World Cultural Festival – Art of Living Images: Event is all about spreading the deeper understanding between the people of different faiths, nationalities & backgrounds. This event showcases rich cultural traditions of dance, music, yoga, arts from all around the world. This event – an unique platform for all the spiritual & religious gurus, politician, pacemakers, artistes to spread the divine …
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Saint Patrick’s Day also known as St. Paddy’s Day or Paddy’s Day is an annual celebration of the patron saint of Ireland Saint Patrick. Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17th and is considered a national holiday for the Irish. Celebrations include wearing anything green and consuming Irish beer. Your Saint Patrick’s Day will be incomplete unless you are …
Read More »What is the history behind St. Patrick’s Day?
St. Patrick’s Day is the celebration of Ireland’s patron saint, St. Patrick. Patrick was born in Wales about 385 AD. He actually considered himself a pagan until the age of 16. At that age, he was sold into slavery by a group of Irish marauders, and during his captivity he became closer to God. He escaped from slavery after six …
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संकरी, अंधेरी गीली गीली गलियों के दड़बेनुमा घरों की दरारों से आज भी झांकते हैं डर भरी आंखों और सूखे होंठों वाले मुरझाए, पीले निर्भाव, निस्तेज चेहरे जिन का एक अलग संसार है और है एक पूरी पीढ़ी जो सदियों से भोग रही है उन कर्मों का दंड जो उन्होंने किए ही नहीं अनजाने ही हो जाता है उन से …
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Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, An Hachette UK company Pages: 291 Price: Rs.699 Levinson Wood clambers up steep mountains and treks through narrow passes, taking us on a journey that begins in Afghanistan, moves through Pakistan and India and ends in Bhutan. In his book, he explores and presents an animated vision of the paths he treads — many of them …
Read More »Pakistan – Between Mosque and Military – Husain Haqqani
Publisher: Penguin Pages: 474 Price: Rs.599 ‘Conventional’ wisdom has it Pakistan, though planned and achieved as an Islamic nation-state, began its worrying tryst with radical Islamism in the 1970s when a civilian leader sought to use it to try to shore up his position, and the general who overthrew him, went in more deeper out of his own inclination and …
Read More »Sketch artists of Chandigarh Sukhna Lake
At the Sukhna Lake, besides the breathtaking view, there is something that draws immediate attention – a few artists sketching pencil portraits. They spend the entire day at the lake, sketching youngsters, sometimes newlyweds, sometimes even foreigners to provide them memoirs of their visit to City Beautiful. And what emerges is a clear proof that even in this day of …
Read More »Who Is St. Patrick and Why Do We Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?
Every March 17th, thousands of people don their greenest garb, march in Irish pride parades, eat green clover-shaped cookies, and quaff frosty mugs of green beer in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. But do you really know who St. Patrick was and why he is celebrated? Patrick was born in AD 387 just south of Hadrian’s Wall in Britain, which …
Read More »Why do the English and Americans celebrate St. Patrick’s day?
St. Patrick’s Day celebrated annually on 17 March is named after St. Patrick, a patron saint of Ireland who is believed to have died on that day. The life and work of St. Patrick is shrouded in vagueness. We rely on the works of some 7th century hagiographers and the anonymous writer of the Annals of Ulster for information about …
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परमेश्वर शिव का एक नाम महादेव भी है और वो इसलिए है क्योंकि वह देव, दानव, यक्ष, किन्नर, नाग, मनुष्य, सभी के द्वारा पूजे जाते हैं। श्रावण मास में सबसे अधिक वर्षा होती है जो महारुद्र के अंगारक रुपी देह को शीतलता प्रदान करती है। जल ही तो जीवन है जो जल नहीं तो जीवन का कल भी नहीं है। …
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