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Kashmiri Wedding

Story of a Kashmiri Wedding - An Affair to Remember- Part 3 & 4

Author : Amit Hiremath More

Sophie Germain

Being a female, she was not allowed to attend the local technical academy, Ecole Polytechnique, yet she tried to still benefit from the lectures by reading her friends? lecture notes and passing in papers under the pseudonym Monsier LeBlanc who was a former student at the academy but had since dropped out.

Author : Arman Koul More

A Budding Entrepreneur

Karan Dhar- Budding Entrepreneur from Hong Kong

Author : Deepak Ganju More

छुट्टी

यह तो काफ़िर होने की कीमत थी, यकायक बन्दूक चली और गोलियां तरफदारी करते हुए

Author : Sheetal Bhat More

There's a Sucker Born Every Minute

Remembering I have to feed my shark, I drop my pen and rush to the small crawlspace area of my basement. I pull a strand of cement off the wall and the whole wall opens. PAUSE!! At this point, you must be thinking I am a person who lives his life of prosperity in secret. Well I?m not. I?m not Batman or Spiderman.

Author : Shyan Koul More

The Moral Code of Chivalry

Dedication to Chivalry was a dedication to a life of honesty, loyalty, and romance. A code that is meant to not dictate who you are, but who others think you are.

Author : Arman Koul More

Bridge the Gap

Youth are not only the leaders of tomorrow, but also the partners of today; young people think that they are not afforded the opportunities to share power with adults because they are viewed as lacking the requisite skills.

Author : Bushan Bhat Hali More

The man living Upstairs

It was my sixth birthday and Dad promised to bring a big cake that had dressings that would send everyone into shivers of excitement. My name would be written all over the cake. I had invited all my cricket buddies and school-mates and my cousins and there would be lots of gifts that I would receive.

Author : B. L. Dhar More

Granny's Pilgrimage

Granny was ecstatic and the baby stroked the soft surface of his dress and quietly remarked ?wa-wa?- the baby expression for fresh outfit. Granny held the puja thali in her right hand and in the left one was the yellow rice.

Author : Parineeta Khar More

Home remedies to tackle indigestion

Your stomach is the most dependable and agreeable organ, if you treat it right. A healthy stomach is an exceptionally tough organ. Rarely will it give serious trouble if you are leading a happy, peaceful life.

Author : Dr. Tej K. Munshi More

Exodus to Extinction

Rejection of the 'twin-city' concept, solely on the basis that it doesn't 'yet' offer independent governance and a Union Territory status, could finally put us on a painful journey from exodus to extinction.

Author : Ravi Munshi More

Kashmiri Pandits-Brief Culture & Political History

Excerpts from reviews

Author : Dr. Shiban K. Kachru More

Obdurate china and Obedient India

As per the experts, Chinese ambition for territorial claims remains to be obdurate. Even if China has negotiated this time, there is every apprehension that next time they will return with a bang.

Author : Rajesh T Bhatt More

Gentleman's Game a TV Sop

Earlier the main tournament used to be the World Cup which was played once in 5 years. Not only the players but the whole nation used to gear up their schedules and plans just to view and applaud each over, each ball, each hit coming out from the bats of their team and cheer up for the nation on their every win whether in front of the TV or in the stadium.

Author : Rajesh T Bhatt More

JANKINATH SAHEB DHAR

Kashmir has produced many saints, poets and mystics. ?VijeshwarPanchang? has listed almost 160 saints spread over 7 centuries. Among them is, Sri Jankinath Dhar Saheb, popularly known as Papaji Maharaj, to his devotees, scattered in India and abroad.

Author : Dr. Tej K. Munshi More

The science of Humanism

According to Spanda Shastra, the whole universe in all its states and aspects is nothing but a system of vibratory movement. The word Spanda means vibration. As such, this Shastra is the science of the universe looked upon as a system of vibration.

Author : Dr. Jai Kishan Sharma More

Heyrath! - Miami Style!

The Kashmiri Community in South Florida has been actively celebrating ?Heyrath ? Miami Style?, for many years and being the close-knit community that we are, it?s been our traditionthat after doing the puja in our respective homes on the auspicious day of ?Heyrath?, all of us get together as an extended family for a two day event of food and fun as our way to stay connected to our culture, cuisine and our roots.

Author : Renuka Kaul More

Assembly member Rudy Salas honored

On behalf of the Kashmiri Hindu Community, the President of Kashmir Hindu Foundation Inc., - KHF presented a plaque on this occasion.

Author : Ankit Monga More

Nawaz Sharief?s victory

He also counselled Nawaz Sharief never to go for vindictive politics as his predecessors have followed. In that situation he should forget Kargils, his exiles, his jails and think of tomorrow and peace.

Author : Prof. Bhim Singh More