‘Silappadhikaram’, the anklet epic (silambu in Tamil) is one of the five great epics in Tamil Sangam literature. Its author is San Elango known as Elango Adikal. He was a brother prince of Cherán senguttuvan but he renounced worldly life and adopted Jain sainthood to make way for his brother to occupy the throne, thus
From Saudi Arabia taking military action in Yemen to the Islamic State terrorist group killing people en masse in Iraq and Syria, these current developments of Muslims fighting other Muslims should be seen as a shame, but not a surprise. Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, warned 1,400 years ago that assassinations would
The PSP hasn’t taken long to become the most popular compact video game console in the world. Even more so now that there are sites that will allow you to download free PSP games, although finding reliable sites that offer free PSP game downloads can be a difficult task. Once you’ve started your journey of
India, a country older than history itself, where the first seeds of civilizations were cultivated and India, land of myths and legends. India is considered as one of the oldest civilizations along with Greece, Rome, China, Egypt, etc. but except for the Indian civilizations, all other ancient civilizations could not withstand the blows of time
Port Elizabeth, compared to Johannesburg, was a strange and unattractive place. The memory of the beauty of growing up in a city by the sea, the sun, the beach, the surf, where you can smell and almost taste the sea salt in the air. In Port Elizabeth the blue sky remains like a blue light
Arizona is an incredibly beautiful and wildly diverse state with topography ranging from low-level desert landscapes to towering mountain peaks and alpine forest ranges. However, more than any other geological feature, Arizona is widely known for its beautiful and remote rocky canyons, deep gorges, waterfalls, and ponds that are scattered throughout the state. What I
Geographical Inkeri, and the indigenous people of the Inkeri nation. Inkeri-land is the geographical area, located at the eastern end of the Gulf of Finland, and Lake Ladoga (Karelian Isthmus) along the Neva River, Narva River and Lake Peipus. The area in which the Inkeri ethnic group of Baltic Finns historically lived from around 2000
The Chinese Crested was thought to have originated in Mexico and maritime trade brought them to China. This is where the main attribute of the breed was sought: the absence of body hair or fur. They were an advantage to sailors, as the lack of fur could see fleas and keep the spread of bubonic
June 25, 1976 was a bad day to travel on the Bakerloo Line of the London Underground between Finchley Road and Baker Street. A signal failure not only made what was normally an eight-minute drive take an hour and a half, but unluckily, it turned out to be one of the hottest days of the
The woman of Revelation 17 sits on many waters, which are many nations. But the immediate location of her seat is on a monstrous animal, which was first introduced to John’s readers in chapter 13. We should go there if we want to understand the seven heads and ten horns of this beast. John first