Once a sturdy woodcutter in search of a job went to a timber merchant and he got it. The pay was really good and so was the work condition. For those reasons, the woodcutter was determined to do his best. His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he supposed to work. The first day, the woodcutt…

Following is a true story of Dr. Howard Kelly , a distinguished physician who, in 1895, founded the Johns Hopkins Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Johns Hopkins University. There is still some doubt about the wholesome truth about this story. May be some part is real while some part is fictionalised. But keep…

The Bible being the Holy Words of God is the sacred book of the Christians. The literary influence of the Bible has been tremendous, all pervasive and perennial. In fact the Bible has been providing the English men of letters spiritual themes and also modulated their literary style. It has gifted ample voca…

In order flush out and purify the Church in England a religious reform movement took place in the late 16 th and 17 th century. This movement is termed as Puritan Revolution . Not satisfied with the change that King Henry VIII, Edward II, and Queen Elizabeth made after Reformation, some extreme Protestants exh…

English Terms Meaning Root Words/ Script / Language Adda Gathering of friends and relatives for mere gossiping. আড্ডা Bengali Ahimsa Non-violence अहिंसा ahimsā (Sanskrit)Gandhiji popularised   this word. Ambarella A kind of tree Sinhales…