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Origin of Marriage
It is widely agreed that the origin of marriage dates well before recorded history, but the earliest recorded evidence of marriage ceremonies uniting one woman and one man dates from about 2350 B.C. in the Far East. Initially, marriage often involved multiple partners, usually female. Monogamy became the guiding principle for Western marriages sometime between…
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Melody queen
When melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, who passed away on Sunday, used to enter a studio for a recording, there was a ritual she’d follow. She’d take off her slippers, bow in a pranaam, seeking strength from the gods of music, and begin her piece. Aayega aane wala (Mahal, 1949): This is the watershed year when…
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Coca cola
Let us know the History of Coca cola. So On May 8, 1886, Dr. Pemberton sold the first glass of Coca-Cola at Jacobs’ Pharmacy in downtown Atlanta. Serving nine drinks per day in its first year, Coca-Cola was a new refreshment in its beginning. The product that has given the world its best-known taste was…
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Multitasking – The No 1 Reason Why People Are Unproductive!
” The average office worker now spends 40 percent of their work time wrongly believing they are “multitasking”–which means they are incurring all these costs for their attention and focus. In fact, uninterrupted time is becoming rare. One study found that most of us working in offices never get a whole hour uninterrupted on a…
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What I collected
Do you have any collections? We have our attachments and hobbies in life. They keep life lovable and interesting to live through. Now one of the most commonly practiced hobbies is making collections. Some people like to do it secretly, others want people to know about it, while some do it unknowingly as well. …
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What Might Remain
What is the legacy you want to leave behind? Legacy, a term which has many associated emotions, dreams, hopes, ambitions and even selfishness associated with itself. In a way I feel that the thought of legacy is a little inclined towards a certain luxury for many people out there who are struggling to hold their…
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Blue Brain Project
Do you know about the Blue Brain project? Here it is On 1 July 2005, the Brain Mind Institute and IBM launched the Blue Brain Project1. The Blue Brain Project is a Swiss brain research initiative that aims to create a digital reconstruction of the mouse brain. The Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland.…
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The first Metro line
Metro systems across the world have been in operation since the late 1800s and transport millions of commuters across cities every day. The London Underground is the oldest metro system in the world, with services operating from 1890. The UK’s London Underground was originally opened in 1863 for locomotive trains. In 1890, it became the…
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To be fair
There was a fair in the town with rides of various forms. I do wish to one day see them put up those rides, the curiosity although not so strong, yet has consistently been there. Apart from rides there were also stalls selling food, decoratives and various other items of presumed interest to people. Fairs…
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That One Day
What’s a job you would like to do for just one day? We choose our professions for many different reasons, of course the primary one should be on the basis of where our interest and passion lies, but nowadays, at least around me I find people who have good talent for otherwise different things, rushing…
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Name that Stick
What are your favorite brands and why? There was a time when the word ‘brand’ didn’t really have a more elaborate meaning than what it has today. When I was small, local shops and establishments were still very popular for their products and the quality of things were far better. Before the brands themselves were…
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Why the moon doesn’t fall on Earth 🌎?
All bodies in the universe are attracted to each other through the gravitational force. The bigger the object, the stronger that force is. But gravity or curved space doesn’t always make things fall down. Some smaller objects also remain in orbit for a long long time after we leave them there. Earth’s Moon is also…
The memories that stay with us and the ones we create…
Early Morning Memories 