Jugad is the Indian gift to the spirit of innovation / BBC
Jugad is a pure Indian word with no equivalent in the English language. http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180902-indias-ingenious-approach-to-life
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Kerala Floods As Water Level Rises, Mullaperiyar Dam In Kerala To Be Opened
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World’s Tallest Dam, Pancheshwar, an ambitious Indo-Nepal venture
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During the recent state assembly elections in Gujarat (December 2017) the Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi not only declared himself to be a ‘devotee of Shiva’ and a jane-u-dhaari (sacred-thread bearing, meaning staunch believer,...
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Background Sanitation is a key issue for women, consistent with their need for privacy, dignity, safety and self respect. Lack of basic sanitation and safe water significantly impacts the health and...
Utility Of Honesty in Trade by K.B. Khushalani
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The Dangers of Social Media and Mobile Phones
An excellent film has been made by Director Cameraman Satya Prakash Sabharwal on the Dangers of posting on the social media without taking care of Privacy. That is setting up your Facebook account so that...
IN THE FOREST OF THE WORLD
Once, a man was going through a forest, when three robbers fell upon him and robbed him of all his possessions. One of the robbers said, “What’s the use of keeping this man alive?”...