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Chand Baori – A fascinating story of Abhaneri Stepwell
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.
Supreme Court dismisses pleas challenging 2016 demonetisation
Jan 3, 2023

"It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid": A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petitions challenging the Central government's 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of ₹1,000 and ₹500

A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petitions challenging the Central government's 2016 decision to demonetise currency notes of ₹1,000 and ₹500. [Vivek Narayan Sharma v. Union of India and ors]
How an Ancient Indian Art Utilizes Mathematics, Mythology, and Rice
Dec 31, 2022

"Function of ritual is to give form to human life, not in mere surface, but in depth": Kōlams - traditional Indian Patterns that combine Art, Mathematics & Magic, and refers to the belief that Hindus have a “karmic obligation” to “feed a thousand souls”

BEFORE THE FIRST RAYS OF sunlight stream across the rice fields and mud roads in the Nilgiri Mountains, before they force their way through the high-rises in the urban jungle of Chennai and Madurai, the women of Tamil Nadu are up for the day. In the dark, they clean the threshold to their home, and, following a centuries-long tradition, painstakingly draw beautiful, ritualistic designs called kōlam, using rice flour.
Hear the First Song Recorded on the Yazh, a 2,000 Year-Old Indian Instrument
Dec 31, 2022

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity": Hear the First Song Recorded on the Yazh, a 2,000 Year-Old Indian Instrument, whose sound “once filled the halls and temples of southern India, Over time, Tamil musical tradition all but vanished"

A Yazhi or Yali (Pronounced yA lee and unrelated to the Navajo name) is a mythical animal that is a chimera of a lion, elephant and a snake. They could have a lion face, its paws (and claws) and tail, fangs of a snake, body, hind legs and trunk of an elephant.
'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds'. The story of Oppenheimer's infamous quote
Dec 31, 2022

"You are what you believe in. You become that which you believe you can become": J Robert Oppenheimer, a theoretical Physicist recited a quote from Bhagavad Gita after witnessing first Nuclear explosion - "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"

No matter how little we know of the Hindu religion, a line from one of its holy scriptures lives within us all: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” This is one facet of the legacy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American theoretical physicist who left an outsized mark on history. For his crucial role in the Manhattan Project that during World War II produced the first nuclear weapons, he’s now remembered as the”father of the atomic bomb.”
Sweden: Ethiopian Migrant (15) Brutally Rapes, Beats, and Strangles Little Girl (9) With Her Shoelaces, Child Left Brain-Damaged
Dec 30, 2022

"To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty": Sweden - Muslim Ethiopian migrant, Abushi Shamse Kamal (15) brutally rapes, beats, and strangles little girl Luna (9) with her shoelaces, child left brain-damaged

The heartbroken family is furious at the government and school staff who hid the Migrant’s past sexual attacks on females, strangulation porn habits, and his actual age.
Relatives of Daya Bheel, 40 years old Hindu woman brutally murdered in Sindh
Dec 30, 2022

"Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear": India calls on Pakistan to protect minorities after killing of Hindu woman Daya Bheel in Sindh province, her body was severed, breasts chopped and was beheaded

New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): India on Thursday called on Pakistan to protect its minorities after the killing of a Hindu woman Daya Bheel in Sindh province.
Greatest of all time, Brazilian football legend Pele passes away
Dec 30, 2022

"Sometimes a legend that endures for centuries...endures for a reason": Greatest of all time, three-time World Cup-winning Brazilian football legend Pele passes away at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, was diagnosed in 2021 with colon cancer

Widely regarded as the greatest idol of world football, 82-year-old Edson Arantes do Nascimento, famously known as Pele, passed away at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo earlier Friday.
Rishabh Pant meets with an accident, escapes his burning car by breaking the glass, hospitalised
Dec 30, 2022

"Accidents are not accidents but precise arrivals at the wrong time": Cricketer Rishabh Pant met with an accident near Kotwali Mangalore area of Roorkee, he jumped out of the window as soon as the Car caught Fire, was rescued by locals, he is stable now

Indian ace cricketer Rishabh Pant has met with an accident at the Narsan border of Roorkee in Uttarakhand. The incident reportedly took place when he was returning home from the National Capital.