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Monday 18 April 2011
Thursday 14 April 2011
Recent Visit : Bhangarh--> Haunted city, where government tells you to keep off!
There are ghosts, and there are haunted places. How many haunted places, though, have the distinction of being acknowledged by a government? None, we think.Take Bhangarh in the state of Rajasthan, India for example. Local mythology says the place is haunted, as local mythologies are wont to do. But in this case, the Archaelogical Survey of India (ASI) in charge of it warns people off the area!
The ASI is the official government body in charge across India of all the monuments and ruins.
Take a look at this ASI signboard in Bhangarh. The signboard is placed 1 Km away from the Bhangarh fort, which has been in ruins since the 17th century, when Bhangarh was deserted overnight. People do not enter the area as it is believed that if you do, you do not return.
One of the stories say that the Bhangarh was cursed by a tantrik (a wizard who practices dark arts), Singhia, who was in love with the beautiful princess Ratnawati of Bhangarh. Singhia added a love potion to a bowl of oil that belonged to the princess, but Singhia’s hopes were dashed (literally) when Ratnawati hurled the bowl on a wall that collapsed and buried Singhia.
A dying Scindia cursed the kingdom of Bhangarh saying that the city would be wiped out overnight, and would never be inhabited again, except for the temples. Shortly after the death of Singhia, the whole city was sacked and destroyed in the Bhangarh-Ajabgarh wars.
Bhangarh was never inhabited again, but the area around it is dotted with temples. Believers consider this a living proof of the wizard’s curse.
Story B – The real-estate obsessed wizard
The other story goes that Singhia the Wizard, practised his dark arts in the outskirts of the city. When the early Kings of Bhangarh built the city, Singhia warned them that he would not interfere with the city as long as the they did not infringe on his settlement. The kings were respectful of Singhia’s privacy, but one arrogant king refused to heed Singhia and paid for it. When the buildings overshadowed the wizard’s work area, the whole city collapsed and all its citizens were forced to flee. Since then, no one has dared to settle in the city again
The ASI is the official government body in charge across India of all the monuments and ruins.
Take a look at this ASI signboard in Bhangarh. The signboard is placed 1 Km away from the Bhangarh fort, which has been in ruins since the 17th century, when Bhangarh was deserted overnight. People do not enter the area as it is believed that if you do, you do not return.
Bhangarh: Signboard warning people off
What does the signboard say?
Here is a translation:The Government of IndiaTrue, the signboard does not say that there are ghosts in the area, or the place is haunted. But the signboard is extremely unusual.
The Archeological Survey of India, Bhangarh
Important warning:
1. Entering the borders of Bhangarh before sunrise and after sunset is strictly prohibited.
2. Shepherds and woodcutters who enter Bhangarh area will face legal action.
3. The Kewda or Pandanus trees found in Bhangarh area belong to the Archaelogy Survey of India. Is it forbidden to subject this tree to any kind of harm.
Note: Anyone flouting of the rules mentioned above will face legal action.
By order
Supervisor, Archaelogical Survey Board
In and around Bhangarh
Locals give the Bhangarh fort, and the reasonably large area around it, a wide berth. And this is India, where there are people roaming about everywhere. But locals do not enter the area here due to some popular spooky stories associated with Bhangarh. And ASI has never denied the stories, despite everyone using the signboard as a recognition by the government of the paranormal nature of the place, or said that the signboard was placed for some other mundane reason.
Those who swear by the Bhangarh’s resident ghosts, say that the ASI too is scared of the parnanormal activity associated with the fort; hence the ASI board has been put up at a safe distance from the fort, next to a temple. Many locals and visitors claim that they have witnessed paranormal activities – like sounds of music and dancing and wierd color spots in photographs of chambers.
Those who swear by the Bhangarh’s resident ghosts, say that the ASI too is scared of the parnanormal activity associated with the fort; hence the ASI board has been put up at a safe distance from the fort, next to a temple. Many locals and visitors claim that they have witnessed paranormal activities – like sounds of music and dancing and wierd color spots in photographs of chambers.
