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REMEMBERING NELSON MANDELA

Emergence: 18 July 1918 Demise: 5 December 2013 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country’s first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused onContinue reading “REMEMBERING NELSON MANDELA”

LEARNING BIRDS # 02

Crimson-backed sunbird at Nature’s nest, Tambdi Surla-Goa The crimson-backed sunbird or small sunbird (Leptocoma minima) is a sunbird endemic to the Western Ghats of India. Like other sunbirds, they feed mainly on nectar although they take insects, especially to feed their young. They are tiny birds that are resident and are found in forests butContinue reading “LEARNING BIRDS # 02”

WORLD SOIL DAY AWARD 2020

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research won the King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award 2020 The King Bhumibol World Soil Day Award was conferred to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for its commitment to raising awareness of the importance of healthy soils. Particularly during last year’s World Soil Day celebration, which addressed soil erosionContinue reading “WORLD SOIL DAY AWARD 2020”

RITUALS OF THE PIOUS SOULS

GITA WISDOM # 43 अफलाकाङ्क्षिभिर्यज्ञो विधिदृष्टो य इज्यते।यष्टव्यमेवेति मनः समाधाय स सात्त्विकः॥ जो शास्त्र विधि से नियत, यज्ञ करना ही कर्तव्य है- इस प्रकार मन को समाधान करके, फल न चाहने वाले पुरुषों द्वारा किया जाता है, वह सात्त्विक है ॥11॥ The pious mortals follow rituals which are prescribed in the scriptures. They perform themContinue reading “RITUALS OF THE PIOUS SOULS”

CHOOSE SOMEONE WHO CHOOSE YOU

Originally posted on WORDSNOW HEART:
Choose someone who wins your heart Choose someone who sees your worthSomeone that won’t dismiss and not to bear you Someone that understands and appreciate you.Choose someone who stays and grow with youChoose someone who lay the foundations with youChoose someone who choose you.

WORLD SOIL DAY

World Soil Day: 5th December The International Year of Soils, 2015 (IYS 2015) was declared by the Sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly on December 20th, 2013 after recognizing December 5th as World Soil Day. The purpose of the IYS was to raise awareness worldwide of the importance of soils for food security,Continue reading “WORLD SOIL DAY”

NOTHING MISSING

Originally posted on Whimsical Wordsmith:
Google Images Undone.Incomplete.Something missing.We think we are pieces of a puzzle,You and I. Faith.Hope.The last of our expectations.immersed in the notion of somethingthat will fulfill us. We are so intrigued with this ideaof someoneCompleting us.Healing us.Filling us. Sometimes I wonder…Maybe we were born whole,not nuts and bolts.not a jigsaw puzzle.nothing…