India is the birth place of many religions. One such religion is Jainism founded by mahavira. Mahavira was born in a village, Kundagrama in Muzzaffarpur district in 599 BC. He started for the search of truth at the age 30 after renouncing his family. He attained the supreme knowledge after 13 years. He then preached his ideas of non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, non-possession, and control over all kinds of passions, emotions and desires. Mahavira rejected the Vedas and strongly believed that man is responsible for his present and future. Mahavira committed Salekhana, which is fasting to death.

Teotihuacan is located in the northeast of Mexican city and is one of the oldest cities built the ancient people of 2nd century, even before Aztecs. This ancient religious city has many architectural marvels and one particular monument is the Pyramid of Sun which is estimated to be 2000 years old. This pyramid is steep in nature and no one could trace the original purpose of this pyramid. However, Aztecs used this place to sacrifice to their solar god. Teotihuacan also has a pyramid for moon. The religion of this place is similar to that of Mesoamerican culture.

Maps are drawings which helps us to know about places, their location, the way to reach etc. In simple words, they convey geographical information. Once, the only people aware of maps were those who had the necessity to use that. But now almost every knows about maps after the introduction of “MAP” a character in cartoons. The art of making maps is called cartography, which were advanced to ancient Greece. And the oldest maps are preserved in Babylonian clay tablets, belonging to the period of 2300 BC. Now the maps are available on internet and even on mobile phones.

Hindu mythology has plenty gods and goddesses. The most favorite god of all is lord Ganesha, who has the head of an elephant, four hands, and a potty belly. There are numerous stories which praise him. He is the god of knowledge, and considered to be the remover of obstacles. He is worshipped first in the beginning of any occasion to bring better success and to remove the obstacles. Mythology says that, it was lord Ganesha who wrote the great epic, “Mahabharata” as dictated by Veda Vyasa. His vehicle is the tiny mouse, which moves quickly and represents tremendous wisdom and presence of mind.

The very word coconut links our thoughts to Kerala, the land of coconuts. India is one of the leading coconut producers of the world and its production accounts to 13 billion nuts in numbers. Coconuts have the history of 3000 years and are a tropical crop, which adapts well to the sea shore for growing conditions. Other than coconut oil and tender coconut (coconut juice), coconut has enormous uses. Cocolele is a musical instrument which is made from the coconut shell and strings. Coir is one of the main outcomes of coconut which is widely used in many fields.

Everyone would love listening to stories. In that case, Aesop is very famous and his stories have been included as moral education for children. His stories adopted animals as characters and taught the basic principles and ideology in an uncomplicated manner. Aesop is believed to belong to the 6th century BC, while some believe that there was no real person in the name Aesop and Aesop’s fables were folklore of Greece. However, references show that he was born in 620 BC in ancient Greece and by birth, he was a slave. The famous idiom, “sour grapes” is derived from his story, The Fox and the grapes.

God thought the world is incomplete when he created the first man. So he created a creature which can give complete sense and a better company to men. He wanted that creature to be of same species but different gender. And that’s how he created women to complete the incomplete. And it is beyond one’s imagination skill to imagine a world without feminine gender. She is the best curative agent as a mother to her child, as a wife to her husband, a nurse to the patients, sweet sister to her siblings and has the power to cure anything with her care and love.

It is not the art of love that this article talks about. It is about the love, and true love which has given rise to wars. The war here does not mean the historical or civil wars alone. But even the tiny quarrels among the family members. One serious war that every family has waged on love is war of IN-LAWS. The movies, soaps and stories on this particular war have never failed in the comedy track. Historically, Trojan War is most familiar war of love which was between two massive powers and for about ten years.

There are numerous arts in our world which were born from different civilizations. Mime is one such art. A theatrical art, where no words or dialogues are used, except expressions of the finest quality. It is most comical in nature, and anyone can enjoy this mime, if delivered in right manner. This mime roots from Rome and Greeks. Mimodrame is the French term for the mime drama, the theatrical art of mime. A pantomime is simply the mime being portrayed. And the first ever recorded pantomime artist or mummer is legendry dancer Telestes who played the role of Aeschylus in 467 BC.

The girl with the dragon tattoo is an award winning novel by Stieg Larsson. He is Swedish author and journalist. The girl with the dragon tattoo is a thriller novel, and there is no turning back of the book, if started once. This Swedish novel is translated to English by Reg keeland, and the translation is really outstanding. The story begins when Mikael Blomkvist, a financial journalist is offered to solve the mystery of a forty year old case. Mikael is paired with Lisbeth Salander, who is the real main character and solves the case. On the whole, this novel has been rated four stars.