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Masti: When i was Decius Brutus for a day ?

The importance of Decius Brutus’s role is the fact that it was he who lures Caesar to attend the day's Senate despite Caesar’s wife Calphurnia's dream foretelling his doom. I knew what I was supposed to deliver and I was prepared for it. During the rehearsals I was the weakest of all, I would stammer around those 7-8 lines I had to speak before Caesar. I had grown a fear within myself that I would spoil the play.
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Masti: Kapil Thapa thrills Namchi crowds


Kapil Thapa, Indian Idol 4 runner up thrills Namchi crowds dancing in his tune at Namchi Community Hall.
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News: Two Sikkimese philatelists received Sapphire award in "Stampmania 2009"


Shital Pradhan and Roshan Prasad from Sikkim received Sapphire award each at "Stampmania 2009" the First National One Frame Philatelic Exhibition held on 18-20 December 2009 organised by Baroda Philatelic Society, Vadodara. Around 448 philatelists from India had participated in the competition. The awards were categorized as Diamond, Ruby, Silver, Sapphire, Topaz and Certificate of Participation.
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Miscellaneous: World's first full-face replant operation


The world's first full-face replant operation was on nine year-old Sandeep Kaur, whose face was ripped off when her hair was caught in a thresher. Sandeep's mother witnessed the accident. Sandeep arrived at the hospital unconscious with her face in two pieces in a plastic bag. An article in the The Guardian recounts: "In 1994, a nine-year-old child in northern India lost her face and scalp in a threshing machine accident.
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Masti: WORLD'S FIRST MUSIC CD


52nd Street is Billy Joel’s sixth studio album and was released in 1978. This was Joel’s first album to reach #1 on the Billboard album chart, producing a number of hit singles, including “Big Shot”, “My Life”, “Honesty” and “Until The Night”. 52nd Street also represents another milestone in music history, becoming the first album to be released on CD by Sony, released in Japan in October 1982, along with 15 other CDs in that first batch.
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Movies: FIRST MOVIE WITH MUSICAL SOUNDTRACK


It was the first feature-length film with synchronized Vitaphone sound effects and musical soundtrack, though it has no spoken dialogue. The production, which premiered in New York City on August 6, 1926, stars John Barrymore as the hand-kissing womanizer (the number of kisses in the film set a record).
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LetsDiscuss: WORLD'S FIRST TEST TUBE BABY


On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the world's first successful "test-tube" baby was born in Great Britain. Though the technology that made her conception possible was heralded as a triumph in medicine and science, it also caused many to consider the possibilities of future ill-use.
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Miscellaneous: There is something going on in Sikkim’s skies!!!!


The interesting thing is that the two photographs of the objects seem different from one another. If one photographs show a thick white straight smoky lines that vanished into the sky, the other photograph from Sombaria show some spherical objects hanging on space.
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Miscellaneous: Photographs of cloudy lines left by celestial object at Singtam (Nov 23, 2009)


The above photograph had been clicked by Prashant Pandey on the noon of November 23, 2009 from his house terrace at Singtam. Though the cloudy lines left by celestial object can be faintly noticed ( in between the two red lines ), such rare occurrence was never heard in this part of Sikkim. In the last few days some strange show ups at sky had been reported in different parts of Sikkim that includes places from Namthang, Ravangla and the sighting of five UFO like objects at Sombaria on November 26, 2009.
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Movies: If you love your loved ones watch "2012" ones....


When i was watching the human race passing on to its end before the big screen on Denzong Cinema Hall, my heart was asking me will "2012" really take place. I was telling myself, I love you Dad. I was crying within myself. I wish everyone who love their loved ones should watch this movie ones.
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Masti: When the Alwynian met after 41 years in Sikkim - i


When I first heard that my Dhaba (my father’s elder brother) was having a small reunion with few of his teachers of Wynberg-Allen School, Mussoorie out at Gangtok after 41 long years, I could not stop myself from asking him to take me along to be part of that precious moment. I was happy he did not denied me but there was many thoughts going on my mind while we were on the drive to Gangtok from Singtam. Believe me when I say that Dhaba came all the way from Parakha, his residential to pick me up along with Dhama ( his wife) and Pranay (his son).
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Sports: Bhaichung Bhutia to be felicitated for his 100 international matches


Sikkimese striker Bhaichung Bhutia, the living legend of Indian football will be felicitated by the All India Football Federation on October 20 at Delhi on completing 100 Indian International caps, the first Indian to do so. According to the information received from indianfootball.com and Saurabh Rai, Bhaichung Bhutia is to leave for New Delhi on October 20th itself in early flight.
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Miscellaneous: From the third eye


So finally I am back from my short journey of Kolkata and Durgapur...When i am traveling i am sure i get to click something that excites me but this time around rain and 'King Hot' did made me go bizarre....yet there are few photographs which i can share with other...Sorry if you people do not like it...am just learning....!!!
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LetsDiscuss: 1938 London printed Reader Digest


I had been planning to set up a personal museum at Singtam since sometime and for that i had been collection stuffs. My dream museum shall hold library, photo gallery, stamps and bank notes exhibits, antiques, old records, different newspapers, autographs and others. It might just take some time to hold my dream to come to reality but for people who appreciate my work i shall share some of those stuffs....
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