A leader
A person is fit to become a leader when he can dream and achieve the impossible. He becomes a leader when he can make his people do the same.
Bihu: A celebration of Assamese culture
Bihu is the Biggest Festival of Assam, one of the most beautiful states of India, known for its tea gardens, lush green forests and the mighty Brahmaputra river.It is the celebration to welcome seasons and it is vital for a farmer’s life in Assam. Although this festival retained its originality it incorporated specific characteristics of the city life. The origin of the word ‘Bihu" is said to be from the Sanskrit word ‘Vishu’.
The Assamese celebrate three types of Bihu in a year - Rongaali Bihu or ‘Bohaag Bihu’, Kati Bihu or Kongaali Bihu and the last but not the least Magh Bihu or Bhogaali Bihu’. Rongali Bihu or Bohag Bihu:It is feted at the offset of the sowing season during spring. It also marks the beginning of Assamese new year and around 15th April as per English calender.
What best can you do in the event of blasts in your city?
In case you get to know that there are blasts in your city, what is the best thing that you can do?
Bangalore Blasts
To do:
- make a quick call home and inform about your being okie and your estimated time of reaching home
- stay indoors as much as possible
- use mobile phone only if necessary
No education is complete without travelling
On the way to the Great Himalayas, my aunt told me this line (told to her by her neighbour) that no matter how much anyone studies, their education will never be complete without travelling, on the very first day.
At that moment, I thought it was an over-statement. I mean in this era where one can find any possible answer right at the finger tips, and where world is getting smaller by the minute through the World wide web, where does the need to travel those long days sitting in a bus arise?
Pain Redefined....
Pain- Something that knows no limits and understands no boundaries. I had the ‘opportunity’ of experiencing two different limits of the ultimate teacher of the human race (maybe living beings). The end of semester exams marks one of my happiest moment , as i get to go home and live life my kingsize way. This time i happened to book a ticket in Howrah mail, which leaves from Chennai. Everything was fine and well until we discovered how Lalu was managing to generate so much profit in railways.
Jantart Mantar: Get lost in space!
Between 1727 and 1734 Maharajah Jai Singh II of Jaipur constructed five astronomical observatories in west central India.The observatories, or "Jantar Mantars" as they are commonly known, incorporate multiple buildings of unique form, each with a specialized function for astronomical measurement.
Ladakh: The Indian Paradise
Ladakh is a land abounding in awesome physical features, set in an enormous and spectacular environment. Bounded by two of the world's mightiest mountain ranges, the Karakoram in the north and the Great Himalaya in the south, it is traversed by two other parallel chains, the Ladakh Range and the Zanskar Range.Ladakh has often changed names, all of which give a good description of the conditions prevailing in the region: Ladwags-land below the mountain passes; Bladwags: land of the lama; Maryul: the red country; Muah Ris bSsor Gsum: land to the west of Tibet.
Departing
Rt Hon Srinivasa Sastri has recorded his impressions of Bipin Chandra Pal: "Babu Bipin Chandra Pal burst into full fame in Madras as a preacher of the new political creed. For several days on the sands of the Beach, he spoke words hot with emotion and subtle logic, which were wafted by the soft evening breeze to tens of thousands of listeners invading their whole souls and setting them aflame with the fever of a wild consuming desire.