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Diwali is the most celebrated festival in India – especially for Hindus and Jains. The term being derived from the Sanskrit word “Dipavali”, which means the row of lights, the main festival happens on the no-moon day of the dark half of Kartik ( name of a month) as per the Hindu lunar calendar. Celebrated insanely in India, Diwali is also celebrated in many other parts of the world like Mauritius, Thailand, Fiji, Japan, United Kingdom, UAE, Netherlands, Myanmar, Malaysia, Australia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Nepal, Indonesia, New Zealand etc. Even in USA people of Indian origin celebrates Diwali with great pomp. What is most interesting in this regard is that the US house of representatives has passed a resolution recognizing the spiritual, religious and cultural significance Diwali. Mr. Joe Wilson, who is the Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, said, "My resolution acknowledges the international, religious, and historical importance of the festival of ...

Christmas is one of the most celebrated events of Christians all across the world. Celebrated in the commemoration of the auspicious birth of Lord Jesus in various ways, Christmas is the annual holiday in many nations. Each year over 400 millions of people all over the world celebrate Christmas with great pomp and show. This makes Christmas one of the biggest religious festivities of the world. All state governments, the federal government, schools & colleges & universities in United States of America give their employees a leave of a couple of days during this festive season. The vast majority of businesses in US are kept closed during this time. As per the Roman Catholic calendar Christmas is one of the six holy feast days that are celebrated in US, while the others being All Saints, Circumcision, Immaculate Conception, Mary's assumption into heaven and Ascension. Among the most remarkable activities of the festive, gifts exchanging is worth mentioning. The tradition of s...

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The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 was one of the most remarkable events that took place in British India, especially during the rule of the East India Company. It indeed was the first mass uprising against the foreign rule in the country. Historians may have doubts and conflicts regarding the nature of the revolt and the reasons behind its failure, but it cannot be denied that the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 actually marked the beginning of a new era in Indian history. It was the strongest reason behind the end of the Company’s rule and the transfer of power to the British throne, which happened in the subsequent year. Various factors however are accounted for the instigation to the revolt. Lord Dalhousie’s policies of annexation of the native states and an ever-increasing discontent among the sepoys, the Indian soldiers appointed by the East India Company, are believed to be two of the most important factors behind the outbreak of the mutiny. Other subsidiary reasons like introduction of western edu...

On a usually relaxed March morning at the Ranchi Zoo the visitors suddenly got to see an unusually enthusiastic crowd of juveniles, cheering at every animal, and more unusually, at even the most ordinary of snacks, like peanuts and corns. They did not look like the normal excursion teams from schools. Neither did they look like destitute orphans from remote homes. They looked like as if from some different world… Thy actually were children from a different world. A mundane, melancholy world that survives in absolute seclusion. They were children of the inmates imprisoned in the jails of Jharkhand. These children have been refused refuge everywhere else, and have no other option but to live in the jails with either of their parents, or both. Some of them were even born inside the jails, and have been spending their childhood ever since in a way most of us would be terrified even to imagine about ourselves, or our own children. But, as a matter of fact, the only difference between them a...

One of the largest and most vibrant city of modern India is the CITY OF JOY, namely Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta.This relatively modern city on the Eastern bank of Hoogly river has a population of almost 4.5 million and over 14 million including the recent extensions making it the third largest urban agglomeration in India. This city served as the capital of British India , till the capital was shifted to N. Delhi in the year 1911. Once the centre of modern science, education, politics and social reforms it suffered serious set backs during and after partion of India and Indian Independence for various reasons including influx of refugees from Bangladesh . With its glorious history of revolution, trade unionism, education, Kolkata is always referred to as a city of intellectuals and also called the cultaral capital of India . Considering the rich cultural heritage of the Indian subcontinent, it’s really unique to be known as the cultural capital of India . Name:- ...

Pilgrimage, like most other religions, has been a very important and integral aspect of Hinduism ever since the days of the early Aryans. People from all parts and communities of India have traveled long distances across the country in search of divine bliss over millenniums and centuries. But what astonishes the observer most is the number of “holy places” designated by the religious books and scriptures of the Hindus, and the variety of rites and rituals that are practiced in each of these places. These places are scattered all over the country, right from the remotes of the Himalayas till the off-shores of the southern coasts, and host a wide range of religious practices at different points of time.....................