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Raksha Bandhan 2020

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When is Raksha Bandhan Festival? The normal occurrence of the Raksha Bandhan festival is on the full moon day in the month of Shravana from the Hindu calendar. Although these dates vary every year, this year it will fall on 3rd August, 2020 . Why is this Festival celebrated? This festival is celebrated to establish the bond between a brother and a sister. On this day, the sister ties a thread called ‘Rakhi’ to her brother's wrist. These days, this even is also celebrated between sisters who tie a ‘Rakhi’ to each other to celebrate the bond that siblings share. The whole purpose is to promise each other that they shall always be there for each other through thick & thin. Is Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) a Public Holiday? When the word festival comes to mind, the average working class Indian imagines themselves enjoying sip of tea, relaxing and blaming their workplace for their unfair treatment but Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) is an
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Rhea Chakraborty

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About this series: Whether we like to admit or not, we all like to know more about or most loved or hated Celebs. Facts or rumors doesn’t matter. The more information and gossip we can churn out, the more it satisfies our cravings for knowledge in this space. Keeping this in mind, I have dedicated this series to our very own Paparazzi magnets! Celebrity Series: Episode # 2. Who is Rhea Chakraborty?... Let’s find out. Rhea Chakraborty was born into a Bengali family in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Her father was an Indian Army officer. She did her schooling from Army Public School Ambala Cantt. You may remember her from a 2010 video with VJ Bani promoting a channels partnership with a bag brand. She’s born on 1st Jul, 1992 (28 years old as on date) and stands at a height of 5’.5”. Chakraborty started her career working as a   VJ . Rhea began her acting career down south with her first Telugu film called ‘Tuneega Tuneega’ in 2012 at the age of 20. Thereaf
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The Mumbai Floods of 2005

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The above image is not taken from a water sport game involving buses. It’s in fact taken from the streets of our very own Mumbai city fifteen years back when heavy rainfall led to floods. This happened exactly on 26 th Jul, 2005 and today being an unfortunate anniversary of that dreaded day, let’s take a trip down memory lane. Mumbai City received more than 100 millimeters (mm) of rain fall on that day and such an event is categorized as ‘Cloud bursting’ or a sudden violent rainstorm. As the day begun, Mumbaikars (people living in Mumbai), started out their journey towards offices, schools, colleges, businesses, etc....  not knowing what was in store for them ahead. Suddenly, the clouds began to darken and the skies started to weep; people removed their shields which humans refer to as an ‘Umbrellas’ now-a-days and continued along their journey. As mentioned earlier, ‘Cloud bursts’ refer to a phenomenon where an area received more than 100
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