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BORN IN 1970

A Mysterious Affair- From The Cupboards..

The fear of the unknown and the excitement of knowing more about them have always been topics of interest since time immemorial. Having grown up hearing the names of ghost, witch, vampire, elf, dwarf, fairy, and whatnot, we too try to find ways to meet them. He too tried and guess what, he succeeded!

BORN IN 1934

तेलंगाना का सुपर हीरो

कोठापल्ली जयशंकर एक योद्धा थे जिन्होंने तेलंगाना के लोगों के हक़ के लिए तब तक लड़ाई की जब तक वह जीत नहीं गए। इस लड़ाई के अर्जुन भी वह थे और कृष्ण भी।

HAPPENED IN 2021

A Toast to Beer

On the first Friday of August each year, International Beer Day is celebrated across 6 continents. Since history began, humans' love for beer has never lessened and we’ve gone as far as to find an excuse to celebrate it worldwide today!

BORN IN 1951

Messiah of the Masses

There are hardly any greater (for a lack of better words) love stories than caste identity politics and Karnataka. A protagonist in this saga, Parameshwara Gangadharaiah, was born on this day in 1951.

BORN IN 1975

The Globetrotting Musician

While the world fascinates you with limitless talent and a variety of creative abilities within all humans, there is one man to necessarily come across. Presenting to you, the story of an Indian gospel musician who invented the world’s first bongo guitar: Benny Prasad.

HAPPENED IN 1906

Founding of Indian Journalism

Back in the 1870s, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee had coined the term 'Vande Mataram' or 'Mother to thee I bow', through his poem. Only a few decades later, a newspaper with the same name was printed to propagate the feelings of nationalism. Being one of the first newspapers for Indians, by Indians, it holds a special significance in the country's history.

DIED IN 1925

'Surrender Not' Banerjea

Author of “A Nation in Making” and instrumental in making the nation what it is today, Surendranath Banerjea’s battlecry of “opposition where necessary, and cooperation where possible” reverberates through generations

BORN IN 1959

On a Road, Less Travelled

There are some people whose lives revolve around creating change in society and uplifting everyone around them. One such special person who enriched every soil he touched, marks his birth anniversary today.

Stories 2022

When a Pinch Of Salt Gave the Britishers a Taste of Their Own Medicine

Salt- a commoner's struggle, a rich man's luxury, a peasant's lunch, an aristocrat's supper. Salt is something that is quite common and an overlooked commodity for most of us, but at the same time, it is a necessity that can neither be ignored nor eliminated. It bound people in the form of a chain that could tug the patriotic hearts along with feeble ones.

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