Paris Climate Pact The 21st meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN 1- Framework Convention on Climate Change was held in Paris in November-December, 2015. Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact called Paris Agreement to fight climate change. The “Paris Agreement” aims to keep global temperatures from rising another degree Celsius between now and 2100, a key demand of poor countries ravaged by rising sea levels...

Astrosat : Indian Space Observatory Astrosat is India’s first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory. It was launched on a PSLV-XL on 28 September 2015. After the success of the satellite-borne Indian X-ray Astronomy Experiment (IXAE), which was launched in 1996, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) approved further development for a full-fledged astronomy satellite, Astrosat, in 2004. A number of astronomy research institutions in India, and abroad have jointly built instruments for...

Music: The Soul of Life Music dates hack further than the written word. The growth of music in human beings probably took place against the background of natural sounds such as the chirping of birds, the gurgling of streams, and the sounds that other animals used to communicate. Be it the sound of the pitter-patter of raindrops, the sound of the Cuckoo bird, the sound of the wind rustling through leaves,...

Traditional Indian Folk Culture Indian culture has been shaped by its long history, and its diverse geography. The ancient heritage of the Indus Valley Civilization has been preserved even while absorbing customs, traditions, and rituals from both immigrants and invaders. India’s different religions followed by its vast populace have contributed to making its culture as diverse as it is unique. The epics of Hinduism – the Ramayana and the Mahabharata which...

Rabindranath Tagore: The Voice of The East Rabindranath Tagore was born on 7th May 1861, in Calcutta, India to Debendranath and Sarada Devi. His parents were affluent Brahmins. He did not attend school, hence did not receive any formal education. He was educated at home and yet he achieved literary greatness the likes of which only few educated writers are privilege to. Tagore began his tryst with writing at the young...

Theatre: A Dying Art Back in the old days, theatre was an integral part of religious ceremony. It served to celebrate and placate the gods on who all depended. Eastern theatre owes much to India and its parent language Sanskrit whose great epic poems such as the Ramayana were enacted. The eighteenth and the nineteenth century were witness to cinema at its best. It flourished as the number one choice for...

Art for Art’s Sake The line, “Art for art’s sake” was translated from the French “1 ‘art pour l’art”, which was coined in the early 19th century by the French Philosopher Victor Cousin. To Theophile Gautier; however, goes the credit for having first adopted this line as a slogan. In the nineteenth century, art epitomized the good conservative ethics of Christian sentiment. Academic artists believed that art had to be reflective...

Sourav Ganguly Sourav Chandidas Ganguly was born on the eight of July 1972. He lives in Kolkatta, India. He is a left-handed batman and a right-handed medium-pace bowler. Ganguly is naturally right-handed, but became a left-handed batsman at a young age so that he could use his brother, Snehasish’s cricket equipment. His fans are grateful for ‘it, because there are few things in cricket that can outshine a Ganguly left-handed drive....