ಪುಟವನ್ನು ಓದುವುದು, ಏನಾದರೂ ಗೀಚುತ್ತಾ ಇರುವುದು etc.etc. ಎಲ್ಲ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರೂ creativity ( ಸೃಜನ ಶೀಲಾತೆಗೆ ) ಗೆ ತುಂಬಾ ಒತ್ತು ಕೊಡುತಿದ್ದರು. ನಾನೂ ನನ್ನ ಚೆಡ್ದಿ ದೋಸ್ತು ಮಂಜು ಮತ್ತು ಕೆಲವರು ವಿಪರೀತ ಪ್ರಸಂಗೀಗಳು ( ಇದು ಅಧಿಕ ಪ್ರಸಂಗೀ ಗಿಂತಲೂ ಮೇಲೂ ). ಒಬ್ಬರ … Continue reading ನನ್ನ ಓದುವ ಹುಚ್ಚು
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