Tea refers to the leaves, leaf buds and internodes of the tea plant, whose botanical name is Camellia Sinensis. Tea is second largest consumed beverage in the world, after water. It is mostly available in four varieties in the market, black tea, oolong tea, green tea and white tea. History says that, tea originated in china, and Chinese claims, tea to be the best, antidote. And in India, tea was known only as a medicinal plan till 1830s; but now India is the largest producer and consumer of tea now, with 30 percentage of production and 25 percentage of consumption.

Padma Subramaniam is an artiste of rare and unique sensibility, perception, and interpretation. She is the daughter of the reputed film maker, K. Subramaniam. Padma was born on1943, and became a famous dancer by the age of 17 in Indian style of dancing, Bharata natyam. She researched on the “kranas” (unit dance movements), that were sculptured on the walls of Nataraja temple, Chidambaram. During her study of natya shastra, she also found that, “Nritya” is the best applied term for “Natyam”, and she called her dance, “Bharata Nrityam”. She has been awarded almost all the awards for dance, including Padma shree and kalidas samman awards.

4. It is the heart, which gets affected first if we are mentally disturbed or affected. Almost everything is connected with heart from birth to death, and heart disease was a major cause for death. But thanks to science and technology which has contributed a lot to protect our heart from deadly conditions. An artificial heart is one among such contributions. This artificial heart dates back to 1950s and it was Dr. Paul Winchell who patented the first artificial heart. However it was first implanted by Dr. Barney Clark in 1982 and the heart was called as jarvik-7, designed by Robert jarvik.

In Hindu mythology, Sri Krishna is the eighth incarnation of the Vaishnava god Vishnu and is worshipped in thousands of temples in India. But he is also claimed to be The Lord or The Lord Himself in Krishnaism, and not the incarnation of any other god. Sri Krishna is depicted as an infant, playing flute in Bhagavata purana. And he is depicted as a prince, giving direction and guidance in bhagavatha Gita. The name Krishna means, Black, dark or dark blue. The member of Ahmadiya Muslim community believes Krishna to be a great prophet of god, as described by their founder Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.

Marriages are made in heaven. This old quote expresses the desirable quality of marriage which is always an enjoyable occasion. People knew the art of living by giving up for their loved ones. But the modern quote is that, marriages are made in heaven and broken in family courts, which strongly puts across the increasing number of divorces. The concept of divorce was introduced when a spouse is not satisfied with his/her marriage life. But now it is to be regretted for the increasing divorce rates, as everyone wants others to sacrifice and they are not ready to do so.

When someone clicks a picture, they will have to wait several long days to view the picture. And if the pictures do not turn up with a good resolution, nothing can be done. In the year 1943, a three year old girl’s question created the necessity for invention of Polaroid camera. And the simple question was why she couldn’t look at a photograph of herself as soon as it was taken. Edwin land, her father invented this Polaroid camera that would allow her to do that in 1947 and he brought a revolution in photography. He sold his first camera in the year 1948.

Water is the universal solvent. The continents are locked by waters and they provide life for mighty aquatic organisms. Water proves to the base of livelihood. No organisms in this world are unconnected with water. Directly or indirectly, they consume water. Our body is said to have 70 percentage of water and 75 percentage of Earth’s surface is in the form of water. And it is essential to consume 8 glasses of water on normal days and more than that when mercury rises, in order to protect ourselves from dehydration. The most significant water is now being polluted and needs to be conserved.

A tooth gives beauty to one’s face. And is very important tool for consuming food. In early days, man used his teeth to eat anything and it served him as a better exercise for his teeth and gums. But now, we have all the simple machines to help us in taking the food, right from fork to nut cracker. This reduced the exercise for teeth but on the other hand, the care for teeth has increased. And dentists say that the care begins at home. Brushing and flossing the teeth regularly with dental checkups will help preventing tooth decay and gum disease.

The five senses are sight, taste, hearing, touching and smell as per the classification of Aristotle. The sixth sense is the ability to think. To look into the term sixth sense, it also means that thinking beyond the humanity. People can sometimes sense things in advance. They merely feel something that is yet to take place. Saints and scholars were said to possess this sixth sense. Humans also have senses other than these six senses. They are the senses of pain, balance, joint motion and acceleration, direction, time and temperature. But of all these, the sixth sense, or the ability to think determines a person.

The lost city of the Incas- this is referred to the city of Machu Picchu belonging to the Inca civilization. This city was constructed around 1430 AD and is located above sea level of 8000 feet. It is believed that, Incas hid their treasure in the Mt. Machu Picchu and later abandoned the city, when the Spanish conquistadors invaded. It is also believed that the Incas abandoned city due to a viral endemic, small pox. Machu Picchu is the most dreaming visits of many tourists and Pablo Neruda of Spain has written an epic poem “heights of Machu Picchu” which is his greatest work.