Category: Life
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Einstein’s revealing letters auctioned for $420,625
News East west NEW YORK: Over two dozen letters hand-written by the world’s most famous scientist Albert Einstein, whose theories led to the development of the atomic bomb, were auctioned for over $420,000 by California-based auction house Profiles in History. Purchased by various bidders, the letters – 27 in all – were written by Einstein…
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Canada subjected 150,000 Native children to cultural genocide
News East West TORONTO: Denigrating the Indian education system and favouring the `superior’ English education system for colonial India, Lord Macaulay in his `Minutes of Indian Education’ in 1835 said, “…English is better worth knowing than Sanskrit or Arabic; that the natives are desirous to be taught English, and are not desirous to be taught…
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Hastinapur in Argentina has much more than Hastinapur of Mahabharata
News East West Every student of Indian history and culture knows the ancient city of Hastinapur mentioned in the Mahabharata. While the above picture shows the Lotus Temple in Hastinapur, not far from New Delhi, the story and pictures below tell the story of another Hastinapur in Buenos Aires (Argentina) of all places. Read on……
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Having a child with Viv Richards without marriage was a wrong decision, says Neena Gupta
News East West MUMBAI: Neena Gupta, who became the first celebrity unwed mother 26 years ago when she gave birth to her daughter Masaba with cricket legend Vivian Richards, says that she did it by choice. But it was a wrong decision, she says, adding that if you want to live in India you should…