Although you haven’t mentioned which era but I am assuming that to be the pre-independence era when the football players of Mohun Bagan were looked upon as national heroes. The reason is a little complicated for today’s generation to understand because these days we don’t see the kind of racial ... Read More

Japan’s infant mortality rate in 2015 was 2.04 per thousand which is the lowest in the world. This statistic itself is the strongest indicator of the reason why the UNICEF considers Japan to be the safest place on earth to give birth to a baby. Obviously, there are many other ... Read More

In my opinion, it all depends on the desire and willingness of the government of the day to pursue such criminals and get them back. One can understand the difficulty in getting back gangster turned terrorist Dawood Ibrahim and other such criminals back into the country as they are under ... Read More

It is believed that Indian players were almost unbeatable on grass pitches and that was the reason European and Australasian nations introduced Astroturf pitches that were more suitable to their style of ‘physical’ play. Before Astroturf was used in the Montreal Olympics in 1976 India had won seven gold medals ... Read More

The number of good books is so large that it would be unfair to single out just a few and yet, as readers we tend to remember some books for reasons best known to us. The three books that left a lasting impression on me and which I feel everyone ... Read More

Before knowing what you should not carry to the USA, you ought to know the specific government agency that will pull you up if you carry anything that you aren't supposed to take into the United States. It is the US Customs and Border Protection (CPB) that is directly responsible ... Read More

According to a Salafist preacher by the name of Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid, who runs a website for authentic information on everything related to Islam, known as IslamQA.info, a woman's face is the equivalent of 'Awrah' which means revealing among other things, in Arabic, and should hence be covered.Many others, who ... Read More

If you're implying that swear words in English don't carry enough weight to satisfy the person uttering them, you're mistaken. I'm assuming you're based in India where English is not the native language, which is the main reason why you don't get that feeling when you let your tongue go ... Read More

The actual phrase used is daily soap opera and it all began in the early part of the last century when the radio was the only broadcasting media as TV had just been invented sometime in the 1920s and was still some time away from becoming a full-fledged media. So, ... Read More

No, thankfully that's not going to happen. On the contrary, farming in India will get redefined before long. However, it's true that governments have done very little to improve living conditions in rural India ever since independence. Almost 70% of our population still lives in villages and that itself indicates ... Read More