Taj Mahal – The Symbol of Love and Beauty

The Taj Mahal is the most beautiful monument built by the Mughals. In 1983, the Taj Mahal was declared as the World Heritage Site. Moreover, it was also voted by millions of people, from all over the world, on the internet to become one of the ‘New Seven Wonders of the World’.

The Taj Mahal was built by the fifth Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan, in the memory of his dear wife Mumtaz Mahal at Agra, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It signifies as the ‘Symbol of Eternal Love.’ The Taj Mahal is the mausoleum of both Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan.

The Taj Mahal stands on the bank of river Yamuna and was constructed over a period of twenty two years, employing thousands of workers. Its construction began in the year 1631 and was completed by the year 1653. It was designed by the Iranian architect Istad Usa.

The Taj Mahal is the epitome of Mughal art that combines the Persian, Islamic and Indian architectural styles. It is made of white marble. It sparkles like a jewel in the moonlight. The Taj is pinkish in the morning, milky white in the evening and golden when the moon shines. It is said to depict the moods of a woman.
This marvel is one of the most loved tourist spots in the world. Tourists from all over the world visit Agra to see the most famous and beautiful architectural wonder, Taj Mahal, which is only 135 miles away from Delhi, the capital of India.

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Indian professionals outdo casual Europeans

As per a global Reuters/Ipsos poll on business attire, it was found that Indians dress smartest for work, which involve around 12,500 people from different countries. 58 per cent of Indians prefers to wear a suit or other smart clothing for work and business while only 27 percent Europeans wants to wear a business suit or smart clothes to work.

Formal v/s Casual clothing
The poll found that 66 percent of workers said senior managers that ran an organization should always dress up in formal and business clothing. To add more, 64 percent Indians particularly think casual wearers would not promote to senior management so easily. After India, it is Saudi Arabians where 51 percent people ruled out casual dressers making senior management and France coming third at 45 per cent.

After 58 percent Indians, it is South Koreans and Chinese people who also prefer to wear professional and smart clothing at work place with 47% and 46% respectively. Hungarians tops the list from bottom with only 12 percent likes to wear formal clothing and 46% of Hungarians prefers to wear shorts at work place. Americans were found in middle of the list with 37 per cent prefers to wear smart clothing while 32 per cent prefers shorts over formals.

These poll results show that country with smart clothing like India and China are leading while the economic problems are continuously increasing in Europe and America. Does it mean smart clothing has some kind of impact on mind and productivity? I think it is the time for the world to think.

What do you think about clothing? Please share your views in the comment section below.

How to Identify Stroke and Save Life

Many times we hear of people dying due to stroke, but if we ask what exactly happened, nobody gives you proper answer and says, it just happened suddenly and he/she died. What normally happens is that the injured person falls down and after few hours’ just passes away, though there is no physical injury. Actually there may not be any physical injuries but most of the times there are internal injuries, which causes such disasters after stroke.

Signs of Strokes
As per some neurologists, there are few ways to identify stroke. So, if someone falls down near to you and he/she feels a bit diminished, just ask him/her few questions and you can recognize whether that person has suffered a stroke or not.

These questions are:

• Ask the individual to SMILE
• Ask the person to TALK (just ask to speak a simple sentence of 4-5 words)
• Ask the person to RAISE both arms

If that person shows trouble in any one of these tasks, call the Ambulance immediately and describe the symptoms as there could be possibilities of internal injuries and blood clotting.

There is one more sign to identify stroke. Ask the person to stick out his/her tongue. If the tongue is ‘crooked’, or if it goes to one side, then that’s an indication of stroke. So, whenever you see someone clotting after an accident, ask the person above questions and you can save one life. Saving one life means giving happiness to many.

So, always remember STR (Smile, Talk, Raise).

Best 5 amazing architectural buildings

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has honoured the RIBA International Awards to buildings for their breathtaking beauty and futuristic design in 2011. Find out the list of best 5 buildings with marvelous architecture:

1. Masdar Institute Campus, Abu Dhabi - The campus built by the Architect, Foster and Partners uses traditional and modern materials for a perfect blend of natural lighting and cooling that minimizes energy requirements.
2. Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou, China - Built by Zaha Hadid Architects, this structure resembles two pebbles along the Pearl River and looks like a space ship under the stars, which costs around USD 200 million.
3. Alila Villas Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia - It is a group of buildings, terraces, pools and gardens situated 100 meters above the Indian Ocean on a limestone cliff, which costs around USD 100 million.
4. Galleria Centercity Department Store, Cheonan, Republic of Korea - The beautiful Galleria Cheonan built by the architect UN Studio, is a semi-cultural meeting place and a department store with a total area of 66,700 sq m.
5. North College, Rice University, Houston, USA - This building with 400 rooms has a glass-covered cafe and a special exhibition gallery. The gross internal area is about 300,000 sq m.

How to Decorate Children’s Room

Children’s room should be decorated in such a manner which makes them enjoy after coming to the room. The child must be comfortable in that room. If you are planning to decorate your child’s room then you have to keep few things in mind.

Tips to decorate children’s room
The first and foremost thing is to know and understand the choice of your children. It is important to take the advice of the child also so that he/she will feel special and good after entering the room. You can select some unique color for the walls depending upon the choice of your child. Some children like bright colors whereas some like light colors that are soothing to the eyes. You can also have different colors for different walls. After completing the walls, put the lights in a way that could create a good ambiance. You can also go for combination of dim and bright lights.

After you are done with the walls and lights, select the furniture according to the room space. Do not overload the room with extra furniture. Select a beautiful bed and place it at proper location. Always create a proper study space which is very important. Put a study table and a chair so that your child can comfortably sit and study.

If your child loves soft toys, then you can place some soft toys on the bed and some in the corners. You can decorate the walls either by family photographs or by some good cartoon posters and collages.
So, these are some of the tips you must keep in mind while decorating your children’s room.

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Symptoms of a Stroke

Stroke is caused when there is a disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. It can occur due to various reasons and the person becomes unconscious. It is treated as a medical emergency and can cause permanent damage to neurological system which sometimes results into death.

The symptoms of the stroke depend on the area of the brain affected. As in most cases, there are no physical injuries, identifying a stroke becomes difficult. From the below link, find out the symptoms and ways to identify a stroke.

http://www.theinfomine.com/2010/08/17/how-to-identify-stroke-and-save-life

Money Making Experiment

To earn money, you may need to take some risks or experiment a bit. In this world of Internet, you can easily try to do different things and experiments to make money. In the below mentioned link, I'll show you one simple experiment that I am doing to make money. This experiment is nothing but the usage of one keyword phrase 'Experiment to make money' to appear on first page of Search Engines on different keywords.

If this experiment gets successful, it can fetch me some dollars from Google AdSense and will help me in trying different experiments to make money.

http://hubpages.com/hub/Experiment-to-make-money