With the coming of Hanukkah, an aura of festivity and celebration spreads all around. On this occasion, people remember the heroic victory of Maccabees, led by Judah, over the Hellenistic Syrians, which took place around 165 BC. They light the special candelabrum called Menorah or Hanukiah, as an integral tradition of the festival. During this festival, the markets are virtually …

Yesudasan was born on June 12, 1938 at Mavelikkara, Kerala in South India. His first cartoon appeared in 1955 in a magazine called ‘Asoka’ published from Kottayam. But it was only in 1960, he made an entry into the world of political cartooning, that too through ‘Janayugam’, the mouth-piece of the Communist Party in Kerala. In Janayugam he started a …

Stories For Kids — Is there anyone who doesn’t love listening to stories? Right from our toddler days, we humans have this insatiable craving for tales, of the known and the unknown, that is satisfied first by our parents and then a plethora of other sources. Go through a host of fascinating stories from 4to40, including fables and fairytales, moral stories, …

Sonu Nigam, (born 30 July 1973 in Faridabad, Haryana, India) is a playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Bollywood movies. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums. He changed the spelling of his last name from Nigam to Niigaam to reflect an auspicious number in astrology. Sonu Nigam: Early Life Sonu was born in Faridabad. His family …

जबसे हुई सयानी बिटिया भूली राजा-रानी बिटिया बाज़ारों में आते-जाते होती पानी-पानी बिटिया जाना तुझे पराये घर को मत कर यों मनमानी बिटिया किस घर को अपना घर समझे जीवन-भर कब जानी बिटिया चॉकलेट भैया को भाये पाती है गुड़धानी बिटिया सारा जीवन इच्छाओं की देती है कुर्बानी बिटिया चौका, चूल्हा, झाडू, बर्तन भूल गई शैतानी बिटिया हल्दी, बिछूए, कंगल …

Birth Name: P. V. Sindhu (Pusarla Venkata Sindhu) Born: 5 July 1995, Hyderabad, Telangana, India Height & Weight: 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) / 60 kg (132 lb) Sports Category: Right Handed Women’s Badminton Player Coach: Pullela Gopichand P. V. Sindhu – an Indian professional badminton player. She is the first Indian to win the BWF World Championships. She …

The next morning in Gokul (Uttar Pradesh, India), the word spread that Nanda had a little boy and he was named Krishna. Now Kansa knew that his would be slayer was still alive and was in Gokul, so he summoned a wicked demoness name Putana. He ordered Putana to go to Gokul and kill every baby born in the month …

King Brihadratha of Magadha (ancient Indian kingdom in southern Bihar) was married to the twin daughters of the King of Kashi. Brihadratha loved both his wives equally and had all the material joys of the world, but no son. This left him in a depressed state. The sage Chandakaushika visited his kingdom and Brihadratha served him with respect. Being pleased …

4to40.com has become very popular amongst school children and their parents who find on this site poems to recite in class, or for home-work. It is therefore important that poems well entrenched in public memory should be available on this site. This famous poem of desh prem should be of interest to many readers. We often hear it on Doordarshan on …

Teej also known as Haritalika Teej is a fasting festival for Hindu women. It takes place in 3rd day of Shukla Paksha in Shraavan or Saawan month of Hindu calendar, normally falls in the month of August or early September. Dedicated to the Goddess Parvati, commemorating her union with Lord Shiva, the festival is celebrated for marital bliss, well-being of …