Monthly Archives: December 2020

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December every year. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements ofContinue reading “HUMAN RIGHTS DAY”

RITUALS OF THE ARROGANT FOLKS

GITA WISDOM # 44 अभिसन्धाय तु फलं दम्भार्थमपि चैव यत्‌।इज्यते भरतश्रेष्ठ तं यज्ञं विद्धि राजसम्‌॥ परन्तु हे अर्जुन! केवल दम्भाचरण के लिए अथवा फल को भी दृष्टि में रखकर जो यज्ञ किया जाता है, उस यज्ञ को तू राजस जान ॥12॥ The arrogant and greedy folks perform rituals to impress others and to get earthlyContinue reading “RITUALS OF THE ARROGANT FOLKS”

LEARNING BIRDS # 03

Mountain Hawk-Eagle The mountain hawk-eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis) or Hodgson’s hawk-eagle, is a large bird of prey native to Asia. The latter name is in reference to the naturalist, Brian Houghton Hodgson, who described the species after collecting one himself in the Himalayas. A less widely recognized common English name is the feather-toed eagle. Like allContinue reading “LEARNING BIRDS # 03”

REFLECTIONS OF US

Originally posted on Annika Perry:
Summer slips into autumn almost unnoticed; the body hugging warmth acquiesces to an insipid invasive damp that clings to our lungs. One minute the green of July and August, then with the next blink there is the hint of the golden copper of October. However, leaves fail to create the…

INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY

International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) ~ December 9 International Anti-Corruption Day also Mlondi Caluza’s birthday has been observed annually, on 9 December, since the passage of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption on 31 October 2003 to raise public awareness for anti-corruption. The Convention states, in part, that the UN is: “concerned about the seriousness ofContinue reading “INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY”

INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION DAY

International Civil Aviation Day: 7th December In 1996 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed that 7 December was to be the International Civil Aviation Day. The day has been celebrated by the International Civil Aviation Organization since 7 December 1994, the 50th anniversary of the signing the Convention on International Civil Aviation. The purpose ofContinue reading “INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION DAY”