गर्मी में खाने को मैंने फ्रिज से सेब निकाला, गिरते-गिरते बचा हाथ से झट से उसे संभाला। बाहर आते ही गर्मी से हुआ बहुत बेहाल, बोला भइया नहीं उतारो मेरी नाजुक खाल। घबराहट में सिसक पड़ा वह लगा कांपने थर-थर, आंसू भर रोया बेचारा हुआ पसीने से तर। ~ रावेंद्र कुमार रवि
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मेरी भोली प्यारी मां दुनिया से है न्यारी मां, तुमसे मैंने जीवन पाया तुमने चलना मुझे सिखाया। हर संकट से मुझे उबारा तूने हरदम दिया सहारा, तू सबसे उपकारी मां मेरी भोली प्यारी मां। करुणामयी स्वरूप तुम्हारा अंधियारे में करे उजाला, महिमा तेरी मां है पावन ममता तेरी है मनभावन। तू है मेरी दुलारी मां मेरी भोली प्यारी मां, मीठी …
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Publisher: Penguin Pages: 464 Price: Rs. 499 The memoirs of the American intelligence operative who headed the NSA, the world’s most potent electronic surveillance agency, and then the CIA in the dangerous decade when his country faced its biggest terror attack and went on a worldwide hunt against the conspirators would seem to make fascinating reading. They do – but …
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Ever since the philosopher and naturalist, Charles Darwin, and his contemporaries including Wallace, suggested that man had evolved from apes, there has been a continuous, and almost frantic quest for evidence of our ancestors. Of course, where we come from has always been a fascinating question, but it is only comparatively recently that systematic searches have been made for traces …
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Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland – April 17, 2017 – Six hundred and sixty-two fans of Charlie Chaplin donned their bowler hats and walking sticks and fake moustaches to celebrate the comedian’s 128th birthday on 16 April and set the new world record for the Largest gathering of people dressed as Charlie Chaplin. Photo: According to Chaplin’s World museum, 662 people — sporting …
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Dubai, UAE – April 17, 2017 – Gurdwara Guru Nanak Darbar in Dubai broke the Guinness world record for serving free breakfast to the maximum number of people from diverse nationalities after serving continental breakfast titled ‘Breakfast for Diversity’ to 600 persons from 101 countries in an hour-long event in Jebel Ali. Photo: Gurudwara Guru Nanak Darbar has marked into …
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA – April 17, 2017 – University of Michigan mechanical engineering students designed and built a 1,500-pound Rubik’s Cube, which sets the new world record for the largest free standing Rubik’s Cube. Photo: A giant Rubik’s Cube newly installed on the University of Michigan’s North Campus is the world’s largest hand-solvable, stationary version of the famous puzzle. …
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Devon, United Kingdom – April 17, 2017 – Bakers at Asda’s Barnstaple superstore have made a giant Easter biscuit; it has has a 31 inch diameter (79cm), a whole 25 inches (64cm) bigger than the regular sized Easter biscuit, thus setting the new world record for the Biggest Easter biscuit. Photo: Asda Barnstaple store manager Andy Felix and bakery manager …
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The first folds in the crust of the Earth took place in complete darkness, when the world still felt very hot. The Earth had cooled sufficiently to harden the rocks but its temperature was still far higher than that of boiling water. No water was to be found on the surface and all the water vapour coming from the burning …
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