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Hi Peeps !!! This is Boopathy.             We might have come across many stories and sayings that "cop's son turned criminal". A best example for that is Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar . He was born as a son of head constable in Mumbai police in Ratnagiri district of Maharastra. Then, he was raised in Doongri, there he joined Ahmed Sailor High School . But, he was dropped out of the school as his father could not afford his education.            After that he joined a gang of boys who have been residing in his area and got into hooliganism . When he was 19 years old, he joined with a mobster called Haji Mastan . Later, he got rid of him and formed his own gang along with is brother, Shabir Ibrahim Kaskar . That gang was popularly called as 'D - company' or Dawood Company  in 1970s. The company rapidly got its notoriety by engaging in international drug trafficking, counterfeiting, weapons smuggling, extortion, target killing ...

We know Nadia Murad only for her Noble Peace price laureateship in 2018. But there are much more behind the laureateship and her personal life.  She was born as Nadia Murad Basee Taha in Kojo, Iraq in the year 1993. Although she's an Iraqi by nationality; she now lives in Germany.  She was born into a farming family in Kojo, Iraq. She belongs to the Yazidi ethnic and religious minority. Yazidis are indigenous to Iraq, Syria and Turkey. Yazidism is a faith followed by the Yazidis. They believe in one God who created the world and entrusted it into the care of seven Holy beings, known as Angels. Melek Taus is the leader of the Angels and has authority over the world. Yazidis are called Miletê Tawûsê Melek (the nation of Melek Taus). When she was just 19, the Islamic State (IS) attacked her village and killed 600 Yazidi men, including several of her family members. Murad and other young women were taken prison...

When this guy was a child, 8, he was shown a photo of the Mount Everest; he said that he would climb it one day, excitedly. His father told him that only tough people can climb it and it was not an easy task. From that point on, it became his dream. In his early twenties he met with an accident and the doctors were like, it was a miracle that he's alive and they even thought that he'll not survive. Further, he was told that he'll never be able to walk his whole life and he'll just be existing, bed-ridden. But he proved them wrong after scaling the Everest just a year after he was told so. He became one of the youngest people to have climbed the Everest.  He, who is popularly known as Bear Grylls, a hero, became popular among the people of the world. But that was not easy, there are several ordeals behind the achievement of his.  Almost, there are no people in this world who don’t know about Bear Grylls. His show "Man Vs. Wild" doesn’...

John Pennycuick: 🤔 In 1876, Madras Province was in the grip of a famine. It lasted for two years, spreading across the subcontinent. More than a million people died of starvation in Madras Province alone. Overall, the famine is estimated to have killed as many as 10 million people, a tragedy that went largely unnoticed in the rest of the world. Solution: While the political solution is well known, a second solution, less famous and highly contested today, came in the form of a remarkable feat of engineering. A tale of two rivers Two rivers originate from the Western Ghats—the big Periyar , which flows west along with several tributaries, and the small Vaigai , which flows east into Madurai and beyond. During summer, the Vaigai often dried up, many a time never even reaching Madurai. The Madras Province included present-day Kerala, Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka, southern Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and southern Odisha, excluding the princely states of...

Hello! Everyone. This is Arun Balaji. Swami Vivekananda, an inspiring and well-known personality. Suddenly, an unknown monk became famous when he presented Hinduism in the Parliament of Religions in 1893 in Chicago. Let us read about Swami Vivekananda's early life, education, works, teachings, philosophy books, etc.   On his B-Day and national youth day; let's know some stuff about him. Swami Vivekananda founded Ramakrishna Mission on 1 May 1897 for one's own salvation and for the welfare of the world. Do you know his lectures, writings, letters, and poems are published as The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda? He always focuses on teaching universal principles rather than personalities. He had tremendous intellect. His unique contributions always enlighten and awaken us. He was a spiritual leader and social reformer.  "All the powers in the universe are already our. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark."- Swa...

We're all humans. We all have our own desires, from wanting to become a billionaire to serve mankind before we die. But, have you ever thought about dying in the mars? Has anyone thought of taking our human race to planet mars before we perish? One such person is Elon Musk. Elon Musk  Even though he's one of the top 100 billionaires in the world, he was born in a very normal family in a normal country. Luck; from Steve Jobs to Bill Gates had their luck factor worked upon somewhere in their lives. But for this person luck seldom worked. He was hated, beaten up, went through every sour-tasting life experiences. He's the 21st most influential person(December 2016, Forbes list)in the world. Currently, he's the 40th riches person in the world. Born in 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. His father an engineer, mother a model. He's totally an introvert. He was bullied then for his nature as such he was admitted to hospital for being pushed down a stair...