The Flower Girls of the Mountains
I was back in my village after a long time. Tall pines and Deodars greeted me as I walked uphill, on the twisty …
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Dress Relief
The doorbell rang. ‘Now darling remember all that I have told you,’ said Ma for the umpteenth time as she nervously opened the …
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The Emperor and Chitranjan Cheetah
Mughal emperor Akbar loved hunting. Four hundred and twenty eight years ago, when he was passing through Rajasthan, he decided to …
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Little Gyatsu Goes To School
As the sun rises over the hills, the birds start chirping. Nine-year-old Gyatsu knows that it is time to go to school. All his …
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The Black Hole of Social Weights and Measures
William James Sidis could speak five languages and read Plato in original Greek by the age of five. At eight he passed the …
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Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh, leader of the Vietnam revolutionary nationalist party of Indo-China, which struggled for independence from France …
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A Harvest of Festivals
The Punjabis celebrate this festival as Baisakhi. The Assamese call this festival Bohag Bihu. In Kerala they usher in the new year …
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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong was chairman of the Communist Party of China and the principal founder of the People’s Republic of China. Along …
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Holi – The Colour of Fun is Red, Blue, Green
Holi or the festival of colours, is celebrated with great enthusiasm in India, and by the Indian communities settled abroad. It is …
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Bill Clinton
Born on August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas, to Virginia Blythe and named for his father, who had recently died in an auto accident, …
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Shri Guru Nanak Dev
Shri Guru Nanak Dev was born at a time when the world was plunged into the darkness of ignorance, feudal tyranny, religious & …
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The Lesson
It was on a rainy day last week that Ravi came running up to our third floor house, pretending he was a fast train. He rang the …
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