Yes, you heard it right. India has no national language. Shocked?? I was shocked too when heard it for the first time.

Since the very beginning of our studies in schools, we have been regularly taught (as far as I remember) that Hindi is our national language. Hindi came from Sanskrit as many other Indian languages did is the most spoken language in India and at least I was unaware of the fact that neither Hindi nor any other language is our national language.
Although, Hindi is the official language of Republic …

It’s time to celebrate. It’s time to celebrate our freedom.
Yes, it’s time to celebrate our Independence Day. India got freedom from British rule on 15th August 1947.
63 years have gone by and we, as a nation, have also progressed well. In 63 years we have become more mature, more independent but continued to remain a peace loving nation.

I am proud to be an Indian and wish to see India celebrating 100 years of independence, a glorious moment for all of us. We have always been optimistic. We see positives in …

Only after couple of days, PayPal stopped electronic withdrawal in India, PayPal has now resumed the service.
According to their recent statement, they have said that it was really unfortunate to stop the service but now we can enjoy the electronic withdrawal in India without any hindrances.
They further added that they will continue to provide the $4 USD processing fee refund for cheque withdrawals until further notice.
Here’s the statement by PayPal:

We’ve received good news. You can continue to enjoy electronic withdrawals just as you did before.
While we have received …

After having a tug of war with Indian authorities, PayPal has finally ended the electronic withdrawal of funds directly to bank accounts in India. Now users of PayPal can only request for a cheque withdrawal of funds from their PayPal account starting 1st August 2010.

But the good part is that PayPal will not levy any charges for cheque withdrawal. It normally charges $5 as cheque withdrawal fee.
In their recent release PayPal said:

In accordance with regulatory instructions, we would like to notify you about a change in our withdrawal functionality …

Great Show at IPL season-3, where in batsmen were more keen to hit the ball outside the stadium, and bowlers were busy in putting 6/6 yorkers, then there came the T20 world cup-2010, where scenario was wholly upturned.
There have erupted many theories for the shameful defeat of India in the T20-world cup, some of them said it’s “Fatigue” due to overplay by our PLAYBOYS, OFF the field, not ON the field. Yes surely it needs a good amount of time to prepare you to grasp the attention of blue eyed …

Why do women need reservation in political arena in India? India has always been a country where men have dominated the lifestyle, decision and aspirations of women. For a thousand years old civilization women are still not independent. Though many have managed to cross this barrier but I am talking about 95% women in this country who are still dependent upon male family member; be it the father, brother, husband or son.
Even after 63 years of independence we still do not have even 10% women representation in our politics. But …

India has been ranked 123rd in pollution control reflecting the strain rapid economic growth on the environment, according to the 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI).
The EPI has ranked countries on different parameters varying from Environment Health, Air Pollution, Water Pollution etc.
Iceland leads the world in addressing pollution control and natural resource management challenges, according to the index produced by a team of environmental experts at Yale University and Columbia University.
Among other newly industrialised nations Brazil and Russia has been ranked 62nd and 69th, suggesting that the level of development is …

The solar eclipse in India is known as Surya Grahan.A solar eclipse as explained by Wikipedia:

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is fully or partially covered. This can only happen during a new moon, when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction as seen from the Earth. At least two and up to five solar eclipses can occur each year on Earth, with between zero and two of them being total eclipses.

Today’s solar eclipse is an annular …