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Raj Mohan Nair, the Electric Man from Kerala: Super Human who conducts Electricity through his body!
Raj Mohan Nair from Kerala is called the Electric Man. He can have high voltage electricity flow through him and feel no impact of it. If such a thing were...
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Delhi Gangrape Solutions: Sakha Cabs for Women in Delhi; Cabs for women driven by women
After the gang rape in Delhi, the discussion about women safety has come to the forefront. For women in New Delhi, just the basic transportation back and forth from work...
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Didi’s Poster put up in Trinamool office by removing Netaji’s.
Such is the vanity of “Didi” Mamata Bannerjee, that her sideys see nothing wrong is replacing even Netaji’s photograph with hers in the main office. Party workers said it was...
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25% of Leadership Abilities are due to Inherited Genes
Will leader’s son be a leader? The Bushes, the Gandhis/Nehrus, the Clintons, the Kennedys, the Bhuttos – does a leader beget a leader off-spring? Well, a new study seems to...
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Math Genius Siblings from a Farmer’s house in Ghaziabad
Here is a remarkable story of two kids of one farmer from near Ghaziabad who are mathematical geniuses. Amazing kids both and they have been admitted into the DPS International,...
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Charlie Chaplin in “The Great Dictator”: One of most profound speeches ever in movies
This is a great speech by Charlie Chaplin in the movie “The Great Dictator”. He may have been despised as a “Communist” in his lifetime in the US.. but this...
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Ancient India’s Engineering Skills shown in detail through Experiments
Here is a very interesting videos with details on the Ancient Scientific discoveries and achievements of India. The Engineering skills that Indian scientific discoveries manifested have been unraveled here in this documentary...
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How Determination can win against all odds
Here is an amazing story of success that all of us can learn from. It comes from one of the most amazing athlete that ran in the Olympics. 1960 Summer...
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Mumbai home Tutor Sunmeet Kaur wins Rs. 5 cr in KBC-6
Sunmeet Kaur Sawhney, a Punjabi woman, has emerged as the winner of Rs. 5 crore on TV game show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati 6′. Sawhney, a home tutor and a resident...
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Tulsi Gabbard – a gritty and inspiring lady – the First Hindu American Congressional Leader in US takes oath on Bhagwad Gita
She is 32. A woman. A Hindu by choice. A War Veteran already. And yesterday, she became the first Hindu American Congressional Leader to be sworn in. On her own...
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Woman Power, Business and Economy: Interesting Insights
Given the realization of the place of women in the world, here is something that I found interesting. These are observations by Mark Palmer, the CEO of StreamBase Systems on his blog...
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Ramanujan’s formula proved correct, may help explain Black Holes
Ramanujan had made a conjecture on his death bed in a letter to Hardy discussing mock modular forms. Ramanujan’s letter described several new functions that behaved differently from known theta...
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Important lesson for India from Sweden, the World’s Rape Capital (30 times more rapes a year than India)!
Sweden recorded 63 rapes per 100,000 inhabitants this year. That was 30 times that of India (2 per 100,000 inhabitants). Compared to India, Sweden must be the worst when it...
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How generations of Indian Tribals build “Living Bridges” across rivers from live trees lasting centuries
Meghalaya is a state which has the highest amount of rainfall in the world. Cherrapunji holds a world record of the highest recorded rainfall. In such a place, rivers are...
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Income Tax Appellate decides “Hinduism is neither a Religion, nor a Community”!
It seems the Government Agencies in India seem to go in to some kind of philosophical high road when it comes to Hinduism – if it suits them, and then...
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Pakistani kids and polio: Caught Between Jihadis and Disease
Pakistani kids are in a tough situation. Either polio cripples them or those who give them vaccines, the Taliban kill them. Between Disease and Islamist Jihadi, they are being hounded. ...
