Jhinuk Mazumdar | | Published 13.12.20, 03:23 AM
A Hindu youth with a rare blood group travelled 450km from Ahmedabad to donate blood for a little Muslim girl. When asked whether he would like to meet her, the man replied: “She could be Hindu or Muslim or Sikh or Isai, I am just a human being.”
Dhiren Pithiya, the youth, came to Calcutta to give away the courage awards at the inaugural edition in 1996.
2020: A 17-year-old, the son of a farmer in a West Midnapore village, has since childhood been loading his father’s broken cycle trolley with potatoes and travelling six miles, selling them and returning home before going to school. Santanu Dutta, who lives in a thatched house, scored 91.4 per cent in Madhyamik and received a scholarship on Saturday.
Kambarmedu, believed to be the birth place of Tamil poet Kambar, in state of neglect
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Though it was declared a protected monument after the Archaeological Survey of India excavated the area, there has been no further follow up
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The ASI excavated the ancient mound popularly known as Kambarmedu in 1984 and the findings revealed that it was occupied by early Megalithic people with late Neolithic remnants, followed by the Medieval period.
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Though it was declared a protected monument after the Archaeological Survey of India excavated the area, there has been no further follow up
Wazir Zorawar Singh From Ganges to Mansarovar
Wazir Zorawar Singh From Ganges to Mansarovar
Nagendra Singh Jamwal
It was an age when the Indian ruling elite was lying prostrate before a scheming East India Company or quarrelling among themselves. In an era marred by shifting loyalties and court intrigues, three great men rose on the historical canvas of North West India. Each one of them – Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Raja Gulab Singh and Wazir Zorawar Singh, had a shared destiny.
Of the three great men, the rise and exploits of Wazir Zorawar Singh were the most adventurous. Born in a hill principality of Kahlur in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, the sixteen year old left his ancestral lands after a family feud. It is said that he came to Haridwar, the most sacred pilgrim site on the banks of Ganges. A holy dip in the Ganges transformed the young man still burdened by the family feud into a fierce warrior but with a calm head. Initially entering into the service of Rana J
Heritage or highway
In Kerala, where money drives development in areas with virtually no vacant land left, several regions often suffer the loss of historic and cultural architecture. One such landmark facing demolition is the over 800-year-old St George’s Orthodox Church in Cheppad, with its rich collection of beautiful murals of epochal significance.
The murals, painted with pigments from minerals and natural dyes, belong to the pre-Renaissance period and display the blend between Kerala mural art and Persian art. But the church, along with its precious artwork, may soon be a thing of the past as authorities are considering dismantling a portion of the church for the NH 66 road-widening project.
Builder claims it owns land on which Mahakali caves stand, wants construction rights worth over a lakh sq ft
Builder claims it owns land on which Mahakali caves stand, wants construction rights worth over a lakh sq ft
Documents show that Motion Pictures Private Limited (MPPL), an associate of construction major DB Realty, has approached the Shiv Sena-controlled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) with this rather unusual claim. December 13, 2020 3:53:45 am
The Mahakali caves are classified as a Grade-I protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India. (Photo : Deepak Joshi)
In a bizarre move, a Mumbai-based construction firm has staked ownership of the land on which the ancient rock-cut Mahakali Caves stand. The caves, known to be in existence since the Ashoka Empire, are classified as a Grade-I protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).