Los Angeles, California, USA – May 13, 2016 – In celebration of its 17th birthday, Mike’s Hard Lemonade set the World Record for most lit candles on a cake; the number of candles on the cake – 50,151 – corresponded to the number of fans who engaged with a Facebook post. Photo: Mike’s Hard Lemonade celebrated its 17th birthday on …

Dubai, UAE – May 5, 2016 — Under the auspices of the Ministry of Interior, the ‘UAE Reads’ cultural initiative, which was organised by the UAE University, managed to set a new World Record title for the UAE with the ‘Largest Reading Lesson’; a total of 2,604 women, including female staff members from the Ministry of Interior, gathered to listen …

Devam naumi ramapathim ranapatum baswath kireedanchitham, Kodandam sasaram karena dadhtatham vamena chanyena cha, Aartha thrana patum kutaramasatham kandacchidam bhasuram, Smasru prasphurithananam surathanum ramam sada saswatham Parashurama the sixth incarnation of Vishnu is the epitome of valor and devotion towards parents. Once his father, Jamadagni got angry with his wife Renuka and ordered Parashurama to murder her. Parashurama obeyed him and …

Publisher: Rupa Publications Pages: 240 Price: Rs. 295 The basic premise appears simple – after a turf war, the Indian security establishment okays a plan for a team of highly-trained, highly-committed commandos to go into Pakistan and eliminate a long-wanted underworld don being sheltered there. Following their nerve-wracking progress towards the target and seeing if they succeed would have made …

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: 232 Price: Rs. 399 What kind of a person can coolly go around a bustling metropolis with the hidden objective of reconnoitering a series of high profile and bustling targets for a relentless, unconscionable carnage and strike up acquaintanceship with those who might well figure among the victims? Daood Sayeed Gilani alias David Coleman Headley for one. …

Publisher: Srishti Publishers and Distributors Pages: 217 Price: Rs. 195 Set in the city of Kolkata, “In The Shadows of Death: A Detective Agni Mitra Thriller” is a fast-paced pot-boiler which hooks you and keeps you glued to the plot from the very beginning. Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out as per the clues that the …

Publisher: New Millennium Pages: 141 Price: £ 9.95 This is an autopsy of Joseph Rudyard Kipling, known to Indians in particular for “Kim” and the more lovable “Jungle Book” stories. Indian journalist Subhash Chopra says the Lahore-born English writer’s knowledge of India was half-baked and his love for India has been overstated. “Yet most of his admirers turn a blind eye to …

Mario De Miranda — Mario Miranda (born: 2 May 1926 – Died: 11 December 2011) is a well-known Indian cartoonist based in Loutolim in the Indian state of Goa. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and Padma Shri in 1988. Miranda has been a regular with The Times of India and other newspapers in Mumbai, including The Economic …

Arijit Singh, is an Indian playback singer. He was one of top six contestants in reality-singing series, Fame Gurukul in 2005 and became an assistant to music director Pritam. Known for his soulful voice that reverberates with romantic songs, Arijit Singh is setting new trends in the music industry, by stirring up unforgetable notes for the young hearts. Arijit was …

Paryushan is the most important festival among the Jain festivals; and it is observed during every Chaturmas commencing on the twelfth day of the fortnight of the waning moon, in Bhadrapad and ending on the fourth day of the fortnight of the waxing moon in the Bhadrapad. During these eight days, the entire Jain Society becomes spellbound in an atmosphere …