In the good old days when kings sat in their castles and sent their men into battle, quite often, guards from his fort watchtowers would shout, “Lone horseman riding to the fort!” And soon, they would ident

His name was Kumar and he was my best friend in school. A little fellow, compared to me, who was lean and lanky, he was short and squat.Kumar was a fighter, he could knock out any guy in class, and most kept aw

Many years ago God gave my wife and me a wonderful anniversary gift. Our younger daughter had been selected for the Miss University contest. She was only sixteen, the youngest among a group of eighteen, ninetee

My phone rang as I drove home one night many years ago. It was from a newspaper I wrote for, “Would you like to interview Evander Holyfield, the boxer?”“Ofcourse,” I said and images came to me of a badl

This morning I received a video from Orissa of a church group who were stopped from worshipping by a police patrol. I watched as the church service was stopped and the priest dragged to the police station. He w

It is accurately said that it is easy to be an angel when nobody ruffles your feathers. But it seems that feather rufflers will always be around. We're told that 19th Century German statesman Prince Otto vo

The Man in the Moon looked at his wife as she stopped gazing at Earth and stared at him, “What?” he asked, because women whether they were from Earth or Moon, or even from Venus, always had a questi

Was flying from Mumbai to Istanbul, a month ago, and as usual was checked and my baggage double checked at the airport, “I guess it's because of my beard!” I told the security officer as he near

IANS Even as a recent study showed the evidence linking air pollution to increased risks of dementia, doctors here on Thursday called for strict actions to make the air cleaner. Dementia is an umbrella te

You will never grow old, While there's love in your heart. Time may silver your golden hair, As you dream in an old rocking-chair, You will never grow old. Don't be fretful, or regretful, That you

Most of today’s billionaires earned while they learned! And maybe that’s one reason there aren’t too many in India, since many of those billionaires abroad learned a lot from the jobs they

Enrique Hernández Pando Inter Press Service  El Castellar – For 33-year-old mother-of-seven and poultry farmer Helena Kindole in Chanya village in Tanzania, one of the main barriers to gro

(Dedicated to Mama Rose Maureen Wylie on her birthday) A Anato Swu Satakha town, Zunheboto Fragrance that evokes memories precious Fills the air purified by His breath gracious. Sourced to the Rose blo

Sanjeev Sharma IANS  In August, the monsoon has fallen significantly short of the long-term average, registering a deficit of 30%, Motilal Oswal Financial Services said in a report. The southern region

In a day or two, we will all watch Chandrayaan 3 land on the moon. Why we will all be tense is because of the crash landing that happened the last time. But what we should all be proud of is that after that we

There was the sound of a police jeep and policemen entering my neighbour’s compound, “What’s happening?” I shouted to my neighbour. “Treason!” he shouted back as he opened

As we go through times in our nation, where some are happy and others aren’t and some feel they deserve more happiness than others because of their religion or riches, have we ever thought that happiness

IANSlife Counterfeiting has become a global economic crime with far-reaching consequences, and a new study by the University of Portsmouth reveals how social media influencers are facilitating this illicit t

One of our leading English dailies had an interesting quote once. It said that “Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than at each other…” How True! Try visiting a

IANS Levels of grey matter in two parts of the brain may be linked to a desire to start smoking during adolescence and the strengthening of nicotine addiction, a new study has revealed. A team of scientis