Vedic Astrology , Palmistry , Jokes

The Mount Rushmore faces

Gutzon Borglum and his team of workers blasted and chiselled the four former American Presidents heads in the Rushmore Mountain working from one – twelfth scale models. After Gutzon’s death in March 1941 his son, Lincoln Borglum completed the work in October 1941. On…

The Gregorian Calender

. Pope Gregory XIII ( image Courtesy: Wikipedia ) The Julian Calender was devised by Sosignes for Julius Caesar and instituted in 46BC and was instituted in the following year 45BC. Julian calendar approximated the solar year to 365.25 days. The exact

Dodo

The now extinct ‘Dodo’ is a flightless bird, endemic to the island of Mauritius. The Portuguese sailors were the first to report its existence to the civilised world around 1500’s. It had evolved in isolation from any significant predators; it showed no fear of…

How the ‘F’ word came

Fuck – a robust term is perhaps the most powerful word in the English Language. It is the subject of a lexicological monograph by Jesse Sheidlower whose ‘The F Word’ was published in 1995. Although familiar, it still has the dash of the daring about it and…

Devadasi

. Devadasi literally means “maid servant of God”. Devadasis are woman who are offered to or married to God to serve God for the rest of their life time. The earliest mention about Devadasis is found in a cave in Banaras and is believed to…

Kohinoor

Do you think the curse of Koh-i-noor diamond will strike Britain when Prince Charles becomes the King ? . Queen alexandra wearing Kohinoor diamond ( courtesy: wikipedia) Kohinoor the cursed diamond is now in the possession of British Royal family. The possibility of a