Culture - No Comments » - Posted on February, 20 at 5:21 pm
This marks the commencement of Uttarayana - the Sun’s journey to the Northern Hemisphere. This half of the year is assumed to be auspicious. Legend states that Bhishma when wounded on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, is said to have waited for the starting of Uttarayana before he died.
Read More..>>History - No Comments » - Posted on February, 18 at 5:44 pm
In 1505 when Sikander Lodhi was preoccupied with the Tomars of Gwalior, Zahir-ud-din Muhammad, commonly known as Babur attacked the northwestern frontier. Sikander Lodhi was fool enough to ignore the Mongol. After five expeditions in twenty years Babur took Delhi and Agra and deposed the successor of Sikandar, ending the Lodhi dynasty. Babur settled down […]
Read More..>>Literature - No Comments » - Posted on February, 11 at 12:24 pm
Once a poor Brahmin got tired of his poverty and decided to go to Kashi. It was a long route and he had just a packet of boiled rice to survive on. In the afternoon he decided to stop for rest and have a little rice from to sustain himself for the day’s journey. As […]
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