Regarded as the founder of the Mongolian nation and the creator of the first international postal system, Genghis Khan was born around 1162 and died on August 18, 1227. Born as Temujin, the Mongolian warrior and ruler, was one of the most famous conquerors of history who extended his empire from the east coast of China to west to the Aral Sea. Born as Temujin, the Mongolian warrior and ruler, Genghis Khan, was one of the most famous conquerors of history who extended his empire from the east coast of China to the west till the Aral Sea. Regarded as the founder of the Mongolian nation and the creator of the first international postal system, Genghis Khan was born around 1162 and died on August 18, 1227. Born as Temujin, the Mongolian warrior and ruler, was one of the most famous conquerors of history who extended his empire from the east coast of China to west to the Aral Sea. Early life of Genghis KhanKhan's father died when he was in his early teens. He was to be the successor after his father but as he was young, the tribe did not obey him. Temujin's family was left stranded in the steppes. By his late teens, Temujin or Genghis Khan had grown to be a fearful warrior who had been gathering followers and forging alliances with other Mongol leaders. Such was the fear of Temujin that many warriors voluntarily came to his side, and those who didn't were defeated and left with the choice of obedience or death. Temujin to Genghis KhanBy 1206, Temujin became the leader of a Mongol confederation and was given the title of 'Genghis Khan,' which means 'oceanic' ruler or 'universal' ruler. Khan implemented a code of conduct and organised all his armies on the value of 10 -- 10 men to a squad, 10 squads to a company, 10 companies to a regiment, and 10 regiments to a "Tumen," a fearful military unit made up of 10,000 cavalrymen. By 1209, the Khans were on the move against China. Rise of the Mongolian empire
How did Genghis Khan die?He died on August 18, 1227, at the age of 65. But there are a plethora of mysteries surrounding the death of Genghis Khan. One story suggests that he died from injuries sustained after falling from his horse. Another story suggests he succumbed to blood loss after being castrated by a Tangut princess. The most widespread one is that he died while putting down a revolt in the Chinese kingdom of Xi Xia empire. Genghis Khan's burialAs per the request of Genghis Khan, he was buried in an unmarked grave. As Khan wanted his death to be a secret, all those who set their eyes on the funeral processions were slaughtered by his heirs. His final resting place remains unknown. The Mongol empire continued to expand even after Genghis Khan's death as his descendants reached Poland, Vietnam, Syria and Korea. The empire disintegrated in the 14th century.
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By: VASUDEVA REDDY When the world didn’t wake, we measured to 20th part of a gram. when the world didn’t know where to live we constructed two stair buildings. Suddenly, what happened to the largest ancient civilization, the most advanced Bronze Age civilization and the civilization which has accounted for over five million population at its peak. Scientists said that the civilization existed between 3300BCE-1300BCE. What happened after that?? Does anybody knows?? The contemporary civilizations to the Indus valley civilizations, Egyptian and Mesopotamian, left some clues while the Indus valley left questions… let us dig deep into the earth to unearth the secrets of ‘the greatest civilization world has ever seen’… We need to go back as less as 7000 BC to unearth the secrets. But the early Harappa civilization was dated back to 3300BC. From that time it has existed for over two millenniums. The mystery that unrevealed is that what made them to extinct without leaving any traces to future races. Prosperity of Indus civilization: Harappa civilization has well flourished by the year 2600BC. By that time there was many no of cities out of which 1052 cities were found as of now. And the historians say that the population in the cities like Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro crossed one million each, You can imagine how big they were in that period. The cities were very well planned including drainage facilities. The ancient Indus systems of sewerage and drainage that were developed and used in cities throughout the Indus region were far more advanced than any found in contemporary urban sites in the Middle East and even more efficient than those in many areas of Pakistan and India today. One of the most debatable topic is the monuments. Harappans didn’t build any great monuments unlike its contemporaries (Egyptians). There is no conclusive evidence for that. The trading was taking place at very good levels with the contemporaries. People of Indus civilization achieved great accuracy in measuring length, mass and time. They measured weights as low as 0.05 kg, they measured lengths as less as 1.074 mm. They extracted several metals like copper, bronze, lead, tin etc. their engineering skills were remarkable. They had very sophisticated writing system. Archeologists have found up to 600 different indus symbols from the things they unearthed. Though their script is not able to