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The DISNEY of India
Although the comics and the magazines found a following among Indian children, the books authored by Indians took longer to find acceptance. Most children were by then so totally hooked on the wonderfully limited world of Enid Blyton that it was impossible to wean them away. And so we continued to pay homage at the [...]
Continue reading...Natural Viagra – When the Bamboo Flowers!
28. September 2008
It can tweak the fertility of rats, believe many in Mizoram. Now nutrient-rich bamboo seeds are going straight from the jungle to the Mizo menu and even the bedroom! In Mizoram, bamboo seeds that appear after a riotous flowering of the tall grass every 50 years are considered a harbinger of famine or mautam in the [...]
Continue reading...Wikigenea
26. September 2008
Naadi Shashtra or Palm leaf Astrology is an ancient Indian method of recording data. It is believed that by reading through the writings on these leaves one can learn about one’s past, identify the present and predict the future. It is said that thousands of years ago, the great sages of India had the power to [...]
Continue reading...FUSION
18. September 2008
Footcept : “India has been home to several ancient civilisations and empires……the rich diversity of India is the result of a fusion of native with foreign elements.” The Frenchman & the German bio-physicist in Calcutta Thierry & Wolfgang run their own homes for runaway street children in Kolkata. One with a Bengali-French flavour & the other one a mix [...]
Continue reading...Do Godmen go to magic school in Kerala?
5. September 2008
Conjurers Mint Money As ‘Sanyasis’ Make A Beeline For Kerala’s Centre For Sorcery Taking sanyas once meant renouncing all that is worldly. But, these days, it’s being seen as a sure passport to prosperity. And where else would aspiring self-styled godmen head for but Nilambur in Kerala’s Malappuram district, which produces the largest number of magicians [...]
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30. September 2008
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