The festival had origins in the myth of Seven Sleepers of Ephesus in religion where a group of young men hide inside a cave to escape religious persecution and emerge 300 years later. Of late, of course, this has evolved into a day of informal celebrations and family fun where the last member of the family is carried out to the nearest water body (preferably a lake) and dunked in (while still sleeping).
Read moreA recent incident in the US proved that partying wild can happen with er… Goats gone wild too! They went on a rampage in a tiny town scaring the residents to death and practically held them hostage inside the safe of their buildings by eating everything on sight. The company that owned these goats was into the business of renting them out for eating the weeds and hence helping the renter to clear his gardens or yard.
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As a practicing Indian Hindu, I am used to many schools of theologies and beliefs but the story of a Nepali custom I had heard many years back from a fellow student of Nepali origin had me intrigued. According to a still practicing custom in Nepal, a girl child of not more than 5 years old is selected as an embodiment of Goddess Divine and is worshipped as Kumari, the virgin goddess.
Read moreThe Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the world’s biggest construction even bigger than the Great Wall of China. Surprised? You may not be for long. The reef is slowly being eroded by the oceanic pollution and the tiny creatures that create the reef are dying in huge numbers. The Great Barrier Reef is in danger, and efforts must be made
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As any of you who has spent more than 10 secs on my site knows, I am a crazy crazy fan of Wodehouse. So when Kanika pitched me the idea of crazy laws around the world, my immediate impulse was dang-it Wodehouse is dead else we’ll be treated to another batch of Freddie Threepwood, Ashe Mason and a fictional detective
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The author I’m interviewing today is ‘Ms. read-a-lot’. She is the creator of the characters, Maya and Hari whom I fondly call ‘Matahari’. I often wondered if there are any characteristics that she has in common with Maya or Hari. And she admits that Hari shares her sense of humor. Having penned 3 books, she also knows…
What do Queen Elizabeth and Kim Jong Un have in common? Both of them don’t need a vote to continue in their positions. Voting is serious business which is why I am not going to make any puns today. It’s impossible not to recognise the contributions that universal sufferage in democracies had on their development. Sadly, in these days of
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If you have watched Indian Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull, I bet you had the same involuntary shudder that I had when Harrison Ford tries to escape from a nuclear bomb by hiding in a refridgerator. Sadly none of us are Indiana Jones doppelgangers, so this is not going to work on us. The aftermath of an atomic
Read moreI have been getting quite a lot of queries recently about how to go about publishing your ebook in Amazon. I decided to jot down a few helpful tips on how to go about publishing your ebook on Amazon. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any more questions after you read this post either in the
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Hi, You can download my short stories collection below for FREE. Don’t forget to subscribe in the email subscribe button for following all updates on this site! The Cockatiel confessions and other collected works
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