Karoly Takacs. You’ve probably never heard of him. However, in Hungary, he’s a national hero – everybody there knows his name and his incredible story. After reading his story, you’ll never forget him… In 1938, Karoly Takacs of the Hungarian Army, was the top pistol shooter in the world. He was expected to win the gold in the 1940 Olympic Games scheduled for Tokyo. Those expectations vanished one terrible day […]
Desis in Amreeka are going all out to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s maiden visit to the United States of America a very memorable one, according to the Economic Times. The Indian American Community Foundation (IACF) — a newly-floated body comprising 300 US-based organisations with nationalist and Sangh roots — has booked the Madison Square Garden in midtown Manhattan for a whopping $700,000. ET reports that 20,000 tickets for Modi’s […]
About 500 migrants are feared dead after their ship was rammed by another boat near Malta last week, a migration body said. Two Palestinian survivors told the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) that the boat had been intentionally sunk by traffickers. They said the boat had left Damietta in Egypt in early September. News of the sinking near Malta emerged as another vessel carrying 250 people sank off the coast […]
Avocado or alligator pear is a large berry containing a single seed. They have a green-skinned, fleshy body that may be pear-shaped, egg-shaped, or spherical. It is also considered as one of the healthiest food in the planet because they contain 25 essential nutrients, including vitamin A, B, C, E, & K, copper, iron, phosporus, magnesium, and potassium. Avocados also contain fiber, protein and several beneficial phytochemicals such as beta-sitosterol, […]
I’ve made plenty of mistakes. Big ones, little ones, expensive ones. Name it and I’ve messed it up. Yet the mistake I made when I left a job haunts me more than any other. In 2000 I took a leadership position at a commercial print facility that had just been acquired by a venture capital firm. Initially I was in charge of quality which was ironic since I came from […]
In this series of narratives, I shall recount random encounters with people : something in their lives struck a chord in me and by sharing it with you it might make you reflect on your own……. The Cobblers come to Chango We hurried through the narrow lanes between the stone houses, the warm August sunshine a very welcome ingredient in the invigorating air at 10,000 feet in the Kinnaur Himalaya […]
It happens to all of us: We become comfortable in how we think, how we lead and how we behave and react to things, and then we end up stuck in our ways. Even when things are not working as well as they could or should, or if others criticize us and give us direct feedback, it can be a hard to recognize and own our predicament. We often feel […]
Attention men and women! That muscle you’ve been building, you know the stuff- it’s showing up under tee-shirts as bulging biceps and your legs look amazing this summer in shorts and skirts. But did you know your muscle is doing more than making you look good; it’s actually helping you live a longer and healthier life. That’s right; you’ll look great and for an incredibly long time! According to an […]
Arsh Shah Dilbagi aka Robo, a 16-year-old student of DAV Public School, Panipat has been selected as one of the top 15 Google Science Fair 2014 global finalists for his invention – Talk. This young genius looks up to Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs “for combining technology with art and envisioning products like no other.” He also admires author Isaac Asimov and physicist Stephen Hawking. Arsh’s Talk is a pocket-friendly […]
New York: To all the husbands out there: the key to a quality marital life is to keep your wife happy no matter what. When it comes to a happy marriage, says an interesting study, the more content the wife is with the long-term union, the happier the husband is with his life no matter how he feels about their nuptials. “I think it comes down to the fact that […]
