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  • The Ugliest Man In The World..!
    The other day while scanning the news in the local papers I saw this hideous picture of an ugly man; face all patched up, hardly any nose, no eyebrows and two skin projections for ears! He had been through a gr
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - OCTOBER 2
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 02 Reuters 1935 - Italian forces invaded Abyssinia. 1998 - Gene Autry, the "Singing Cowboy" whose "Rudolph the Red-No
  • 'Doob' and Bollywood..!
    With so many actors and actresses dragged to jail by the Narcotics Control Bureau, or for questioning, many hardcore fans and film addicts are beginning to come up with strange thoughts and theories.My neighbor
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - OCTOBER 1
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 01 Reuters 1908 - Henry Ford's Model T Ford car went on sale. 1918 - Arab forces aided by the British under T. E. Lawrence
  • Untangled..!
    There were tears in her eyes, my daughter’s, as she led me up to the terrace “Look what they’ve done dad,” she wept. I stared with horror. The bird, a pigeon, hung by its neck, held by a thin string, on
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 30
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 30 Reuters 1938 - After signing the Munich agreement with Adolf Hitler in Germany, Neville Chamberlain returned to Britain and declared
  • Today in History September 29
    Reuters 1923 - Britain began to govern Palestine under a mandate from the League of Nations. 1938 - Germany, France, Britain and Italy signed the Munich agreement, in which the German-speaking part of Cze
  • Whistling Spectacles..!
    I’ve found the easiest way to find a misplaced cell phone is to call my number and find the instrument ringing from under a pile of clothes, an upturned book or sometimes screaming from my very own pocket, wh
  • Law in Motion– 14: FIRST INFORMATION REPORTS
    Rupin Sharma, IPS (Section 154 CrPC) The CrPC, dedicates a special Chapter (XII) to investigation - “Information To The Police And Their Powers To Investigate”. This chapter elaborates the power
  • Caught in pandemic's net, fish sellers struggle to stay afloat in India
    Anuradha Nagaraj Thomson Reuters Foundation In 35 years of selling the village catch, Jennet Cleetus said business has never been so bad for her and other women who make ends meet by hawking seafood along t
  • Hitting Below the Belt..!
    As fair play evolved and even warfare rules changed from barbaric methods to slightly more civilized ways, certain unsporting practices were frowned on, and finally declared as foul. In sports, one of them, was
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 28
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 28 Reuters 1902 - The French novelist Emile Zola died. 1939 - Warsaw, Poland surrenders to Germans after weeks of resistance. 1
  • My view on COVID-19
    Hutuzo Lohe Department of History, Phek Govt College COVID -19 is a novel coronavirus they said, so the solution for this awful problem will take time. With the outbreak of the unprecedented COVID-19 the wo
  • Today in History September 27
    Reuters 1917 - Hilaire-Germaine-Edgar Degas, French artist known as one of the greatest 19th century French artists, died. 1922 - King Constantine I of Greece abdicated. He was king from 1913-17 and from
  • Today in History September 26
    Reuters 1907 - New Zealand becomes dominion within British Empire. 1937 - American blues singer Bessie Smith died after a car crash. 1997 - Mafia boss Salvatore Riina and 23 of his closest associates w
  • War on the Cricket Field..!
    And as cricket our passionate, frenzied, national sport starts, I know soon there will be an Indo-Pak match to get all our Covid frustration anger out. To most fans, spectators and their countrymen, an Indo-Pak
  • TODAY in HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 25
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 25 Reuters 1926 - Slavery Convention signed by 20 states at League of Nations. 1932 - The Spanish region of Catalonia was granted
  • Trump and the Tramp’s Tale..!
    It was early one morning the people of New York, some of them anyway heard the Statue of Liberty had been speaking to someone down below, the previous night. A drunk, who had made his home on the same island, t
  • TODAY IN HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 24
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 24 Reuters 1932 - Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi agrees Poona Pact to end fast. 1988 - Canadian Ben Johnson set a 100 metres world
  • Building Crashes and No Room..!
    And as I heard about the building collapse in Mumbai, with sixteen dead and counting, and other concrete structures crumbling during the rains, I hear knowing voices asking, “Why do they stay in such building
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