The mythology of Bhangarh
Story A – Standard of story of lustful wizard and beautiful maidenOne of the stories say that the Bhangarh was cursed by a tantrik (a wizard who practices dark arts), Singhia, who was in love with the beautiful princess Ratnawati of Bhangarh. Singhia added a love potion to a bowl of oil that belonged to the princess, but Singhia’s hopes were dashed (literally) when Ratnawati hurled the bowl on a wall that collapsed and buried Singhia.
A dying Scindia cursed the kingdom of Bhangarh saying that the city would be wiped out overnight, and would never be inhabited again, except for the temples. Shortly after the death of Singhia, the whole city was sacked and destroyed in the Bhangarh-Ajabgarh wars.
Bhangarh was never inhabited again, but the area around it is dotted with temples. Believers consider this a living proof of the wizard’s curse.Story B – The real-estate obsessed wizard
The other story goes that Singhia the Wizard, practised his dark arts in the outskirts of the city. When the early Kings of Bhangarh built the city, Singhia warned them that he would not interfere with the city as long as the they did not infringe on his settlement. The kings were respectful of Singhia’s privacy, but one arrogant king refused to heed Singhia and paid for it. When the buildings overshadowed the wizard’s work area, the whole city collapsed and all its citizens were forced to flee. Since then, no one has dared to settle in the city again
Some roofless constructions at Bhangarh Image Courtesy
Bhangarh was built in the 17th century, by Raja Madho Singh, younger brother of Man Singh, a general of Emperor Akbar’s army. At that time, Bhangarh had a population of over 10,000. Now, not a soul lives in the ruined but still beautiful city. Bhangarh was the precursor of the exquisite old city of Jaipur, with its havelis, colorful bazaars, and temples.
Havelis are elaborate residences, almost miniature palaces, built around large courtyards. The walls are painted in bright colors with detailed frescoes. If the old city of Jaipur is anything to go by, Bhangarh must have been an extremely prosperous city. Today nothing remains but the temples
Wednesday 13 April 2011
What Girls Always Notice on a Date!!!!
Do you want to impress a girl on the very first date? If you really know what girls always notice on a date, there’s a good chance you’ll be able to impress that pretty lass within the first few minutes.
And you know what they say, first impressions are everything when you’re trying to have a great date!
Unlike men, who don’t notice a great deal too much, women are a lot sharper on a date.
They put in a lot of effort, and they expect their date to look spruced up and primped for them. So what are the things that girls notice on a date? Men, you might just be surprised.
What girls always notice on a date #1 CLEANLINESS
You definitely need to be clean. Women like guys who can groom themselves. Even if you sport a stubble, it should look like every strand of hair exists to accentuate your face.
Clean hands and nails, crisp clothes, and a fresh face. And no bad breath or body odor. No girl would ever like that! Maybe a few kinky ones, but definitely not on a date. In a restaurant.
What girls always notice on a date #2 LABELS!
Girls love labels and fancy brands. It’s a sign anyways, isn’t it? If you can pamper yourself, you definitely can pamper her.
Go figure about big brands. Some labels may be expensive, but they don’t necessarily turn out to be the best. But the biggest names don’t come cheap. Senor D’Orsi charges over fifty grand a suit and still makes just fifty suits a year, but that’s never ever going to look bad on you, would it?
And it’s never going to hurt. Maybe just your Louis Vuitton wallet. A wee bit, you big, rich boy!
What girls always notice on a date #3 YOUR CONVERSATION SKILLS
Girls want a guy who knows how to keep his woman happy. So are you a smooth talker? Do you stutter and splutter and run out of things to say, half way through dinner and resort to “so you say something… no, no, you say…” to cover the fact that you have nothing to talk about? That’s not good. [Read: What to talk about on a first date with a girl] A woman wants to be with someone who knows to talk, and talk well. Yup, back when you were in tenth grade, backstreet boys were hot stuff! Now, it’s still a Simon Cowell.
What girls always notice on a date #4 HOW FAR CAN YOU GO?
How far can you go for your date? What can you do to pamper her? Flowers and sparkling wine are great starters. But can you call back your waiter and ask him for more flowers on your table? Or perhaps, a white candle? Anything else? A woman wants to test how far a man would be willing to go for her. Of course, subconsciously.
