Imagine a major metropolis where traffic flows quickly on green highways; where streets are sparkling clean and restoration is nearly as vigilant as sanitation; where four main ethnicities (Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian) co-exist in tropical tolerance with a large community of foreigners who live and raise kids without fear of crime or the slightest impolite slight. Parks, museums, art spaces and architectural icons are world class. There’s a reason […]
1. McSorley’s Old Ale House, New York City From John Lennon ordering cold ones, Woody Guthrie inspiring the union movement, and Teddy Roosevelt dropping in for a pint, this pub has immense history to be told. It started in New York’s East Village and it has been serving libations ever since 1854. No wonder McSorley’s has been tagged as one of the most popular beer bars in NYC for […]
Hen Zakai loves exploring darkness. In his spare time, he lowers himself into the underground world of hidden caves to navigate the nooks and crevasses of a very different environment. Zakai was recently spelunking with his father and a friend, all of whom are members of the Israeli Caving Club, when Zakai spotted a shiny silver object in one of the most well-hidden stalactite caves in northern Israel. As Zakai […]
Taxi driver abuse seems to have becoming more frequent in India. After Uber taxi driver rape incident, Ola driver abusing senior citizens is being reported from Bengaluru. In one such incident while two taxis one higher end tax Etios and one lower end taxi Indica were hired by Mohan(name changed)for his aged parents and relatives from the same source Horamavu to Bengaluru city station, the final charge of India was more compared to […]
In what is yet another jewel in its crown, the ‘City of Pearls’ has emerged as the numero uno city in India when it comes to offering the best quality of living standards in Mercer’s Quality of Living Report 2015 that was released on Wednesday. Ranked 138th globally by the Mercer report, Hyderabad beat Pune (145th) to the top spot in India and left India’s IT hub Bengaluru (146th), Chennai […]
The feline fanciers who made internet cats such a big hit have been left drooling over pictures from a remote island in Japan where there are six cats to every human. Aoshima, located in the Miyazaki Prefecture in southern Japan, has been christened ‘Cat Island’ and has turned into a tourist’s delight over the years. This report by Reuters says that the cats were initially brought to this elderly fishermen’s […]
India has taken measures to ensure that the mails of politicians and government officials are not snooped into. While this is one major threat that the government had to deal with the next problem that need to be dealt with is spoofing. Recently reports showed that the ISI had picked up information regarding Indian army posting in Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir. A technique known as spoofing was deployed […]
PUCON: One of South America’s most active volcanoes erupted on early Tuesday in southern Chile, spewing heavy smoke into the air as lava surged down its slopes, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands of people. The Villarrica volcano erupted around 3am local time, according to the National Emergency Office, which issued a red alert and ordered evacuations. Local media showed images of the volcano bursting at the top, glowing in […]
‘For so long as the rulers of Pakistan remain committed to confronting and vanquishing India, they will sustain delusions, breed terrorists, and export them,’ says Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (retd). The fourth delusion is that Pakistan is ideologically, morally, and legally justified in adopting all measures to take possession of Jammu and Kashmir. Its belief rests on the argument that the state of Jammu and Kashmir, being a Muslim majority […]
I wanted to be Indiana Jones as a kid. The problem is, archaeology is a lot harder of a degree to obtain than one in English. It’s also way more boring. Admittedly, the life of an archaeologist probably isn’t as exciting as the Nazi-punching adventures of Dr. Jones. Yet every once in a while, a discovery is made in the field of archaeology that is crazy interesting. The following […]
