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History found ?

Suppose you are repairing your house. Maybe you take permission from proper authority to extend your building.When your work is progressing suddenly you come to know from the workers of the existence of an old underground tunnel.What would your reaction be ? In West Midnapore's Pingla, such a situation has been faced by Anima Ghosh, the owner. Excavation work was in progress for further construction when the workers stumbled upon a tunnel.It led to a 15 foot wide chamber. The chamber was found with a wall below it. Later the BDO Lakpa Wangchu Sherpa of Pingla visited the site.According to him photos will be taken for the experts.They will decide whether it's an important historical find or not !

Satyajit Ray's Durga no more.

During those days, when Ray( Indian Oscar winning film director)decided to film "Pother Panchali", acting in 'Cinema' was not considered a prestigious profession.Hence Durga-sorry Uma Dasgupta's father wasn't willing.After persueing for quite sometime the father accepted but with a condition. She will do it  without any remuneration. According to her son Sourav Sen finally Ray presented her 'Rabindra Rachanabali' which was accepted. She left us on Monday at the age 83 .RIP.

Bull without beer.

Have you ever heard that a buffalo is frustrated since it was not being served it's daily beer ? This happened in Bihar since the State has become dry due to prohibition of liquor. Raja, the name of the buffalo bull ,was brought from Varanasi from Asia's largest cattle fair. Owner Ram Jatan Yadav laments that Raja was served beer twice daily .This kept it in good mood.It used to impregnate buffaloes which gave birth to high- breed calves. Without daily beer it has become emotionally upset and is unable to do it's duty!

Mike Tyson again!

Mike Tyson, the well known boxer of yesteryear, decided to enter the ring once again.At present he is 58  years old but still young at heart. Hence fans came pouring in and filled the home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys this friday.YouTuber Jake Paul, who is only 27 year old and a boxer, will fight it out with the former heavyweight champion. "I was trying to hurt him a little bit"he later said.He concluded that he was scared, too, that Tyson might hurt him. The crowd wanted more action and they shouted for it. Jake, however, dropped his gloves before the final bell and bowed towards Tyson.

Magic oil wells!

Villagers in Dantewada (Raipur) were overwhelmed to find oil in their wells.At last God has given them plenty to become rich.They found liquid oil in their wells.We are all aware of the riches of Arab countries. Now it is their turn they thought. Buckets of oil were drawn by them. Their dreams soon ended when they found cops at door, ordering them to return the oil. Finally Officials of petroleum arrived . After enquiry it was found that a nearby fuel pump lost 14, 000 litres of petrol due to leakage in their underground resrver !

Water melon pizza ?

Water melon pizza? No we have never heard such a name. The pizza chef Naples based Gino Sorbillo could be said the pioneer in the subject.He had already produced pineapple pizza. He is also probably the first chef to involve bananas too. The vice president of The True Neapolitan Pizza Accociation is quite adamant about using fruits in pizza. Gino, however, believes that it is tasty, healthy as well as fresh. Gino is further thinking of using Haldi for the same purpose.He thinks that today's pizzas are quite different from those thirty years ago. Will it be named Desi Pijjah?'

Rolls-Royce and a divorce.

The Rolls-Royce car of 1951 vintage was ordered by Jawaharlal Nehru on behalf of the Maharani of Baroda.It has now become a curse for the family.The daughter of the family suffers a divorce with her husband.The reason for the divorce? The 1951 vintage Rolls-Royce built by H J Mulliner & Co. The husband was eager to get the family's prized car as a dowry. Finally this led to a suite in the court. The case is now with the Supreme Court's meditation centre.