John Ruskin quote on Humility
“The first test of a truly great man is his humility, an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.” – John Ruskin
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Weather Becoming Freakish: Proof of climate change?
Even in a world where extreme weather is becoming more common, said Sarah Lyall in The New York Times, the past week has been truly bizarre. In China, now suffering through its coldest, harshest winter in memory, the roofs of houses in Xinjiang collapsed under the weight of deep snow. It was so hot in Australia, meanwhile, that forecasters added […]
Read moreCartoon – Origin of the universe
Naked Surprise
An Australian man hid naked inside a top-loading washing machine to surprise his girlfriend, and had to be freed by police, who used olive oil as a lubricant.
Read moreHow were the white cliffs of Dover, England, formed?
The white cliffs of Dover located on the southeastern coast of England, are composed of a variety of calcite shells, including single-celled plants called coccolithophores (a type of algae) that formed on the seafloor. The conditions in the ocean were perfect to form these coccolithophores because the nitrite levels, low silicate concentrations, and the right amount of iron enabled them […]
Read morePoem – Crusader’s Tomb (By Rony Nair)
you didn’t give a f**k for anything’ except love’ and art. it was the precipice that kept it sane’ kept it afloat even as you slid further and further away in real life and newly rediscovered sanctimony. even as we lay side by side and the workers could glimpse us as they worked the neighboring flat. It sits […]
Read morePoem – Camouflage (By Emmanuel Stephen Ogboh)
Camouflage plunging deeper into my miseries i come out of myself, reading threnodies even the camouflage’s lost its colour i will watch from the sidelines until i finally drown; until the last flicker bows to the tossing, to the darkness.
Read moreNikola Tesla Quote – Be Alone
“Be alone—that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.” – Nikola Tesla
Read moreShort Fiction – Crush on a masterpiece (By Sunil Sharma)
Crush on a masterpiece —Sunil Sharma What happens, if you get a crush on a European masterpiece? Plenty of fast-paced action, totally strange! Any doubts, please check with young Varun, the guy that got sucked into a series of bizarre events. Here is the how of this fantastic tale: The bespectacled nerd— no, it is […]
Read moreCartoon – Getting To Hell
