This is one of the interesting short stories from Ramayana for children. After the abduction of Sita, Lord Rama along with this army of monkey and bears, started making a bridge of…
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Meet Jadav Payeng, the man who single-handedly planted an entire forest
Jadav ‘Molai’ Payeng (born 1959), a native of the Mishing tribe of Jorhat district in Assam, is no ordinary man. After the destruction caused by the 1979 floods near his birthplace in Assam, Jadav…
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Michael Jordan, basketball legend
When we think of basketball, the very first name that might come to the minds of a layman would surely be Michael Jordan. No doubt the guy was the top notch NBA…
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Penicillin, the miracle drug
On a September morning in 1928, Alexander Fleming sat at his work bench at St. Mary’s Hospital after having just returned from a vacation at The Dhoon (his country house) with his…
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“Eureka! Eureka”
Archimedes (c. 287-c. 212 BC) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Considered the greatest…
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Towering humility
The dramatic photograph of Tenzing Norgay on the summit of Everest went around the world. Later people wondered why there was no similar picture of Hillary. The explorer wrote that he had…
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The Curies discover radium
A few days before the Christmas of 1898, Pierre Curie scrawled the word ‘radium’ in his notebook as the name for a new element he and his wife Marie had brought laboriously…
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The company of children
A beautiful post from one mother to another to-be-mother… There were days when my home used to be filled with laughter, arguments, fights and loads of mischief. Pens and books all over,…
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The ship of friendship
A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island. The two survivors…
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Great teachers, great students
These are people who rose from humble beginnings and personal struggles to achieve world-renowned success, and all thanks to having great teachers. If you think that even your smallest actions as a mentor…