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NAVRATRI is a festival that spans nine days every autumn that is September or October every year. In India it is celebrated differently with different stories or legends but the common theme is the battle  and the victory of Good over Evil.   In some states Durga Puja is synonymous with Navaratri where Goddess Durga battles and emerges victorious over the buffalo demon to help restore Dharma.  Some states celebrate "Ram Lila" and Dussehra where the battle and victory is of God Rama over the demon king Ravana.   In the South the victory of different goddesses of Rama or Saraswati is celebrated.  On the last day called Dussehra or Vijayadashami the statues are either immersed in river or  ocean or it is burnt with fireworks marking evil's destruction.  The nine days are  dedicated to Goddess Durga for her nine Avatars.  Each day is significant as the prominent battle that took place between Durga and demon Mahishasura celebrates the v...

  Do we really need to raise voice everyday?  Does only International Girls day makes the world aware how precious Girls are ?  Everyday we come across new new incidents happening around us which has a lot to do with Girls.  Girls are growing smarter and touching the sky.  On the other hand we find lots of cases where girls are falling down as victims. If they are surrounded with the right people  saying  "let your light shine ", they gain more confidence and turns out to be the best.  On the other hand if they are neglected, come in contact with fear and darkness, fall in wrong hands, they struggle hard to see the light.    There is discrimination and differences between male and female which still preserves around the globe.  Many still believe a son can take full responsibility of the family and carry forward the legacy and a girl child is not worth enough which has proved wrong.  Girls are always put into secondary stage ri...

IF YOU WANT TO SHINE LIKE A SUN FIRST BURN LIKE A SUN APJ ABDUL KALAM IS AVUL PAKIR JAINULABDEEN ABDUL KALAM.   BORN IN A TAMIL FAMILY ON 15 OCTOBER 1931 HE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THE FIVE SIBLINGS,  HIS FATHER A P JAINULABDEEN WAS THE IMAM OF A MOSQUE IN HIS HOMETOWN OF RAMESHWARAM.  HIS FATHER WOULD SIT WITH THE  HEAD PRIEST OF RAMANATHASWAMY HINDU TEMPLE AND A CHURCH PRIEST WITH HOT TEA AND DISCUSS ON VARIOUS ISSUES.  THIS MADE YOUNG KALAM BELIEVE AND RESPECT ALL RELIGION .   ABDUL KALAM WAS FOND OF SAYING  "FOR GREAT MEN, RELIGION IS A WAY OF MAKING FRIENDS; SMALL PEOPLE MAKE RELIGION A FIGHTING TOOL." ABDUL KALAM LIVED A SIMPLE LIFESTYLE. DAILY NAMAZ AND FASTING DURING RAMADAN WERE INTEGRAL IN HIS LIFE.  IN ADDITION TO READING QURAN, HE ALSO LEARNT SANSKRIT, READ BHAGAVAD GITA, WROTE TAMIL POETRY, PLAYED VEENA, LISTENED TO CARNATIC DEVOTIONAL MUSIC AND HE WAS A VEGETARIAN.   HE GRADUATED FROM MADRAS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,...

  THE TRUTH ABOUT THE LIFE OF A MAN IS NOT WHAT HE DOES, BUT THE LEGEND WHICH HE CREATES AROUND HIMSELF.   THE WORLD KNOWS THIS MEGASTAR AMITABH BACHCHAN BUT HE IS BORN AS  INQUILAAB SRIVASTAVA TO THE GREAT INDIAN POET HARIVANSH RAI BACHCHAN AND THE INDIAN SOCIAL ACTIVIST TEJI BACHCHAN IN ALLAHABAD. AMITABH ROSE TO FAME DURING 1970s - 1980s AS THE MOST DOMINANT ACTOR IN THE INDIAN CINEMA WHERE HE WAS CALLED "ONE-MAN INDUSTRY" AS HE WON THE HEART OF MILLIONS AROUND THE GLOBE.  HE GAINED DIFFERENT TITLES LIKE 'ANGRY YOUNG MAN" , "SHANENSHAH OF BOLLYWOOD", "SADI KA MAHANAYAK", "BIG B", "STAR OF THE MILLENNIUM"AND "ASIA's SEXIEST VEGETARIAN" .  HE HAS APPEARED IN MORE THAN 200 INDIAN FILMS SPANNING MORE THAN FIVE DECADES AND WON NUMEROUS ACCOLADES IN HIS CAREER.  IT IS INTERESTING TO KNOW AT THE AGE OF 78 HE IS STILL WORKING HARD. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AWARDED AMITABH  THE PADMASRI IN 1984.  IN 1991 HE WAS THE FIRST...

