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Subhash Chandra Bose Birthday 2022: Know About The Netaji Jayanti Which Is Celebrated As Parakram Diwas
Subhash Chandra Bose Birthday: Highlights The birth anniversary of Subhash Chandra Bose is celebrated as Parakram Diwas on January 23 every year. On the 125th Birth Anniversary The Government of India decided to celebrate this day as Parakram Diwas from 2021. He was born on January 23, 1897 in Cuttack, Orissa. Subhash Chandra Bose also served as congress president from 1938 to 1939. The Azad Hind Fauj was established to fight the Britishers. Subhash Chandra Bose was known for his courage, leadership skills and extraordinary oratorical skills.
By SA News Channel4 years ago in FYI
A Brief View on Ikigai
Are you wondering "what should I do with my life?". Have you been searching the whole of the internet for answers, and found yourself in front of a new word, Ikigai? No, Ikigai is not the name of a person trying to make you get rid of all of your stuff. Is more a...philosophy. A thinking framework.
By Avocado Nunzella BSc (Psych) -- M.A.P 4 years ago in FYI
The Tooth Fairy Legend
The Tooth Fairy is a beloved legend The Tooth Fairy is one of my fondest memories from childhood. As with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny, my brothers and I and our friends were all filled with wide-eyed wonder and delight at being visited by this magical being. My granddaughter recently lost a tooth while spending the night at my house and I slipped a dollar bill underneath her pillow. It had been so long since I had done this type of thing that I forgot I was supposed to retrieve the ziplock bag with the tooth inside.
By Cheryl E Preston4 years ago in FYI
THE NORTH CRAY MEDIEVAL HOUSE
The Medieval Hall House was re-discovered at North Cray in the 1960s when they were building a dual carriageway. The North Cray medieval house is a typical medieval house. The timbers were painted red, following evidence that this was done when the house was originally built. Built-in the 15th century, the house was disassembled and re-erected at the Weald & Downland Living Museum just outside Chichester in West Sussex. Located in the museum are many historic buildings set in over forty acres of the beautiful South Downs. The buildings from a time period extending from Anglo-Saxon to Edwardian times, approximately 950 AD to 1910 AD.
By Paul Asling4 years ago in FYI
EXPLAINED: OPTICAL FIBER INTERNET
In this era of our lives everything around the world is becoming fast paced, so why should our internet connections be of any exception? The real problem is solved by optical Fiber Internet connection. This means that the traditional internet connectivities are getting obsolete and they are reshaped in the form of High-Speed Internet connection.
By Microtalk Communications4 years ago in FYI
Long Covid
Before Long Covid, I took the feeling of being well-rested for granted. I am young, 23; I used to love the feeling of pushing my body over the limit, of staying up all night to write a paper, of a Saturday night turning into a Sunday morning. I enjoyed how careless I could be, running the tank below empty and still fully recovering a day or two later. My body felt invincible, and I didn’t even have to try that hard to take care of it. I thought this invincibility would last another decade. But that changed with covid.
By Aidan Fitzsimons4 years ago in FYI
MARRIAGE AND SEX IN THE MIDDLE AGES
The prose of the Middle Ages is filled with praise and disapproval of marriage, and a heavy dose of cynicism we see today. In Medieval times, marriage differed from today. Women didn’t have a choice who they would marry and, most of the time, women didn’t even know the man before they wed.
By Paul Asling4 years ago in FYI
THE WW1 ZEPPELIN AND THE HIDDEN 13th CENTURY ARCH AND A TUDOR FACADE
Standing at the entrance to one of London’s oldest churches lies St Bartholomew’s gatehouse, a rare survivor of Tudor London. Located on West Smithfield, not far from St Bart’s Hospital, is the St Bartholomew’s Gatehouse. Crammed between a French bistro and a red brick Georgian-style structure, the slender gatehouse encompasses a 13th-century arch, topped by a two-storey, 16th century Tudor building. The gatehouse guards, St Bartholomew-the-Great, which was an Augustinian priory.
By Paul Asling4 years ago in FYI
Catherine Howard: the worst Valentine’s EVER, Tudor style.
One could actually say “almost” the worst Valentine's of all time. Not because the ill-fated teenage Queen didn’t get the worst Valentine’s gift ever (she absolutely takes the cake) but because the poor thing didn’t even make it to the actual date: she was beheaded on February 13th, precisely 500 years ago.
By SissiMM9994 years ago in FYI
LEADENHALL MARKET LONDON
Leadenhall Market started life as a forum in Roman London and there’s been a market on the site since the 14th century. The market actually dates back to 1321. Leadenhall Market has endured changes in use, rebuilding, the blitz and even the Great Fire of London. Originally a meat and game market, it is now home to many boutiques, restaurants, cafes and wine bars.
By Paul Asling4 years ago in FYI
