Indian Hockey. The moment we hear these 2 words in conjunction, probably we go down memory lane to remember the olden and golden days. The fame and laurels that Major Dhyan Chand won is probably equally important and laudable as the achievements of Sachin Tendulkar to the history of Indian Sports.

Almost one hundred years before India’s First War of Independence (1857), the adivasis (tribals) of Jharkhand had declared revolt against the British colonial rule. The first ever revolt against the landlords and the British government was led by Tilka Manjhi, a valiant Santhal leader iof the tribal belt in 1771.

Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village, though;

He will not see me stopping here

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer

To stop without a farmhouse near

Between the woods and frozen lake

The darkest evening of the year.

Across the length and breadth of the country various organisations are working at diferent levels to improve the voluntary blood donation scenario. But here is an aricle that is slightly different from what we have seen and heard. This was published in the newspaper a few months back

Here it goes, the article is named as Khoon Ka Rishta