REKHA WAS BORN IN MADRAS (CHENNAI) TO TAMIL ACTOR GEMINI GANESAN AND TELUGU ACTRESS PUSHPAVALLI.  HER FATHER DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE HIS PATERNITY DURING HER CHILDHOOD,  THE FINANCIAL STATE OF HER FAMILY COMPELLED HER TO QUIT SCHOOL AND START A CAREER IN ACTING. SHE DID NOT SPEAK HINDI AND STRUGGLED TO COMMUNICATE WITH HER CO-WORKERS,  BOMBAY (MUMBAI) DURING THOSE DAYS WAS LIKE A JUNGLE TO HER AND THE MOST FRIGHTENING PHASES OF HER LIFE .  SHE WAS PUSHED, LITERALLY DRAGGED FROM ONE STUDIO TO ANOTHER AT THE AGE OF 13 AND SHE WAS TOTALLY IGNORANT OF THE WAYS OF CINEMA WORLD.  SHE HAD TO LEARN HINDI FOR THE MOVIE SAWAN BHADON WHICH MARKED A HIT FILM IN 1970 AND SHE BECAME A STAR OVERNIGHT.   REKHA  STARTED PAYING ATTENTION TO HER MAKE-UP, DRESS SENSE AND WORKED TO IMPROVE HER ACTING TECHNIQUE AND PERFECT HER HINDI-LANGUAGE SKILLS,  TO LOSE WEIGHT, SHE FOLLOWED A NUTRITIOUS DIET, LED A REGULAR, DISCIPLINED LIFE, AND PRACTISED YOGA.  SHE ALSO REC...

  The Indian Airforce or Bhartiya Vayu Sena was established on October 8, 1932 by the British Empire under the Indian Air Force Act to aid the Army that was fighting on land.  It's first flight came into being on 1st April 1933.  After Independence of India in 1947, Indian Air Force was named Royal Indian Air Force.  When India turned Republic in 1950 the prefix Royal was removed and it is now known as Indian Air Force.   The celebration day of IAF is attended by the Chiefs of all the defence services namely Indian Airforce, Army and Navy.  At present the Indian Air Force is the fourth largest air force in the world after the United States, Russia and China.  It is also  the seventh strongest air force in the world.    The Hindon Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force is the largest in Asia and 8th largest in the world.  Its motto 'NABHA SPARSHAM DEEPTHAM' is taken from the eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad Gita The four...

ANIMALS OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZE PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE MAINTENANCE OF BALANCE IN THE ECOSYSTEM.  THEY ARE ALSO AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE MAINTENACE OF SOIL QUALITY AND CLIMATE REGULATION IN THE ENVIRONMENT. WORLD ANIMAL WELFARE DAY 2020 THEME IS  ' SUSTAINING ALL LIFE ON EARTH" ENCOMPASSING ALL WILD ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES AS KEY COMPONENTS OF THE WORLD'S  BIODIVERSITY.  ANIMAL WELFARE IS A COMPLEX ISSUE WHICH INVOLVES STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR AS WELL AS THE CHALLENGE OF ACCESSING THE EMOTIONS OF ANIMALS.  THEY SHOULD HAVE FREEDOM AS AGAINST HUNGER, DISCOMFORT, PAIN, INJURY, DISEASE, FEAR, DISTRESS AND EXPRESS.. FRESH WATER AND PROPER DIET IS ALSO A REQUIREMENT FOR ANY ANIMAL.  SHELTER AND A COMFORTABLE RESTING AREA IS NECESSARY.  PROPER DIAGNOSIIS AND TREATMENT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ANY ANIMAL FOUND IN INJURY , PAIN OR DISEASE.  THEY HAVE THE FREEDOM TO LIVE ON THIS EARTH, SHARE SUFFICIENT SPACE, MINGLE IN THE COMPANY OF THEI...