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• Dazzling Headlights ~ Dumb Deer ! Older You Are, More Changes You Get !!

  

  The phrase – ‘be like a deer caught in the headlights’ – would mean : to be so frightened or surprised that one cannot move or think. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2017 SOCIETY

• Which Font Do You Use ?? ~ Dubai Becomes First City to Have Its Own Font

  

  Do you know what groups : Aabohi, Amudham, Anangu, Bamini, Boopalam, Eelanadu, Jaffna, Kalki, Kalaimakal, Keeravani, Kilavi, Nagananthini, Azhagi, .. .. .. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2017 SOCIETY

• Fail Fast, Fail Often ~ Experiments Do Fail; Thermocol Puts TN Minister in Meme...

  

  In 1941, researchers in Dow's Chemical Physics Lab found a way to make foamed polystyrene. Led by Ray McIntire, they rediscovered a method first used by... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2017 SOCIETY

• Cassini Begins Its Final Dive - in & out of Saturn's Rings !!

  

  If you live away from a City or visit a village, the great opportunity is ‘star gazing’ in the night – away from city light refractions, you can easily spot mor... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2017 SOCIETY

• RCB : Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, AB De Villiers ~ All out for 49 in 9.4 Overs !!

  

  7 0 1 8 9 8 2 0 2 5 0 7 ~ and this entry of Umpires did not look any innovative to me ! The game of Cricket has undergone many and varied changes since its... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2017 SOCIETY

• Haryana Impersonated Alleges Anju George ~ 14th National Youth Athletics...

  

  In Big bash league, in the commentary box, former Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds tried impersonating the Yorkshire accent of former England batsman... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2017 SOCIETY

• Vistadome Coach at Araku Valley ! - Kilimanjaro Machu Picchu ..

  

  The Incas were brutally conquered in the 16th century by the Spanish, who made Peru one of the capitals of their empire, and sent a steady stream of gold and... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2017 SOCIETY

• Elephant Calf Comes Calling Home .. .. ....

  

  ‘depredation’ ~ (noun) would mean an act of attacking or plundering. This word is often associated with the ravage/ raid and resultant damage caused by... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2017 SOCIETY

• Famous Jeweller of Dehradun Sentenced for Holding Bank Account in Swiss !!

  

  In early 2011, several reports Indian media alleged Swiss Bankers Association officials to have said that the largest depositors of illegal foreign money in... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2017 SOCIETY

• United Air Gets People off Air and is in News !!!

  Even today, we feel that Train travel is for the masses and elites travel by air ! – till a couple of decades ago, the most arduous part was standing in long... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2017 SOCIETY

• Heritage Home Damaged by Fire at Dorset ~ What is Indemnity ??

  

  ‘And near that day one of his soldiers with his sword casually killed Lady Strode in that same place.’ - So wrote A. R. Bayley in his book, The Great Civil War... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2017 SOCIETY

• Liability of Railway Company for Missing Goods ! ~ Interesting Judgement

  

  When processing a quote for Marine transit ~ the first Q of a Marine Underwriter is the mode of transit. Generally, it is Road / Rail / Sea / Air – by Sea, it... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2017 SOCIETY

• Are Zoos Protective ~ Rhino Shot Dead Inside Thoiry Zoo

  

  Rhinos are attractive ~ some say they are on the brink of extinction !the white rhino is a major conservation success story, having been brought back from the... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2017 SOCIETY

• Riding a Horse ~ Sad Tale of a Young Girl's Injury - Million Pound Law Suit..

  

  Is India a litigant State – not exactly ? – there are thousands of cases pending at Courts across States and UTs. By some statistics there are lakhs of cases... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2017 SOCIETY

• the Sad Tale of a Champion Sports Person Struggling to Make Ends Meet !!!

  

  In our school days, the best of sportspersons (generally were not good in studies) but yet could land a dream job in Govt or PSU – Sports quota (usually in... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2017 SOCIETY

• Queen of Pench - Collarwali - Incredibly Fertile Tigress - Mother of 26 Cubs !!

  

  In every Zoo they would be the prime attraction – the largest of all the Asian big cats, ‘Tigers’ - rely primarily on sight and sound rather than smell. They... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2017 SOCIETY

• Spain's First Female Defence Minister Carmen Chacon is Dead !

  

  Spain’s first female defence minister, Carmen Chacon has died at the age of 46. The cause has not been released but it has been reported that she had been... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2017 SOCIETY

• Dalai Lama Visits Tawang ~ TOI Says 100s Welcomed Him !!!

  

  Perhaps a small example of how we are fed by media ~ the news as they want us to see and understand !! - As the birthplace of the 6th Dalai Lama, Urgelling... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2017 SOCIETY

• MI Pulls of a Heist at Wankhede

  

  At Wankhede, MI won the toss and put KKR in – Manish Pandey’s belligerence helped them post a total of 178. 2nd over – first delivery – Chris Woakes to Patel,... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2017 SOCIETY

• Remembering the Hero of 1st War of Independence 1857 ~ Mangal Pandey

  

  It is the story of a hero that the Nation must be reading in School books etched in its History – the sad tale of an execution scheduled for April 18 but was... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2017 SOCIETY