Jamali Kamali Masjid is put up within the Archaeological Village complex in Mehrauli and houses a mosque and a tomb. Esteemed highly for its sanctimonious import, this mosque has been named after the Sufi saint Shaikh Fazlullah, better known as Jalal Khan or Jamali. The identity of Kamali, however, remains shrouded in mystery. Although the edifice was constructed in 1528-1529, …

Full Name: S. Nambi Narayanan Date of Birth: 12 December 1941 [Nagercoil, Travancore, Kanyakumari District, Kerala, India] Education: • DVD Higher Secondary School • Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai (BE-Mechanical) • Princeton University, New Jersey, USA Occupation: Scientist Awards: Padma Bhushan S. Nambi Narayanan (12 December 1941) is an Indian scientist and an aerospace engineer. He was awarded the Padma …

George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was a Welsh-born poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognized as “one of the foremost British devotional lyricists.” He was born into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised in England. He received …

Easter is called a movable feast because the date of Easter changes every year. Easter Sunday can fall on any date from 22 March to 25 April. The reason for this variation in the date of Easter is based on the lunar calendar (moon) rather than our more well-known solar one. Easter always falls on the first Sunday following the …

Easter Flower: Claude McKay Far from this foreign Easter damp and chilly My soul steals to a pear-shaped plot of ground, Where gleamed the lilac-tinted Easter lily Soft-scented in the air for yards around; Alone, without a hint of guardian leaf! Just like a fragile bell of silver rime, It burst the tomb for freedom sweet and brief In the …

Easter is the most important annual feast of Christians. According to Christian scripture, it was the day when Jesus resurrected after his crucifixion. This day is celebrated as Easter Day or Easter Sunday. It is also known as Resurrection day or Resurrection Sunday. This day comes two days after Good Friday and three days after Maundy Thursday. As this is …

Kingdom: Plantae Family: Pinaceae Order: Pinales Genus: Pinus Pine, Eastern White — Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) is a large pine native to eastern North America, occurring from Newfoundland west to Minnesota and southeastern Manitoba, and south along the Appalachian Mountains to the extreme north of Georgia. It is a member of the white pine group, Pinus subgenus Strobus, and …

Waqt: The Race Against Time is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film that was directed and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Shefali Shah, Rajpal Yadav and Boman Irani in the principal roles. The film, based on a Gujarati play by Aatish Kapadia, follows the journey of rich businessman who unexpectedly becomes …

Bright colors, lip-smacking food, foot-tapping music and syrupy gujiyas are some of the first things that pop up in the mind of television actors like Mrunal Jain, Tina Dutta and Jay Soni, who share their best and worst memories of Holi Adaa Khan: My best was last year, when I went to Rajan (Shahi) sir’s home with close friends Ankit …

How is Holi Celebrated? During Holi, people clean their houses and remove clutter, thereby ensuring flow of positive energy. Disease-breeding bacteria are thereby destroyed. The sanitary condition of the locality is improved. People smear each other’s faces with colored powder known as ‘Gulal‘ and ‘Abeer’ and throw colored water or ‘Rang’ on each other joyfully. People play practical jokes with …