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What Is Intelligence, Anyway? -By Isaac Asimov When I was in the army, I received the kind of aptitude test that all soldiers took and, against a normal of 100,…

The Name Thiruchirapalli Tiruchirappalli, was earlier known as Thirisirapuram, as a Rakshasa called Thirisiran (Thrisura) worshipped Lord Shiva here. This Asura was Ravana's cousin who fought and lost to Rama…

Interestin History: Tamil Brahmin women in Karachi, 1940. In 1921, when communal reservations were introduced by the Justice party in the Madras Presidency, there was a huge exodus of Tamil…

Interesting Across languages, there are two primary ways of referring to the golden liquid we all love - chai or tea. English (tea), Dutch (thee), Tamil (te-neer) or Hindi (chai),…

An interesting story of air conditioning on Indian Railways. ______ The first Indian train to get an air-conditioned car, which started running in 1934 was the Frontier Mail. The air-conditioning…

Hilarious - A 'Ram', atop the hill - (This one is mine. lol) Once again The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which…

An exciting read for English lovers - ( The art of writing like this is called LIPOGRAM) Once Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar jokingly asked Madhusudhan Dutt, "As you are a master in…

A father said to his daughter “You have graduated from university, here is a car I bought many years ago. It is a bit older now. But before I give…

STENOGRAPHERS This Grand Post is a Testimony to South Indian Stenographers. When I returned home with the SSLC-failed result, I found my father waiting at home. I was ready to…

Ranchoddas Rabari The old shepherd you see in the photo was actually the biggest military asset once. Read the entire post and we cannot but bow our heads at his…