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The therapeutic value of blogging is being keenly studied by scientists, reports Scientific American. Since blogging is more about dwelling on personal experiences, thoughts and feelings, it gives a feeling of wellness which is a natural outcome of giving vent to those lurking thoughts in the recesses of one’s mind.
It is reported that such “expressive [...]
Almost the whole of India is tottering in electricity crisis. There are reports of “power riots” in and around Delhi, the capital of india, according to Hindustan Times a leading newspaper from the capital:
People have had enough. Tired of long and frequent power cuts and false promises of improvement, people in the Capital and Gurgaon [...]
Reuters reports:-
Criminals are enjoying such a life of luxury in British jails that they don’t bother trying to escape, a senior prison union official said on Friday.
Dangerous prisoners enjoy satellite television, free telephone calls and breakfast in bed in the country’s “cushy” jails, Prison Officers’ Association General Secretary Glyn Travis added.
Cheap drugs are readily available, [...]
Yes. It is adieus to The (non)Hindu!
The time has come to part with an association which had assumed a second nature for me. The typical morning routine of a steaming cup of “ticoction” coffee in one hand and the The Hindu on the other. But it is all history.
There was a time The Hindu represented [...]
Contestants of the 2007 Miss Tourism International pray as a Chinese monk watches during their visit to the Baima Temple in Luoyang of central China’s Henan province, on July 25, 2007.
Source: AOL India News
Charles Darwin averred, “False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science for they often endure long”.
This is true of history too, in which case they endure longer with the active patronage of rulers and various other kinds of powerful lobbies. This phenomenon is more pronounced in countries like India, where politics of twisting [...]