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Chess aka Chaturanga and Vishy Anand triumphs in Sofia, Bulgaria

Chess aka Chaturanga and Vishy Anand triumphs in Sofia, Bulgaria Hello friends, Vishwanathan Anand is World Chess Champion again ! The way Vishy beat Veselin Topalov with Black pieces speaks volumes of his brilliance. Playing on his opponent's home ground in a seemingly hostile environment, Anand held his nerves, the mind-champion that he is. After Vishy was acknowledged as a prodigy, the interest in Chess in India, and particularly in the south, has been growing at a tremendous rate. We now even have national tournaments for age categories as low as Under-5 ! To celebrate, I found it apt to make a post on Chess, which has it's origins in India. It is believed that the game was called Chaturanga, and was developed somewhere in the 6th to 8th century during the rein of the Gupta Dynasty. Chaturanga also translates into a 4-limbed creature, possibly referring to an army that had 4 divisions. It is to be noted that in the Mahabharatha, ...

INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN...282

INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN...282 Posted Sun, 12/23/2012 - 20:46 by Dr K Prabhakar Rao INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN…282 Dr K Prabhakar Rao (Gandhi, patel and Nehru are seen chatting at Delhi Vijay chowk. The entire area is strewn with chappals, shoes, broken bangles, spectacles, hand bags and many things. Pools of water are around.) Gandhi. Patel, What is this? This area always looks clean and neat. What is this? The area is horrible. Patel. Bapu. Less said is better about this place. Gandhi. What happened? You look dejected. Patel. Bapu, I can not tell you. Gandhi. Be bold. You are a real freedom fighter that too a veteran ( Sings). Be bold and do not hide Tell me what happened here? This area appears to be a battle ground Now tell me all without any fear Patel. Bapu, Please do not force me ( Sings). I am helpless and I can not tell Kindly forgive me...

Hinduism by country

Hinduism by country From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Hinduism - Percentage by country Part of a series on Hinduism by country Africa [show] Asia [show] Europe [show] North America [show] Oceania [show] South America [show] This box: view talk edit An article related to Hinduism Hindu History Deities [show] Scriptures [show] Practices [show] Philosophers [show] Other topics [show] Hinduism Portal Hindu Mythology Portal v t e The percentage of Hindu population of each country was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2006 . [1] Other sources used were the CIA World Factbook [2] and adherents.com. [3] The total population of each country was taken from census.gov [4] (2007 estimates). According to the percentage, Ne...