When I was seventeen It was a very good year It was a very good year for small town girls And soft summer nights Wed hide from the lights On the village green When I was seventeen When I was twenty-one It was a very good year It was a very good year for city girls Who lived up the …
Read More »New Year Recipes: World Culture and Traditions
New Year celebrations are popular around the world. In fact, there is hardly any part of the globe that doesn’t welcome the coming year in a grand fashion. Bidding good bye to the passing year, people look forward to the coming year with great hopes and aspirations. New Year is one of the festive occasions, which are synonymous with treating …
Read More »New Year Party: Celebration Culture & Traditions
Come New Year and everybody looks forward to party the night away. Right from the kids to the oldies, everyone automatically prepares for bidding farewell to the by-gone year and usher in the New Year in style. Almost every household in the vicinity is found to be busy preparing for throwing a party, as it is the perfect time for …
Read More »Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Biography for Students and Children
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, FRS (October 19, 1910 – August 21, 1995), was an Indian American astrophysicist born in Lahore, Punjab (Now in Pakistan). Chandrasekhar was awarded, along with William A. Fowler, the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics, with Chandrasekhar cited for his mathematical theory of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars. This work led to …
Read More »Madan Mohan Malaviya Biography for Students
Born On: December 25, 1861 Born In: Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India Died On: November 12, 1946 Career: Politician, Freedom Fighter & Educationist Nationality: Indian Mahatma considered him as an elder brother and would refer to him as “Maker of India”. Jawahar Lal Nehru called him “a great soul, one of those who laid the foundation of modern Indian Nationalism”. He …
Read More »जब नींद नहीं आती होगी: रामेश्वर शुक्ल अंचल
क्या तुम भी सुधि से थके प्राण ले–लेकर अकुलाती होगी, जब नींद नहीं आती होगी! दिन भर के कार्य भार से थक – जाता होगा जूही–सा तन, श्रम से कुम्हला जाता होगा मृदु कोकाबेली–सा आनन। लेकर तन–मन की श्रांति पड़ी – होगी जब शय्या पर चंचल, किस मर्म वेदना से क्रंदन करता होगा प्रति रोम विकल, अाँखो के अम्बर से …
Read More »Heaviest Kidney Tumor Removed: World Record
Mumbai (Maharashtra), India – November 29, 2017 – The team of doctors from the civic-run Sion Hospital led by Dr. Ajit Sawant, head of urology, successfully operated on Manju Devi, a 28-year-old woman from Bihar’s Darbhanga district; it took a team of surgeons eight hours to remove the 12 lbs 12 oz. (5.5 kg) tumour from her kidney, which sets the …
Read More »Largest Computer Security Lesson: World Record
Mumbai (Maharashtra), India – November 15, 2017 – KPMG in India conducted a mass outreach program to educate young school children about being cyber safe; reaching out to a whopping / impressive 3673 participants in schools across India, the company has set a new world record for the Largest computer security lesson at multiple locations. Photo: KPMG globally celebrated Cyber …
Read More »USA Guinness World Record: Most Couples Kissing Under Mistletoe
KISSIMMEE, Florida, USA – December 11, 2017 – During the “Kiss-Story in the Making” event, 448 couples set a new WORLD RECORD title for Most couples kissing under mistletoe (single location), bringing this festive, romantic record to smoochably-appropriate KISSimmee, Florida. Photo: During the “Kiss-Story in the Making” event, 448 couples set a new WORLD RECORD title for Most couples kissing under …
Read More »Largest gathering of people dressed as Harry Potter
Byford, Australia – December 11, 2017 – A total of 997 students, staff and parents dressed as boy wizard Harry Potter gathered at West Byford Primary School, to set the new world record for the Largest gathering of people dressed as Harry Potter. Photo: West Byford Primary School smashed the Guinness world record for the most people dressed as the …
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