Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: 292 Price: Rs. 350 A dozen “ordinary” men relate their impressions of their wives. “A wonderful wife is a unique creation.” So begins the book. But a perusal of “A Wonderful Wife” appears to indicate that “wonderful wives” may not be such a rarity after all. Barring an exception or two, all the men in this collection …

Publisher: Oxford University Press Pages: 160 Price: Rs. 225 No other political or social belief has ever been so proudly owned to or so savagely disparaged by both conservatives and radicals, aspired to or misappropriated as much as liberalism. But what is it, what are its principles, is it synonymous with democracy, can it and nationalism co-exist, and how is …

Oakville, Canada – May 16, 2016 – Evan Ungar, 24, broke the current Guinness World Records world record of 59.8 inches (set by Justin Bephel in South Carolina in 2012) with a jump of 61.5 inches (1.61 metres) onto a box, or platform, in front of an audience of 100-150 at the One Health Clubs facility in Oakville, setting the …

Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania – May 13, 2016 – In recognition of entering its 100th country, Pizza Hut, a division of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) and the world’s largest pizza restaurant company, marked the milestone with a special pizza delivery to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, at a height of 19,341 feet, thus setting the new world record …

महाभारत में आदर्श जीवन से संबंधित बहुत सारी नीतियों का वर्णन किया गया है। जिनको अपने जीवन में अपनाने से वैभव संपन्न जीवन का यापन किया जा सकता है। महाभारत के एक श्लोक अनुसार 5 ऐसे लोग हैं जिन्हें खाना खिलाने से शुभ लाभ के साथ-साथ बहुत सारे पुण्य प्राप्त होते हैं। श्लोक: पितृन् देवानृषीन् विप्रानतिथींश्च निराश्रयान्। यो नरः प्रीणयत्यन्नैस्तस्य …

Amsterdam, Netherlands – May 6, 2016 – Taking a break from their day jobs in areas such as finance, marketing, human resources and sales, over 600 employees from healthcare company Teva from across Europe simultaneously spent half an hour setting the new world record for the Largest Breathing Lesson. Photo: Healthcare company Teva, which has its European headquarters in Amsterdam, is …

Paris, France – May 2, 2016 – Franky Zapata sets a new World Record for farthest hoverboard flight, after flying his Flyboard Air for a distance of 2,252 meters at an event in Sausset-les-Pins, France. Photo: Frenchman and champion jet skier Franky Zapata covered the 1.4-mile distance over Sausset-Les-Pins using a hoverboard, and literally blow the previous Guinness World Records world …

सोना यानि गोल्ड धरती पर पाई जाने वाली पवित्र और मूल्यवान धातुओं में से एक है। इसके बहुत सारे शुभ-अशुभ प्रभाव हैं जिनसे भाग्य के द्वार खुलते भी हैं और बंद भी हो जाते हैं। सोने का खोना और पाना दोनों ही अच्छा नहीं माना जाता। ज्योतिष में इसे बहुत सारे ग्रहों के साथ जोड़ा जाता है लेकिन मुख्य रूप …

Publisher: Collins Business Pages: 324 Price: Rs.599 Start-ups may have become a familiar term in India in the past decade, but this lady dared to delve into such a mission — a domain dominated by men even today — more than three decades ago. The fact that she will be different from her peers was also evident rather early. For …

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: 449 Price: Rs.499 In 1969, the Wellesley College for women, near Boston, agreed to have a student speaker at its graduation ceremony – and the very first one abandoned most of her prepared text for an impromptu, impassioned rebuttal of the chief guest’s (a Massachusetts senator) address, and to outline her generation’s divergent goals and vision of …