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  Sunday Special!-India considers 'Entire World is One Family!' Science V/S Religion A  widowed daughter-in-law told her mother-in-law that she was three months pregnant. Hearing this, chaos broke out in the family.  There was an uproar in society, people gathered a village council (panchayat), and asked the daughter-in-law to reveal the name of the child’s father. In the middle of the gathering, the woman said that three months ago she had gone to Prayagraj, to bathe at the Triveni Sangam . While bathing, she invoked the Ganga and drank its water three times. It is possible that at that moment, some sage or holy man had released his semen into the Ganga, and along with the invocation, she consumed it—and that is how she became pregnant.The village head (sarpanch) said this is impossible no one can become pregnant by ingesting semen.The woman replied that our religious texts themselves show such things: that Rishi Shringi was born after sage Vibhandak’s seme...

  Jokes of the day! A man was flying from Seattle to San Francisco. The plane had a layover in Sacramento. The flight attendant explained that there would be a delay, and if the passengers wanted to get off the aircraft, the plane would re-board in one hour  Everybody got off the plane except one gentleman who was blind. Another man had noticed him as he walked by and could tell the gentleman was blind because his Seeing Eye dog lay quietly underneath the seats in front of him throughout the entire flight. He could also tell he had flown this very flight before because the pilot approached him, and calling him by name, said, "Keith, we're in Sacramento for an hour, would you like to get off and stretch your legs? "  The blind man replied, "No thanks, but maybe my dog would like to stretch his legs.  "All the people in the gate area came to a complete standstill when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane with a Seeing Eye dog! The pilot was even wea...

  Saturday Reading! The Creator of the Universe In gratitude of the Divine I  did not apply for anything. No one recommended me. Yet, I was gifted this miraculous body Without an interview, without merit; just pure grace. Blood flows ceaselessly from head to toe! Every heartbeat a  silent drum of life. I don’t know what kind of divine technology powers this system, but the heart never tires, never rests until it's time to go. Two eyes, like cameras of a thousand megapixels, Capture the ever-changing beauty of this world colours , lights, emotions; Retina How Much Megapixels Is The Human Eye Roger Clark How Much all etched into memory ! A tongue that performs ten thousand taste tests with precision…Skin, a living sensor, feeling heat, cold, love, pain a miracle of sensitivity! A voice box that expresses thought and emotion* through sounds of infinite variety.And ears that decode every frequency from whispers of the wind to the laughter of loved ones!And this body made of 7...

Story this Wednesday-'A father is never Poor'   View from 50 storyed building in london A Father is Never Poor Here is the full real story: "Ma’am, your flight is in two hours…" the PA reminded her. Isha removed her glasses. Standing on the 50th floor in London, looking down, she felt an emptiness she had never felt before. Her father, Sadashivrao, had passed away last night in Pune. Isha was a successful businesswoman. But in the last 10 years, she had not visited India even once to meet her father. Why? Because of *“that” day*, fifteen years ago. Isha had received admission to a top university in America. The fee was 25 lakh rupees. Sadashivrao was a simple clerk. Isha insisted, Dad, take a loan, mortgage the house, but I have to go to America.” Sadashivrao firmly refused. “Isha, we cannot afford it. I cannot mortgage the house. Your wedding, my old age… I cannot take this risk.” Isha was furious. “You’re a coward! You’re jealous of my success. I’m ashamed to call y...

  Quote of the Week!-My Mother land! A motherland provides dwellers with life's essentials (air, water, food), a deep sense of identity, belonging, culture, language, and heritage, acting as a nurturing, foundational source for physical sustenance, community, values, and history,  fostering pride and loyalty much like a mother provides care and roots for her children. It's the source of shared  traditions, laws, stories, and a connection to place and people, offering protection and a home.   A motherland provides dwellers with life's essentials (air, water, food), a deep sense of identity, belonging, culture,  language, and heritage, acting as a nurturing, foundational source for physical sustenance, community, values, and  history, fostering pride and loyalty , much like a mother provides care and roots for her children. It's the source of  shared traditions, laws, stories, and a connection to place and people, offering protecti...

Saturday Reading!-" Mary had a little Lamb."     Mary Sawyer Tyler : 1806-1889 "Mary had a little lamb" wasn't just a nursery rhyme it was a real 9-year-old girl who saved a dying lamb, and that lamb's wool eventually helped save a piece of American history. You sang it as a child. Maybe you've sung it to your own children: "Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb..." But did you know Mary was real? Her name was Mary Sawyer, and this is the true story behind one of the  most famous poems in the English language. March 1815. Sterling, Massachusetts. A cold morning with frost still clinging  to the barn walls. Mary was born New York Public Library“Birth-place of Mary Sawyer and the little lamb. Sterling, Mass.” Nine-year-old Mary Sawyer was helping her father with the morning chores when they discovered one  of their ewes had given birth to twin lambs overnight. One lamb was healthy, nursing contentedly. The  other lay motionless in the ...

Sunday Special!-"Eyes of the Sky!   Pujji with RAF Squadron Leader Mohinder Singh Pujji saved 300 American-commanded troops in the Burmese jungle  during WWII by locating them from the air after other attempts failed, flying personally to find the lost soldiers hidden from Japanese forces and guiding rescuers to their precise location, earning him the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for his bravery.  Pujji was sent to No.9 Advanced Unit at RAF Huntington, where he became part of it It was also around this time that he first made the request to fly with his turban, creating what would become the late fighter pilot’s most indelible and iconic image.  They designed a special cap to fit over the turban, enabling him to still use his headphones and oxygen mask whilst flying with it. The turban, which also proudly displayed his RAF wings, was to become even more special to him in ways that he could never have imagined. Not only was it a symbol of his faith and bravery, bu...