So pamper her. She can’t make up her mind about which dessert to pick, order three of them. Try it. It definitely works. Tell her to take a bite off all of them. She can have what she wants, and the waiter can take back the rest. If you have to be her king, treat her like the queen she deserves to be. But never be pompous, and don’t forget to be a brat boy now and then.
What girls always notice on a date #5 YOUR ATTIRE
Brands are one thing, but women definitely notice the way you dress. A Gucci shirt looks good, but untucked and crumpled on a formal date? Don’t think so. Dress for the occasion. Be pleasing to her eyes, and don’t ever go overboard. A clean shirt or a suit is the best thing to wear when you’re out at a great date restaurant in the middle of paradise. And yeah, do take her to a great place.
What girls always notice on a date #6 Ogling other women
You may have done all of the above things to impress your date, but this one wrong move can be a killer! There’s nothing more insulting for a woman than to see her man staring at other women or craning his neck to ogle at other women now and then. When you’re out on a date, remember, all eyes on your date. You can ogle at all the beautiful women and stare at a girl’s breast or her never ending legs when you’re with the guys. On a date, just focus on your date, if you do want to impress her.
And you know what they say, first impressions are everything when you’re trying to have a great date!
Unlike men, who don’t notice a great deal too much, women are a lot sharper on a date.
They put in a lot of effort, and they expect their date to look spruced up and primped for them. So what are the things that girls notice on a date? Men, you might just be surprised.
What girls always notice on a date #1 CLEANLINESS
You definitely need to be clean. Women like guys who can groom themselves. Even if you sport a stubble, it should look like every strand of hair exists to accentuate your face.
Clean hands and nails, crisp clothes, and a fresh face. And no bad breath or body odor. No girl would ever like that! Maybe a few kinky ones, but definitely not on a date. In a restaurant.
What girls always notice on a date #2 LABELS!
Girls love labels and fancy brands. It’s a sign anyways, isn’t it? If you can pamper yourself, you definitely can pamper her.
Go figure about big brands. Some labels may be expensive, but they don’t necessarily turn out to be the best. But the biggest names don’t come cheap. Senor D’Orsi charges over fifty grand a suit and still makes just fifty suits a year, but that’s never ever going to look bad on you, would it?
And it’s never going to hurt. Maybe just your Louis Vuitton wallet. A wee bit, you big, rich boy!
What girls always notice on a date #3 YOUR CONVERSATION SKILLS
Girls want a guy who knows how to keep his woman happy. So are you a smooth talker? Do you stutter and splutter and run out of things to say, half way through dinner and resort to “so you say something… no, no, you say…” to cover the fact that you have nothing to talk about? That’s not good. [Read: What to talk about on a first date with a girl] A woman wants to be with someone who knows to talk, and talk well. Yup, back when you were in tenth grade, backstreet boys were hot stuff! Now, it’s still a Simon Cowell.
What girls always notice on a date #4 HOW FAR CAN YOU GO?
How far can you go for your date? What can you do to pamper her? Flowers and sparkling wine are great starters. But can you call back your waiter and ask him for more flowers on your table? Or perhaps, a white candle? Anything else? A woman wants to test how far a man would be willing to go for her. Of course, subconsciously.
So pamper her. She can’t make up her mind about which dessert to pick, order three of them. Try it. It definitely works. Tell her to take a bite off all of them. She can have what she wants, and the waiter can take back the rest. If you have to be her king, treat her like the queen she deserves to be. But never be pompous, and don’t forget to be a brat boy now and then.
What girls always notice on a date #5 YOUR ATTIRE
Brands are one thing, but women definitely notice the way you dress. A Gucci shirt looks good, but untucked and crumpled on a formal date? Don’t think so. Dress for the occasion. Be pleasing to her eyes, and don’t ever go overboard. A clean shirt or a suit is the best thing to wear when you’re out at a great date restaurant in the middle of paradise. And yeah, do take her to a great place.
What girls always notice on a date #6 Ogling other women
You may have done all of the above things to impress your date, but this one wrong move can be a killer! There’s nothing more insulting for a woman than to see her man staring at other women or craning his neck to ogle at other women now and then. When you’re out on a date, remember, all eyes on your date. You can ogle at all the beautiful women and stare at a girl’s breast or her never ending legs when you’re with the guys. On a date, just focus on your date, if you do want to impress her.
