World’s Top 10 Most Expensive Liquors
10. $5,000 – Courvoisier L’Esprit Decanter Made from a variety of blends, some which date back to Napoleon I, Courvoisier’s L’Esprit is smoky and rich, with fragrances of cinnamon and dried apricot flowers. The flavor is initially powerful but …
Three youths, two blind and another with one hand climb 200 foot rock!
A group of handicapped young men, two of whom were blind while another had the use of only one hand showed their prowess in mountaineering during the recent Wariyapola Youth Camp for the Handicapped organised by the National Youth Services …
If Professors Stop Lecturing, Will Students Stop Checking Facebook?
You might think that students taking classes with some of the world’s most prestigious academics wouldn’t spend lecture time checking their Facebook profiles. But it turns out that Harvard students have a pretty tough time disconnecting from the web. …
Seven Surprising Uses for Baking Soda
Let us be clear: Baking soda is not going to permanently cure your acne or turn back the cruel hand of time. But if you’re looking to detoxify your body and your household, this multitasking ingredient will make your life …
RAVI SHANKAR: A traditionalist heart
It’s Ravi Shankar who introduced Indian music to the West. Without him, the Western interest in Indian classical music and musical experiments such as fusion music would have begun much later. His much publicized collaborations with major Western musical forces …
The English Plural
A FRACTURED LANGUAGE – YET SOMEHOW WE GET BY. The English Plural We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes, But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes. One fowl is a goose, but two are called …
TWO WEEKS OLD BABY RESCUED
Survives two days in wreckage of building Rescuers pulled a two-weekold baby girl alive from the wreckage of a collapsed apartment block on Tuesday as they battled to find survivors from a earthquake in eastern Turkey that killed at least …
ART EXHIBITION S.H.SARATH
His paintings are bold and colourful with twists and turns giving a satirical social message. For instance, he has painted a huge canvas depicting modern life through the eyes of “Amanushya”(a non-human) who is constantly busy with the nitty gritty …
Sweet tooth linked to pleasant disposition
Does having a sweet tooth make a person more agreeable and friendly? New research suggests there could be a link between taste preferences and disposition. Scientists in the United States found that a liking for sweeter foods is an indication …
SCRABBLE
Scrabble is a game that we have all played at some point in our lives. For those of who don’t know about it, it is a word game played by two to four players. The players score points by creating …
