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Japan: Mothers for peace Did you know that mothers in Japan were among the first to protest against nuclear weapons? This happened …
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Chip off the Old Block
Long ago in the year 1853, one Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, a big business tycoon , was having dinner at a resort called …
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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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The Making of a Prodigy
When Siva Kalyan was born, his spine or backbone was deformed resulting in a lifelong difficulty in walking. But that hasn’t …
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The Emperor who Rolled his Eyes
At the age of 18, Akbar had been emperor of the Mughal empire for four years. This was 440 years ago, in the year 1560. But the …
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Squirrelling it Away
Chimpu and his grandfather had gone to the park for an evening walk. After Chimpu had played with his friends for over an hour, he …
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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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Excerpts From 'The Wonderful World of Insects'
What is an Insect? An insect is quite different from you and me. It has a body that is divided into three parts: the head, the …
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We Would All Scream Without Ice Cream
Can you imagine a summer without ice creams? It seems the Chinese, too, couldn’t. For it was they who gave the world its …
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Care for your Dog
The immense joy a dog brings to a family is unparalleled. The thrill of coming home to the deliriously happy barking of a dog is …
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Dear Vishrut and Anushrut, I forget the name of a short story by W.Somerset Maugham that I read long ago-perhaps you will read it …
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The Office Where Records Are Made
. .265. . .puff! gasp!! 310. . 311. . . this is James Joseph of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, doing his squats in a corner of the Limca …
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