India 2020: Can we achieve Kalam's dream?
Another December passed and we entered into yet another new year. This year bought with it a new and much anticipated decade. The decade, most of us were looking forward to. For it is at the end of this very decade that Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam had dreamt of India as a developed country. The question is whether we Indians have the potential to realize his dream?
What is so special about the new year?
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New year is around the corner. One question that comes back to me each time in this season is what exactly is so special about the new year. Thought it would be interesting to know what does new year mean to each one of us.
Distance between the railway tracks
We all have travelled by trains in our lives. But, have you
ever wondered what the distance between the railway tracks is? The distance
between railway tracks is 143.5 cms or 4 ft 8 ½ inches. Now the question is why
such an unconventional measure? Wouldn't it be better to keep it 144 or 145 cms
exactly?