Kanyakumari to many is just the end point of the country in the southern tip. Well, the place is not only known for being the southern tip, but also is equally famous for the Vivekananda Rock Memorial, The temple of Devi Kumari and the sea. Kanyakumari was also known as Cape Comorin, and it gets its name from Devi Kanya Kumari who has her abode on the sea shore here […]
The ubiquitous automated teller machine (ATM) is turning 50 this year. It was on June 27, 1967, that the first ATM was opened to the public at a Barclays branch in a suburb of London. Let’s go through few ATM statistics, the machine’s history. Who invented the ATM? While John Shepherd-Barron is commonly believed to have come up with the idea for the ATM, others have contested it. Other teams […]
Each time Mani Ratnam comes up with something unique, it’s a celebration for cinephiles across the state of Tamil Nadu. The euphoria is so much that the entire industry wants Mani Ratnam to emerge as a winner. Set against the backdrop of the Kargil war, Kaatru Veliyidai is an emotional love story between fighter pilot Varun (Karthi) and doctor Leela Abraham (Aditi Rao Hydari). While being held captive, Varun reminisces […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made 56 foreign visits since assuming charge in May 2014, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. According to a list provided by Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, after first visiting Bhutan in June 2014, Modi visited the US four times, and Nepal, Japan, Russia, Afghanistan and China two times each. In September 2014, he […]
The winners of 2017 World’s Best Restaurant Awards were announced recently at Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building, Australia. For the second time in 15 years, a restaurant outside of Europe won the award for World’s best restaurant. New York’s Eleven Madison Park has been named this year’s best restaurant of the world, knocking down last year’s winner Osteria Fracescana, after seven years climbing the leader board, CNN reports. Surprisingly, no single […]
Animal lovers, step aside. This farmer from Kollegal taluk takes pride in protecting the smallest of nature, namely Microbes. And because of this focus, he has created a world where nature appears in all her glory. When BM visited Murthy’s farmhouse, which has never gone dry, we found he uses only natural methods of farming and shuns artifical inputs. Tucked away in a village in Kollegal taluk is an oasis […]
We have often heard our grandmothers doing a Ramayan Paath. This Hindu epic has given us number of lessons that we mustn’t forget. These lessons help us better ourselves and emerge as refined and reformed human beings with each passing day. There are various interpretations of the Ramayana. Here’s one way of looking at it: Respect elders and be duty bound towards parents – Ram left for vanvas after his […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation the India’s longest road tunnel on Sunday. It is built on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. The name of the tunnel is Chenani-Nashri tunnel. Here are 10 MUST KNOW facts about India’s longest road tunnel:- 1- It’s a 9.2 km-long twin-tube tunnel. 2- The tunnel, which is located at an elevation of 1200 meters, will be the first in India to be equipped […]
Navratri (nine nights) is a festival that honours the indomitable Divine Feminine. (The three most commonly known and revered forms being Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati). There are four navratis (1) during the course of a year; the most popular and widespread of these is the Ashwin Navratri which usually comes in the months of September/October and is synonymous with the worship of Maa Durga (2), as she is fondly called. Chaitra […]
After 51 years of existence, the Border Security Force (BSF) has made history by appointing its first woman field officer. Tanushree Pareek, a 25-year-old from Bikaner, Rajasthan, became the first woman to join the BSF in the officer rank. She had been selected after clearing the all-India examination conducted by UPSC in 2014. She had to undergo 52 weeks of an intensive training programme that comprised of training, intelligence gathering, […]
