I had enjoyed Chetan Bhagat’s “Five Point Someone”, “One Night at a Call Center” and “The Three Mistakes of My Life” immensely. So I had great expectations from his fourth and latest novel, “Two States.” The fact that it was based on a mixed community marriage was also a draw to a person who is a product of a mixed marriage herself. Not to mention that she is married to a product of an other mixed marriage. Read Full Story

Get the questions here Hatsheput The Sphinx Athena Homer Herodotus Hippocrates Eratostenes Alexander, son of King Philip of Macedonia Pliny Husang Ho, Yello River The Chinese The Iranians The Harappans Aryabhat Read Full Story

I was at a friend’s house recently when I met a newly wed girl. She was bubbly and chirpy and full of life. I looked at her and though she reminded me of someone. Then I realized that it was me, not the person I am today, but who I was about ten years ago. I had the same happy puppy nack of making friends and getting excited about a million things a day. Read Full Story

I was just looking at the blog stats today and saw an incoming link from a site I had never heard of before. So I hopped across to have a look at the site. And guess what it was one of my articles from Ezine. And guess what else? It is not in English. It has been translated to another language. Read Full Story

The first woman to ascend the throne of Egypt A mythological animal with the body of a lion The patron goddess of the city of Athens The Illiad and the Odyssey were written by The ancient Greek considered him the father of history The father of western medicine Who prepared a map of the globe first The city of Alexandria was built at the mouth of the river Nile by The encyclopedia of science called Natural History was compiled by this Roman ... Read Full Story

Its once in a lifetime such a person comes into the world who catches the imagination of the entire body of nations that make up the world. After today’s announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize for President Obama, I think its safe to say that he is one such person. Read Full Story

One of the surprises that being in Loni threw up was the fact that we were in vineyard country. The fledgling wine industry of the country was dependent on the grapes grown in Nasik district for its wine production. Sure I had eaten a carton full of grapes that came from Ozzar but it never dawned on me that the same grapes made wine too. Read Full Story

Today there was a static display of Air Force aircrafts in the Air Force Station Gorakhpur. So I finally got to see a Jaguar up close in the technical area. My immediate reaction was, “its so small”! After An-32s and IL-78s the little Jag was well…small. Then Jamshed drew my attention to all the fire power that the fighter carried. The rocket launcher, the bomb holder and the cannon gun. That kind of redeemed the plane. Read Full Story

Here are the answers to How Well Do You Know India 1. Republic of India 2. Kanchenjunga 8,598 m or 28,208 ft above sea level 3. Federal parliamentary democracy 4. Prime Minister 5. Head of State, the President 6. 1600 AD 7. 1885 AD 8. Jamshedpur 9. Vinoba Bhave 10. Rita Faria 11. Hindustan 10 12. Rabindranath Tagore for Gitanjali 13. Bhanu Athaiya 14. Karnam Malleshwari 15. Arati Saha 16. Jagmohan Dalmia 17. Justice Leila Seth 18. Between Lucknow and Kanpur 19. Laloo Prasad Yadav and Rabri De... Read Full Story

A whole lot is being said about Acai Berries and  Acai Force Max Acai has a high fat content which makes it perish fast.Thebestselling author, Dr. Peritonea, rates acai as the #1 super food in the world because it has high concentrations of several essential nutrients.The taste of acai berries is described as a mixture of berries and chocolate.Only the purple variety of acai has the antioxidants that will fight free radicals and aging. They are full of amino acids, fiber, protein... Read Full Story