DFC presents donor sale of its Astra Series

Dancingforchennai.com presents the first of its framed picture series, the Astra series. The picture series is conceptualized and adapted from ancient sacred texts. A small piece of gratitude to each of our patrons. Donor purchases can be made by making a payment of Rs. 10,000 (Rupees Ten thousand) either using the PayTM QR Code or the payment link. Donor payments can be made by scanning the QR code on the link below. http://dancingforchennai.com/wp-content/uploads/PayTM.png Donor payments can also be made through PayTMs payment link https://p-y.tm/B-LKVUK Please send us your your contact…

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A tribute to India’s golden girl P T Usha on Women’s Day

Women are an inspiration not just for men, but for all sections of the society. Across ages women have inspired some of the most remarkable artistic and societal feats. Several of the remarkable paintings, sculptures, stories, poems, and the like are a testimony to this. This country has a special place for women and has seen some of the most spectacular women witnessed across time. Women like Dr. Suniti Solomon, who led India’s HIV battle at the onset, three decades back, actress Sridevi whose unfortunate death is still afresh; they…

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Shinkansen bullet train in India

On the 14th September Prime Minister Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inaugurated the bullet train project in India. The prime minister pointed out to the nation that high speed travel is necessary for development and growth. The project costs over a lakh crore rupees and Japan shall fund over 85% of the project. With the bullet train to run between Mumbai and Ahmadabad in five years, we present a small introduction to Shinkansen technology.   Introduction Japan was one of the earliest countries that anticipated long distance travel…

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Tamil Nadu and the third gender

Tamil Nadu is a state where transgender rights have been a priority. Almost all government forms seeking personal information have the third gender as a separate category. The government aid for them includes free Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) in the Government Hospital; free housing program; various citizenship documents; admission in government colleges with full scholarship for higher studies; alternative sources of livelihood through formation of self-help groups (for savings) and initiating income-generation programs (IGP). Tamil Nadu was also the first state to form a Transgender Welfare Board with representatives from…

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Nazi women policy for a superior military

Hitler’s Third Reich or presidency between 1933 and 1945 is one of the most feared eras of all times. Holocaust, concentration camps and other war crimes are popularly associated with the regime. But one of the lesser-known aspects of the regime is its attitude towards its own women, in its efforts to raise a flawless German population. Hitler envisaged an invincible military through a pure Aryan breed. Sometimes the policies of regimes stand out, not for what it offered, but for what it intended to get. The Third Reich in…

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FAIRY TALES

CHANGE OF STRATEGY Shamsheer – Kollam   A young lion once found a bracelet in the jungle, at the outskirts of the village. The next day, the lion saw a man near the village and showed him the bracelet. The lion asked him if the bracelet would be of any use to him. The man immediately said that he wanted it. In return, he said he would offer a sheep each day for a week. The young lion was happy. It walked to his den and told everything to his…

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KIDS

THE BIG MAGIC Sheeja – Trivandrum   A happy kid once happened to tell his dad, ‘Dad the uncle living in the next street is a magician’ ‘Really?’, the disinterested father asked. ‘Dad, I had only one sweet, but he doubled it for me’ ‘That’s great’ ‘Yes, see I had only one coin, but he doubled it for me’ ‘That’s great’ ‘But dad, the biggest thing he did was to my ring’ ‘Your ring?; hey wait. Where is your gold ring; he’s taken it?’ ‘No dad, you won’t believe it…

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YOUTH AND TEENAGERS

MISSING RING Nisha – Trichy   One afternoon, a young girl, made a frantic call to her parents, from her school, ‘Dad my gold ring is missing, please check my room’ Five minutes later, she again called him and asked ‘Did you find it?’ ‘No it’s not there’, her father replied ‘Then please check the dressing table’ Five minutes later, she was on line again, when her sweating father answered, ‘It’s not in the dressing table. I am searching the bathrooms and your mom is searching your bedroom’ ‘It’s alright…

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COUPLES

COUPLES GOLD OR GILD Gurumurthy – Chennai   A man was once so pestered and threatened by his wife for a gold chain that he finally came home with one. Unfortunately his mother was the first to receive him and snatched it away saying, ‘What a great gold chain my son has bought for me’ He went inside and saw his wife waiting for him with clenched fists. ‘Relax’, he told her, ‘That’s only gild; you think I am an idiot to buy a gold chain at this time of…

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