Why Do Girls Like Chocolate?
Women... They are created for one another! It’s not a mystery that 90 percent of Women are fond of chocolate sweets. Women not seldom enjoy a point of true happiness biting some excellent chocolate! It's kind of a peculiar kind of drugs for them. Why there are so many chocolate-lovers and what gives this sweet dainty to lady’s soul and physical state? We are going to try to answer these issues in the following piece.
The reply lays in chemicals and the quantity of the lypocites in a lady’s body. Lady's organism possess more lypocites than man's. For girls eating chocolate is like a reflex effort to make the level of hormones in their organisms steadier. Higher ranks of female hormones create such a longing for chocolate and other high-energy food.
The texture of the chocolate is creamy and melting because of the butter from cocoa used in it.
Chocolate involves phenylethylamine in its mixture, a potion produced by the human brain when you fall for some man or woman. We feel an unexpected charge of energy we acquire from the sugar and cocoa, and phenylethylamine acts as a mood enhancer. It makes us feel high and dream, mantled in theatmosphere of pleasure and delight!
Some females identify chocolate sweets with sex and there are precise clarifications of this issue!
Chocolate enhances lovemaking activity and is also believed to be an aphrodisiac. This divine pleasure delivers new original ideas to our intimate lives, such as chocolate body tinting.
The sweetness from chocolate also lets out hormones of happiness that help us feeling genuine happiness! As far as you can see the finest gift imaginable for your precious Russian bride is the best sorts of chocolate!
Gifting chocolate as the sign of devotion was remarkably common in Japan since the 1950s.
The reply lays in chemicals and the quantity of the lypocites in a lady’s body. Lady's organism possess more lypocites than man's. For girls eating chocolate is like a reflex effort to make the level of hormones in their organisms steadier. Higher ranks of female hormones create such a longing for chocolate and other high-energy food.
The texture of the chocolate is creamy and melting because of the butter from cocoa used in it.
Chocolate involves phenylethylamine in its mixture, a potion produced by the human brain when you fall for some man or woman. We feel an unexpected charge of energy we acquire from the sugar and cocoa, and phenylethylamine acts as a mood enhancer. It makes us feel high and dream, mantled in theatmosphere of pleasure and delight!
Some females identify chocolate sweets with sex and there are precise clarifications of this issue!
Chocolate enhances lovemaking activity and is also believed to be an aphrodisiac. This divine pleasure delivers new original ideas to our intimate lives, such as chocolate body tinting.
The sweetness from chocolate also lets out hormones of happiness that help us feeling genuine happiness! As far as you can see the finest gift imaginable for your precious Russian bride is the best sorts of chocolate!
Gifting chocolate as the sign of devotion was remarkably common in Japan since the 1950s.
Top 10 Rejection Lines Given by Women (and what they actually mean...)
- I think of you as a brother.
(You remind me of that inbred banjo-playing geek in "Deliverance") - There's a slight difference in our ages.
(You are one Jurassic geezer.) - I'm not attracted to you in 'that' way
(You are the ugliest dork I've ever laid eyes upon) - My life is too complicate right now.
(I don't want you spending the whole night or else you may hear phone calls from all the other guys I'm seeing) - I've got a boyfriend
(who's really my male cat and a half gallon of Ben & Jerry's) - I don't date men where I work
(Hey bud, I wouldn't even date you if you were in the same solar system, much less the same building) - It's not you, it's me
(It's not me, it's you) - I'm concentrating on my career
(Even something as boring and unfulfilling as my job is better than dating you.) - I'm celibate.
(I've sworn off *only* the men like you.) - .....and the #1 rejection line given by women (and what it actually means)
Let's be friends.
(I want you to stay around so I can tell you in excruciating detail about all the other men I meet and have sex with; it's that 'male perspective' thing)
Tuesday 12 April 2011
Why Are Girls So Jealous Of Each Other Than Boys?
If you know a girl, you should know by default every girl is going to be jealous of every other girl, even if she is her own sister. Reason being girls are born like that and they do not want any one else to be liked more than them. It is a natural thing which happens in girls however if it happens in a guy, then it is weird.
