Posted on September 18, 2007 by Satish Medos
Rabindranath Tagore, also known by the sobriquet Gurudev, was born in Calcutta, India into a wealthy Brahmin family. He was a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A cultural icon of Bengal and India, he [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2007 by Satish Medos
You know the names of all 50 states but do you know where any of them come from? Here’s the best information we could find on the origin of each
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ALABAMA: Possibly from the Creek Indian word alibamo, meaning “we stay here”.
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ALASKA: From the Aleutian word alakshak, which means “great lands,” or “land that is not [...]
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Posted on July 6, 2007 by Satish Medos
Source: FROM WIKIPEDIA & Internet
To read more Click here The Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men’s One-Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport’s governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years. [...]
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