How UTF-8 came into being?

While reading about HTTP Content-Type, I came across this history of UTF-8:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/utf-8-history.txt

Modern Indian Education System - how it was conceived!?

http://www.languageinindia.com/april2003/macaulay.html

Thomas Babington Mecauley or Lord Mecauley is the father of Modern Indian Education System.

It is also called as English Education System.

Minutes have been written down about all the conversations that happened before adopting the English education.

The above link has the complete minutes and every detail that went in before adopting this education system.

This is a very rare picture. Actually, this is not just a picture. It is the deity of Malliyoor Temple in Kerala. I think, this is the only temple in the country where Ganesh and Krishna are in the same image!

Islamists behead Sikhs for refusing to convert

Islamists behead Sikhs for refusing to convert

Two Sikhs, Jaspal Singh and Mahal Singh, have been beheaded by Islamic theocrats in FATA of Pakistan. The Sikhs were kidnapped 34 days ago and were told to convert to Islam or face death. Intelligence sources said that their heads were chopped when the two men refused and sent to Bhai Joga Singh Gurdwara in Peshawar. The Sikh community in NWFP and Afghanistan have been under pressure from the Taliban to embrace Islam.

Ram Navami celebration in the 'House of Commons" of UK

Ram Navami Celebrations

Posted on Apr 13th, 2009 by  sanmugan

Ram Navami Celebrations at the House of Commons Highlight Hindu Acceptance in UK

Source: www.hinducounciluk.org

LONDON, UK, April 4, 2009: The birthday of Lord Rama was celebrated at the House of Commons on Monday, as the Members’ Dining Room was turned into a Mandir for the afternoon. Over 200 invited guests sang bhajans and watched Aarti performed by two young children, as Hindus from many different traditions celebrated the festival beneath the flag of Lord Hanuman.