Nepal Earthquake Images: At least 3,326 people are now known to have died in a massive earthquake which hit Nepal on 25th April, 2015 (Saturday). Thousands have spent a second night outside after the 7.8-magnitude quake, which also triggered deadly avalanches around Mount Everest. Earth Day Greetings For Students And Children The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha …

Our Earth: Mother Earth is clearly urging a call to action. Nature is suffering. Oceans filling with plastic and turning more acidic. Extreme heat, wildfires and floods, as well as a record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season, have affected millions of people. Now we face COVID-19, a worldwide health pandemic link to the health of our ecosystem. Climate change, man-made changes to …

New Jersey, a Middle Atlantic state located between New York on the north and east and Pennsylvania and Delaware on the west, occupies a peninsula bounded by the Delaware and Hudson rivers. The state’s northern border is its only artificial limit. The Atlantic Ocean to the southeast provides an attractive and popular resort area. The “waistline” of the state is …

Jainism is an Indian religion that prescribes pacifism and a path of non-violence towards all living beings. Its philosophy and practice emphasize the necessity of self-effort to move the soul towards divine consciousness and liberation. Any soul that has conquered its own inner enemies and achieved the state of supreme being is called Jina (Conqueror or Victor). Jainism is also …

Jainism at A Glance: Jainism is an ancient religion from India that teaches that the way to liberation and bliss is to live lives of harmlessness and renunciation. The essence of Jainism is concern for the welfare of every being in the universe and for the health of the universe itself. Jainism at A Glance: Most Jains live in India, …

America: A Prophecy – William Blake The Guardian Prince of Albion burns in his nightly tent, Sullen fires across the Atlantic glow to America’s shore: Piercing the souls of warlike men, who rise in silent night, Washington, Franklin, Paine & Warren, Gates, Hancock & Green; Meet on the coast glowing with blood from Albions fiery Prince. Washington spoke; Friends of …

Holi, marked only with colors and love, is a festival that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. There are different aspects of Holi that different individual take into consideration. In this colorful festival, India gets into the groove of the celebration and brings about a vibrant positive attitude in the lives of all. It is important to realize …

Born: September 28, 1907, Punjab, India 1930: Threw bombs in Central Assembly Hall, protesting on imposing severe measures like the Trades Disputes Bill by the Britishers. 1930: Went on hunger strike to protest the inhuman treatment of fellow-political prisoners by jail authorities. 1930: Sukh Dev and Raj Guru, he was awarded the death sentence. Cremated on the bank of the …

World Sparrow Day: 20 March The diminutive house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is perhaps one of the earliest birds you can remember from your childhood. Their nests dotted almost every house in the neighborhood as well as public places like bus bays and railway stations, where they lived in colonies and survived on food grains and tiny worms. Many bird watchers …

Celebration of the various legends associated with Holi reassure the people of the power of the truth as the moral of all these legends is the ultimate victory of good over evil. The legend of Hiranyakashyap and Prahlad also points to the fact that extreme devotion to god pays as god always takes his true devotee in his shelter. All …