Tapori is the unique slang form of Hindi spoken in Mumbai. The word ‘tapori’ in Hindi means rowdy, implying that tapori has its origins in the slang used by the street thugs of Mumbai. Although the slang is used mostly in Mumbai, it is now imitated and used for fun in several parts of India, thanks to several Bollywood movies, …

Ancient Mesopotamian women were possibly the first women to invent and wear lipstick. They crushed semi precious jewels and used them to decorate their lips. Women in the ancient Indus Valley Civilization applied lipstick to their lips for face decoration. Ancient Egyptians extracted purplish-red dye from fucus-algin, 0.01% iodine, and some bromine mannite, which resulted in serious illness. Cleopatra had …

The Oracle of Delphi was the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god Apollo. Built around a sacred spring, Delphi was considered to be the omphalos – the centre of the world. Scholars congregated at Delphi, and it became a focal point for intellectual enquiry. Delphi lies on the …

The Olympic Tower 2016 is a vertical structure that will be placed in Cotonduba Island. It will serve both as an observation tower, and a welcome sign for visitors arriving by air and by sea at Rio de Janeiro, where the Olympic Games 2016 will take place. The project is from Zurique, and utilizes solar energy during the day with …

The Okapi looks as if it is a cross between a zebra, a donkey and a giraffe. It is a very recognizable animal and is quite large, as big as a horse, and yet it was first discovered only about seventy years ago. It is very shy and retiring, living in the densest tropical forests of the Zaire basin. The …

The Oera Linda Book is an ancient manuscript that was discovered in the Netherlands in the 19th century. It is allegedly several thousand years old. The book tells of the destruction of Atland (Atlantis) in 2194 BC, and the subsequent history of the Frisian people. British publisher Trubner and Co released the book in the year 1876. The Oera Linda …

The Nathan Rothschild maxim says that you ‘make money in the stock market when blood flows in the streets’. This actually happened after 26/11 in Mumbai, when people returned to the stock market on November 28 after the terrorist attacks. Nathan Rothschild was a stock dealer in the London stock market who took advantage of early knowledge of England’s victory …

प्राचीन कालीनाथ महादेव देहरा उपमंडल के कालेश्वर में ब्यास नदी के तट पर स्थित है। शक्तिपीठ ज्वालामुखी से यह बारह किलोमीटर दूर है। मंदिर के साथ बहती ब्यास नदी में पूर्णिमा, अमावस्या एवं ग्रहण पर श्रद्धालु स्नान के लिए आते हैं लेकिन बैसाख महीने की सक्रांति पर यहां दान, पूजा और स्नान का अत्यधिक महत्व है। कालीनाथ मंदिर उस समय …

Democracy is the kind of government in which the people play a part, usually by voting for representatives to make decisions on their behalf.

In 1986 the famous insurance company Lioyds of London moved to a new offices – the Lioyds Building. It was designed by the British architect Richard Rogers. The appearance of the building caused much argument because all its internal services, such as the plumbing are on the outside.