understand properly, it is quite similar to Dravidian languages. Even some of the symbols in that script were found in Dravidian languages. The roots of Hinduism lies in indus civilization, the seal found resembles the god Shiva. And there was a clear evidence that those people worshipped mother goddess, name includes Parvati, Sakti. Shiva lingam and Swastick symbols were found from excavated area. Can mystery be solved….. The reasons behind the decline of Harappa civilization are clearly unknown. There are many theories, among which ‘Aryans invasion’ was the most popular one. According to that theory, Aryans are the people belong to central Asia, who were able to ride horses, invaded indus people. And historians say that those were Sanskrit speaking people, those are the ones who wrote Vedas, sacred texts of Hinduism. Interestingly Rig-Veda, first of all four, was written in the period ranging from 1700BC-1100BC, after the decline of indus valley civilization. However, there is no evidence from Vedas about the invasion theory. In Sanskrit Aryas means nobles but not the invaders. However, how can they portray themselves as villains in the entire episode, not to say, Vedas were written by Aryans only. Theories of violent ends have been partly proved by the discovery in Mohenjo-Daro of human remains that indicated a violent cause of death. However such evidence was not consistent as most other cities showed an absence of a massacre. Another popular thesis or speculation is the climatic changes and the change of direction of Indus River. It is said by the historians that major ecological changes had happened around 2000 BC, like tectonic changes caused the creation of a dam in the lower Indus, thus flooding the plains and cities. Evidence to prove this hypothesis has been found. But here the question is, how can that adverse ecological changes can happen in just one century, like changing the course of the river. Also the average rain fall began decreasing, eventually created a desert. One more thing one needs observe is about River Saraswathi. According to the Rig-Veda and other literature available, there was three major rivers named Saraswathi, along with Ganga (Ganges) and Yamuna. But now we can’t find river Saraswathi, instead, there is a desert (Thar). According to the Mahabharata, the Saraswathi dried up in a desert (at a place named Vinasana or Adarsana);after having disappeared in the desert, reappears in some places; and joins the sea "impetuously". Might those climatic changes created a desert, in a well flourished land. As the Indus civilization was the very recently excavated one (1842), it still needs much more research to find any clues about the fall of that civilization and to give any conclusive statements regarding that. Till then, it’ll be one among the great untold mysteries of the world…
Courtesy: knowindia.yolasite.com 11/14/2018 0 Comments Bald Boy and the Magic SealA Turkish Story by Meltem Basel & Anonymous
One day, Bald Boy was walking back from the marketplace after selling his crops to the people of the neighbouring village. He had made three gold coins that day and was very pleased with himself because now his mother would be able to buy food and clothing to last through the long winter. Suddenly Bald Boy came across a group of men who were teasing a cat with a long stick. The cat looked very scared and was unable to escape. Bald Boy walked up to the men and said in a kindly voice: ‘Please stop teasing that poor cat. If you stop, I will give you a gold coin.’ The men agreed to put down the stick and Bald Boy handed over a shiny gold coin. The cat was very grateful to the boy and walked by his side. He promised that if ever he was able to repay the boy’s kindness, he would surely jump at the chance. Bald Boy could not imagine how a cat might help him in his life, but he agreed that the cat could join him, and so the two friends continued on their journey back to the boy’s home in the neighbouring village. The boy and the cat walked for a few miles until they came across an old man and an old woman who were beating a dog because it had been barking too loudly. Bald Boy approached the old couple and said in a kindly voice: ‘Please stop beating that poor dog. If you stop, I will give you a gold coin.’ The old couple stopped beating the dog and took the gold coin from the boy. The dog was very grateful to the boy for saving him from the old couple, and he asked to join the boy and promised that he would always be faithful and help whenever he could. The young boy could not imagine how a dog might help him in his life, but he agreed that the dog could join him, and so the three friends continued on their journey home. Not long after this, Bald Boy and his new companions stumbled upon two woodcutters in the forest who were trying to kill a snake with their sharp axe. Bald Boy walked up to the angry woodcutters and said in a kindly voice: ‘Please do not kill that snake with your axe. If you leave the snake in peace, I will give you a gold coin.’ The woodcutters thought about Bald Boy’s proposition for a moment and then agreed to put down the axe. The boy handed over his last gold coin without thinking because he was happy to have saved the snake from certain death. The snake was very grateful and slithered up to whisper in the boy’s ear. ‘Thank you, Son of Adam, for saving my life. I am the son of the Snake Emperor and you must come home with me so that my father might thank you in person for your kindness.’ Even though Bald Boy had no more gold coins to buy food, he was happy to have saved his three friends and agreed to go and see the Snake Emperor before returning home to his mother. When they arrived in the forest, the Snake Emperor was very grateful to Bald Boy for saving his son’s life. ‘I will give you anything that you ask of me,’ said the Snake Emperor to the boy. It was then that the young snake whispered in the boy’s ear once more. ‘Ask my father for his magic seal which he keeps under his tongue. With this seal all of your wishes will come true. All you have to do is ask and it will be given.’ And so the boy asked the Snake Emperor for his magic seal, and the Snake Emperor replied: ‘You ask me for my most precious possession, but you saved my son’s life and I will grant you what you ask.’ The Snake Emperor relinquished his magic seal and Bald Boy stuffed the seal into his pocket and returned home with his faithful cat and faithful dog by his side. When Bald Boy’s mother learned that her son had given away all of their gold coins she was very angry, but the boy promised that he would make up for this loss by marrying the Emperor’s daughter and making a new life for his mother. ‘And how will you do that, my son? This cat and this dog will not help you do such a thing.’ It was then that Bald Boy told his mother all about the magic seal that would grant his every wish. The very next day, Bald Boy set off with his faithful cat and dog to the palace to ask for the hand of the Emperor’s daughter. ‘I cannot allow my daughter to marry such a poor boy,’ said the Emperor when Bald Boy asked to marry the beautiful princess. ‘If you wish to marry my daughter you must first build a palace next to mine so that I know she will be well looked after. But I know that you will not build such a palace with the help of a cat and a dog.’ That night, Bald Boy held the seal under his tongue and wished that he had a palace of his own. Suddenly there was a blinding light in the night sky. And when the light faded, there at the edge of the forest stood a magnificent palace gleaming beneath the light of the full moon! The most magnificent palace the boy had ever seen. And it was his! When the Emperor saw that the young boy had indeed built a beautiful palace, he agreed to the marriage at once. And so it was that Bald Boy and the Princess were wed that very same day. The mother moved in with her son and daughter and lived like a queen in her new home. And the cat and the dog were also very happy in their new life. The months passed and Bald Boy wished for nothing else as he was so happy with his new wife whom he loved very much. And so he placed the magic seal in a room all of its own and never told the Princess of its magical powers. But one day, when Bald Boy was out at the marketplace, a crafty old bead seller knocked on the door of the palace and enticed the beautiful Princess to buy some of his beads. ‘They are very fine beads, my Princess, and you would do well to buy them from me.’ ‘But I have no coins with which to buy them,’ the Princess replied. The crafty old bead seller said that he would be willing to trade his wares for something within the palace. ‘I hear that you have a dusty old seal which you keep in a room in the palace; surely that is no use to you. I will take the seal in exchange for all of my beads.’ Because she did not know any better, the Princess handed over the magic seal to the crafty old bead seller who quickly disappeared across the lake towards his home in the dark forest somewhere on the other side. As soon as the seal was gone, the palace disappeared into thin air and the Princess and the mother were left standing in the cold. When the Emperor saw that the palace had disappeared, he reclaimed his daughter and promised that she would not be with her new husband if he could not look after her. When Bald Boy returned home that day he was very sad to find his mother alone, his palace vanished, and his beautiful wife returned to her father. He did not know how to find the magic seal and was sure that his new life was over forever. The cat stepped up to the boy and said to him: ‘I can find the seal but I cannot swim across the lake.’ Then the dog stepped forward and said to the cat: ‘I can swim across the lake with you on my back and together we will find the magic seal.’ And so the faithful cat and the faithful dog set off on their journey to recapture the magic seal from the crafty bead seller. When they reached the river, the cat climbed up onto the dog’s back and the dog swam across to the opposite bank. Once they were across, the cat began sniffing at the air and followed the scent of the bead seller through the forest with the dog close behind. It did not take long to find the cottage where the bead seller lived, and they could see through the window that the old man was fast asleep in his chair before the fire. ‘I will catch us a mouse,’ said the cat, ‘while you find us some peppercorns to grind up with your strong paws.’ And so the cat caught a little mouse and told it to sneak into the cottage and take the seal from under the tongue of the crafty bead seller. The dog sprinkled the ground peppercorns onto the mouse’s tail and the little mouse scurried into the cottage and climbed up the bead seller’s leg as he slept soundly by the fire. When the mouse wiggled his tail, the peppercorn dust went straight up the old man’s nose and caused him to sneeze. It was then that the magic seal flew out into the air and the mouse caught it in his tiny paws! The little mouse ran from the cottage and returned the magic seal to the cat and the dog who quickly made their way back through the forest towards the river. Once again the cat climbed up onto the dog’s back and the brave dog swam across the great river. And so the faithful cat and the faithful dog returned the seal to their master and the palace reappeared in a blinding flash of light. Upon seeing the palace returned, the Emperor agreed that his daughter might once more live with Bald Boy. After all, the Emperor could tell that his daughter was very much in love. Bald Boy decided to throw a huge party to celebrate the return of his beautiful wife. The whole village was invited and so began a feast that lasted for forty days and forty nights. The mother and the Emperor agreed that there was indeed much that a cat and a dog could do if they were faithful to their master. Bald Boy smiled because he had learned that friends always help each other when they can, and there is magic in such friendship. Perhaps even more so than in the magic seal. Courtesy: http://worldstories.org.uk By: Srikanth AN We are all social creatures always looking for fantasy in real life to trigger our thought process and seek inspirationfrom them. On a daily basis we come across a lot of strangers but we seek inspiration from only a few of them, and what sets them apart is the stories that they have to tell. Even as a child, we grow up listening to stories of how a hero comes to the rescue of his people and his family, we find solace in such stories. Studies have also found that such inspirational stories have a positive effect on our brains and helps us become more emphatic, generous and improve our overall outlook on life. So, today we’ll talk about a story. The story of the life of a man who has impacted the entire economy and internet industry of China almost single-handedly. His life is nothing less than the story of Robert, The Bruce and the Spider, that we were taught as kindergartens. This is the story of Jack Ma. Who is Jack MaJack Ma is the founder of the E-commerce giant Alibaba and is a stakeholder at Alipay, its sister company which is an e-payment portal. He is now officially the richest man in China with an estimated net worth of $25 Billion, on the back of the recent world record $150 Billion IPO filing of his company. Given all of this, Jack Ma only holds a 7.8% stake in Alibaba and a 50% stake in Alipay. Alibaba and Jack Ma, although are not household names out of China, you must know that Alibaba is worth more than Facebook, and processes goods more than eBay and Amazon combined! This might be beginning to seem like the story of an arrogant and rich billionaire who hasn’t seen the dark. But don’t be mistaken by the numbers that you see above, they can fool anyone. Although as simple as it may sound, Jack Ma has had it hard in his life to get to where he is today. A true rags-to-riches story and definitely a one which will inspire you even in your darkest days. Jack Ma – The BackstoryMa Yun a.k.a. Jack Ma is one of those self-made billionaires with humble beginnings. Jack Ma was born in Hangzhou, located in the south-eastern part of China. He was born and raised along with an elder brother and a younger sister during the rise of communist China and its isolation from the Western regions. His parents were traditional Musicians-Storytellers and they didn’t make enough to be even considered as middle class during those days. Former US president Richard Nixon’s visit to Hangzhou in 1972 improved the situation of tourism in his home-town and Jack wanted to make the most of this opportunity. Jack always wanted to learn English as a kid and he spent his early mornings riding on his bike to a nearby park, giving English tours to foreigners for free. It was then he met a foreign girl who gave him the nickname ‘Jack’ for his name was hard to spell for her. Jack, after graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in English, worked as an English teacher at Hangzhou Dianzi University with a pay of $12 a month! Now here comes the part where it gets more interesting, even before he has received that degree and became an English teacher. Rejected, But Not a Failure.Jack Ma as an extremely lucky bloke who just became a billionaire in a snap. But it is safe to know that Rejections are synonymous with Jack Ma. You wouldn’t believe the number of times this man has been rejected and failed. In his early childhood, Jack Ma Failed in his Primary School examinations, not once, but Twice! He Failed Thrice during his Middle School exams. When applying to universities after his High school, Jack failed the entrance exams thrice, before finally joining Hangzhou Normal University. He even applied and wrote to Harvard