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INDIA
INDIA LEADS IN MANY FIELD We all are proud of India. Being Indian, we all love to know and explore more about India. I am going to share some facts of India in which India leads in world comparison. 1- India is very famous for films, whether it be bollywood or regional. It has gained many awards and appreciation all the way. But one thing which we may not know that India is the largest producer of films in the world. 2- In India we respect and worship cows. It provides many Indians the daily earnings and occupation which indeed makes India the largest milk producer of the world. 3- India is the world’s largest importer of arms. But India has never invaded or attacked a country. 4- India has the largest amount of vegetarians in the world. For the reason Pizza Hut opened a pure vegetarian restaurant in the country. Apart from this, two leading brands, KFC and McDonals also had to introduce a vegetarian menu specially for India. 5- The world’s largest road network is in India—over 1.9 million miles of roads cover the country. 6- With 1.2 billion people, India is world’s largest democracy. 7- India has the world’s largest school in terms of students. The school is situated in Lucknow and it’s name is City Montessori School. It has more than 45 thousand students. That is a huge number! 8- India has the largest number of mosques in the world, even more than any other Islamic country. There are nearly 300,000 mosques in India. 9- The great religious gathering, Kumbh Mela, which occurs after every 12 years, is the world’s largest gathering of people. This gathering is visible from space. 10- The world’s biggest family lives in India. One man, 39 wives and 94 children.
Anuja Bhadra
To Travel
To travel the curves of your hip To travel the slopes of your legs I start from the mountain feet Ascending towards divine peak To travel the valley between the rocks To travel the soft soothing trench I start from the mountain feet Ascending towards divine peak To travel the turns of yours neck To travel the forest of your head I start from the mountain feet Ascending towards divine peak To travel Mirage of your eyes To travel the swamps of your lips I start from the mountain feet Ascending towards divine peak To travel the land that makes you To travel the maze of illusion in you I start from the mountain feet Ascending towards divine peak
Monalisha Mishra
An appeal
Stop oh man, Don’t red your hand With the innocent blood that flows In your body like of those Whom you have shut still, Only for your mad will. Who will never return to their own People ,like you have, back at home. Peep into the eyes Of the body that lies Still on the ground, Like millions around. Let their motionless heart Bring the human apart, From the clutches of ignorance That for your good, is a fence. The good resides in you. Just be one of the few Who hold its hand And come out of the dark, eerie land. Let my words not win an award, But your changed hearts, be its reward. Because, The words are of vain, The world will be the same , Till your deadly guns turn lame.
The mother of the brave
First a soldier , then my son was he. Head held high, broad chest with a strong body. On a bright day, he took birth From my womb, to bring me mirth. On the same bright day ,he took birth again From motherland’s womb, to vanish all her pain. Proud was I, holding my child, to feed from my breast. Proud was I, even while holding my brave, in eternal rest. Tears on face with a smiling heart, I bade him every time he went apart. Tears on heart with a smiling face, I bade him last time as he lay still in my place. I know he might not have relaxed, Even after being hit and collapsed, I know he might have fought till his last breadth, Because my blood, bold and courageous, is not afraid of death. For mothers like me, it’s a thorny path to tread, But sons like mine, in every corner will be bred. Before he left for his heavenly abort, I had gently stroked his head Like I used to do, when in a sleep he lay on his bed. With a heart braver than my brave I am the mother of a martyr, sleeping in the grave.
The world in a world
Where you stand Is a world in a world One in your mind resides And the other beholds your eyes Fishing seems foolish In the front motion chart As you ponder the yellowish, The heaviest mortal part Look the scattered In a fist in you. Look all that mattered In your conscience's hue. Then will you stand In this world in a world.
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STATUE OF LIBERTY
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT STATUE OF LIBERTY The Statue of Liberty is a gigantic and massive neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York city, in the United States. Some interesting and riveting facts about the same are:- 1- The statue of liberty’s full name is Liberty Enlightening the World. 2- Lady Liberty herself is a rendition of the Roman goddess of freedom, Libertas. 3- The seven spikes on the statue’s crown represents the seven continents and oceans of the world. 4- Statue of Liberty was a gift to America from France in 1886. It was created by Edourd de Laboulaye of France. This giant statue honors the friendship and the allegiance to liberty between France and The United States. 5- The head of the statue was displayed at the World’s Fair in Paris in 1878, before the statue appeared in America. 6- From the ground to the top of the torch the statue measures 93 metres, and weighs 204 metric tonnes. 7- 300 different types of hammers were used to create the copper structure. 8- The visitors have to climb 354 stairs to reach the statue’s crown where they can relish the view of New York from 25 windows. 9- Rumor exists that the statue’s face was modeled after the sculptor’s mother, Charlotte. 10- The statue of Liberty has a Morton’s toe, which means that the second toe is larger than the first toe. 11- She holds a torch and tablet upon which is inscribed the date of American Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776). 12- The statue’s original torch was substituted in 1984 by a new copper torch covered in 24k gold leaf. 13- The statue turned green because of damage. Her exterior is copper that has turned colors due to oxidation. But this green coating serves as protection from further corrosion. 14- Two people have successfully committed suicide by jumping off the statue, one in 1929, and the other in 1932. Few others also tried but survived. 15- It is thought that Lady Liberty is hit by approximately 600 bolts of lightning every year since she was built.
Is my success tour success?
Is my success your success And my failure your failure? Or where I fall is a fall for you And my stand ,your stand? I slip down and I feel I failed But is your failure a slip Or a roll on the ground? A stand straight is a success for me. Is that the same for you, Or a fly above is the one? Or is success a state of mind They varies in every being, you find? Wonder, wonder oh men of earth Is success for you, money or mirth?
