Although this happened few years ago, the story is so powerful that it needs to be told and re-told as often as possible, so here goes: It is the story of a fourteen-year-old boy called William Kamkwamba. He comes from…
This year the Chinese New Year starts on the 8th of February. It is the year 4714 in the Chinese calendar. Hello year of the Monkey, bye-bye year of the Goat /Ram/Sheep! Gong Hey Fat Choy! That’s the traditional Chinese…
The Australian Open is a major tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight of January in Melbourne, Australia. It was first held in 1905. The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events of…
The annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival opened on January 5th. This winter wonderland of snow sculptures has been held in China since 1963. For the past 2 weeks sculptors have been carving away with ice picks, chisels…
Have you ever seen something that affected you so much that you wanted to get up and go and do something about it? But then you thought, “What can I do, I am only a kid” or, “That’s what grown-ups…
Lady Godiva, was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who was very generous and kind hearted. She had dedicated her life to helping the poor. Lady Godiva was also known for her long and lustrous hair. Her husband was Lord Leofric – a…