Usually jealousy arises in girls, starting from their sisters, when one sister is prettier than the other or when one sister is smarter and intelligent. Even when parents give more attention to one of their child, it makes the others feel jealous naturally.
Every girl wants to be noticed and wants to be complemented, however if another girl steals her show and takes attention of her then it really makes her angry and jealous. That is why every female wants to look good, dress up well, wants to have a good looking rich husband and a nice family.
Girls or woman love comparing things with each other and want to boast about their things and this is absolutely a natural feature of every girl. They do not want to share their husbands, even with their friends, because it makes them jealous. All this is in god's hand and he has designed girls in this way
Your opinion?
Usually jealousy arises in girls, starting from their sisters, when one sister is prettier than the other or when one sister is smarter and intelligent. Even when parents give more attention to one of their child, it makes the others feel jealous naturally.
Every girl wants to be noticed and wants to be complemented, however if another girl steals her show and takes attention of her then it really makes her angry and jealous. That is why every female wants to look good, dress up well, wants to have a good looking rich husband and a nice family.
Girls or woman love comparing things with each other and want to boast about their things and this is absolutely a natural feature of every girl. They do not want to share their husbands, even with their friends, because it makes them jealous. All this is in god's hand and he has designed girls in this way
Your opinion?
Why Are Girls So Complicated???
If a girl likes a guy, why can't they just say so?! It doesn't always has to be the guy that has to make the first move does it? I mean if the girl likes the guy, just tell them! I believe the guy will be definitely flattered! Don't give signals and stuff cause us guys are pretty slow when it comes to signals. Like what does it mean when one of your friends say in something like "OHH ankita likes sujay! " And then ankita quickly shies away to do something else looking like she's is into Sujay but too embarrassed?! I dunno, but why can't girls just be more open if they like some guy?! For example what does it mean if a girl "shies" away from you? Or if a girl just comes up to you and talks randomly? Or if they look at you as you leave the room. Girls are sooo complicated! Any opinions out there?
Why do boys and girls prefer different toys??
Throughout the world, boys and girls prefer to play with different types of toys. Boys typically like to play with cars and trucks, while girls typically choose to play with dolls. Why is this? A traditional sociological explanation is that boys and girls are socialized and encouraged to play with different types of toys by their parents, peers, and the “society.” Growing scientific evidence suggests, however, that boys’ and girls’ toy preferences may have a biological origin.
In 2002, Gerianne M. Alexander of Texas A&M University and Melissa Hines of City University in London stunned the scientific world by showing that vervet monkeys showed the same sex-typical toy preferences as humans. In an incredibly ingenious study, published in Evolution and Human Behavior, Alexander and Hines gave two stereotypically masculine toys (a ball and a police car), two stereotypically feminine toys (a soft doll and a cooking pot), and two neutral toys (a picture book and a stuffed dog) to 44 male and 44 female vervet monkeys. They then assessed the monkeys’ preference for each toy by measuring how much time they spent with each. Their data demonstrated that male vervet monkeys showed significantly greater interest in the masculine toys, and the female vervet monkeys showed significantly greater interest in the feminine toys. The two sexes did not differ in their preference for the neutral toys.
Alexander and Hines’s article contains a wonderful picture (reproduced here in full living color, courtesy of Gerianne M. Alexander) of a female vervet monkey conducting an anogenital inspection (examining the genital area of the doll in an attempt to determine whether it is male or female), as a girl might, and a male vervet monkey pushing the police car back and forth, as a boy might. If children’s toy preferences were largely formed by gender socialization, as traditional sociologists claim, in which their parents give “gender-appropriate” toys to boys and girls, how can these male and female vervet monkeys have the same preferences as boys and girls? They were never socialized by humans, and they had never seen these toys before in their lives. Yet, not only did male and female vervet monkeys show the identical sex preference for toys, but how they played with these toys was also identical to how boys and girls might.
As stunningly ingenious and spectacular Alexander and Hines's initial study was, it stood alone in the scientific literature for a while. All new scientific discoveries must be replicated to make sure that the findings are both genuine and generalizable. Well, it took the field six years, but the original findings have now been replicated.
