Here is an app that would teach you a foreign language without eating up your precious time! The researchers have developed the app to fill the time gap we spend waiting for a friend or co-worker to respond while we are chatting on GChat. WaitChatter, a Chrome extension for GChat, generates interactive foreign language vocabulary exercises, so you can make …

In 2008, Lalit Modi was instrumental in launching the Indian Premier League (IPL), a league based around Twenty20 cricket, where each team is limited to batting for a maximum of 20 overs. he also engineered the Indian Premier League’s move to South Africa in 2009 after the dates of the tournament clashed with the Indian general election and the Union …

Now six feet beneath the air The Nordic shape of skull is bare And behind the august frown Worms have gorged on verb and noun… The baffling lines that seemed to trace Maps of care upon his face, Now nothing between brow and chin But maggots have tunnelled in… And the hands whose fingers’ ends Once held the keys to …

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; forgive them anyway. If you are kind, People may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years …

You’iv seen me, Through rough times, And tedious paths. You’iv loved me, No matter how little time I gave you, And how little attention I paid. You’iv seen me, Cope with difficult tasks, And accomplish great triumphs. You’iv cared for me, Even though I was utter rude, And arrogantly harsh. You’iv seen me, Cry for the lost battles, And broken …

Three blind mice, see how they run! They all ran after the farmer’s wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see such a thing in your life, As three blind mice? ∼ Khushbu Nanavati

The doorbell rang, My intuition said it was you, Only I know how long I awaited to see you. I took a deep breath, And thought about all that I wanted to say you, I wanted you to know how much I missed you. A lot many things happened after you left, I cried like the falling rain, And my …

∼ Khushbu Nanavati

A revolutionary ‘smart’ cane that enables the visually impaired to instantly identify friends and family may soon be available. The ‘XploR’ mobility cane, being developed by Birmingham City University students Steve Adigbo, Waheed Rafiq and Richard Howlett, uses smartphone technology to recognise familiar faces from up to 10 metre away. The cane also features Global Positioning System (GPS) functionality to …

Wilma Wallaby hopped along And burst into a cheery song, In the hot Australian sun She loved to hop and skip and run. An injured bird heard Wilma sing And said, “Please stop, I’ve hurt my wing.” Wilma stopped and, bending down, She picked the bird up off the ground, And popped him in her pouch so he Was safe …