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Gift an experience this Diwali festive season

Gift an experience this Diwali festive season

This festive season push those accessories and personalized mugs aside and go instead for ‘experience gifts’ that will undoubtedly remain a cherished memory for a long time to come. Experience gifts, as the name suggests, means gifting an experience instead of a product. So if you have a friend who is a wine connoisseur, you could gift her a wine-tasting …

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World Elephant Day: Elephant is the most exploited animal

World Elephant Day: Elephant is the most exploited animal

Despite elephant-headed Ganesha being widely worshiped across India, at least 100 elephants die every year in the country, with many poached for ivory and many more captured and sold to traffickers. Incidents of cruelty against elephants are many. The most recent being the rescue of a “begging elephant” from Uttar Pradesh after five decades of slavery, and also the seizure …

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William Dalrymple Biography For Students And Children

William Dalrymple

William Dalrymple, FRSL FRAS (born 20 March 1965 in Scotland) is an award winning historian and writer, as well as a broadcaster, critic and art historian. He has been the South Asia correspondent of the New Statesman since 2004. He is also one of the co-founders and co-directors of the annual Jaipur Literature Festival. Dalrymple was born William Hamilton-Dalrymple, a …

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Madan Mohan Malaviya Biography for Students

Madan Mohan Malaviya Biography for Students and Children

Born On: December 25, 1861 Born In: Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India Died On: November 12, 1946 Career: Politician, Freedom Fighter & Educationist Nationality: Indian Mahatma considered him as an elder brother and would refer to him as “Maker of India”. Jawahar Lal Nehru called him “a great soul, one of those who laid the foundation of modern Indian Nationalism”. He …

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जनम जनम का साथ है निभाने को: हसरत जयपुरी

Karwa Chauth Bollywood Love Song जनम जनम का साथ है निभाने को

जनम जनम का साथ है निभाने को सौ सौ बार मैने जनम लिये – 2 प्यार अमर है दुनिया में, प्यार कभी नहीं मरता है मौत बदन को आती है, रूह का जलवा रहता है जनम जनम का साथ है निभाने को सौ सौ बार मैने जनम लिये – 2 ओ शहज़ादी सपनों की इतनी तू हैरान न हो मैं …

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Bundi Utsav: Festival Celebration, Events, Attractions

Bundi Utsav

Bundi, one of the most attractive, beautiful locations in the Hadoti district Rajasthan comes alive during the Bundi Utsav held in the month of November-December every year. Bundi Utsav is a spectacular culmination of traditional art, culture and craftsmanship which surprises every visitor with its grandeur. Music, dance, sports, sightseeing, competitions and many other events organized by the Rajasthan State …

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Bangla Sahib Gurudwara: New Delhi Sikh Shrine

Bangla Sahib Gurudwara: New Delhi Sikh Shrine

Bangla Sahib Gurudwara is one of the most famous holy shrines of the Sikhs. It is located near the bustling Connaught Place, New Delhi. This towering and spacious gurudwara was once a palace but was later transformed into a shrine in memory of Guru Har Kishan, for his selfless service to humanity and fearlessness. The gurudwara, with its golden dome …

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लाखों तारे आसमां में, एक मगर ढूँढे ना मिला – हसरत जयपुरी

लाखों तारे आसमां में, एक मगर ढूँढे ना मिला - हसरत जयपुरी

लाखों तारे आसमां में, एक मगर ढूँढे ना मिला देख के दुनिया की दिवाली, दिल मेरा चुपचाप जला –२ किस्मत का हैं नाम मगर, काम हैं ये दुनिया वालों का फूँक दिया हैं चमन हमारे ख़्वाबों और खयालों का जी करता हैं खुद ही घोंट दें, अपने अरमानों का गला देख के दुनिया की दिवाली, दिल मेरा चुपचाप जला –२ …

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Flute Player – Short Story By Ruskin Bond

Flute Player - Short Story By Ruskin Bond

Down the main road passed big yellow buses, cars, pony-drawn tongas, motorcycles and bullock-carts. This steady flow of traffic seemed, somehow, to form a barrier between the city on one side of trunk road, and the distant sleepy villages on the other. It seemed to cut India in half – the India Kamla knew slightly, and the India she had …

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