There is a saying amongst people that, diamonds are girl’s best friend” made famous by Marilyn Monroe in her song from the movie-  Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Diamonds though a hit with the elite classes, are not affordable for the other majority of the women population and remain only a futile wish. Shoes on the other hand are something that all girls love and all...

The house I lived in as a child was vast and airy and though it faced the main road we were blissfully unaffected by it because of a row of trees acting as a divider. The breeze was always a degree cooler and every change of season offered a new view to relish. Most of the year round there would be an array of wild flowers thriving on the branches or on the scrubs beneath...

One of the most horrifying aspects of the World Wars was the holocaust and one of the most feared people to be a part of this was ‘Doctor Josef Mengele’. Holocaust was the genocide of millions of Jews living in Europe during the Second World War, at the time of Hitler’s rule. Humiliated by the harsh terms of the Versailles treaty after their defeat in the First...

Located in the midst of marmalade skies and tangerine silhouettes is a way to heavenly truth and haven of truth. Why do we seldom spot the utter difference between “being serious but never serious” and “explicit fakeness and implicit truth” when we can evidently speak for anything that blocks our way and obstructs it to an extent it starts smothering us. Why? What...

Till many years back boarding schools were an option for only those families with transferable jobs. They kept on moving from one city to another, but wanted stability in the education of their children, or it were the business class which sent their kids to study in the most reputed boarding schools of the country just because they had that much amount to shell out easily. But...

Recently, I happened to lay my hands on some views forwarded by Russell Ackoff, emeritus professor at the Wharton School of Business, put forth this view at a conference designed to promote private business’ role in combating terrorism, which made me think- Is poverty actually the root cause of terrorism? According to him, the basic problem that spurs terrorism...

While there are some people who immensely enjoy the biting cold, they love snuggling in a warm blanket and making the most of the long nights and short days, there are others who are a little peeved because they are continuously stressing about the electricity bills. You have to have your heater on when it’s cold outside, but there are a number of other ways of ensuring...

The Sun History of mankind shows the adoration and the importance of the sun and how humans are completely dependent on it. They saw sun as the source which saves them from the cold blind and knew that without it crops wouldnt grow and in a way life wont survive. After the sun came the observation of stars. Tracking of stars allowed people to recognize and anticipate...

Recently, the UKs National Tourism Agency issued some guidelines on the mannerism to be observed while dealing with thousands of tourists that will throng London during the 2012 Olympic Games. With respect to Indians, they asserted that “Indians are in general, an impatient lot, and like to be quickly attended to. It has been observed that the more affluent they...

Why has a religion such as Islam led to forcing people to believe that it is nothing but only talks about destruction and terrorism? Why do people fear Islam? Is it the religion, the Muslims, or just a simple ideology infused into the society by a few sects of the society? The recent burqa ban which was imposed in most of the places in Europe is just another example...