University ten times about being admitted – and got rejected each time. This was only during his education! During and after his Bachelor’s degree Jack tried and failed to get a job at a multitude of places. After spending three years to get into a University, Jack failed to land a job after applying to them 30 times! He recollects in his interview, “When KFC came to China, 24 people went for the job. Twenty-three people were accepted. I was the only guy who wasn’t.” He also one of the 5 applicants to a job in Police force and was the only one getting rejected after being told, “No, you’re no good.” Also, on his Entrepreneurial undertakings, Jack Ma went on to fail on two of his initial ventures. But that didn’t stop him in any way of dreaming bigger. Down, but not Out! The Resurrection of Jack MaIn one of his interviews, when asked about his rejections, this is what he had to say, “Well, I think we have to get used to it. We’re not that good.” Overcoming the pain of rejections and treating rejections as opportunities to learn and grow was what Jack Ma made of it. After finally coming to terms with all of his rejections and failures, Jack Ma visited US in 1995, for a Government undertaking project related to the building of highways. It was then that Jack Ma was first introduced to the Internet and Computers. Computers were pretty rare in China then, given the high costs associated with them and Internet or E-mails were non-existent. The first word he searched on the Mosaic browser was ‘Beer’, and it popped out results from different countries, but signs of China anywhere. He then searched ‘China’ and not a single result popped out! He decided it was time for China and its people to get on the Internet. Finally, after persuading 17 of his other friends to invest and join him in his new e-commerce startup – Alibaba, the company began from his apartment. Initially, Alibaba didn’t had a single penny in investment from outside investors, but they later raised $20 Millio from SoftBank and another $5 Million from Goldman Sachs in 1999. Building trust among the people of China that an online system of payment and package transfers is safe was the biggest challenge Jack Ma and Alibaba faced, a challenge that Jack will cherish for his lifetime. Having started his first successful company at the age of 31 and even after never having written a single line of code or selling something to anyone, Jack Ma runs one of the biggest E-commerce networks in the world. The company went on to grow rapidly, expanding all across the world, quickly growing out of its China shell. Only second to Walmart now in terms of sales per year, Alibaba has become the E-commerce giant that Jack Ma has envisioned for it. The Key Takeaway hereBelieving in yourself, Being Persistent in the face of adversities and treating rejections and failures as opportunities to propel yourselves ahead is what Jack Ma’s extraordinary life speaks out to the world. Here are some of my favorite quotes by Jack Ma: This is the story of the exceptionally optimistic and determined Entrepreneur who has changed the face of business and Internet in China and across the world. So what do you think about Jack Ma and his Entrepreneurial journey so for with Alibaba? Shout out your thoughts and comments about this business tycoon below. Courtesy: https://www.shoutmeloud.com
10/3/2018 0 Comments A life spectacularly well spentMeher “Magellan” Moos: the first Indian woman to go to Antarctica, has 18 filled passports, and visited 181 countries By:Binjal Shah I am invited for a tête-à-tête with MeherHeroyce Moos at South Bombay’s plush Oberoi hotel, a favourite among foreign tourists visiting India on business or pleasure. As we wait by the elevator, 71-year old Meher telling me how she and Vikram Oberoi go back a long way, we are joined by a couple who seem to be visiting from Europe. Without so much as a second of deliberation, Meher stretches out her hand in her usual gregarious manner, and asks them where they are visiting from. They say they are from the Czech Republic. “Oh, how I loved the Pivo during my stay in the Czech Republic!” And just like that, the ice is broken. By the fifth floor, the three had swapped notes on the exquisite landscapes of Poland, and by the thirteenth, she was narrating to her captivated audience, the story of the time she was invited by the government of Poland to work for them as an ambassador. “If I had accepted the invitation from that country, I would have made 179 other enemies!” she says. I take a moment to process how effortlessly this exchange transpired. She not only struck up, but grippingly held a conversation with two complete strangers from another country, and managed to do so by making references to their homeland’s culture and using local anecdotes. The couple may have felt at ease during that brief elevator ride, reassured perhaps that they haven’t stumbled all that far from home, and Meher walked away making yet another friend from yet another country. I enviously imagine how easy it must be for her to relate to just about anyone, after having travelled extensively to a staggering 181 countries. “I have always been fearless, I have a lot of confidence,” she tells me, and there’s no reason not to believe her.
