Hardly one in a million children is ambidextrous. But at Veena Vandini School of Singrauli District every student is ambidextrous. [auth] Ambidexterity is the ability to use both hands simultaneously to write in two different…

For most of us who live in the tropics, May is a cruel summer month. The heat makes us peevish and listless, and even if some of us run off to the sea shore or…

A bitter rivalry that was forged in wartime but became a friendship in peacetime remains one of the most fascinating stories to emerge from World War II. [auth] During World War II a plain white…

There is an interesting, if not intriguing Saint in the Eastern Oriental Church and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church by the name of St. Procula Flavia. Her feast is celebrated on October 27 every year. Who…

In 1962 Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, the father of India's space programme chose Thumba in Kerala as the country's first launch site because it is located on the earth's magnetic equator. The location he had in…

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (1913 –2005) was an activist in the Civil Rights Movement, whom the United States Congress later called ‘the First Lady of Civil Rights’ and ‘the Mother of the Freedom Movement’. On…

St. Peter’s Square witnessed a rare and refreshing sight on 16 May, 2004. A man and his 4 children were present at the canonization of his wife and their mother, Saint Gianni Beretta Molla. Thousands…

Sr. Elaine’s life path can be divided into 3 parts of a circle. The early years prior to Japan, the “Zazen” or (“just sitting”) years in Japan and the Prison ministry years. A few highlights.…