December 2009
1 tag
“New Year’s is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to...”
– Mark Twain
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
Uttar Pradesh district tense after Muharram...
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi district was tense today following clashes between Hindus and Muslims during a Muharram procession that left at least 10 people injured the day before, police said.
A group of Muslims, who were taking out a mourning procession on Monday evening on the occasion of Muharram, had an altercation with Hindus of the Naibazar area in Bhadohi, some 250 km from...
1 tag
1 tag
Bihar man shot dead for refusing to pay for...
Patna: A shopkeeper shot dead a man after he refused to pay for the cigarettes purchased in Saran district of Bihar, police said today.
Basudev Singh, in his early 30s, was shot dead by Uday Singh at Sabalpur Diara village in Saran district on Monday.
“After Basudev refused to pay money for the cigarettes bought, Uday and Basudev had a heated argument. Uday then killed Basudev,” a...
1 tag
“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe...”
– Noam Chomsky
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
Difficult languages: Tongue twisters →
In search of the world’s hardest language …
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
“Man will never gain happiness by giving a free rein to his senses. Man allows...”
– Sri Sathya Sai Baba
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
Tamil Nadu teachers told to mind their blouses
CHENNAI: Teachers in government schools are unhappy over a recent circular sent by the school education department asking chief and district education officers to instruct teachers to ‘‘dress decently”. However, officials say that a dress code for teachers only makes them more dignified and respected.
The instruction is not new; it’s just a reminder. And teachers are aghast at the reason cited...
1 tag
At this temple, devotees offer brooms to deity →
Devotees come with brooms and line up at a 10-year-old temple in Uttar Pradesh everyday - not to clean the premises but to offer the ‘jhadus’ to the deity, Hindu god Shiva.
1 tag
Omkara natha - Sankarabaranam
1 tag
“Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try...”
– Paulo Coelho
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
2 tags
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
1 tag
2 tags
1 tag
Delhi government raps four schools on nursery...
New Delhi: The Delhi government today pulled up four private schools in the city for not following guidelines on nursery admissions.
“Acting on the complaints of parents, the education department has asked four private schools for a reply into the alleged irregularities in the nursery admission process,” an education department official.
Admission process for nursery classes started...
1 tag
1 tag
“I must say a word about fear. It is life’s only true opponent. Only fear can...”
– Yann Martel, Life of Pi
1 tag
1 tag
Brazilian man who pushed dozens of sewing needles... →
chvnx:
The boy’s mother had taken him to hospital in the north-eastern state of Bahia, suffering from stomach pains and vomiting.
She suspected the child had been the victim of a black magic ritual after she found suspicious objects in the home she shared with Mr Magalhaes - her husband of six months - and her six children.
1 tag
“Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what’s to...”
– The Wonder Years
1 tag
“But once in a while people push on to something better. Something found just...”
– Lucas Scott
1 tag
