Krishna Janmashtami is a Hindu festival and an official holiday in many parts of India. Dahi Handi is celebrated the day after Janmashtami. Here’s more about the popular Indian festival. What is Krishna Janmashtami Krishna Janmashtami (also known as Gokulashtami) is a popular Hindu festival and today is celebrated around the world. It is also […]
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Diwali Festival In India
Diwali is one of the biggest (in fact the biggest) festival that’s celebrated in India. It usually lasts for about a week and is the time when people go shopping, are paid bonuses, its the most profitable time of the year for businesses, and most big Bollywood releases happen this time of the year (especially […]
Top Celebrities, World Leaders and Thinkers who were inspired by Mahatma Gandhi
Top Celebrities, World Leaders and Thinkers who were inspired by Mahatma Gandhi. The list is very long, and we have picked just a few. Here are the celebrities and creative people who were inspired by Mahatma Gandhi. George Bernard Shaw Nobel-prize-winning Irish playwright and passionate socialist, George Bernard Shaw on Gandhi, “Impressions of Gandhi? You […]
Mahatma Gandhi and Charlie Chaplin together in one frame (old picture)
A very rare picture of Mahatma Gandhi and Charlie Chaplin together in one frame. Back then Gandhi had fans all over the world, but Gandhi-ji had no clue who Charlie Chaplin was. During India’s struggle for freedom, Gandhi was revered not just in India, he had fans all over the world,including political leaders, authors, poets, […]
Top Onam Festival Attractions in Kerala
In India, harvest festivals are very popular, Lohri in Punjab and Onam in Kerala are two popular harvest festivals, which also showcases the local culture. Onam is the biggest festival in Kerala (India), and the festivities continue for ten days. It is also celebrated to mark the homecoming and coronation of ancient mythical Emperor Mahabali. […]
These men survived atomic bomb attacks, fought to ban nukes
Sumiteru Taniguchi, survivor of the 1945 atomic bomb attack on his hometown of Nagasaki, and who devoted his life fighting for abolishing nuclear weapons, recently died of cancer, reports a news site. Taniguchi was 16 and was on the job delivering mail, when a US atomic bomb was dropped on the city (on Aug. 9, […]
Watch restored footage (4k) of Charles and Diana’s nuptials, the royal wedding that captivated the world
For the first time, “The Royal Wedding” of Britain’s Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer can now be seen and enjoyed in high quality (4k) video. This restored version (by Associated Press) has been made from the original British Movietone 35 mm negative. Movietone were the only company to film events of this momentous day […]
Most Indians don’t own a PAN card, India going too fast with GST and digitisation, feels Shatrughan Sinha
While the intentions of India’s top leaders are good, Shatrughan Sinha feels, on certain aspects (GST, digital banking), the pace of implementation is too fast. ‘Shotgun’ (nickname) cites the example of demonetisation, where most Indians hadto face hardships. Shatrughan Sinha supports Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s radical economic reforms, but he is also apprehensive of […]
Women in Ontario (Canada) can go topless in public, Human Rights Code says both genders have to be treated equally
Men can go topless in public, be it on the streets, in the pool, or on the beach. But for women, its a big no-no, even in the Western countries. However, Ontario in Canada, is an exception in this matter. Ontario’s Human Rights Code says everyone has a right to be treated equally when it […]
When Microsoft Calibri (font) became the most googled word in Pakistan, ahead of porn
Porn is one of the most searched keywords in Google, all over the world; so it came as a surprise when the words ‘Calibri font’ suddenly started trending in Pakistan few days back. And the reason is Nawaz Sharif’s (Prime Minister of Pakistani) family’s involvement in the Panamagate scandal (by the way, even the Bachchans’ […]