In a forthcoming article in Hormones and Behavior, Janice M. Hassett, Erin R. Siebert, and Kim Wallen, of Emory University, replicate the sex preferences in toys among members of another primate species (rhesus monkeys). Their study shows that, when given a choice between stereotypically male “wheeled toys” (such as a wagon, a truck, and a car) and stereotypically female “plush toys” (such as Winnie the Pooh, Raggedy Ann, and a koala bear hand puppet), male rhesus monkeys show strong and significant preference for the masculine toys. Female rhesus monkeys show preference for the feminine toys, but the difference in their preference is not statistically significant.
We do not yet know exactly why males of different primate species prefer wheeled toys and other vehicles, or why females of different primate species prefer plush toys and other dolls (except for their vague resemblance to babies, for which females are evolutionarily designed to care). However, it is becoming less and less likely that “gender socialization” is the reason why boys and girls prefer different toys, and more and more likely that there are some genetic, hormonal, and other biological reasons for the observed sex differences in toy preference.
Do Beauty and Brains Go Together???
Beauty and brains DO go together! Study claims good-looking men and women have higher IQs
Handsome men and women often appear to be blessed with lucky lives. Now research has shown they are cleverer than most people as well.
Studies in Britain and America have found they have IQs 14 points above average.
The findings dispel the myth of the dumb blondes or good-looking men not being very bright.
It appears that those already physically blessed attract partners who are not just good looking but brainy too, according to research by the London School of Economics.
The children of these couples will tend to inherit both qualities, building a genetic link over successive generations between them.
LSE researcher Satoshi Kanazawa told the Sunday Times: ''Physical attractiveness is significantly positively associated with general intelligence, both with and without controls for social class, body size and health.
'The association between attractiveness and general intelligence is also stronger among men than among women.'
In other research on social standing, he found that middle-class girls tended to have higher IQs than their working- class counterparts.
Among the millions of examples of beauty and brains, there's supermodel Lily Cole who went to Cambridge University, actress Kate Beckinsale, an Oxford graduate, and physicist Brian Cox, one-time keyboard player with D:ream.
In Britain, the study found that men who are physically attractive had IQs an average 13.6 points above the norm while women were about 11.4 points higher.
Kanazawa's findings were based on the National Child Development Study which followed 17,419 people since their birth in a single week in March, 1958.
Throughout their childhood up to early adulthood, they were given a series of tests for academic progress, intelligence and marked on appearance.
The American research was taken from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health which involved a similar study of 35,000 young Americans.
Kanazawa, whose paper was published in the academic journal Intelligence, said: 'Our contention that beautiful people are more intelligent is purely scientific. It is not a prescription for how to treat or judge others.
Handsome men and women often appear to be blessed with lucky lives. Now research has shown they are cleverer than most people as well.
Studies in Britain and America have found they have IQs 14 points above average.
The findings dispel the myth of the dumb blondes or good-looking men not being very bright.
It appears that those already physically blessed attract partners who are not just good looking but brainy too, according to research by the London School of Economics.
The children of these couples will tend to inherit both qualities, building a genetic link over successive generations between them.
LSE researcher Satoshi Kanazawa told the Sunday Times: ''Physical attractiveness is significantly positively associated with general intelligence, both with and without controls for social class, body size and health.
Clever and handsome: Physicist Brian Cox
In other research on social standing, he found that middle-class girls tended to have higher IQs than their working- class counterparts.
Among the millions of examples of beauty and brains, there's supermodel Lily Cole who went to Cambridge University, actress Kate Beckinsale, an Oxford graduate, and physicist Brian Cox, one-time keyboard player with D:ream.
In Britain, the study found that men who are physically attractive had IQs an average 13.6 points above the norm while women were about 11.4 points higher.
Kanazawa's findings were based on the National Child Development Study which followed 17,419 people since their birth in a single week in March, 1958.
Throughout their childhood up to early adulthood, they were given a series of tests for academic progress, intelligence and marked on appearance.
The American research was taken from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health which involved a similar study of 35,000 young Americans.
Kanazawa, whose paper was published in the academic journal Intelligence, said: 'Our contention that beautiful people are more intelligent is purely scientific. It is not a prescription for how to treat or judge others.
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