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• Is Water Melon - a Fruit Or Vegetable ?

  

  It is a classic summer treat .. so much of water and sweetness – juicy and refreshing on a hot day. Like Melons? . .. Watermelon, [tharbooz] (Citrullus lanatus)... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Black Ants !!

  

  The black garden ant (Lasius niger), also known as the common black ant, is a formicine ant, the type species of the subgenus Lasius, which is found across... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2022 SOCIETY

• British System of Governance in Turmoil - Liz Truss Resigns !!

  

  Indians are not fit to rule – they are only fit to be ruled – thundered British a few decades ago ! .. .. now it is not London Bridge that is falling down, but... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2022 SOCIETY

• from an Actress of Little Note - to One Featured in Currency !!

  

  In the Barathiraja film ‘PUthiya Varpugal’ - Bakkiyaraj and Rathi would love in the song ‘thamthana thamthana thalam varum’ – written by Gangai Amaran to the... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Indian Nets to Protect Pakistanis

  

  Mosquitoes (or mosquitos) are members of a group of almost 3,600 species of small flies within the family Culicidae (from the Latin culex meaning "gnat"). Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Count Them on ! - Nation Now Releases Cheetahs !!

  

  In the cities too there are birds – may not be exotic – we get too see different sparrows, king fishers, vultures, crows, fly catchers, barbets, parrots and man... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Sweden Elects a New Govt That Includes a Very Young Minister !

  

  We grew up idolising the exploits of Bjorn Borg who ruled the Tennis World in late 1970s. Between 1974 and 1981- Björn Rune Borg, became the first man in the... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2022 SOCIETY

• World No.1 Apologises for Unsportsmanlike Behaviour !!

  

  Do you know who presently is World no.1 in Women Tennis ?. We grew up seeing and hearing the names of Chris Evert Lloyd, Virginia Wade, Martina Navaratilova,... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Karthick Meiyappan Moment of Glory !

  

  Karthick Meiyappan moment of glory !The United Arab Emirates is located at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula and shares borders with Oman and Saudi... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Fire in Evin Prison .. .. Hostile Fire !!

  

  தீ என்பது - நெருப்பு;... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2022 SOCIETY

• George Munsey Basks in Glory - West Indies Stunned !!

  Today George Munsey (who) is basking in glory !?!? Berbice lies along the Berbice River in Guyana, which was between 1627 and 1792 a colony of the Dutch West... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2022 SOCIETY

• the Beau - Green - Coppersmith Barbets !

  

  You may have seen them on parks or on trees (fig trees!) nearer you – chirpy – their robust tuk-tuk-tuk sound could be heard from quite a distance too. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Playing for Nation When They Should Be in Schools !!

  

  Ever heard of a Cricketer by name - Vijay Laxman Mehra, born in Amritsar in 1938 ? Today after that shock defeat handed to Sri Lanka by Namibia – in the 2nd... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Namibia Stuns Sri Lanka in T20 WC 2022

  

  How good is your memory ? - do you remember that 25th Match of ICC ODI World Cup played at Pietermaritzburg, on Feb 23, 2003- India won by 181 runs ! I’m a... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Indian Women Thrash Sri Lanka, Lift Asia Cup 2022

  

  On Sept. 11, 2022 - Asia Cup 2022 – Indians faltered and could not reach the finals - Lankan batted well, recovered well, bowled to a plan and caught almost... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Hornbill Driven to Extinction ~ for 'ivory' - It is Not Only Elephants !!

  

  The hornbills (Bucerotidae) are a family of bird found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia. They are characterized by a long, down-curved bil... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Burmese Siamese War – Tabinshwehti .. ..Queen Suriyothai !

  

  In the year 2016, Myanmar Navy commissioned some new vessels and that included UMS (Union of Myanmar Ship) Tabinshwehti with pennant number 773: the service’s... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Nobel Prize 2022 in Chemistry

  

  Lack of knowledge in Worldly affairs of people like me transcends various levels proving ignorance many a times ! - of the many many things that we do not know... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Suing for Being Too Much of Lookalike - Tina Turner Case

  

  The movie Billa directed by R Krishnamurthy was a turning point in the career of its hero Rajanikant. The title named after a child kidnapper and murderer was i... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2022 SOCIETY

• Nobel Award in Literature 2022

  

  Along the quay, the great ships, that ride the swell in silence, take no notice of the cradles, that the hands of the women rock. .. .. … .. Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2022 SOCIETY