Story of Julia Ward Howe: There are several words which describe the personality of Julia Ward Howe, yet they all fail in their individual capacity or even in their collective might to define the remarkable woman as she was. The world knows Ms Howe as a writer, poet, playwright, essayist, travel writer, reformist, feminist, club woman. She was all rolled …

Mothers Day Celebrations Information: Mother’s Day is celebrated with lot of enthusiasm in over 46 countries across the globe. Though Mother’s Day celebrations take place at different times around the world what is remarkably same are the feelings with which people celebrate Mother’s Day. This is so because mothers are as caring in East as they are in the West. …

Mothers Day became a legal public holiday in USA in 1914, largely as the result of the efforts of Miss Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia, USA. On May 8 of that year President Wilson approved a joint resolution of Congress providing that “the second Sunday in May shall hereafter be designated and known as Mothers Day”. Mothers Day in India 2023: May …

Thrissur Pooram is the most colorful of all the temple festivals of Kerala. It is celebrated in Thrissur at Vadakkumnathan temple in the month of Medam (April) where the regaining deity is Lord Shiva. Situated on a hillock right in the centre of the city, the spaciously laid out ‘kshetram’ or temple attracts thousands of devotees from all over the …

Gautam Buddha: The history of Buddhism is the story of one man’s spiritual journey to Enlightenment, and of the teachings and ways of living that developed from it. Name: Buddha, Siddhattha Gotama, Siddhārtha Gautama, Buddha Shakyamuni Born: Siddhartha Gautama – c. 563 BCE or 480 BCE – Lumbini, Shakya Republic (present-day Nepal) (according to Buddhist tradition) Died: c. 483 BCE …

Country Name: Finland System of government: Republic Capital: Helsinki Location: On the Baltic Sea between the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland, with the land borders with Sweden and Norway. Finnish territory includes the Alans Islands (Ahvenanmaa) at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia. About one-quarter of Finland lies north of the Arctic Circle Area: 337,032 sq …

World Heritage Sites In India: The List of World Heritage Sites in India is a group of places chosen by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. UNESCO was created for the “conservation and protection of the world’s inheritance of books, works of art and monuments of history and science“. The constitution of UNESCO was ratified in 1946 …

A Misfortune: Anton Chekhov – Sofya Petrovna, the wife of Lubyantsev the notary, a handsome young woman of five-and-twenty, was walking slowly along a track that had been cleared in the wood, with Ilyin, a lawyer who was spending the summer in the neighbourhood. It was five o’clock in the evening. Feathery-white masses of cloud stood overhead; patches of bright …

Terror: My Friend’s Story – Anton Chekhov: DMITRI PETROVITCH SILIN had taken his degree and entered the government service in Petersburg, but at thirty he gave up his post and went in for agriculture. His farming was fairly successful, and yet it always seemed to me that he was not in his proper place, and that he would do well …

What are Easter Colors? Most of the major festivals are associated with a unique set of colors. For instance, red, green and white are the traditional colors of Christmas, while pink is used in almost all the decorations for Valentine’s Day. Yellow stands for friendship and hence, it is predominantly used on the occasion of Friendship Day. Being a festival …