May Day is related to the Celtic festival of Beltane and the Germanic festival of Walpurgis Night. May Day falls exactly half a year from November 1, another cross-quarter day which is also associated with various northern European pagan and…
Buddha Poornima, which falls on the full moon night in the month of Vaisakha (either in April or May), commemorates the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha, founder of Buddhism. Notwithstanding the summer heat (the temperature routinely touches 45 degrees C),…
Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring mothers and motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March, April or May. It complements Father’s…
Mumbai, Mar 28 (ANI): Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who has been sentenced to five years in jail for illegal possession of weapons in a case linked to the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, on Thursday said he will surrender before…
Thoughts can engender healing, yet a lot of thought component is hardly within our reach to handle and create. Thoughts owe their existence to opportunities, and the opportunities are endless in time and space; Thoughts can be formed from telepathic…
Washington, Mar 26 (ANI): Customers’’ use of social media helps a business firm generate higher revenue, a research has said. Ashish Kumar, assistant professor of marketing at Aalto University, said that now there is proof that customers who engage with…
By Ramey Ko The potential for comprehensive immigration reform during President Obama’s second term increased dramatically on January 28 and 29, after a bipartisan group of US Senators and the President both announced proposals for reform. Many immigrant advocates are…
Easter (Old English: ?ostre) or the Pasch or (among Eastern Orthodox) Pascha (Latin: Pascha; Greek: ?????, Paskha; Aramaic: Pasa; from Hebrew: Pes) is a Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his…
The festival of Holi is celebrated because of a story in the old Hindu religion. In Vaishnavism, Hiranyakashipu is the great king of demons, and he had been granted a boon by Brahma, which made it almost impossible for him…
