Gert Strydom, 10 july 2013
The Russian throws the electrical cord to one of the corners of the room and draws Maria on her hair to the middle of the room.
“It is clear that you are an enemy agent. The time for games has passed. Unless you start talking and confess to everything, things are going to get rather nasty (... więcej)
Gert Strydom, 26 june 2013
Maria Ramos tries to stop shivering, when her jacket is pulled off her shoulders while she is loaded into one of the Jeeps on the quay.
There is a cold wind blowing suddenly out of the direction of the sea and the ride in the open Jeeps makes her even colder.
She is happy for the darkness (... więcej)
Gert Strydom, 19 june 2013
It is a humid hot evening, but a cool breeze is blowing over the beach were Maria Ramos is watching the lights of Luanda from a big rock.
It must be hours that she is sitting there, as she first realises that its high tide when a big wave breaks against the rock splashing her wet.
For a moment (... więcej)
Geetima Baruah Sarma, 18 june 2013
'Matri Divas' is celebrated on the twenty-second of December to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sarada Devi, who was fondly known as 'Maa Sarada' or the 'Holy Mother'. According to Swami Vivekananda, she was an illustration of an ideal woman due to her selfless service (... więcej)
Gert Strydom, 11 june 2013
They are barely half an hour in the air with the ‘bosbok” military light aircraft, when an Angolan Mig-21 appears from the naught telling them in broken English to change direction to where Luanda is situated.
Beneath them there are broken veldt with trees and some hillocks and the “bosbok” (... więcej)
kalaiselvan, 9 june 2013
Indian alchemy
Main article: Rasayana
See also: History of metallurgy in the Indian subcontinent
According to Multhauf & Gilbert (2008):[91]
The oldest Indian writings, the Vedas (Hindu sacred scriptures), contain the same hints of alchemy that are found in evidence from ancient China, (... więcej)
kalaiselvan, 9 june 2013
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• Halts the growth of cancer tumors.
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• Repairs "sludge blood" and reverses "sticky blood".
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Gert Strydom, 5 june 2013
It is cool in the shade of the blue gum trees that are planted next to the river where they are eating some of the sandwiches that Maria had prepared earlier that morning, while sitting with their feet in the river.
“What made you decide to follow such a dangerous profession? There are many (... więcej)
Geetima Baruah Sarma, 4 june 2013
Immense contributions were made by the great gurus of India during ancient times. Maharishi Ved Vyas is well known for protecting the Vedas and preserving knowledge.
Krishna Dwaipayan, popularly known as Ved Vyas, was born in Kalpi Island of the Yamuna River on the full moon day in the month of (... więcej)
Gert Strydom, 30 may 2013
After all the years it’s still difficult for Maria to talk about that tragic day, which had shattered Angola forever for her. She swallows at the knob in her throat, before she draws Ryno down on the grass next to the fountain and the Venus statue.
“My dad had been a good person,” she (... więcej)
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