ODISSI
BEGUILING FACTS OF ODISSI DANCE FORM Dancing is not only a sports, it is one’s passion, dedication, hard work and love. Being privileged enough to be Indians, we have a lot of scope to learn various kind of dance forms. Be it western or classical, India is hailing in all platforms. There are eight kind of classical dance forms out of which Odissi is one. We all know many things related to odissi dance form but I want to focus light on those topics which is not so known to the people. 1- Odissi dance is also known as Orissi in ancient and older literature. Panchama Veda is also is one of it’s popular name. 2- This type of dance form was originated in Hindu temples of Orissa, India. 3- It is considered to be the oldest classical dance form of India. 4- In history it is mentioned that the dance was performed to expresses religious stories, incidents and spiritual ideas of Hindu Gods and Goddesses specially of Lord Jagannath, Shiva and Surya. 5- According to history, this dance form was mainly performed by the women. 6- Odissi depictions are found in the form of inscriptions and sculptures in temples like Sun temple and Brahmeswara. Also found in the Ranigumpha caves at Udaygiri. 7- Tribhanga is the most important and unique feature of Odissi. Which means three parts break in literature. It is the independent movement of head, chest and pelvis . 8- Abinaya, the body movements are used in Odissi to show and express different posture and attitudes. 9- Mudra is also an important element of Odissi dance. The term Mudra is refers hand position which denotes different types of emotion. 10- Odissi is considered a dance of love, joy and delight with deep and intense passion that is true and fresh, divine and human. Thus the style is soft and lyrical with patches of high pleasure. 11- Over a period of time, three schools of Odissi dance has developed. They are Mahari, Nartaki and Gotipau. 12- The Mahari system came from the Devadasi tradition, the royal courts dance was known as the Nartaki tradition and in the Gotipau tradition of Odissi dance, young boys dress up in female attires and enacted female roles. Some famous Odissi dancers are Hare Krishna Behera , Aditi Bandyopadhyay, Anita Babu , Arpita Venkatesh, Surendranath Jena, Chitra Krishnamurti, Dona Ganguly who is the wife of famous former captain of Indian cricket team, Sourav Ganguly.
Back and front
Back and Front, Front and Back My steps gradually make Taking me to a land With success, where I stand. Being stagnant , oh I fear Rooted to the ground there, Because moving is life Sometimes comfort and sometimes strive. Oh leg, don’t take pride- “I am ahead of my silly twin behind.” Like each day turning night, There’s a decline to every might. But cry not on fall Because standing later is success afterall.
When I lay in rest
And now the cycle again, Turns on when, I lay in rest Under the almond blossoms, in the chest. I travel back through the narrow lanes, Of my mind Into the chuckles and games- That I find In my innocent face, Away from the tracks of race. When I longed for the moon, That I thought, would catch soon. When the only jealousy I had, Was for the doll of that lad. I never knew When my jealousy grew, From the lad’s doll To the achievements of all. I never knew When my wishes turned, From the moon to the money I earned. I never knew When my innocent face, Slyly depicted a life of race. Descending down to a child again My tired body gave me aches and pain. My wishes were again childish then, For my son’s love like the moon of the heaven. My talks were chuckles and works as games, Throwing myself into my childhood days, But then my childish heart stopped in its old body, Leading me to this grassy lane Where the perpetual cycles turns on again.
History of football
The contemporary history of the world's favourite game spans more than 100 years. It all began in 1863 in England, when rugby football and association football branched off on their different courses and the Football Association in England was formed - becoming the sport's first governing body. Both codes stemmed from a common root and both have a long and intricately branched ancestral tree. A search down the centuries reveals at least half a dozen different games, varying to different degrees, and to which the historical development of football has been traced back. Whether this can be justified in some instances is disputable. Nevertheless, the fact remains that people have enjoyed kicking a ball about for thousands of years and there is absolutely no reason to consider it an aberration of the more 'natural' form of playing a ball with the hands. On the contrary, apart from the need to employ the legs and feet in tough tussles for the ball, often without any laws for protection, it was recognised right at the outset that the art of controlling the ball with the feet was not easy and, as such, required no small measure of skill. The very earliest form of the game for which there is scientific evidence was an exercise from a military manual dating back to the second and third centuries BC in China. This Han Dynasty forebear of football was called Tsu' Chu and it consisted of kicking a leather ball filled with feathers and hair through an opening, measuring only 30-40cm in width, into a small net fixed onto long bamboo canes. According to one variation of this exercise, the player was not permitted to aim at his target unimpeded, but had to use his feet, chest, back and shoulders while trying to withstand the attacks of his opponents. Use of the hands was not permitted. Another form of the game, also originating from the Far East, was the Japanese Kemari, which began some 500-600 years later and is still played today. This is a sport lacking the competitive element of Tsu' Chu with no struggle for possession involved. Standing in a circle, the players had to pass the ball to each other, in a relatively small space, trying not to let it touch the ground. The Greek 'Episkyros' - of which few concrete details survive - was much livelier, as was the Roman 'Harpastum'. The latter was played out with a smaller ball by two teams on a rectangular field marked by boundary lines and a centre line. The objective was to get the ball over the opposition's boundary lines and as players passed it between themselves, trickery was the order of the day. The game remained popular for 700-800 years, but, although the Romans took it to Britain with them, the use of feet was so small as to scarcely be of consequence.
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