Jan 7, 2023
“Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore”: Skeletons of Roopkund Lake of Chamoli, India - legend of Nanda Devi so enraged at outsiders who defiled her mountain sanctuary that she rained death upon them by flinging hailstones “hard as iron”
IN 1942 A BRITISH FOREST guard in Roopkund, India made an alarming discovery. Some 16,000 feet above sea level, at the bottom of a small valley, was a frozen lake absolutely full of skeletons. That summer, the ice melting revealed even more skeletal remains, floating in the water and lying haphazardly around the lake’s edges. Something horrible had happened here.
Jan 6, 2023
"To no one we shall sell, to no one we shall deny or defer right or justice": Delhi High Court refuses to entertain Sameer Wankhede plea seeking protection in the disproportionate assets case, came to limelight as NCB questioned celebrities in drugs case
The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea by former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai Zonal director Sameer Wankhede seeking protection from search, seizure or arrest in a disproportionate assets case against him.
Jan 5, 2023
“Man cannot be freed by the same injustice that enslaved it”: Supreme Court stays Uttarakhand High Court order on Haldwani eviction, and disapproved the manner in which eviction was sought to be carried out by the Indian Railways, urges rehabilitation
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Uttarakhand High Court order directing removal of encroachments on Indian Railways' land in Uttarakhand's Haldwani, which would have led to eviction of more than 4,000 families who are residing on land [Abdul Mateen Siddiqui vs Union of India and ors].
Jan 5, 2023
"There is no index of character so sure as the voice": Pahadi Mayna of Chhattisgarh reproduce an exact pronunciation as humans at times, it begin to learn human speech sounds under social relationships, for bird to talk you must intrude on its social life
What is it that enables your Mynah bird to learn to speak more than 100 words and utter as many as 30 sentences?
Jan 5, 2023
"It is in the roots, not branches, that a tree’s greatest strength lies": Cherrapunji a North Eastern paradise in Meghalaya, land abundant in rainfall and popular for lush green hills and living root bridges, handmade from aerial roots of rubber fig trees
IN THE DEPTHS OF NORTHEASTERN India, within sight of the India-Bangladesh border, in one of the wettest places on earth, bridges aren’t built—they’re grown.
Jan 4, 2023
Supreme Court of India Justice Nagarathna ~ Hate Speech denies human beings the Right to Dignity, and a greater responsibility is cast upon public functionaries and celebrities against vitriolic statements owing to their position
The Supreme Court Constitution Bench has held by way of a majority that statements made by a Minister, even if traceable to any affairs of state, cannot be attributed vicariously to the government. Justice Nagarathna, who was also a part of the constitution bench, though held that greater restriction cannot be imposed on free speech, she has added that in case a Minister makes disparaging statements in his "official capacity", then such statements can be vicariously attributed to the government ~ Synopsis
Jan 4, 2023
“There are few reasons for telling the truth, but for lying the number is infinite": Hotee opened a School in Varanasi for women, taught Poetry, Law, Maths & Ayurveda, awarded title "Vidyalankar" by Kashi Pandits long before Savitribai Phule was even born
Hotee was a Bengali Hindu widow. She was a scholar of Sanskrit Poetry, Law, Mathematics and Ayurveda. She established a School in Varanasi for women. She was awarded the title "Vidyalankar" by Kashi Pandits.
Jan 3, 2023
“It’s like chess, you know. The Queen saves the King”: Yashovati - first regent queen of Kashmir married to King Damodara I who was kiIIed in a duel with Shri Krishna himself, Yashomati was pregnant than and was raised to the throne by Shri Krishna
Throughout ancient India, women were esteemed, and their contributions to the welfare of Throughout ancient India, women were esteemed, and their contributions to the welfare of the family and the community were vital. The elevated social standing of the ladies helped them feel good about themselves and gave them a sense of purpose. In order to develop their intellectual and spiritual capacities, they were provided with the chance. During this period, there were several female rishis.
Jan 3, 2023
"It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see": Chand Baori - A fascinating story of the largest and deepest stepwell in India, Abhaneri Stepwell that consists 3,500 narrow steps over 13 stories and extends 30 metres into the ground
IN 1864, THE FAMOUS FRENCH world traveler Louis Rousselet described “[a] vast sheet of water, covered with lotuses in flower, amid which thousands of aquatic birds are sporting” at the shores of which bathers washed, surrounded by jungle greenery. He was not describing a lakeside scene or one of India’s famous riverside ghats, but an ancient well, as big as a large pond.