Achievement

Lady Gaga has become the first living person to have 10 million followers on Facebook. Michael Jackson has more but he has died.

Cruel Maid

An HIV positive 17-year-maid from Masvingo in Zimbabwe was caught lacing the porridge of her employer's 4-year-old child with her own menstrual blood, cruelty that earned her a 10-year prison term,

Wow! That is surely surging up the charts of the cruelty of maids.

Randism

Ayn Rand was a Russian from a prosperous family who emigrated to the United States. Through her novels, such as Atlas Shrugged, and her non-fiction, such as The Virtue of Selfishness, she explained a philosophy she called Objectivism. This holds that the only moral course is pure self-interest. We owe nothing, she insists, to anyone, even to members of our own families. She described the poor and weak as refuse and parasites, and excoriated anyone seeking to assist them. Apart from the police, the courts and the armed forces, there should be no role for government: no social security, no public health or education, no public infrastructure or transport, no fire service, no regulations, no income tax.

I knew Ayn Rand was on someone's radar. I first came across her name with regard to the band Rush and their track Trees. I didn't know she was this radical. No-one wonder she is a pin-up to some people.

Natural Selection

Jennifer Lopez isn't planning to adopt children like Madonna. She is hoping to find someone who can sing better.

Varla's Second Death

Tura Satana, born Tura Luna Pascual Yamaguchi on July 10, 1938 on the island of Hokkaido, Japan lived a less than privileged life.

Maitresse

Have you seen a foreign language film that you really rated?

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Chhath

Even as southern parts of the city including Samneghat, Nagwan and Asi witnessing strong presence of Bihari population turned into Mini-Bihar, the other parts of the city witnessing mixed population also came out in large number to celebrate the occasion. A long stretch of ghats from Rajghat (north) to Asi Ghat (south) remained cramped with Chhath devotees who pushed hard for offering Arghya (tribute with water and milk) to the setting sun on the banks of the holy Ganga.

"It is no longer a festival of Bihar or bordering districts of east UP region as locals and people from the neighbouring districts have also shown a commitment to celebrate the festival in recent years," said Kalyani, a housewife in Sigra area who started celebrating the festival five years back. Hailing from neighbouring Jaunpur district, she has not skipped any ritual including Nahay-Khai, Kharna or making thekuas (special sweet confectionery made from wheat flour and sugar) on brick oven, maintaining the sanctity of the festivity during these years.

from The Times of India