Pavan Varma — Writer diplomat Pavan K. Varma is a graduate in History from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1976. He has been Press Secretary to the President of India, the Spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs, Joint Secretary for Africa, High Commissioner for India in Cyprus and Director of the Nehru …

Paula Radcliffe — Paula Jane Radcliffe (December 17, 1973) is an English long-distance runner and is currently the World Record holder for the marathon, which she set during the 2003 London Marathon, with a time of 2:15.25. Radcliffe was born in Davenham, Cheshire, and studied modern languages at Loughborough University. Radcliffe is not known for her sprint finish, and so …

Paul Newman — Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club …

कई वर्ष पहले, एक घने जंगल में चार चोर रहते थे। चुराया हुआ धन वे एक साधारण से बर्तन में रखते थे लेकिन उसकी हिफाजत जान से भी ज्यादा करते थे। कुछ अरसे बाद उनका मन चोरी – चकारी से ऊब गया। “मै तो ऐसी जिंदगी से तंग आ गया हूँ। हमे हमेशा चौकन्ना रहना पड़ता है, वरना हम पकड़े भी …

Patricia Russo — Patricia F. Russo was born on 1953 in Trenton, New Jersey. She is an American businessperson most widely known for having served as chief executive officer of Lucent Technologies and its successor, Alcatel-Lucent, a large communications equipment manufacturer. Forbes magazine rated Russo as the tenth on its list of the most powerful women in 2006. Career at …

Our skin is a true waterproof, for nothing can enter it from the out side. Of course, it will allow water to come out in the form of sweat. Our skin contains millions of tiny tubes which carry sweat from the inner(true) skin to the finer skin on the surface of the body. With the sweat glands exerting pressure upwards, …

The World Wildlife Fund was founded in UK by Sir Peter Scott, a British naturalist and painter, in 1961. The WWF got the idea of using Chi-Chi, a female giant panda at London Zoo. The team felt “the big, furry animal with her appealing, black-patched eyes” would make an excellent logo. Another reason was to minimize printing costs (it needed …

The touch-me-not shrinks due to loss of turgidity (the pressure of content against the cell wall) by cells within the pulvini-specialised motor organs at leaf joints. Upon stimulation, like touching, the leaf cells lose potassium ions, triggering water to leave the cells through osmosis. It takes about 10 minutes for the cells to regain turgidity and the leaves to open …

Some sunlight is essential for the formation of our bones as children, and to help us stay healthy and resist infection. However, if we stay in the Sun too long, some of its rays can cause the skin to go red and burn. It is better to avoid being in the Sun at mid-day, which is when the Sun’s rays …

Have you ever noticed that when you are in a car, or a bus, travelling on a straight road, the Sun appears to move right along with you? While telephone poles and trees close to the road, whiz past in the blink of an eye, the Sun is always visible throughout the journey. No matter how fast Daddy drives, you …