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Naraka-Chaturdashi
Today is Narakachaturdashi, The organic nature of this festival doesn’t cease to amaze me. Growing we heard the story of Narakasura who captured 1600 women, made them his slaves eventually Krishna the Yadava rescued them. The legend also as it that Narakasura could only be killed by his mother. As Deepavali approaches kids begin collecting trash like old clothes, and old news…
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Meet The World’s First Woman Programmer
The second Tuesday of October is the day the first ever woman computer program is remembered, it the known as the Ada Lovelace Day –ALD – in honour of Augusta Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron and his wife Annabelle. Ada was born in 1815, as her mother feared that she might inherit her…
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Discover the secret contributor to socio-economic growth
On World Post Day The Postal department — Papa would enter the compound just before lunch and tell us,”I am the postman” All of us kids playing “house game” would giggle, but the Postman, with his heavy bag was always fascinating. I am talking of days before the email posts, or the courier boy, I am talking…
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Chai and Khana
It was one of those days.. I was sheathing at having to drink terrible coffee at an unnamed station – instead of the comforting Deja Brew of Coffea Robusta at Ram Bhavan (our sanskari Drone’s club). It was time to declare war. This required great planning, and everyone in the world and her husband knows…
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Pondering on Payoffs and Perils of Pitching to Publishers.
An invite, My host actually family INDIBLOGGER Venue #BNLF,#VOW @Dehradun Event – write a book that you always wanted to write it could be on anything you ever wanted, if you want your book published on the greatest blogging staged #VOW2017 A dream comes true. I can finally get my book published without the terrorizing…
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Five ingredients of a healthy air space at home.
I open the door the house, it has been shut for a fortnight, it smells of moss. I can see a trail of ants moving some destination, the putrid smell of saprophyte is also there, I realize that there must be a dead lizard or worse a rodent. Keep the bag down I do the…
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