The cat family has a new addition in the country their cousin Cheetahs who were unfortunately hunted down to extinction in the pre-independence era are back with a bang. The PM himself released them into Kuno Sanctuary in the Hindustan ka Dil, Madhya Pradesh. MP has been a home to Tigers, Leopards, Panthers and were […]
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It was the unfortunate demise of Cyrus Mistry on 4th September in a tragic road accident which brought the focus on seat belts for rear seat passengers. Seat belts for the front seats in four wheelers is mandatory as per traffic regulations in vogue all over the world. But we Indians take pride in not
Chanakya or Kautilya has been adopted as the mascot of everything strategic in India, and strategy is synonymous with the Military, after all the men in uniform are the premier arm of the government in execution of this strategy. While the teachings of Chanakya are immortalised in his magnum opus “Arthashatra”, but I dare say
“The queen is dead, long live the King”, Queen Elizabeth II has finally got her date with her Maker, after having had the longest reign by any British Monarch. Monarchy is probably as old as human civilisation is or may be as old as the recorded history is. The immortal quote from George Orwell’s Animal
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“Life is a sham” should be adopted as the anthem of Rimcollians, of course the credit goes to Stephen Wrench for penning the lyrics and even composing it for us. Some of us have just shammed our way through our lives unabashedly. Shamming is not merely hoodwinking your nemesis, incidentally we Rimcollians have perfected it
On the occasion of Teacher’s day today, it was the Speaking Tree (Times of India) which caught my attention, which laid more emphasis on ‘Intuitive knowledge’ vis-a-vis ‘Intellectual’ one. While in Vedic times it was the former which was sought, the Colonial era focussed on the latter. I often wonder ,as to why do we
Partition means different things to different people, an interior designer looks at it from the point of view of creating space, improving the aesthetics. A carpenter will be looking at pieces of wood with carvings , a mason would be doing the same thing with bricks and mortar, create a wall, which would be more
Dumb and Dumber was a 1994 Hollywood comedy starring Jim Carrey which many of us would recall, the Bum episode reminded me of the movie. The Bum and the Bummer or should I say Bumper, as, to my surprise I discovered that Bummer is a brand of couple inner-wear, which may again be offensive to
Games We Played as Kids: Where was Boredom! All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, an adage which the colonial masters not only believed in but also practiced it. This is amply illustrated by the sports facilities in small towns, which were princely states in the pre-independence era. The resident military officer
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It’s 13th Jun again today, 35 years done and dusted. The OG that we got wedded to 35 years ago, has acquired a skin like affinity to our bodies and soul. Sans uniform, we feel naked somehow. We are aware that soon it shall be time for us to grow out of this acquired skin,
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