GANESH CHATURTHI

Vinayaka chaturthi or Ganesh festival is celebrated on the fourth day after the full moon in the month of Sravana(August-September).As far as Hindus are concerned, a nation is built on the foundations of spirituality. Ganesh Chaturthi makes clear the nature of the propitious relationship between spirituality and nationhood. Ganapati is the leader of the Ganas,which means community. A nation is a community of people.Therefore,worshipping nationhood is Ganesh Worship. A huge efficacy of Ganesh is made and it is worshipped through rituals and cultural performances. The end of the festival is marked by immersing the effigy in an ocean or any other large body of water. This ritual illustrates the spiritual principle that worship of God with form eventually culminates in the realization of God without form

GOLDEN EGG

A rare edition of 19th century master piece The Birds of America fetched US Dollar 7.9 million at a Christie's auction in New York. In 2010,another copy of first edition-which went under the hammer at Sotheby's in London-sold for US Dollar 11.5 million. The book,by American Ornithologist John James Audubon,depicts more than 400 species of birds and is considered a master piece of Ornithology art.

CHARLES DICKENS

For Charles Dickens fans, it was certainly the best of times. On 7th February,2012, the World celebrated the Th birth anniversary of the greatest English novelist of the Victorian era.

In London,Prince Charles visited the poet's corner in the Westminster Abbey and laid a wreath at the writer's grave,signalling the start of anniversary celebrations that spread from India to Russia and Argentina to UAE. "Despite the many years passed,Dickens remains one of the greatest writers of the English language,one who used his creative genius to campaign passionately for social service.His characterisation is as fresh today as it was on the day it was written",said Charles.