A young Meher’s first stride towards what would go on to become her very reason for existing, was when she became an air hostess with Air India in 1965 at the age of 20. She would fly the Nairobi – Japan –New York route for seven years, after which she went on to become ground staff. But Meher had been bitten by the travel bug. Her flair for exploration, coupled with her outgoing nature, ensured that she would go on to make the most of this passion. The next leg of her expedition was when she joined the Tourism department, and was deployed to Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha, to promote Buddhism to countries in the Far East. Her journeys took her to Thailand, where she met an important Buddhist Thai King’s sister. She was even fortunate enough to not only be blessed by, but also interact with the Dalai Lama in Dharmashala. She participated in the conceptualisation and institution of the Buddhist trail. It was projects like these that Meher had a natural talent for, that kept weaving together adventure after adventure. She has shot and showcased films on India in foreign lands, teamed up with Zubin Mehta, written books on India, organised a lot of festivals, and even conducted Familiarization or FAM tours. Some of the stints she looks back on fondly was a posting to Italy for four years, which brought with it opportunities to open up central European havens like Cyprus, Bulgaria, Malta, and Yugoslavia to Indians, even as the tourism mindset back home hardly evolved beyond the US and the UK. The year 1977 was when she pulled out all the stops. After a chance encounter with Swedish-American explorer Lars-Eric Lindblad, a dramatic turn of events involving a leaky cauldron on a plane, a very difficultly procured visa, and a ship caught just in the nick of time, she became the first Indian woman to reach the uninhabited hostile continent of Antarctica. “My ideology is to go where nobody has ever been, and do what nobody has ever done.” She even spent six months travelling to 35 countries in Africa, which she says, is not for the weak-willed. “Africa is for any traveller who has the guts and the interest, and is not looking for Gucci and Prada.” True to her belief, she spent a whole day in Sinai with the Bedouins, and two nights with the pygmies, which she says was a life-affirming experience. “One single incident explains the difference in the way of life of the pygmies- they send their children to school in the very first week of chicken pox!” “My whole life has been one big unbelievable dream. I thank the Lord for giving me the privilege of seeing and sharing the wide spectrum of our miraculous world. I never fail to acknowledge my enormous gratitude to my late parents, Dolly and Heroyce Moos, who, in spite of me being their only child, never stopped me from going into the remotest corners of the world, simply because they trusted me and knew my enormous personal courage and confidence.” Every trip for her would hold unique prospects, and she would never restrict herself to a single travel style. On some trips, the arts and crafts of the place would draw her in. “I would pick up little trinkets of all the places I would travel to. MP’s brass jewellery, exquisite Katha work, terracotta, glass and wool jewellery, and Yemen’s Jewish silver jewellery at a souk there have been some of my best finds.” The necklace she was wearing, a dainty little pendant and earring set bearing the brightest colours of the spectrum, is from a Hopi Indian exhibition from the Grand Canyon, she says. Some trips bring out her deepest desires to learn and expand her knowledge, like her 1975 trip to Mongolia. As an anthropologist, she loved tracing the move of the Mongoloid race from Alaska to Russia to the Far East. But the one common theme running through this is that Meher is an unbridled force of nature and she follows her instincts. “I didn’t know the word apprehensive. When I was posted in Delhi, which is a city I love dearly, even more than Bombay, people would go, ‘Oh poor dear!’ and I would say to them, ‘You see how I turn it around!’” As a solo traveller, people have often spelled out the number one fear on anyone’s mind when it comes to the idea of a woman exploring a foreign land alone- safety. “People ask me if I was afraid or assaulted. I tell them, when I am in someone else’s land, I keep my head and eyes to the ground and respect their culture. I study their history, so I do not just go there like an ignorant beast. That’s how I win their hearts.” On all of her trips, Meher prefers putting up in youth hostels. She enjoys the company of foreigners during her stays, and cherishes the opportunity it holds to exchange notes on culture and swap travel bucket lists. And yet more daring than her itineraries, are her culinary exploits. “My passion is food. I have eaten everything that creeps and crawls across the earth.” If you have the stomach for it, read on… She’s devoured snakes in Cameroon, Africa, over 12 varieties of deer and antelope, and zebra; ants and wasps from the local bazaar in Mizoram; horse and donkey in Bologna, Italy; delicacies like fresh green worms off insect carts in Thailand; a white-tailed ptarmigan and pheasant in Rovaniemi in the Arctic circle of Finland; and deadly baby piranhas in South America. She has also drunk the sap of the Berioska tree in Siberia… the list is goes on, and while it may be mouth-watering to some, it is mindboggling to others! Some of her favorite places:
Her message to all adventure seekers: “Remember…be courteous and respectful towards citizens in your manner of clothes, speech, and action. Do not make fun of their customs and practices that you have had the misfortune of not knowing enough about, for we too have savageries like child sacrifice. Go without suspicion, and with eagerness of learning, and share your culture with them, too, and you will be the finest traveler ever! With a measly list of 25 countries that she is yet to bury her flag into, there are no prizes for guessing where you would find Meher next week. She plans to take one of the greatest Rail Journeys of the world, and have an astronomer show her the greatest constellations. Courtesy: yourstory.com |
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