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Pakistani Media and its perception of “Indian Media’s Onslaught”
This, as we discussed earlier, is a very common topic on the Pakistani channels. And, it is interesting to see the views of the Pakistani media people ABOUT the media...
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Body of Dead Indian Climber serves as milestone for others on way to Mt Everest
Ascent to Mt Everest is a dangerous journey full of situations where people lose their lives. It is said that over 200 bodies are lying on the way to the...
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Self Taught 16 year old Sierra Leone kid wows MIT with his creative innovation
16 year old Kelvin Doe is a young kid from Sierra Leone, an impoverished African country. In his country, he is also known as DJ Focus, because he runs a...
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Mohali building built in record breaking 48 hours; can last 600 years
In an interesting record-breaking feat, a 10-storey building in Mohali was built within 48 hours. Quite a feat in India and something I am sure will raise the career of...
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Frying Nemo Restaurant: That’s Punjabi Humor for you!
What do you say to this kind of humor?
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What if money didn’t matter?
What should one do in life? How much is money important? Should I go for money? These are the questions that we all have. And the answer is never easy...
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When a man in India cut through a mountain with a hammer, chisel and nails in 22 years
There are lot of phrases which exaggerate accomplishments of people. When someone does something big – they say he has “moved the mountain”. Well here is a story of a...
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Was Draupadi a blonde?
Interesting question and an interesting answer using the tale from a local version of Mahabharat. Read Quote of Haricharan Vijayaraghavan’s answer to Mahabharata: If Draupadi’s hair was said to be...
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World’s Largest Family: Man with 39 wives, 94 kids, 14 daughters in law, and 33 grandkids from Mizoram (Pics Gallery)
The largest family in the world belongs to an Indian man, who seems like doing a Dhritrashtra (100 kids) – except that he is a Christian following a peculiar sect...
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Jab Tak Hai Jahan will make Rs 70-75 crores: Trade Analyst
@iam4rnab JTHJ already blockbuster. In India,it is close to 100 crore, Overseas nearly 55.It wil make profit of 70-75 crore! — Komal Nahta(@KomalNahta) November 22, 2012 Have you seen the...
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Can Rejection lead to Enhanced Creativity?
In an interesting study at John Hopkins University, the researchers led by Sharon Kim have tried to see the impact of rejection on Creativity. What they found is incredible and...
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Dr. Singh and Barack Obama in a Fancy dress evening
Heads of States of various countries came together for a Gala Dinner ahead of ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was held at Cambodia’s Diamond Island Convention Center on...
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Sita Abandonment: No matter which way one looks, Ram was NEVER a bad husband
In today’s world, it is unimaginable for anyone to value anything that is not one’s own – relative or asset – more than that which is consider “own”. So, when...
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Chandigarh’s Class 9 boy’s doodle to adorn Google India’s page today (Nov 14 ’12)
Today’s doodle on Google’s India page is an entry by a Chandigarh school boy, Class 9th of Kendriya Vidyalaya – Arun Kumar Yadav. The doodle has been titled “A Prism...
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Om Jai Jagdish Hare – Text and Audio
Om Jai Jagdish Hare ॐ जय जगदीश हरे - On Jai Jagadish Hare ॐ जय जगदीश हरे, स्वामी जय जगदीश हरे भक्त जनों के संकट, दास जनों के संकट, क्षण में दूर करे...
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Tatas are a $100 billion Conglomerate. India’s first!
Tatas is India’s first $100 billion conglomerate. I am not sure if many in the Indian media have noticed it and commented on this extra-ordinary milestone and achievement. Without fanfare,...
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Indian achievers choosing to come back to plum posts in India
What is common between Venkatesh Kini, Akhil Chandra, Gautham Mukkavilli and Seema Modi? They all are expats who have done well abroad in their careers and have now headed back...
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Alang, largest global ship breaking center – a boon or a curse?
Half of all the ships dismantled and broken down at the end of life in the world end up in Alang, Gujarat in Gulf of Khambhat. Alang is 50 kms...