"The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart." -Iris Murdoch, writer (15 Jul 1919-1999)
Courtesy A Word A Day https://t.co/BzS5tN98F1
Photograph: Wikipedia
April 22. Earth Day today - “The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.” - Mohandas K Gandhi.
Pic: Tagore and Gandhi at Shantiniketan in 1940, public domain pic.
"I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn." Henry David Thoreau, (1817 - 1862)
Pic from 28.12.12
Kindly help in saving the historic 1866 built heritage building in Mhow Cantt of Dr Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow) in Indore district MP
Used as BMH (1866-1947), All Arms Wing of MCTE (1953-1991), ARTRAC (1991-1994) Army Public School Mhow (1994 - 2024). Demolition today 14/01
Raksha Mantri ji kindly stop the demolition of the historic (1866 built) heritage building of the Army Public School building in Mhow Cantt. It's in very good condition. Its loss would truly be irreparable. @DefMinIndia@adgpi@suryacommand@ASIGoI@Intach_AH@IndoreCollector
Sep 2, 2023.
140th birth anniversary of the Polish immunologist, inventor and doctor Rudolf Weigl. The man who invented a vaccine for typhus, who saved 5,000 Jews from Nazi concentration camps. A true hero!!!
Born Sep 2 1883. This Google doodle was for his 138th in 2021.
Surviving the shadowlands: Interview with Arati Kumar-Rao, artist and author of Marginlands
Jun 13, '23 The author brings us stories of people who inhabit the most hostile corners of the subcontinent in her new book
DIVYA GANDHI
https://t.co/7omqAbR3O7
The arrogance of power!!! If I had believed in rebirth I'd have said that Dushasana has been reborn!!! Justice will prevail finally. With our brave wrestlers #JusticeForWrestlers@Jhatkaadotorg
From the walls of the Ambedkar Birth Memorial in the Kali Paltan area of Mhow Cantonment. A 1950 photo of his with soldiers of the Mahar Regiment. He had, as a member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, revived this regiment in 1941 roughly three decades after it was disbanded.
Apr 13, 2012 The Akola Ratlam 'Fast Passenger' enters Kalakund Station an hour and 50 minutes behind schedule!!!! It was pretty crowded with people sitting on the roof. Wonder how they handled the four tunnels....
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