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Sunday Post - Page 249

Yaoshang: The Holi of Manipur

10 March 2014 5:25 AM IST
Lathmar Holi of Brijbhoomi - Mathura, Vrindavan and Barsana – is very well known. The seven day long festivity of Holi in Brijbhoomi gets emulated...

Moksha at kumbh mela

10 March 2014 5:03 AM IST
After my trip to Varanasi, I  was destined for the Kumbh Mela at Allahabad. Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather to...

Parking woes

10 March 2014 5:00 AM IST
ast week over a minor parking scuffle in Outer Delhi area of Bawana. In a separate incident, three members of a family were killed by their neighbour...

Threat city

10 March 2014 4:59 AM IST
Several high-end hotels, now being developed in and around the Aero City near the IGI Airport in the Capital, have been under the scanner for reasons...

Jholawala dreamteam

10 March 2014 4:53 AM IST
With the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal taking the fight against the ‘Gujarat model’ straight to the aam Gujaratis, the party has raised...

Chapchar Kut: Rhyming with nature

3 March 2014 3:52 AM IST
At the end of February, when winter starts receding, Mizos, the residents of northeastern state Mizoram, prepare the land for fresh planting. There...

‘Scotland of the northeast’

3 March 2014 3:35 AM IST
Are you completely worn out by your mundane, humdrum existence in the city? Do you  seek a respite from such troubles? Sikkim will provide you with...

Failing to keep fit

3 March 2014 3:33 AM IST
Yes it’s true that almost one-third of Delhi police officials are physically unfit for policing. In the past few years, because of a lax regime, no...

Area of darkness

3 March 2014 3:31 AM IST
36-year-old Ulteme Sunday had quit his job as a bank official in Oceanic Bank at Lagos, Nigeria, when he came to India in 2011 looking for a job. But...

Right to happiness

3 March 2014 3:27 AM IST
For 32-year-old Rabia Khatoon, hailing from a middle-class Muslim family, the ultimate desire after getting married was to have a child. Eight years...

Mahashivratri: The night of Shiva worship

24 Feb 2014 3:09 AM IST
Mahashivratri, the night of the worship of Lord Shiva, is an auspicious and important festival celebrated across the country. The Shaivites celebrate...

Great wall and the dragon

24 Feb 2014 2:54 AM IST
This Chinese proverb literary translates in English to ‘you are not a real man until you have climbed the Great Wall.’ Snaking around almost whole...
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