Henry Louis Vivian Derozio lived little more than 21 years and in this short span he made his mark as a great teacher. Derozio (1809–1831) started the Young Bengal Movement in the first half of 19th Century with a group of courageous young men of Bengal, which included among others Radhanath Sikdar, the man who…
Grasshoppers make sounds to communicate with each other. They make these sounds by rubbing small pegs on their hind legs against a hard vein on their forewings. In most cases the male makes this sound to attract a female grasshopper.
The periods of the geological timescale are: Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous; Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous; Palaeocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pilocene, Pleistocene, Holocene. The Mnemonic is Camels Often Sit Down Carefully. Perhaps Their Joints Creak. Probably Early Oiling Might Prevent Premature Harm.
A floating post office was established in Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir, in August 2011.This was established to facilitate the tourists visiting the Dal Lake. It also houses a museum.
Einstein had said, ‘If my theory of relativity be proven successful, Germany will call me a German, and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. If my theory be proven unsuccessful, France will call me a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.’
During the war, Dev Anand worked as a censor where he read hundreds of letters daily to edit out passages that were unwanted by the government. He used to get quite excited by the fan letters the filmstars used to get and dreamt of getting some letters like that for himself. It indeed became a…
