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Four Beautiful Towns of France & Germany----a photo essay

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Four Lovely neighbours of Heidelberg Four lovely neighbours of Heidelberg A pictorial journey   Wyssembourg, France Wyssembourg is a small town in France. It is on the border with Germany and not far from Heidelberg, Germany's university town. We had taken a train that touched Mannheim and Landau on the way. When the train pulled up at Wyssembourg station, an almost empty platform soaked by drizzles preceding our arrival greeted us. An absolute beauty! Right from there it was a comfortable saunter through a picturesque, pretty, clean and graceful little town. I was so awed that even this potpourri of adjectives is not enough to describe the photogenic French town. A little river Lauter flows through the town. It is so small and so narrow that on first view it gives an impression of a narrow canal flowing through the town. Not far from its larger counterpart Strasbourg, this cute town is rich in history. Born in the seventh century, the town grew up around ...

A blues revival

This review on Eric Clapton's album appeared in Mint and authored by Rudraneil Sengupta who is himself a practicing musician and his love for jazz even drew him to New Orleans, USA which happens to be the Mecca of Jazz. It is recommended for music lovers and serious students of jazz. Comments and feedbacks from scholars on jazz are most welcome. arundhati sengupta saw this story and thought you might be interested to view it: A blues revival Eric Clapton and Wynton Marsalis trace the origins of jazz and blues in a breathtaking album Click here to view full story To receive these alerts regularly please go to livemint.com and register , its Free. © 2007, HT Media Ltd | All rights reserved | 18-20 KG Marg, New Delhi,110001 | To view our privacy, Click here.

ranaruby ------- green light: Durga Puja in Delhi - October 2011

ranaruby ------- green light: Durga Puja in Delhi - October 2011

ranaruby ------- green light

ranaruby ------- green light

livemint.com - Mapping India | We the speakers

ON LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN INDIA Did you know that India is one of the richest multilingual countries in the world ? Did you know that out of 600 languages in India 198 languages are threatened with extinction,more than anywhere else in the world ? Did you know that a Greater Andamanese language is believed to be 65000 years old ? Startling facts as revealed by Rudraneil Sengupta in his remarkable article published in Mint on 8 October 2011.  biswajit sengupta saw this story and thought you might be interested to view it: Mapping India | We the speakers Just how many languages co-exist in India? A new survey is throwing up some startling figures Click here to view full story To receive these alerts regularly please go to livemint.com and register , its Free. © 2007, HT Media Ltd | All rights reserved | 18-20 KG Marg, New Delhi,110001 | To view our privacy, Click here.