I danced before my Giridhara. Again and again I dance To please that discerning critic, And put His former love to the test. I put on the anklets Of the love of Shyam, And behold! My Mohan stays true. Worldly shame and family custom I have cast to the winds. I do not forget the beauty of the Beloved Even …
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Javed Akhtar – Biography, Lyricist, Script Writer, Poetry
One name that is synonymous with romance, aesthetics and Urdu poetry in contemporary India is that of Javed Akhtar. This famous lyricist and songwriter was born on January 17th 1945 in Gwalior. The life history of Javed Akhtar is a roller coaster ride and the number of honors to his name is an endless list that is still growing. This …
Read More »Flute Player – Short Story By Ruskin Bond
Down the main road passed big yellow buses, cars, pony-drawn tongas, motorcycles and bullock-carts. This steady flow of traffic seemed, somehow, to form a barrier between the city on one side of trunk road, and the distant sleepy villages on the other. It seemed to cut India in half – the India Kamla knew slightly, and the India she had …
Read More »Bollywood makes $2 bn – but loses $2.7 bn to piracy
India’s film industry, said to be the largest globally with some 1,000 movies produced each year, earns around $2 billion from legitimate sources such as screening at theatres, home videos and TV rights. But with $2.7 billion, piracy earns 35 per cent more, and a way out has proved elusive. Red Chillies Entertainment, a production house promoted by actor Shah …
Read More »2016 Rio Olympics: Wrestler Sakshi Malik Wins India’s First Medal
On Thursday, India will wake up to the news that wrestler Sakshi Malik has defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Aisuluu Tynybekova in Women’s freesyle 58Kg wrestling, claiming India’s first medal at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Malik defeated Tynybekova to win the Bronze, media reported. While Twitter exploded with messages from those who were following the match in the early hours of morning, …
Read More »What are the Fear and Myths about Organ Donation?
There are various fear and myths exists in the people’s mind about the organ donation because of the low level awareness. Most of the people do not have proper awareness about the organ donation, which organs can be donated, when they can donate, how to get registered for the organ donation, etc. Some people do not interested in the organ …
Read More »How and where to donate human organs?
Following are the top NGO’s and organizations of the country involved in organ donation: Mohan Foundation – http://www.mohanfoundation.org Gift Your Organ Foundation – http://www.giftyourorgan.org Shatayu – http://shathayu.com Gift A Life – http://giftalife.org Dadhichi Mission from Central India (having centers in Delhi, Modinagar, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bhopal, and Bangalore) Online organ registry There is a facility of online organ registry for the people all over India …
Read More »Which human organs can be donated?
Kidney Lungs Heart Eye Liver Pancreas Cornea Small Intestine Skin tissues Bone tissues Heart valves Veins There are many initiators of the organ donations in the society; one of them is The Times Of India who is distributing the message of organ donation all over the world through the effective and real news on the daily basis including statistics about …
Read More »Remembering Shakeel Badayuni (100th birth anniversary)
Among the boldest lines in Hindi film songs from a landmark epic where an imperial courtesan, who has already dared the monarch with her declaration of loving without fear, goes on to question curbs on women — remember the bewitchingly defiant Madhubala ask “Parda nahi jab koi Khuda se, bandon se parda karna kya?” It comes from no radical revolutionary …
Read More »2016 Rio Olympics: Gaurika Singh, This Year’s Youngest Competitor Keeps Pressure In Perspective
Representing your country at the biggest sporting event in the world is a daunting prospect for any athlete, but for 13-year-old Olympian Gaurika Singh, it pales in comparison with surviving an earthquake in her native Nepal. At 13 years and 255 days, the swimmer will be the youngest to compete at the 2016 Rio Olympics when she takes to the …
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